Trip along the Panhandle

This morning, as usual, we wake up early, we have breakfast and then we leave; left Maun and heading West to the A3 and then take the A35 heading North towards Shakawe and the Caprivi Strip in Namibia.

It is not at all a busy road, most likely it is out of the commercial and tourism routes, every now and then we meet a car but it's really a rarity.

We are crossing the Panhandle of the Okavango Delta, here the Okavango is still in its bed, although it is composed of several channels; its shores and sandy islets are covered with papyrus.

Here it is more difficult to spot animals, since they are more concentrated in the part of the Okavango Delta, but you can see almost all species of birds, especially aquatic ones.

For us today is a transfer stage, tonight we stop at Shakawe, just before the border with Namibia, so that tomorrow morning we are just ready for immigration.

We will only make a detour to visit the Tsodilo Hills, a sacred place for the San and the Hambukushu; this place has been declared World Heritage by UNESCO.