Botswana: Savuti to the Chobe River
I heard a truck leave this morning even before OT came by to awaken us and bring hot water for washing. At breakfast Kaiser tells us he was at the nearby waterhole, where he saw Read More …
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Botswana: Around Savuti
The first stop on the morning game drive is at a watering hole. It is busy this morning, populated by a number of elephants, a large flock of fluffy ring necked doves, funky blue-faced helmeted Read More …
Botswana: Moremi to Savuti
Morning Game Drive Our old friends the honey badgers are out this morning. We haven’t seen these nocturnal animals since we left the Kalahari Game Reserve. Now a pair is so intent on tracking down Read More …
Botswana: By the Hippo Pool in Moremi
Morning We start the day by checking on our neighbors, the hippos. They turn and quietly stare back as us, but we hear them bellow at each other as we eat our breakfast. I use Read More …
Botswana: Maun to Moremi
In and around Maun We have had breakfast and are waiting for Kaiser. Last night we asked him to pick us up at 8:30, rather than the original time of nine. A starling flies by. Read More …
Botswana: Above the Okavango
We get up early. The tents are packed while we eat breakfast. Soon we are all hauling things to the shore where the polers load the mekoro. I had hoped that leaving this early would Read More …
Botswana: The Mokoro Trail
We awake to a cool, damp morning. The sausage tree above our tent is filled first with brightly colored birds and then with vervet monkeys. Ok, maybe not “filled” with monkeys. There are actually only Read More …
Botswana: Into the Okavango
It is a beautiful morning, and I wish we were spending the day exploring the hills. I use links to improve your experience using this website. Some may be affiliate links that pay me a Read More …
Botswana: Leaving the Kalahari
This is the end of our time in Botswana’s Kalahari Desert A game drive on the way to Maun This morning’s game drive is combined with our return to Maun. We head again to the Read More …
Botswana: Deception Pan
Another beautiful morning. We are up a little extra early for today’s game drive, so it is just getting light as I eat my yogurt. We start off heading east into the sun, seeing the Read More …