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I was on a fly-in Safari just north of the Kalahari in February and not one but two guide 4x4s got stuck in the mud. And it took us a couple hours just to get one unstuck, and they had to send a tractor the next morning to get the other one unstuck.
I self-drove in Kruger and Addo Elephant National Parks in South Africa, and it's night a day the road conditions in South Africa vs the road conditions in the wildnerness of Botswana.
Hey, can happen in SA too.
The funniest instance I can recall occurred on the road between Tau Lodge and the gate in Madikwe. All six of the lodge's game viewers got stuck, as did the tractor sent to rescue them. Some 50 German guests had to walk to the coach waiting for them at the gate, in a torrential downpour. Luckily they were all farmers, accustomed to mud and rain. I suspect that the coach driver wasn't all to pleased, though.
Johan
Johan