Victoria Falls: Day 4

An early morning start found us crossing the border into neighbouring Botswana for a day cruising the Chobe River. Switching the Zambezi for the Chobe turned out to be a great decision; we spent the majority of the day surrounded by elephants! Herd after herd came down to the river to drink, and more often than not continued into the water for a good swim. This is one of my all time favourite sightings, and the camera felt it. Hundreds of elephants and thousands of images later, we crossed back into Zambia, and back home to out little stretch of the Zambezi River for a delicious dinner.

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Botswana: The Okavango Delta Safari video

Heading into Botswana’s Okavango Delta is always a special experience. The combination of land and water based safaris, as well as the incredible bio-diversity it has to offer mean that you always leave the safari feeling like you won.

Check out the video of this incredible safari.

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Botswana: Okavango Delta Safari 2013: Day 10

The mood is always a little bit sombre on the final morning, but was picked up substantially by a great surprise – a rare sable antelope. A large male sable popped out of the bushes right next to us, and then had the courtesy to let us follow him for a good 20 minutes! After the sable had left us, we went back to see what the situation was with the leopard and her tsessebe kill. She had brought the kill down the tree and was quietly munching away on the floor, giving us a good clear view. A wattled crane and 2 large herds of elephants with little babies drinking sealed off a great safari!

Major sightings of the day:

Sable antelope
Female leopard feeding on kill
Wattled crane
2 large herds of elephants drinking

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Botswana: Okavango Delta Safari 2013: Day 9

Leopards ruled the day, in particular, a female leopard who was working her way slowly through a baby tsessebe kill. She was up and down different trees, giving us great opportunities to photograph her. We also got to spend around 2 hours with 3 large male lions, who were on the move. In between all the cat action, we saw elephants numbering in the hundreds! Good bird sightings as well as great general game rounded off a fantastic day.

Major sightings of the day:

Female leopard in tree with kill
3 male lions
Hundreds of elephants
Good general game
Female leopard

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Botswana: Okavango Delta Safari 2013: Day 8

A day that starts with 17 wild dogs chasing 3 hyenas is never really going to be a bad day! This action was all on our way to enjoy an amazing makoro experience. These traditional canoes take you quietly through the waters of the Okavango Delta, giving you a close-up look at the smaller animals. A large herd of buffalo met us at the end of the makoro experience, quickly followed by a herd of elephants. The day closed off with a female leopard in a tree with a kill and a relaxed african wild cat.