Day 84, Djxokwe Campsite, Bushmanland, Namibia

Another long drive expected.  Ian drove through the deep sand this morning - much faster than me I admit - then 70 km back the way we had come yesterday.  The road to the border was reportedly dreadful but luckily had recently been graded so was only bad in a few places.  The border crossing was ace - the office on the Botswana side was literally a shed and we were the first vehicle of the day to cross. The office on the other side was a bit bigger but the whole border crossing took less than 30 minutes - a record.

Into Namibia and the road definitely improved.  We headed to Tsumkwe where we paid our Nyae Nyae Conservancy fees and were directed to a campsite. Arriving at the campsite we were a little disappointed as it looked like a car park but we said it was only for a night so would do.  We were just working out where to park when the guys from the local bushman village arrived to collect their camping fees.  To our amusement we soon learnt that this was not the campsite and we actually needed to drive another 2 km to find a large boabab tree.  Once we found it we were delighted as we were camped below a huge baobab tree with our own viewing platform.  Amazingly an elephant appeared a few hundred yards away - there is still not a reserve that we haven't seen one!