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
Thursday, June 01, 2006
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
The start of another day in Deception Valley in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve