Meeting date and time:

We will meet at Woodlands Francistown, for our first night, in Frincistown Botswana on 4 September 2023 September 2023 in the afternoon or evening. See the map below.

We will depart from Woodlands the next morning at 8h30am 

Tour Distance:

From Francistown to Musina approximately 5000 km

Fuel availability:

Fuel will be available everywhere. If you can do 500km on a tank that should be fine.

However, if there is a problem in the more rural areas, and this happens, we would need to manage and 850km range would be safer if you can manage it.

So maybe bring a jerry can if you have one lying around. An empty plastic 25 litre Jerry can weighs nothing and is very useful when needed.

Fuel purchase:

We will buy fuel with cash. Credit cards will be excepted now and again but it is very unreliable.

Cash:

We will do most transactions in cash but cards will work where we are at lodges, like a restaurant or boat cruise etc. We take USD only and exchange as we go. Our main cash exchange will be in Livingstone Zambia and Mzuzu Malawi. Zimbabwe takes USD.

We will exchange at recognised exchanges. 

Credit cards will also work from time to time. MasterCard might work but VISA remains the best option.

Botswana:

Botswana will take rand at the border and you can use a credit card to fill up with fuel, so you technically do not need any Pula, but I would advise to have 500 Pula with you in case of a fine etc. You can use the rest of your Pula when filling up in Kasane before we enter Zambia.

Groceries:

We will stop for groceries as is needed, but our major stops would be:

• Livingstone day 2
• Chipata day 5
• Mzuzu day 8
• Mzuzu day 10

Washing:

We have double days almost through the whole tour and most lodges will take washing to be done, otherwise you will have to wash as we go. 

4×4 driving:

Towing:

You may bring a 4×4 trailer or small 4×4 van. 

Water:

There is water for cooking and cleaning everywhere. We will buy bottled water at the shops as we go for cold drinking water.

Bilharzia:

Swimming in the lake is perfectly safe, however Bilharzia is prevalent. The easiest way to handle this is a once off hand full of tablets from your doctor on your return. It is how we have handled it for many years. No need to test, just drink the ant parasitic tablets.