Okavango Delta - Khwai River

Setting out from Khwai River airstrip as the sky darkens	Ground Hornbill - our first spot of a very productive afternoon drive from Khwai River airstrip to our campsite at Sable Alley	Elephants in the Khwai River, the boundary to the Moremi Game Reserve	We finally found "Africa"!
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Red Lechwe, Khwai River	Lilac-Breasted Roller	BotswanaJun12 0120.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0124.jpg
BotswanaJun12 0126.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0128.jpg	Impala, the "fast food" of Southern Africa - note the "M" markings	BotswanaJun12 0132.jpg
Kudu	The first of many river crossings	BotswanaJun12 0146.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0151.jpg
Leopard!	BotswanaJun12 0160.jpg	Leopard cub in a tree	BotswanaJun12 0163.jpg
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Dont' try this at home!	Last season, Clinton got stuck at this spot	Our turn in Simon's shiny new Land Cruiser	BotswanaJun12 0271.jpg
BotswanaJun12 0273.jpg	Vervet Monkey outside our campsite as we begin the second drive of day 1	That's why they call them "blue ball monkeys"	There are no fences to keep visitors out of our campsite
It's late already - it'll be a short drive	BotswanaJun12 0320.jpg	In the late afternoon, we return and the leopards are still near the site of their last kill	BotswanaJun12 0338.jpg
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BotswanaJun12 0421.jpg	Leopard cub pulling the hair off a piece of impala skin	BotswanaJun12 0426.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0428.jpg
BotswanaJun12 0433.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0436.jpg	Another safari vehicle arrives at the leopard sighting	He passes news onto Clinton and Simon of something else nearby
...we're off...	BotswanaJun12 0440.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0444.jpg	A small herd of elephants as sunset approaches
Elephants in the late afternoon, Okavango Delta	BotswanaJun12 0448.jpg	We only stopped briefly...we were on a mission	BotswanaJun12 0452.jpg
Dusk nears	BotswanaJun12 0464.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0456.jpg	Vulture in a tree at sunset
Vultures where another vehicle has found a wild dog kill	BotswanaJun12 0467.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0469.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0470.jpg
BotswanaJun12 0471.jpg	Maybe we'll have luck - after all, the wild dog is the logo of Clinto's safari company, Safari Life Africa	Giant Eagle Owl - the world's largest owl	A pair of Giant Eagle Owls
No luck finding the pack of dogs so we head back to camp	A marabou stork basks in the early morning light	Not an auspicious start to day 2 - Clinton's got a flat tire	A third visit to the leopards the following morning
Leopard cub stalking birds	BotswanaJun12 0528.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0530.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0531.jpg
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Meanwhile, why the cub is playing, the mother is stalking a herd of impala nearby	BotswanaJun12 0554.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0555.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0556.jpg
BotswanaJun12 0557.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0558.jpg	Circling around to find a better approach to the impala	A look back then she disappears into the bush
We wait hoping to catch a leopard attack, or its immediate aftermath...but no luck	Waiting for a leopard kill...	BotswanaJun12 0571.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0572.jpg
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BotswanaJun12 0613.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0615.jpg	We stopped in an area where there were alarm calls	Amazingly, Clinton and Simon were able to found the source of the commotion
Genet - a small nocturnal cat-like predator - resting in a tree	BotswanaJun12 0626.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0623.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0629.jpg
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BotswanaJun12 0639.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0641.jpg	North Gate to Moremi Game Reserve at Khwai, 15km	BotswanaJun12 0646.jpg
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BotswanaJun12 0667.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0676.jpg	The Khwai River Conservancy lies in the 20km strip between the SW corner of Chobe National Park and the North Gate to Moremi	BotswanaJun12 0678.jpg
BotswanaJun12 0679.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0682.jpg	A pair of lionesses crossing out of Chobe National Park	This lioness has quite an injury on her face
The second lioness	They walked in a straight line - apparently with a destination in mind	BotswanaJun12 0694.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0697.jpg
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The lions pass right next to us, seemingly oblivious to our presence, or at least not caring	BotswanaJun12 0724.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0730.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0731.jpg
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BotswanaJun12 0739.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0742.jpg	We were hoping they'd lead us to the rest of the pride, or maybe even some cubs	After a while, they stopped and rested under a shady tree
Leaving the lions in peace, we move on	A young kudu buck	BotswanaJun12 0750.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0751.jpg
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Elephant resting its trunk on a tusk	BotswanaJun12 0871.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0874.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0876.jpg
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African Fish Eagle	BotswanaJun12 0936.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0937.jpg	BotswanaJun12 0942.jpg
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Termite mound now home to a band of dwarf mongoose	BotswanaJun12 0954.jpg	Dwarf Mongoose	BotswanaJun12 0958.jpg
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Sunset - Day 2	Dusk falls	The start of Day 3 in the Okavango	Red hornbill
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On a less productive morning, Simon tracked a lion - unsuccessfully - while...	:: The other group found Wild Dogs ::	BotswanaJun12 1011.jpg	BotswanaJun12 1012.jpg
Clinton racing through the bush to lead us to the wild dogs...but they were already gone	BotswanaJun12 1019.jpg	BotswanaJun12 1020.jpg	BotswanaJun12 1022.jpg
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Spoonbills	BotswanaJun12 1032.jpg	Open-billed Stork	BotswanaJun12 1036.jpg
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BotswanaJun12 1055.jpg	BotswanaJun12 1056.jpg	Not every game drive is successful - back to camp for lunch	Morning of our last day
Young baboon playing in a tree as we drive back to the airstrip	BotswanaJun12 1184.jpg	BotswanaJun12 1186.jpg	BotswanaJun12 1188.jpg
Hippo path on a dry floodplain	After the flood arrives, these channels will be under water	BotswanaJun12 1191.jpg	BotswanaJun12 1192.jpg
BotswanaJun12 1194.jpg	BotswanaJun12 1196.jpg	We stop to investigate some birds that were alarm calling	The cause of the commotion - an African Wildcat springs out of hiding
Airborne African Wildcat	African Scardycat	Warthog	Do not drive on the runway!
Khwai River Airport - Main Terminal	A bush taxi at the Khwai River Airstrip	BotswanaJun12 1230.jpg	BotswanaJun12 1231.jpg