A Khaudum Adventure

A short drive through the remote Khaudum National Park, as part of a longer travel experience in Botswana and Namibia, has this group of overlanders keen to go back for more…

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Minouw and I are back after an amazing trip through Botswana and Namibia where we spent nearly a month in the bush. Getting out into nature, camping, relaxing and getting by without all the technology and clutter of daily life is something we constantly realise we need to do as often as we can.

When we started planning our month-long trip, one thing we were sure of was that we wanted to visit a place in the remote Kavango area known as Khaudum.

It sits on the remote north-eastern border between Botswana and Namibia, and has a reputation for being wild, not easy to get to and home to some magnificent animals. As we found, the road there consists of narrow tweespoor tracks dug into thick sand, surrounded by dense Kalahari forest.

Almost all the routes going through the park are marked as ‘high risk’ by Tracks4Africa. It’s the perfect place to escape the tourist areas, which are flooded with people during the winter school holidays.