Young Wild Dogs rest before an afternoon hunt
The pack took down a young kudu.
Circle of life and death
Tawny Eagle eats
On the River - Elephants cross ahead
Carmine Bee-eater
The Selinda Spillway
Openbill Storks
Afternoon on the Selinda
Sunset on the river
Linyanti Concession, we make camp
Zebras watch briefly before bolting, incredible sight...we snuck up on them on the river
Great Egret, south for the summer
Water Buffaloe storm across our path on the river
Coordinates
Hippos !
Close encounter of the elephant kind
The Iconic Giraffe, my personal favorite
Sundown near Selinda Camp
The Linyanti Swamp on the Namibian border
Fastest animal on the planet
Leopard protecting a kill, incredible!
The winner and still King of the territory, this guy was licking his wounds after a galactic struggle
A fight to the death resulted in.....death for this male lion. The carcass was just three days old and already pretty picked over by the vultures.
We recently returned from an epic experience in the Botswana bush in Southern Africa. This part of Africa is dry forest and depends on seasonal rains in neighboring countries (Angola & DRC) to fill the Okavango River delta and nourish the northern reaches of the Kalahari Desert. We were fortunate to make a river journey in canoes down a stretch of the Okavango system that only floods once every thirty years and therefore is very wild. We camped on the side of the river each night. Incredible scenery and exotic African wildlife truly in in its natural habitat.
One Response to “Botswana Journal – Wild River Experience”
Munchie says:
Hippo! His teeth are not something to mess with.
Also love the giraffe. It looks well-fed. or pregnant?
Can’t believe how quickly the lion carcass returned to the earth…!