No Footprints: Maun

Elephant grazing in the Chobe river, Botswana

By Vicky · Published Jul. 7th, 2021 · Updated Aug. 22nd, 2022

No Footprints in the Night book cover from Victoria Stevens.
Available on Amazon*

This post shows photos from my book, No Footprints in the Night, now available on Amazon*.

From Nxai Pans we drove to Maun where we stayed for a week to rest, enjoying an evening boat ride and a mokoro trip.

Nxai PansMaunMoremi

Crocodile Safari Lodge, Maun

Crocodile Safari Lodge, Maun, Botswana
Woodland Kingfisher, Maun, Botswana
Woodpecker, Maun, Botswana
River at Crocodile Safari Lodge, Maun, Botswana
Swimming Pool at Crocodile Safari Lodge, Maun, Botswana
Bar at Crocodile Safari Lodge, Maun, Botswana
Swimming pool and bar at Crocodile Safari Lodge, Maun, Botswana

Evening Boat Trip, Maun

Boat trip on river, Maun, Botswana
River, Maun, Botswana
Fish eagle, Maun, Botswana
River and sunset, Maun, Botswana
After sunset, Maun, Botswana

Mokoro Trip, Maun

Lillis, reeds and water, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Village, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Village, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Lillis, reeds and water, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Mokoro boat trip, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Camping in Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana
Lillis, reeds and water, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Lillis, reeds and water, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Mokoro boat trip, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Lillis, reeds and water, Okavango Delta, Botswana

About the Book

No Footprints in the Night book cover from Victoria Stevens.
Available on Amazon*

South Africa was kicking us out so we had to make a plan.

‘What about Botswana?’

My boyfriend couldn’t think of any objections so a few days before we overstayed our visas we hit the road in our trusty Defender and sped north.

The Kalahari welcomed us with vast empty spaces and gorgeous wildlife. We spent weeks camping in a true wilderness barely touched by man.

The character of the landscape changed in the waterlogged north but our encounters with dangerous animals didn’t stop.

We eventually returned to civilization after many weeks on the sandy road and I already can’t wait to go back.

No Footprints in the Night chronicles this journey of exploration through Botswana. We narrowly managed to escape being eaten by lions, killed by a puff adder and marooned on the Chobe River.

I came back with dirty clothes, an even dirtier car, and memories to last a lifetime. I hope my book will help you do the same. While on our adventure, I wrote travel journal updates to send back to friends and family, stuck in European lockdowns. This formed the basis of my new book. Available to buy now on Amazon*.

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