Since it may be a while until I get the full set of posts from our Botswana trip completed, here are some pictures to hold you through:
| Zebra migration, as seen from Meno-a-Kwena. |
| Dining "hall" at Meno-a-Kwena. |
| Bathing in the Boteti River, right below the camp. |
| View from the water hide. |
| Evening view from our tent at Meno-a-Kwena. |
| Lion cub relaxing at Makgadikgadi National Park. |
| Elephants playing in the Boteti River. |
| Admiring the elephants. |
| Getting serious about water play! |
| The joys of a mud bath... |
| Vulture perching. |
| Kudu at Makgadikgadi. |
| Vervet monkey posing in profile. |
| A brown snake-eagle soars. |
| Marabou storks. |
| San demonstrate their skills. |
| Petting a scorpion!! |
| Zebras as seen from the Meno-a-Kwena water hide. |
| Black crake alongside the Boteti. |
| Singing under the stars with one of the guides at Meno-a-Kwena. |
| Wuhv, twoo wuhv... |
| Lady lion in the grass at Moremi Game Reserve in the Okavango Delta. |
| Relaxing in the evening at Xakanaxa. |
| Young leopard on the ground. |
| Same leopard, later, in a sausage fruit tree. |
| Out on the water with Water, our guide, in a Makoro. |
| Sunset in the Okavango Delta. |
| Evening view from our tent at Xakanaxa . |
| Cape Buffalo at Moremi. |
| Red Lechwe at Moremi. |
| Woodland Kingfisher enjoying lunch. |
| Coffee break in Moremi. |
| Bush snake discovered while climbing a tree. |
| Whuuhhht? |
| Young vervet monkeys. |
| A prodigious yawn. |
| Elephants approach at Moremi. |
| Later, one of those elephants dining. |
| An elephant and a red lechwe. |
| Wattled crane. |
| Great white egret at Moremi in the Delta. |
| Just out for a stroll... |
| A pair of saddle-billed storks. |
| Chobe River as seen from Chobe Safari Lodge. |
| Elephants wading in the Chobe River. |
| Tasty reeds. |
| Beach bums, a.k.a., baboons. |
| Water monitor lizard. |
| Happy Hour, Cape buffalo style. |
| Hippos in the Chobe River. |
| HUGE crocodile. (About 4 meters.) |
| Victoria Falls. |
| Very young lion cub sipping water at Chobe National Park. |
| With mom. |
| Dad, right before he charged our truck. |
| Do you think they know we're here? |
| Crowned cormorants drying off after a fishing expedition. |
| Fish eagles on watch. |
| White-headed vulture, also on watch. |
| Get your own warthog! |
| Kudu along the Chobe River. |
| Happy Hour, giraffe style. |
| "Circle of Life" moment at Chobe. |
What a wonderful two weeks we had!