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!