Botswana July 20, 2018
The next morning we went down to the river. Lots and lots of elephant everywhere. As they are not hunted they are very tame and you can get very close. You can see them turn slightly to keep an eye on you, but they continue to feed unperturbed.
In places where the river was quite swampy and cover in grass we saw quite a number of Lechwe using their specialized spred hooves to negotiate the spongy surface
But the prize of the morning was a Leopard. These are nocturnal and very difficult to spot and you are extremely lucky to see one. This one was in broad daylight. We followed her white striped tail through the grass. She eventually posed for us on top of an anthill to see us better and provided a National Geographic moment.
That was the highlight of our trip as it’s rae enough to see a leopard, but to have them pose for you is quite something else.
Not sure we will beat this moment.
As you move away from the river you start to get more game. Quite a number of Waterbuck herds easily recognized by the white circle on their haunches
Zebra at the waterhole.
The road to Moremo
Entrance to Chobe
Came back to the camp to relax with a glass of wine, compliments of Gerald, and started a fire to make dinner of Pap and Filet. I could easily live on this although it might not be good for me.
The weather at Mbudi has been a perfect, sunny 72 degrees Fahrenheit.
We are a long way from any other humans so except for the sound of night birds it is totally quiet.
Gerald, who is a good ornithologist, had lots of bird calls on his smart phone and by playing their calls was able to surround the trees around the camp with birds as they responded to his calls.
A wonderful end to a great day.