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No, I don't believe we did. I would assume that our driver didn't feel the need to detour into the town itself, thinking that we had enough fuel at the time 🤔? Or maybe assumed there would be other places to stop en route, which there didn't seem to be! 😂 But yes for anyone considering this route it looks like that would have been a good option.. 

A great trip to the end, but the desert sections are definitely more challenging if the focus is on wildlife rather than scenery.   My abiding memory of Namibia is how quickly and radically the terrain can change. One moment you are on what looks like a never-ending dry plain, the next you are in a canyon's kissing cousin!   Logistical question: did you not pass through Henties' Bay on your way to Spitzkoppe?   Thanks for taking us along.

Thanks Nathan...I was getting above myself thinking I didn't need to check the ID out properly and assuming I recognised it! Another image from our final stop coming up soon shows a hint of Chestnut.

I don't think so. There is a distinct and too-large eye ring. Pedro, I think your ID is probably correct.   I can't argue with either the African Pipit or the Sabota lark, although that's no guarantee either.   But I have a problem. You were in the Kruger and didn't pop around for a beer? Eish wena!

We left Chobe Safari lodge at around 10 am - we had only another 270km's to go and because of the rain it was a real adventure   Before not too long we were travelling through the Chobe Forest reserve where we saw our first Sable (3 lovely bulls) , ground hornbill, hyena and Elephants. Joster advised us to put the poncho's on - yes we needed them     Leaving Chobe Safari lodge - let the Safari begin. Poncho's ready   Poor quality photo in the rain of the Sable's Common scene on the journey to Khwai - water everywhere. More rains coming and the rain was heavy.......... Ghoha gate     Chobe forest reserve Oops upside down   Butterflies at Ghoha gate   Ghoha gate through to SAVUTI there was plenty of rain and water

Apologies I should have a few days available now to get back into this trip report. Thanks to all who are following along thus far.   I will give a detailed run down of our trip from Vic falls to Khwai - yes we did this in one day .............. . Some of you may find it interesting. I was contacted a few days before we left by our tour operator Tom and he asked if we would be interested in flying from Kasane to Khwai instead of flying due to decent rains that had fallen  As a family we thought long and hard about it but in the end it would cost us another $450-500USD each to do this and this plus I thought it would be nice to see the scenery along the way, so we opted with the long drive of approximately 90 km's from Vic Falls to the Bots border and then about 270kms from Kasane to Khwai.   We were picked up at 0700 hrs by Bush Track Safari's (Lucky was the driver) and we arrived at the Kazangula border post around 0800 hrs in pouring rain (this was a sign of things to come this day). Once we checked through customs we were taken to Chobe Safari lodge were we were to meet our Unlimited tours guide Joster (an amazing guide, I highly rate Joster). When we arrived Joster was unfortunately late due to car troubles he had the night below. Joster travelled up from Maun to Kasane the day before in bad weather and had car trouble due to the pouring rain, poor Joster did not get much sleep the night before due to being stuck on the side of the road for awhile with Buffalo's close by. Considering what he went through he did an amazing Job driving through difficult roads with lakes of water and getting us safely to Khwai. We did not get our camera's out at all due to the rain the whole day.  All these photo's are with an I-Phone at low resolution.   Waiting at Chobe Safari Lodge enjoying a coffee - we put some dry clothes on as we got very wet at the border post.     Our chariot for the next week    

Awesome looking place and great photos.

Great photos Dave - I love Coatis and their arboreal skills.   The 'Tennessee Warbler' is actually a Chestnut-sided Warbler - the latter is a green above, gray-white below like Tennessee but has bold wingbars and white eye rings.  And the green is more of an electric lime green, not a forest green.

@SoukousThen don't use it. I don't. Kelner or Kelnerin should do.

Yellow-footed Green Pigeon enjoying fruit was a delightful view and shot.  Nice job on the Gharial teeth, a distinctive feature of that creature.  It might be common but the Bronze-winged Jacana is an impressive bird.  What a timeless, primordial feeling to the courting Sarus Cranes shot, which I hope symbolizes their future and that of their offspring.  Better birders might have seen more, as you state, but probably not much more.

You have the same shirt!!!??? Wow, @Atdahl.   I love little coincidences like that.  Thanks for letting me know.  How fun.   I do think Narcisse, Manitoba around Mother's Day and Snake Road in the Shawnee Forest in early Oct are the best places in the world to see snakes.   I've had other, perhaps more spectacular, snake sightings that have occurred unexpectedly and randomly in other parts of the world, but the volume and reliability cannot compare to Narcisse (especially) and Snake Road. I am so lucky to have visited both.  And I'm not even enamored with snakes in particular and I never touch or hold them.  They are just another cool (ha ha, cold-blooded) species on the planet.

Some beautiful birds and photos there @Dave Williams

I agree, it was a great report @Atravelynn.  I have long had snake road on my list so having your trip details is really helpful.  You were kind of at the mercy of the weather a bit but you still had some really good herp sightings.  Other than the mass garter snake area in Canada I can't think of a place with a greater mass of snakes.  It truly is a herper paradise especially with all the amphibians as well.   As a side note, I have that snake T-shirt.  We got it at the Chiricahua Desert Museum in Portal Az (Near Cave Creek Canyon).  It's one of my favs    Alan