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A Discovery (4) through Botswana in a week
As I am now working in Japan on a 8 week on and 2 week off rotation, during my 2 weeks back in South Africa we decided to randomly do a week in Botswana without booking any places. The main purpose of the trip was a Media run to gather photos and videos for a promotional video for a crowd funding campaign for an Overlanding TV show. Season 1 is planned to be through Southern Africa and Season 2, an Overland adventure from Melbourne, Australia to Cape Town, South Africa.
Night 1
Khama Rhino Sanctuary
Night 2
The plan was to stay at Deception Valley but they were fully booked, so drove to Maun and stayed at the old bridge backpackers
Night 3
Early morning we set off for 3rd Bridge but it was very dry, drove through to Xakanaxa and stayed the night there
Night 4
Early morning we set off for Savuti but when we got there it was full so ended up driving to Kasane. That sandy road was bad, 60km of deep sand at 20km/h, engine revs were high and 32 degrees resulted in the D4 overheating. Removed the front Grill and opened the bonnet a bit meant enough air got in and she ran fine the rest of the road without overheating
Night 5
Early morning we set off for Elephant sands, sandly we only saw 1 elephant walking through as there were many watering holes in the area.
Night 6
Made Our way towards Kubu for 2 nights
Night 7
2nd night at Kubu
The photos below is the result of the trip
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Disco 4 SDV6 HSE with Compomotives, BFG 265/65R18s, BigCountry drawer system, Melvill & Moon covers, NL 52L fridge, FR Spare Wheel Carrier, FR Roof Rack, Tenco RTT, FR 50" LED Bar, dual spots, Lift Rods, Mantec Snorkel, C-TEK Dual batt system, 270 Ostrichwing, Maxtrax, Icom ID-5100, Icom ID-51 as secondary, IIDtool BT
Follow my adventures on Instagram @XpeditionAfrica
Looks fantastic- love the last picture I started off with nothing and Ive still got most of it left.
9th May 2016 4:57 am
Jetlag
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Location: Johannesburg
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Disco 4 SDV6 HSE with Compomotives, BFG 265/65R18s, BigCountry drawer system, Melvill & Moon covers, NL 52L fridge, FR Spare Wheel Carrier, FR Roof Rack, Tenco RTT, FR 50" LED Bar, dual spots, Lift Rods, Mantec Snorkel, C-TEK Dual batt system, 270 Ostrichwing, Maxtrax, Icom ID-5100, Icom ID-51 as secondary, IIDtool BT
Follow my adventures on Instagram @XpeditionAfrica
9th May 2016 5:15 am
Jetlag
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Location: Johannesburg
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Disco 4 SDV6 HSE with Compomotives, BFG 265/65R18s, BigCountry drawer system, Melvill & Moon covers, NL 52L fridge, FR Spare Wheel Carrier, FR Roof Rack, Tenco RTT, FR 50" LED Bar, dual spots, Lift Rods, Mantec Snorkel, C-TEK Dual batt system, 270 Ostrichwing, Maxtrax, Icom ID-5100, Icom ID-51 as secondary, IIDtool BT
Follow my adventures on Instagram @XpeditionAfrica
9th May 2016 5:15 am
Jetlag
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Location: Johannesburg
Posts: 205
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Disco 4 SDV6 HSE with Compomotives, BFG 265/65R18s, BigCountry drawer system, Melvill & Moon covers, NL 52L fridge, FR Spare Wheel Carrier, FR Roof Rack, Tenco RTT, FR 50" LED Bar, dual spots, Lift Rods, Mantec Snorkel, C-TEK Dual batt system, 270 Ostrichwing, Maxtrax, Icom ID-5100, Icom ID-51 as secondary, IIDtool BT
Follow my adventures on Instagram @XpeditionAfrica
9th May 2016 5:17 am
Farmer Chalk
Member Since: 06 Mar 2013
Location: Independent Republic of Kentishshire.
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Awesome....very jealous!
Out of interest what are the red topped bottle things?
9th May 2016 5:38 am
Jetlag
Member Since: 10 Mar 2012
Location: Johannesburg
Posts: 205
The red top bottles are Solar lanterns. Basically they have a small solar panel on top and small LEDs that shine into a frosted jar.
They provide awesome ambient light for about 12 hours on a single charge. 6 of them light up an entire camp area nicely Disco 4 SDV6 HSE with Compomotives, BFG 265/65R18s, BigCountry drawer system, Melvill & Moon covers, NL 52L fridge, FR Spare Wheel Carrier, FR Roof Rack, Tenco RTT, FR 50" LED Bar, dual spots, Lift Rods, Mantec Snorkel, C-TEK Dual batt system, 270 Ostrichwing, Maxtrax, Icom ID-5100, Icom ID-51 as secondary, IIDtool BT
Follow my adventures on Instagram @XpeditionAfrica
9th May 2016 5:52 am
Landie71
Member Since: 23 Oct 2012
Location: Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Posts: 1019
Brilliant photos, thanks for sharing. Looking forward to my day in the office even less now!
9th May 2016 6:12 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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Want to go there. Now!!!!
9th May 2016 6:19 am
Farmer Chalk
Member Since: 06 Mar 2013
Location: Independent Republic of Kentishshire.
Posts: 4198
Jetlag wrote:
The red top bottles are Solar lanterns. Basically they have a small solar panel on top and small LEDs that shine into a frosted jar.
They provide awesome ambient light for about 12 hours on a single charge. 6 of them light up an entire camp area nicely
Coolio! Wish I was there.....always dreamed of doing things like that.....
9th May 2016 6:29 am
Heath_DA
Member Since: 05 Aug 2009
Location: Stockport
Posts: 667
Great photos, thanks for posting them up
9th May 2016 7:05 am
Jetlag
Member Since: 10 Mar 2012
Location: Johannesburg
Posts: 205
thanks for the comments guys! It certainly was a great trip!Disco 4 SDV6 HSE with Compomotives, BFG 265/65R18s, BigCountry drawer system, Melvill & Moon covers, NL 52L fridge, FR Spare Wheel Carrier, FR Roof Rack, Tenco RTT, FR 50" LED Bar, dual spots, Lift Rods, Mantec Snorkel, C-TEK Dual batt system, 270 Ostrichwing, Maxtrax, Icom ID-5100, Icom ID-51 as secondary, IIDtool BT
Follow my adventures on Instagram @XpeditionAfrica
9th May 2016 7:56 am
Hairy Dan
Member Since: 19 Jan 2011
Location: Co. Durham
Posts: 12319
Fantastic set of photos looks like an epic trip
By the way how big was the dog that left those bones?
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Cheers Ian
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