Superb Starling
Off to our mokoro (Botswana canoe) trip along the waterways not far from camp. We drove about 15 mins in the jeep to the canoes, our punter was KB. They move these canoes like a gondola. It was very peaceful and picturesque. We stopped at a little island for a nature walk, all sorts of plants, termite mounds, some birds and monkeys.
Getting ready to take off in mokoros.
Punting along the waterway
Painted reed frog
Nature walk
Grey Lourie
Painted reed frog
Fruit on sausage tree
Vervet Monkey
Back to canoes after an hour or so then back through the hippo trail to the jeep. Hippos in the distance in the waterhole. Back to camp, pack up and off to the airstrip for our next camp, Lagoon at Linyanti about 30 minutes to the north.
Departure Lounge
Unusual insect
View from the air
Our guide at Lagoon is Spencer, the tracker is James. Arrived at camp in a 9 seater jeep, our rooms are very luxurious (refurbished 1 year ago). Lunch/brunch at noon for 45mins then siesta till 4.
Our tent at Little Kwara (cleaner outside)
Little Kwara camp
Bath in our tent
Bedroom in our tent
Slept for 2 hours during siesta definitely needed it.
Went out in the jeep and saw giraffe, elephant, impala, hippo, warthog, zebra and birds.
Spencer and James tracked a wild dog pack which was great. The dogs had done their hunting for the day so they were resting. Wild dogs look like a cross between a fox and a hyena but no one really knows. They are endangered, given farmers have killed many of them, as they attack the farmers herds. Now the government is trying to ensure their survival. Lions and leopards see wild dogs as competition so they also attack the litters when they can. After watching the wild dogs for a while we headed back to camp. Lovely sunset again.
Giraffe and zebra grazing
Zebra grazing
Yellow hornbill
Hippo
Impala
Warthog
Hippo yawning
Wildebeest
Spencer and James tracked a wild dog pack which was great. The dogs had done their hunting for the day so they were resting. Wild dogs look like a cross between a fox and a hyena but no one really knows. They are endangered, given farmers have killed many of them, as they attack the farmers herds. Now the government is trying to ensure their survival. Lions and leopards see wild dogs as competition so they also attack the litters when they can. After watching the wild dogs for a while we headed back to camp. Lovely sunset again.
Wild dog
Sunset
Had a drink before dinner and met the other guests. This camp holds 19 and it's full. A mix of Americans, English and Australians. The Australian's are Ian and Sarah who we'd met back in Tau Pan Camp and an English girl, Sam, who lives in NZ and was travelling with her English aunt and uncle who'd missed Tau Pan due to the chaos at Heathrow. The staff put on a short performance and then we had dinner. Headed to bed around 10.30.
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