Souvenirs from my trip to the Okavango Delta, Botswana with Greg du Toit
The photos are roughly in chronological order and split between the two camps we stayed in.
First up is the Gomoti Plains Camp
Paris - Jo'berg - Maun - Gomoti Plains
the welcome committee, Cape Buffalo
Cape Buffalo
early morning congestion
100m out the camp and we had to take a detour
Knob-headed duck
breakfast, African elephant
African elephant
Dwarf bittern
Southern yellow-billed hornbill
Red-billed spurfowl
Pied kingfisher
Pied kingfisher
Lilac-breasted roller
Impala on the move
Southern carmine bee-eater
Southern carmine bee-eater
Cape buffalo with Yellow-billed ox-pecker
Senegal coucal
Lechwe
Southern carmine bee-eater
Biker baboons ruffled my feathers!
Dwarf mongoose
Dwarf mongoose
Pearl-spotted owler
the sentinel, Chacma baboon
Woodland kingfisher with lunch
Verreaux's eagle owl
Southern red-billed hornbill
Southern red-billed hornbill
just a chillin' Lion
Kudu
Wattled crane family
Southern giraffe
Magpie shrike
Common ostrich
Blue gnu
Lion
surprise!
on the move
do I see lunch?
tiring business
looking for shade
top gear
African fish eagle with lunch
Chacma baboons
The prophecy foretold of this duel.
I see you
Little bee-eaters
Little bee-eater
morning contemplation
Chacma baboons
well groomed Lion
long grass nemesis
Lion
Southern giraffe and red-billed ox-pecker
one task
Bateleur Eagle (juvenile)
Southern giraffe sunset
Verreaux's eagle owl
Southern yellow-billed hornbill
the crew
Southern giraffe having a drink
Southern giraffe with yellow-billed ox-pecker
If you're going to be rude, I'm off!
Lappet-faced vulture
lappet-faced vulture
beginnings of a dazzle, Burchell's zebra
Saddle-billed stork
next up is Chatabe Leiba, we transferred between the two camps in the safari truck maximising time with the camera!
The highlight was our first encounter with the Leopard and her cub. The male cub was roughly two weeks old and it was the first viewing for the camp staff too. I could have filled an album just with the pair of them!
home from home
Swainson's spurfowl
Swainson's spurfowl
Woodland kingfisher
Woodland kingfisher
Double-banded sandgrouse
Scaly-feathered weaver
sundowner spot and the hippos are not happy
and they show it
go away!
African elephant
Yellow-billed stork
Black-backed jackal
Elephant dung mushrooms
another attempted dazzle
Grey-headed kingfisher
under African skies
Swainson's spurfowl
Swainson's spurfowl
Impala on the lookout
with good reason
Bennett's woodpecker
Leopard, postcard pose
the cub makes his appearance
coming out of the den
although still a bit young, the tail does hold some interest
keeps close to mum
his eyesight is probably not yet good enough to make us out
bath time
before bedtime
Bat-eared fox
with ears to the ground
Bat-eared FOx
Grey-headed kingfisher
Yellow mongoose
Yellow mongoose
Crested barbet
Lilic-breasted roller take off
our second Leopard
Black-collard barbet
Eurasian hoopoe
Grey-headed kingfisher
African green pigeon
Chacma baboon
Leopard this time looking for food
and spots some Impala
slinks off in the grass
but the Impala spots her, so back to her cub
on hearing mums call, he pops out the den
then pulls himself up
and out
there is that tail again!
nearly bed time
bath-time again
big licks
confident strides
it's a big world out there
Mr blue gnu in a hurry
Verreaux's eagle owl
they went this way, Ke-mo sah-bee
Leopard #3
Leopard #3 having a rest
Southern yellow-billed hornbill
the approaching storm
a wet drive
Helmeted guineafowl, dad
Helmeted guineafowl, mum and the young
Red-billed spurfowl
Broad-billed roller
