20 SeriousFun@JFFC MAY 2018
For the last part of our trip we headed down to the middle Malibamatso River, upstream from Katse. We used the road past the Kao Diamond Mine. It’s a spectacular 60 km long semi-decent dirt road that leads you past a massive opencast mine that cuts into the basalt cliffs, on the way towards the village of HaLejone at Katse’s inlet.
We decided on a detour to try and drive up the valley to where the lower Motete River joins the Malibamatso. After a late afternoon fishing session on the Motete, where we got the first yellows of the trip, we dragged ourselves up the mountain side realising that we need to find a place to camp for the night.
With only an hour of daylight light left, salvation came in the form of a US-Aid adorned double cab from a nearby clinic. The driver suggested we camp at the clinic at Motete village, which at that stage sounded as good a plan as any.
Looking for a place to sleep and leaving it late