By far the best way to see the Okavango Delta is being poled in a Mokoro. The quiet plop and splash of the pole is the only human sound to break the timeless symphony of nature which surrounds you. 

Botswana 2001.
Whilst being taken into the Okavango Delta by canoe we came across a hippo which villagers had killed and had butchered for meat. 

Okavango sunset Botswana 2001 

It was difficult to tell where the seals finished and the polished rocks and sand started. 

Namibia 2001
Africa is so diverse and full of things you never expect. Seals at Cape Cross in Namibia, thousands all beached up sun bathing. And two days before we had been watching elephants in almost desert conditions.

South Luangua Zambia 2005 

Elephant back safari - Vic falls 

Victoria falls - Zambian side 

Grass in the Delta 2004 

Zambezi sunset 2004 

Zambezi evening 2004 

Reflections in the Okavango Delta 2004 

These are the tracks of the Lion I came face to face with in camp in the night when I answered a call of nature. We followed his tracks for 30km before finally catching up with him. 

Elephant footprints in salt pan 

Cheetah - Central Kalahari Game Reserve 

On the subject of dining in the bush, here's dinner on the way. 

Segal, Botswana's best guide, prepares a bush breakfast.

Around the camp fire. Botswana 2004 

Camp fire. Chobe , Game Reserve, Botswana 2004 

Wild Dogs are just the best. 

Some days you see very little and on others you come across special moments like a pack of Wild dog, unusual for Nxai Pan. 

Sunset is always a special time. There are plenty more of these to come too! 

So if anyone asks, you can get Hippo in the desert. These were part of a stranded pod in the remains of a river which dried up some years ago. 

We saw so many Oryx, hundreds at a time all grazing on the new grass after the rains. 

A good moon rising over the Central Kalahari