Wednesday, June 19, 2024
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| The morning game drive departed at 6:00 |
Chobe Game Lodge was located in Chobe National Park, so we did not have to drive
to the park. In the national park, we were limited to the hours between dawn and dusk (6:00-18:30) and had to stay on the roads.
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| Sunrise |
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| We did not see any snakes, just snake tracks |
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| Looking down at the Chobe River |
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| Baboons doing morning grooming (KSS) |
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| Ubiquitous Numida meleagris/Helmeted Guineafowl |
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| The largest trees are Trichilia emetica/Natal Mahogany |
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| Vanellus armatus/Blacksmith Lapwing |
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| Ardeotis kori/Kori Bustard is the largest flying bird in Africa |
We would also see Egyptian geese, red-billed spurfowl, Cape turtle doves, double-banded sandgrouse, a Marabou stork, cattle egrets, glossy ibis, white-backed vultures, fish eagle, giant kingfisher, fork-tailed drongos, and yellow-billed oxpeckers.
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A huge herd of Syncerus caffer/Cape Buffalo
crossed the Chobe River from Namibia (KSS) |
Video of Cape Buffalos crossing river
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| Cape Buffalo calf (KSS) |
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| Cape Buffalo |
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| Giraffa giraffa/Southern Giraffe (KSS) |
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| Baboon in the Ficus sycomorus/Sycamore Fig Tree |
Now the afternoon game drive:
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| Milicia excelsa/African Teak Tree |
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| Tragelaphus strepsiceros/Greater Kudu |
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| Female Panthera leo/Lion coming toward us |
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Chlorocebus pygerythrus/Vervet Monkey taking
advantage of the driver taking a restroom break |
Video of Vervet monkeys playing
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| This time the male Panthera leo/Lion heads toward us |
Video of male lion heading toward us
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| Mother lion and cubs |
Video of lion cubs playing
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| Tree-climbing lion cubs |
We would also see elephants, jackals, a sable antelope, and warthogs.
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| Tonight we had dinner at the boma/gathering place ... |
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| ... with entertainment by a marimba band (KSS) |
Next: Flight to the Okavango Delta.
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