After being stuck in Maun for two days due to the start of a storm that would result in one of the largest storms Botswana has seen in 30 years, we headed for the Makgadikgadi Pans along A-3. Along the road, before reaching the entrance gate, there was a bachelor herd of bull elephants. It was my first wild elephant sighting, and despite fighting the rain, it was a great one.