Mabuasehube NP - Day 3

A great lion sighting

The jackals had been howling all night so we packed up and headed to the water on the pan in case something had been around. No cats, so we turned around and went back via our campsite to head to Mpayathutlwa. And there, just outside our campsite we spotted lion tracks. They’d walked straight past our camp sometime in the night with us none the wiser. The tracks were headed in the same direction we were - towards Mpayathutlwa. 

Mabuasehube NP - Day 2

Meerkats were a nice surprise

A 5am start gave us time to work out closing the roof tent. It’s largely like the old one but the rooftent cover is a real problem. On the road by 5.30, we made our way around Mabuasehube pan but there was no sign of anything. No spoor, no sound. So we headed to Mpayathutlwa pan after our round, the next pan about 8km away. 

Mabuasehube NP - Day 1

Sunset in Mabuasehube

We like to get up and get going as soon as possible when traveling to a destination but 2025 has started slowly. Normally we pack the night before but the thunderstorm that hit Gaborone on New Year’s Eve evening stopped us from getting anything done, so we had to pack first thing in the morning.