A short boat ride over to the safari vehicles then we we off for a great adventure. The first thing we saw was a herd of elephants crossing the delta… WOW what a sight to see!
Some interesting road crossings!
Next we found a leopard in a tree… unfortunately she was not interested in coming out of the tree to hunt so we didn’t have an opportunity to get great pictures.
Next our guides got to show their impressive tracking skills… they noticed a lion foot print on the road and we were off… we tracked the female lion for what seemed like miles. Apparently there was a fight between males a few days ago and they “stole” two females from their brother. The females wouldn’t have it and made their way back to their brother! It was something watching our guides track the fresh foot prints… we took one wrong turn… they back tracked and we were off again… a few more turns and we found them! A beautiful male and his beautiful sister!
Next was a short stop for coffee and a snack outdoors in the middle of the bush! What a treat! Then back to camp to rest for the afternoon to relax before our evening game drive. We went swimming in our private pool and then had a special lunch with one of my new favorite deserts… mint passion fruit sorbet! Yummy!
We saw other interesting things along the way:
Our afternoon game drive was by boat and led us to some incredible sightings! First we witnessed a small herd of Red Lechwe (a little larger than Impalas) leaping through the water to cross the delta!
Next we stopped for afternoon cocktails on a sand bar, where we stood in about six inches of water and had drinks and appetizers and watched the sunset.
Our trip back to the camp was interrupted by elephants taking a bath in the delta, we could not pass so we watched!
Once we arrived back at camp we were treated to a great surprise at our tent… Champagne and a hot bubble bath waiting for us!
In the middle of the night we (ok Cheryl) woke to the sounds of limbs breaking outside our tent… She discovered a baby elephant right up against our tent grazing!
Fun Facts:
- The water ways in the delta were made by hippos not the boats. They are called the hippo highways and are not safe for boats after the sunset.
More amazing pictures. And the videos are nice too…those hippo highways are fascinating. Hard to tell which is better, the food or the animals. But this is clearly a high-class operation. Not much like camping out. It's really interesting that they can put all this together--a well run operation. The pictures of the leopard were pretty good but the lions are incredible. I know they were done with telephoto--at least I hope so--but it's like you can feel them breathing. Gulp!
ReplyDeleteThat sunrise picture almost makes me want to get up early! What colors! Both sunrise and sunset pictures look like water color paintings. They are almost as spectacular as the pictures of the animals. A leopard AND lions? Are you jumping up and down with joy?!!!? And thank you for the videos - a nice, shared experience. Botswana sounds fantastic...
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