To celebrate the end of my training and to get the family together, we all had a huge adventure in Botswana. Dad & Roseline, Mark & Debs, Aunty Merry & Marianne, George and I all headed to Maun, where we picked up two fully equipped Toyota Land cruisers and spent 2 weeks on safari, driving though Nxai Pans, Chobe, Savuti and Moremi, taking in the incredible Victoria Falls on the way, and culminating in a two night stay at the more luxurious Okavango Delta camp, Odd Balls. The trip, two years in the planning, was better than we could have ever imagined, and besides from being able to spend so much precious time together, we had some wonderful sightings and awesome experiences. There is too much to say about the trip to put it into writing here, perhaps one day I will have time and can reflect in detail, but for the time being, here are some of the highlights...
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| Driving through the salt pans in Nxai Pan |
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| First stop...Baines Baobabs in Nxai Pans L to R: Rose-Line, George, Debbie, Aunty Merry |
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| Sunset in the salt pans... L to R back: Rose-line, Merry, Mark, Georg L to R front: Dad, Debs, Marianne, Me |
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| Camping at Baines Boababs in Nxai Pan...magic |
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| Breakfast at sunrise! Bacon and eggs, yummy L to R: Rose-Line, Merry, Debs, Dad, Georg, Marianne, Mark |
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| On the road to Victoria Falls |
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| Victoria Falls! Zimbabwe side...incredible |
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| Group snap at Vic Falls... L to R: George, me, Merry, Dad, Debs, Marianne, Roseline, Mark |
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| George and me at Vic Falls |
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| Posing with Livingstone! |
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| Me walking through the forests at Vic Falls |
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Awesome dinner and drumming at "The Boma" in Zimbabwe
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| Awesome sightings in Chobe |
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| Lilac breasted Roller |
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| Sable |
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| Giraffe drinking water...awkward! |
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| Room with a view...our camping site in Chobe |
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| Mark enjoying sunset and watching game from our campsite in Chobe |
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| Giraffe "necking" |
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| Crossing the bridge with Kudu into Savuti |
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| Sunrise sighting of a leopard in Savuti...exciting! |
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| Excitement at Savuti...a pride of lions find the carcass of a baby elephant in the river... |
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| ...except none of the 10 of them can get it out! Atleast half of them fell in trying...hilarious |
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| Fail! |
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| Exciting river crossing in Moremi |
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| Enjoying a boat ride from Xakanaka in Moremi |
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| Dust bathing elies |
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| Lots of mud in Moremi - so close to the Delta! |
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| Flying into the Delta |
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| Alterative mode of transport in the Delta - mokoro's! |
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| Walking on one of the islands in the Delta |
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| Family time...Dad, Debs, me and Mark |
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