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🏝️ About me I’m Christian LeBlanc and in 2016, I was working as an accountant in Vancouver Canada. This 9-5 chapter was my rock bottom moment in life and I knew I needed to make a change. So I did what everyone told me not to.
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This is the story of an exceptionally average dude who never gave up.
Two adventurers undertake a grueling motorbike journey across Botswana, battling floods in the Okavango Delta, hazardous roads, and critical fuel shortages. After navigating wildlife-filled highways and enduring extreme fatigue, they reach Chobe National Park for a reunion and a mobile safari, culminating in a terrifying nighttime encounter with predators outside their tent.
We are driving our motorbikes across Africa, coast to coast, and today the journey is getting
very messy. They told us not to cross Botswana in rainy season, but here we are proving them wrong.
Well, not quite. We're stuck? Yeah. Not only did we get stuck in the mud of the Okavango,
but literally 200 meters away we had just seen an entire family of lions. Are you kidding me?
But if that wasn't enough, we had to take cover from a family of wild hippos
after accidentally getting too close. Botswana is wild. But today we have a new bold mission.
We have to ride across a big piece of Botswana in a single day to make it to the famous Chobe
National Park, and waiting on the other side is a special surprise. But TIA, this is Africa.
This road is rumored to have holes so big you could hide an elephant in them,
and you should actually be prepared for that because Botswana
is a place where the highways can feel more like a zoo. All right, let's get started.
This is the lost way around Africa. The Okavango Delta is so flooded right now that they actually
closed the Moremi Game Reserve, so we had to come to the concession area. But even this is
just hanging on by a thread, and I mean a thread. One more rain and there might not be much trail
left at all. He's not stuck. And we weren't the only ones fighting to get out. That truck got
stuck? Yeah, that truck looks very stuck. Wow, that looks pretty bad. That truck is like sideways.
Now getting into the Okavango Delta was one crazy challenge. There's something about this
park you need to know. Once you're in, she might want to keep you here. No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
That truck back there? There's no telling how long she'll be here. I'm just hoping we get to
Mound tonight because you and I have a six-hour drive tomorrow, and we got to get there by 2 p.m.
Dope. That's our rest day. That's the path we got stuck on last night.
And look how smooth this one was. You never know until you try, but yeah, that's what almost two
hours of the liberation army was trying to get us out of. That was nuts. What is this? Oh no.
Yes, yes, yes, yes. Well played. Well played. Yeah, the prospect of being stuck right now is
not too exciting for me right now. Prospect of a bed right now and a nice meal. That sounds great.
And there it is. We survived. Yeah, baby. The lions, but we haven't survived the cows.
There's a lot of cows ahead. That's the real danger, dude. They got stuck. There's a car in
front of us that also got stuck, and I can't film them because I think they're the anti-poaching
unit. They're real stuck. They're, yeah, they're deep, deep stuck. Oh, I thought we were in the
home free. Hello. Hi, how are you? All right, gonna try it anyways. Yeah. If we're stuck,
we're stuck. I like that mentality. Oh boy. Oh boy. Come on, keep standing, keep standing,
keep standing. This guy's got the right idea. Did he just rip the hitch off?
That cable just shattered. Moment of truth here. Please work.
Abandoned ship.
All right, guys. Yeah, yeah.
It's a minefield. Wow. R.I.P. Rescue vehicle.
Thank you. Honestly, thank you for everything, bro. Thank you so much. Really, we appreciate you so
much. What's the slogan of Safari Addicts? It says, get addicted to the wild. There was something
else on the side of your car though. Journeys to the untamed. Journeys to the untamed, and I think
we nailed it. I think you nailed it on that slogan. Nailed it. We really went to the untamed today.
Adventure doesn't take a day off, man. This is great. This was awesome. See you, brother.
Bro, we might be in the safety vehicle, but we're not safe yet.
Hold your breath.
Hello? Hey, buddy. He's alive. How are you? Good, how are you? What time did you get out? I was saying,
I got here around 12 midnight. Oh, my God. Yeah, so all of the car that got stuck, they went off,
and then I was left with the BDF guys. So, and then we decided to cooperate. Mine was the toughest one.
Yeah, that was stuck. They come many times. Yeah. Well, I think Cam forgot something. Thank you so
much again, Tazo. Thank you so much. You're welcome. See you next time, bro. Thank you very
much. We appreciate you so much. Thank you. Morning. Today might be our most ambitious travel day
yet, and we didn't think it was going to be, and then we threw it in Google Maps and realized,
damn, that's a big crossing. But today, I was feeling extra motivated because waiting on the
other side of this extremely long journey was someone very special. Ruby has been staying in
Cape Town for the last 20 or so days since we began this journey, and she was having so much
fun with Kyle and Annette that she kept extending and extending. With my birthday just a couple days
away, it was perfect. Right now, she's getting ready to board a plane in Cape Town to meet us
in Chobe, and if we make it on time, we'll be reunited to catch a sunset safari later today.
But we're not going to celebrate much if we don't make it, and I'm not going to be able to do it
without first stopping for... Welcome to the dusty donkey cafe. Ruby actually asked me this yesterday.
She's like, how's the food been on this trip across what you've done in Africa so far? And honestly,
it's been good. Been having lots of meat, potatoes, bit of rice. It's all been really good.
But what I haven't had as much of that I would love is good coffee. I think we're good to order
immediately just so that we can get on the road. One of the best things about this trip hasn't
always been filmed. It's been these little small interactions with amazing people, but during this
breakfast, we met yet again an amazing individual, and Cam had an idea. So we're driving our bike to
South Africa right now, and I just bought this marker, and when I meet people, I just want to
sign it. Okay. Can you sign it anywhere? Pick anywhere that's this color, and just write your
name. My name. My name is Caveira, by the way. They call me Destroy. Destroy? Yes, sir. Oh,
man. What a name, dude. Bro, you're like a little graffiti artist. What was that? I asked the right
guy, man. That's one of the coolest signatures I've ever seen, dude. I'm so jealous. I've been
thinking about it for a bit, but hey, it starts in Botswana. Perfect. Arika, I would love for you
to be my first person, other than this guy, to sign my bike. All right. Where do I sign it?
Anywhere. Yeah. Beautiful. You are the first official person to sign it. You're with us on
the African trip now. Yes, I am. Thank you so much. Love you. See you. Bye, Arika.
It was time to fuel up our bikes for the long journey ahead. A little confessional here.
Well, I know Christian's feeling it, too. I definitely don't want to. I think both of us
are avoiding voicing this, because we just want to keep spirits high, but I feel like absolute crap.
I'm extremely tired. My body is worn out. I'm achy, feeling a bit of sunstroke almost,
because I'm nauseous. An eight-hour drive. Well, this is saying eight hours. This is saying six
and a half. I like this better, but that's still a long, long ways to go. We got to do it.
Today was going to be a mission, but there was a serious cherry on top, and that is that we would
be driving through Botswana's famously wild roads. It's said that along the highways, you'll find
elephants. Let's hope we get lucky. Goodbye to Maun. Goodbye to Gary. Take care, brother.
Let's get out of here. I got that dirt biker in me, and it did me no good. Still stuck behind
the fuel truck. After one of the craziest 48 hours, I can't even explain yesterday,
the night before, or even last night. Things stopped making any sense at all.
I don't know. It's just the perfect example of true adventure doesn't even start until
everything goes wrong. All right, let's push. These roads are so unpredictable. There's
animals everywhere. There's potholes everywhere. The way that people drive is pretty crazy. You
definitely don't want to be driving after dark, because nobody understands the concept of turning
your brights off, because I guess nobody wants to hit animals, but it makes it very dangerous.
And not to mention, there's speed traps everywhere, which I've already encountered one.
I'm bored. I got nobody to talk to. Christian ripped out his cardo, so what am I supposed
to do? I can't believe I'm saying this, but I miss his voice. I've got no internet,
which is dope. Wow, that just sounded so lame. What a stupid thing to say.
I am stoked not to have internet. Oh, look at these guys. Wow, look at that scene. Unbelievable.
Yeah, I gotta go back. I just saw one of the most beautiful things of my life.
There are, right behind me, wetlands, filling up these orchards with a little layer of water,
and horses eating. Gotta get a little shot here. I've enjoyed so much being on the road,
but also as somebody that genuinely freaking loves what they get to call a job, I'm enjoying
the challenge of storytelling in this environment, and the opportunity to be less scripted, to be less
formal. At least, that's how I kind of started to build up a habit with my other content. It felt
like it was starting to be so retention hack focused, so fast-paced, that you kind of lost
the conversational side entirely. So, hopefully, you're enjoying this side of it too. How sick is
that? Unreal. It looks like a fairy tale. I know. Perfect shot lined up. You scared him off.
You scared him off, you twat. Classic. It's so funny having Christian and I shoot together,
because we come from such different styles and backgrounds, and I'm a cultural photographer,
and a documentary filmmaker, so I'm used to leaving plenty of time to set up a shot,
prepare the shot, get the shot. Christian's like, show up, boom, content bomb. Eight cameras.
Dip out. It's so funny, but we love each other. So, this is the moment I decided to skip the gas
station. Apparently, I didn't learn from Namibia, and our fuel was dwindling. We were now driving
on fumes. Big mistake. Go ahead. A disease control center. Okay. We got a random little checkpoint
here. How are you? Good. Thank you. Okay. He's got to wash our shoes off. Good morning.
He's got the license. How are you? Yep. They've asked me to do it for my other shoes as well.
Okay. Here we go.
Yes, ma'am. This is South Africa, Namibia, now Botswana.
Zimbabwe. Can I ask you a question? I have this, and we just started this
today. Could I have you just sign a signature? You can write anything on it. We're just having
anybody we meet sign. I'm Cam. Nice to meet you. Hey, big boss. Do you want to sign my bike?
Do it here. I love it. Very nice. Yeah, you joined in. My only regret is we didn't start
this at the start, man. So good. Such a good idea, though. You know whose signature we're missing?
My guy. I'm not afraid of him. Odenik. Yeah, my guy. My guy. Yeah, we got to put an honorary
my guy on here for Odenik. People of Botswana have been so friendly. Thank you so much, guys.
Have a great day. To Chobe. Yeah.
Francistown. Yeah, it's this way.
Perfect. I just noticed my gas gauge is going down a lot faster as soon as we hit
like 130-ish. Right now, I'm sitting at 176 and our next gas stop on my on my Garmin is 209
kilometers away. We might hit a random one in between. I hope so. Just in case, maybe we like
keep it around 120. Yeah, yeah. I don't know if this was the road she was referring to, but things
were getting bad very quick. I mean, look, we were used to sand riding, swerving for cows, but now we
had to watch out for the actual road ahead. There must have been some kind of meteor shower here in
Botswana because everywhere you looked, craters. Oh, we are beating these bikes. I am seeing
world-ending potholes ahead here. Oh, it's a minefield. You think you're all clear and then
all of a sudden it's just like, oh, that's like this. This is an example here. Look at that one.
Okay.
That was a direct hit. I just went through some heavy potholes. I'm actually a little bit worried
about the tires. Tires are already a bit of a concern and so much deeper than they look too.
Just hoping not to end up like that guy. Oh my gosh, dude. That was a pothole. I couldn't even
avoid it. I just had to push down and pop the bike up because it was coming and it was so wide.
I was doing like 110 when I hit that thing. I was having fun before. Now I'm having second thoughts.
I almost feel like I have a flat. Are my tires okay? Yeah. Cool. I hit one pretty hard, so I just
wanted to check. Safety first, people. Safety first. Oh God, I hope he doesn't hit a pothole
right now.
Now it's saying 120 kilometers left in the tank. 107 kilometers to Nata.
We heard that there's a massive chance that we can see elephants.
Based on kilometers and range, we should have six kilometers to spare.
That's generous. Wow. Pothole city. Pothole city.
What? Uh-oh. Anytime things are going too smoothly, just remember the old saying,
TIA. This is Africa and Africa will always humble you. What? Road closed?
Bro, if we don't make it through, gas. Yeah. I mean, it's got to be fine, right?
We got to go to Nata. Maybe we ask somebody why it's closed. Let's go ask them real quick
because that's not going to be good. Oh geez, not again.
This was definitely not the time to find ourselves with a detour. We were now at the
emptiest of empties with just barely enough range to make it to the gas station we knew on the GPS.
There was no telling how much distance this detour was going to add.
Hi there. How are you? Is the road closed? Yeah, the road is closed. It's dead somewhere
up front there. So it's best if you take it this way. How long is the detour?
Okay, I think we have enough gas to make that work.
Thank you so much. Cheers guys, appreciate it. Normally I would take a road closure sign as a
little fun challenge, but when you're going to run out of fuel, if the road truly does end, then
well, let's not take that challenge. Let's go this way. Let's listen to it.
Wow, this is so cool. I mean, look where we're driving right now. These palm trees,
these homes, it's just got a whole other energy to it. It feels very unique. Hello horseman.
He's asking us to stop, but probably won't. Wow, look at that. Hello, that's so cool.
Wow, the smiles, so many smiles. I think we have missed our safari here, but better to arrive safely.
Wow, so beautiful.
Looks like this road's very much not going to continue for us.
Where else in the world does this road exist? I mean, this is so strange.
Water on both sides, horses, rough, rough terrain. This is like what adventure motorbiking
is meant to be. All right, let the gang know we're coming. Come on guys.
14 kilometers and range is no longer being displayed.
And that doesn't mean it's empty, but it means you can no longer track.
We're definitely going to be arriving on fumes. Was it worth skipping the gas station
for the plot? Yes. Yes, it was. Oh, I think I see it. I think I see my favorite colors.
A little yellow, a little red. Oh, it's a shell.
We made it. Let's see though. The Caltex looks like it has a nice, oh, they have a Nando's.
Cam! Cam! Oh, this guy is deaf. Half this trip is just me calling Cam. Cam!
Cool things happen when you bring together the right people. And about two videos ago,
I had mentioned that we were thinking of running our own group trip, both Cam and I.
And the cool thing is we had so much interest that I think this has to happen now. And I want
to mention it again. If you want to join us on an epic crossing, whether it be on a bike,
whether it be on four wheels, whether it be Africa or Vietnam, we want to explore that with you.
Scan that QR code, check that link in the description and join us on a lost tour because
we're going to do some pretty crazy stuff with the right people. So as soon as we have the
final information, you'll be the first to hear about it. All right, back to the video.
Hello. How are you? Is that Nando's over there?
Is it? But across the street, is that Nando's? Nando's chicken?
Oh, it's gone. How's the town handling that?
Is choppies good? Would you recommend it? Yeah.
Hello. They really do make it fresh here. Now, look, you guys have been begging me for a while
now. They've been like, go to choppies, go to choppies, try CFC, CFC. I mean, all my Botswana
band-aids have been blowing me up recently. Trying to put it to a taste test. As the guy
from Shell put it, I think he nailed it. He absolutely described it perfectly. It's okay.
Part one of our journey was completed, but now the road was about to get wild. Here in Botswana,
national highways cross through national parks, which puts us in elephant territory.
First half is done. Now we got the second half and it says 285 kilometers
and our estimated four hours. We're definitely tracking well above that, but that is assuming
we can keep this going while also getting the African massage experience. We're definitely
seeing where the delays are coming from. So much road work, so many potholes, but it makes it fun.
You kind of have to be alert and aware of what's going on. It's not just a sleepy,
straight flat road like this one around now. One thing to keep in mind is that these long
highway roads may look very ordinary, but there's something truly unusual about them.
These roads are frequented by none other than the elephants. And the only reason we knew this
were the signs. Every few kilometers, we'd see a big warning with a photo of an Ellie.
Come on, let's manifest some Ellie's. All right, police checkpoint. All good things come to an end.
What's going on now? I think I got a little too gawky. There might be a reason why it's
saying so long to get there. Stops like this don't help. Hello, how are you? Good.
We're going to Chobe.
Long way. Thank you so much. Thank you. Take care. Good to go. That was an easy one.
All right, see ya. Good talk. Wow, look at this, guys. Botswana is actually almost identical population
to Namibia. Namibia is 2.7, Botswana is like 2.6. And what they both have in common is they're
incredibly sparse. Like when you get out here, you can drive for hours and see only a couple villages.
And. Oh, my God. Hold on. Hold on. Who cares about facts on
freaking populations? Oh, my God. That is what we've been waiting for.
Oh, he's here. Oh, my God. No freaking way, bro.
Yes. Don't tip, please. Whoa, bro. Bro, bro, bro. Watch out. Watch out. Cam,
be careful. He's warning us. Cam, pay attention. Oh, my gosh. That is freaking awesome.
I didn't even see that one, dude. Yeah, he made his noise. He was like,
I mean. That was sick, dude. Oh, I had that on my Botswana bucket list.
I'm so stoked. I know that for those that are not familiar with elephants,
it just looks like they're these beautiful, peaceful creatures. And they are.
But there's definitely times where you cannot overstep your territory. And if you're in the
place, they will charge. And actually, just the other day, if you didn't watch the previous video,
it's freaking insane. We were in the Okavango Delta and our guide who grew up in the bush,
literally born in the bush. No hospital. He was telling us he's lost two cousins guiding
in the guide business to elephants. They stampede, they trample you. So anyways,
and I'm like, remember where you are. This isn't this isn't a petting zoo.
Cam, do you have the pen? Let's ask him for a signature.
I guess we didn't really miss our safari tonight. Just looks a little different.
But I just got news that Ruby and her sister have made it. They landed in Zimbabwe,
got picked up by Chove House, the hotel, basically the glamping resort that we're staying with.
And they're now on their safari. I wonder what they're seeing.
I swear they better not see a kill without me. I'm still waiting for that.
As fate would have it, that was foreshadowing. Let's get back on the road. Let's see if we can
see more of that. I knew going on this road trip, there'd be a lot of action and a lot of
unforgettable moments. But what I didn't bargain for was just that every single day on this trip
was going to be transformative. Seeing those elephants from a random highway.
I mean, this is going down in my books. There's a freaking another one. Oh my gosh. No way.
No way. Oh, she's showing us or he's showing us some of his, uh, his moves. I don't have signal
right now. And I couldn't tell you where I am, but I wonder if that stop that we went through
was the beginning of a park or if this is just everyday Botswana. Either way, it is absolutely
incredible. We're on a highway. Oh my gosh. A game safari on the side of a highway. Yeah. Get ready to go.
Oh, you soil yourself. I know for a second. It really looked like he was getting ready to
show us what up. We're incredible guys. And something tells me at this rate,
it might not be the last one we see. Incredible. That almost,
that got me for a second. I was trying to get this shot of Christian and I had
this bag all opened up lenses and everything hanging out.
And the elephant kind of gave like a standoff in like a, it's shake like a warning at us and started
taking steps forward towards us. And I like tripped out, tried to put the camera in my lap,
shut this stuff falls all over the ground. I got to turn my key just very close,
very close. But the elephant like backed up again. He gave us, he knew he gave us his warning,
but I did that and still saved the lenses. Good job, Cam.
Oh, where are my gloves? Oh, all right. We're good. I'm always like so torn between, do we
shoot photo or video? But there was this moment where Cam was shooting these photos and I don't
know elephant language well, but I can tell you, it seemed like there was a form of like a
stand, stand back, you know, don't, don't come any closer type of energy. And he threw sand at
himself and it like beamed in the light as the sun glowed behind it. And this is the result,
this photo here, as I say this, I haven't even seen it yet, but I'll definitely cherish that
photo because it's a, it's a special moment in my life. A very, very special moment. Oh, dude,
one of my favorite drives right now. I'm feeling so much gratitude for this day,
for this trip, for this life. Gratitude.
Elephants! More elephants! Wow. Hi guys. Insane. I love you. I love you so much.
This was a really special drive. Just me, myself, and my thoughts inside this helmet. Thinking about
how I was just a couple days away from 33 and feeling immense gratitude for these 10 years
exploring the planet. And right here, I was living one of those peak moments. And tonight I'd be
seeing my girlfriend Ruby. And while I was living my best moments, so was Ruby and her sister.
Oh no, no, please. Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run. I think he got it.
First, I've never seen a kill in all the safaris that I've ever been on. This is your first one.
Christian literally joked. He's like, I swear if you see a kill, I'm going to be so mad.
They are everywhere. Absolutely everywhere. Wow. Yep. That's a big bertha.
Whoa. Oh my lord. I better be careful.
Out of all the special moments across this Africa coast to coast,
this one right here might just be my favorite. The power of that bull just staring me down.
It's humbling to see that animal so close up. We're pushing our boundaries a little, I think,
but I'll never forget this moment. What a magical experience. That was just,
thank you God. That was incredible. We definitely don't want to be
too late. The closer we get to Chobe, the more wildlife there's going to be.
And our arrival time is now 813, which is dark.
Hey boss. I'll do full please. Just getting some choppies. This is becoming a favorite spot of
ours. What was your name? Kurt and David. Guys, we have a little tradition we just started
literally today. Do you want to get the pen out? So you're a farmer here? Yep. What does that mean?
What are you farming? Uh, everything. Vegetables, sorghum, millet. How many generations back does
your family go here? Uh, our family is three so far. Um, I don't think it goes much further than
that around here. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Wow. It's still been, I think the first farmers came around
the eighties. And then just sign your name. Are you going to Kasani now or the next? Kasani, yeah.
Tonight. Yeah. Be safe. Careful of elephants. Yeah. Yeah. Quite a few already. Apparently the
Brad just told me this next hour is a lot of elephants. Not at the moment,
they won't be quite as much, but you might get the odd one or two. And buffalo.
That's the one that we were told. Bison.
Bro, you got to sign mine. Mine's too clean. Help me out.
Oh, I love that. I signed my name on there. Kurt. There's Kurt's.
I love it. I love it. That's classic. Can I have your name on there? It's classic.
Well played. Thanks for helping me out with the bike. She looks better.
All right, boys. It was nice to meet you.
We've been warned. Between the buffaloes, the elephants, we're in their world now. And on
motorbikes, there's nothing separating you other than the speed of the bike. I can't even explain
what just happened. There's tall reeds, tall plants on left, right. Cam and I are driving about 90,
not full speed here. We know what's going on. And all of a sudden a figure so tall walks out
of the brush like out of nowhere. It was maybe maybe 30, 40 meters ahead, which at this speed is
not far. So we both pump our brakes super fast and stop and just like it's nothing. The elephant
doesn't even look at us. It just walks fully across the road. I didn't record it. I'm kind
of kicking myself here. But it was an incredible moment, but a little scary because that would
have been like hitting a freaking building. Nuts. I'm not going to lie. The next hour in my helmet,
all I could think was the regret that I wasn't recording. In fact, I'm still regretting it to
this day. It's definitely one of the stories I'll be telling my grandkids, but there won't be any
footage to show them. Daniel, how are you today, man? I'm fantastic. I'm happy that you guys are here.
After a long, long day, we didn't even come close to making that safari. I have no idea if locals
are truly making this journey in six hours, but we certainly did not. The thing that matters,
though, is we did make it. Welcome to Chobe House. If you look at a map of where we started and where
we are now, we've effectively driven across the country today. And now we've made it. We've made
it to Chobe House. You see, we're not staying in the Chobe House tonight. We are actually getting
into one of their cars and getting out there. Tonight we're doing a mobile safari, so we're
going to be camping deep in the brush, surrounded by all the friends we just visited along the way.
Elephants, hyenas, you name it. The crew's going to be there. Cam's going to be there.
The real wildlife. The real wildlife. And Ruby and her sister, Bridget. They flew into Victoria Falls
in Zimbabwe today. They already had apparently one of the best safaris of their freaking lives.
Well, it was Bridget's first, so that's a low bar to hit. But Ruby's done maybe 30 safaris with me,
and she said it was the best one she's ever had. Am I upset? No, no, no. Did she get to see a kill?
Yeah, but it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. Don't worry, I'm fine. I'm not kicking myself
that I wasn't there for it. Pretty epic day ourselves. Dude, it was surreal. I'm not mad
about it. I'm not mad about it. It's all right. Some things are for us. Now you're still salty.
Just a single. What are we having? You joining me? What are we having? We're having a Jameson.
Thank you, boss. Thank you, sir.
To the elephant.
This is rad. This is so cool.
I feel like I'm on like a riverboat gambling. Cheers to that.
It's the finer things in life.
This is a man of his word. This is a man of his word. I love it.
All right. Thank you. Goodbye to the bikes. We'll miss you guys. It's always a sad moment
when you say goodbye to the bikes. Did I actually get giddy every time we get back?
I know, for real. It's a feeling of immense freedom.
That's an elephant. Yeah, that's an elephant. Can confirm.
There's another one. Just on our drive to the site and there he is.
It's probably the one that stepped in front of us. Yeah, he's way too small.
The roads seem to be quite well paved. Yeah, they're definitely girl.
All right, now we're on the real roads.
Well, that just came out of nowhere. We're almost at our campsite. We're super deep, actually.
Every time I thought we were there, we weren't. Deeper and deeper and deeper.
This dirt path felt like it was never ending, but eventually we did meet its end.
This is Charles. Charles. This is King Charles. I heard you're the safari man.
Hopefully you can replicate that again. I'll do that.
You're warm. Yeah. The male has found his counterpart. We've been on the scent.
How was the ride back, guys? So good. Yeah, we're no longer the same people.
We've changed since. We've changed. Man has met wild. 24 days.
After a beautiful campfire, some marshmallows and a much needed catch up with Ruby,
the embers faded and we prepared for sleep. But as we were calling it an end to a day,
others were just preparing theirs. Deep in Chauvet National Park, sleeping in a tent
with just Ruby by my side. I heard something right next to us. Ruby and I immediately grabbed
each other listening for anything, but so terrified as to make a noise. I could feel a
bead of sweat come down my back. We were frozen. Now I was sure something was out there right next
to our tent. And man, I could feel it. It was big. After a truly awkwardly long silence,
I began to hear a disturbing reverberating purr. But this noise was further away. I could feel it
in my chest, completely shot with adrenaline. I felt like I had a second sense. I swear I could
feel a large animal breathing down the side of this tent. And while I'll never have concrete
evidence of what happened outside that tent, I can tell you with such an extreme certainty
that for over 30 minutes, our tent was being stalked by something. And I think there was more
than one of them. But one thing I do know is that we came to Botswana to experience a wild side of
Africa and she definitely delivered. If you're new here, welcome. Cam and I started our entire
adventure in Cape Town and episode one is waiting for you as we make our way up to beautiful Namibia.
But if you've already been riding with us, well then click that video on the right hand side
and join us in the next episode. Let's get lost again in the next world.