Aparty on the Makgadikgadi pans! Why even? Won’t it destroy this very sensitive ecosystem? These were just some of the questions I had. I mean – can you imagine people doing doughnuts all over the pans? Well, to tell you the truth, I didn’t see it happen even once! And you can be sure that if anyone had tried it, they would have been in for a proper tongue-lashing!
We heard about the OppiPanne festival through family members, coincidently the same family members who had teamed up with former Stormers rugby player, Joe Petersen, and Bok van Blerk to make the event happen. So, we decided we had to go and see it for ourselves.
The folks from Kia South Africa were happy to loan us the recently introduced third-generation Sorento for the trip. While not the typical vehicle we would choose for a trip into Botswana that would definitely involve some off-roading, we were up for the adventure! Rudu du Plessis of Outdoor Campers agreed to loan us a Vagabond Rogue and, for good measure, we approached Front Runner for
