Tuesday, July 16, 2013 – Chobe National Park

what bird?

fresh lion tracks over last night's tire tracks

kudu

guinea fowl

impala


giraffe


baboons

fish eagle coming into its nest



baboon tribe with babies

impala



this baby male baboon lets it all hang out

cape buffalo and guinea fowl

our tour leader Abi Nyoni, Judith Blecha, cook _, and Marilyn Herel at our morning tea break

Guide Moses, Judith Blecha, guide Metz, Marilyn Herel at our morning tea break

herd of impala browse near the
Chobe flood plain


monkey

termite mound: because of uneven drying due to sun and wind, in this part of Africa the mounds always point to the northwest


lilac-breasted roller


giraffe

cape buffalo




secretary bird

zebras

Brown Snake Eagle female and male

lilac breasted roller

guinea fowl

kudu

guinea fowl

a tired Arthur sits on a
low tree limb

monkey


coqui francolin

more monkey


elephant

Mud baths protect the skin and get rid of the insects

kudu

cape buffalo



hippos

elephants crossing our road



giraffes

kudu

swallows over the flood plain

the Chobe River flood plain looking towards a narrow strip of Namibia

swallows?

path to our cabin at Chobe

kudu

our cabin overlooking the gully


Junior gives a talk to us about Botswana


swallows?


Janet Shi bravely eats a Mopani worm as an "adventure" appetizer

Mopani worm (really a caterpillar) which turns into an Emperor moth

swallows?

sunset with the evening star (Venus?) over the Chobe River flood plain

swallows?









A short part of the Farewell song
interiors of our cabin at Chobe




