Escaping reality: Botswana bound
It all started with a phone call from Jo Lambinon, an old safari client who travelled with me to the Okavango Delta in 2018. He told me they had enough of the pandemic, the subsequent lockdown and all the depressiveness that went along with it. They were earger to go on safari and since Botswana is one of the wildlife destinations that one can visit over and over again, I started to work on a tailor-made trip for them. At that point, the Botswana borders were still closed but, ever so hopeful, we penciled the school holidays during April/May 2021 in our diaries.
The itinerary would take us via Nata Lodge and Maun to Third Bridge in the Moremi Game Reserve and, from there, to the Magotho Community Camp and Savuti before ending the safari in Kasane. The bookings and all other arrangements were made, but as COVID-19 cases continued to rise, the borders remained closed. At one stage, a very concerned Jo phoned me and suggested that we should possibly consider rescheduling the safari to April 2022. Since I was going stark raving mad with cabin fever, I asked for
