Chobe & Moremi tracks conditions (till end of April - 2014)

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Load of rain in the first week of January but it appears to be clearing up tomorrow...

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We have just returned from a trip through a very wet and muddy Moremi ,Savuti ,Chobi ,Caprivi and Nxai Pans First stop Xakanaka from there to Third Bridge quite some deep water to get through but you need to try avoid going through the muddy road puddles some span quite a distance and new tracks have been made around these, best to use these as you cannot be sure how deep or what the road condition is under all that muddy water.

Game viewing was not amazing but a visit from roaring lions in our camp at Third Bridge was really exciting ,next we drove through to Kwai quite heavy going with the amount of water on route ,we did not stay over at Kwai ( problem area at the moment with criminal activities) but carried on to Savuti ,from Kwai to Savuti the road was good but once in Savuti the roads were waterlogged or sandy and bouncy,we were told that we had to the the high road as the marsh road was a no go .Savuti camp was really great good ablutions and we had exceptional game viewing hundreds of elephant bulls ,thousands of maribu storks ,ugly but quite amazing to see and generally big herds of everything,from there through to Chobi ,Kasane ,took us about six hours to reach the tar road .

The next area that was quite a challenge was Nxai pans south camp underwater and ablutions are shocking ,half of one is semi working ,easier if you have your own water supply with a bucket shower .We got to a point where we felt we should leave as the water levels started rising on the pan and most road surfaces are under water ,one vehicle ran into trouble in a deep road pool damaging it to a point that it had to be towed.Again we were very lucky seeing some fantastic lion interaction .Be cautious when going through water try follow the direction of fresh tyre tracks ,try going round the side and rims of big water "puddles" if you have to cross deep water rather walk the route first .Some of the water crossings around third bridge had water levels close to window hight .It is a magical and extremely beautiful space even watching some of the storms develop is quite a sight.

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[melmercer]

Hello

I have just seen your post about driving through Moremi and Chobe earlier this year. My husband and I are doing a self drive starting from Maun on the 12th Feb. Our plan is to head to Third Bridge and spending a few days between there and Xakanaka before heading up to Savuti and then onto Kasane. We're in a Toyota Hilux with a rooftop tent. We're fairly experienced 4x4 drivers but I think this may be the wettest one to date! We've done our research but with the roads am not quite sure what to expect so was wondering if you had any specific advice or any updates on the roads?

I know its also really quiet around this time of year and I've read its highly likely we won't see any other vehicles at all- is this true?

Thanks, Melissa

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This was 4 weeks ago and more has fallen since...

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[Mischa]

Hi all,
Any news about the conditions? We are going around Botswana in April and we are van corious about the driving conditions.
We are planning to hire a 4 x 4 the complete month of april.
Thanx

[come-along.nl]

Hi all,
Any news about the conditions? We are going around Botswana in April and we are van corious about the driving conditions.
We are planning to hire a 4 x 4 the complete month of april.
Thanx

We have a customer who visited Savuti yesterday and will be arriving at Khwai today. Hope to receive their update tomorrow after their arrival in Maun. Stay tuned!

Cheers,
Hans

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Some pictures taken a week ago:

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Khwai Rivercrossing, End of February 2014...

[Pbbensch]

Any new update on the road conditions between Savuti, Khwai and third bridge? We are leaving on 29 March traveling South from Ihaha.