Category: Travel

Travelling around Botswana.

Degree Confluence 20S 22E: My First

The Idea

I’ve been aware of the Degree Confluence Project for a while now, and despite there being some unvisited confluences not too far from home I never got round to visiting them.

A few days ago a friend and I were putting the world to rights under the influence of anti-malarial medication, we got to the pleasures of following trails to see where they go, and my memory was refreshed. A visit to the DCP website for Botswana revealed an unvisited confluence not far from where we work, and having passed within a few kilometres earlier in the year I knew it would be possible to get with about 15km.

Remnants of self-medication session to prevent malarial infection.
Prevents malaria, but may cause bad ideas.

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Easter holiday horsing around

Spent one and a bit hours on horseback with the family this morning.

Once again we joined Jenny from African Animal Adventures who took us along the banks of the Thamalakane River in Maun.  This was the fourth time for the children, and they enjoy it more each time.

We were 8, excluding Jenny, 2 adults and 6 children.  Jenny does a good job of matching rider to horse, based on experience and so on.

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Since none of us are experienced riders Jenny doesn’t include anything too adventurous in our rides, although the water crossings are great fun!  When my sisters visited last year they went for a longer ride with gallops and full-on swimming.

Jenny also has a base on the edge of the Makgadikgadi Pans near Gweta, and uses Gweta Lodge’s camp ground on the pan for overnight camps.  Pictures from our trip their last year: coming soon.

So, if you have a couple of hours to spare in Maun give her a call and go for a ride.

Edit: since writing this post Jenny has moved to Island Safari Lodge.
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