![Photo of our mobile camp in Botswana, Africa - trip report inside here (scroll down)](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51334626._MG_1783camp.jpg) Photo of our mobile camp in Botswana, Africa - trip report inside here (scroll down) |
![Being charged by an elephant while in a boat. Scary!](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51296799._MG_1305elechg.jpg) Being charged by an elephant while in a boat. Scary! |
![Running giraffe (not sure what's going on with those lips)](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51296801._MG_1414gir.jpg) Running giraffe (not sure what's going on with those lips) |
![Cute little baby giraffe](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51296821._MG_1520girfscopy.jpg) Cute little baby giraffe |
![Red Billed Hornbill](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51296856.CRW_1454hornbill.jpg) Red Billed Hornbill |
![Egret (I'm new at shooting birds and clipped the wing.)](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51298403.CRW_1713copy.jpg) Egret (I'm new at shooting birds and clipped the wing.) |
![Pied Kingfisher - fishing! He hovered above the water looking for fish.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51299758.CRW_1722copy.jpg) Pied Kingfisher - fishing! He hovered above the water looking for fish. |
![White Fronted Bee Eater](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51334621.CRW_1753copy.jpg) White Fronted Bee Eater |
![Pied Kingfisher](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51335230._MG_1271kingfcopy.jpg) Pied Kingfisher |
![Baby Baboon](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51337901._MG_8896baby.jpg) Baby Baboon |
![What a way to go!](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51338798.CRW_9492copy.jpg) What a way to go! |
![Lilac Breasted Roller - the shot everyone gets in Africa!](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51338838.CRW_9318LBR.jpg) Lilac Breasted Roller - the shot everyone gets in Africa! |
![Guinea - may be common but really a cool bird](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51339835.CRW_9581copy.jpg) Guinea - may be common but really a cool bird |
![CRW_0094-l-drk.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51354053.CRW_0094ldrk.jpg) CRW_0094-l-drk.jpg |
![One by one, they lined up for a drink in the late afternoon.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51379282.CRW_0113copy.jpg) One by one, they lined up for a drink in the late afternoon. |
![Two decided to go their own way and not follow the crowd.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51379284.CRW_0117copy.jpg) Two decided to go their own way and not follow the crowd. |
![Taking a break between mating sessions.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51379329._MG_0173copy.jpg) Taking a break between mating sessions. |
![self explanatory](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51463790._MG_0078lionmate.jpg) self explanatory |
![I love the bony looking trees. The sunset makes them more awesome.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51379543.IMG_0198SUNS.jpg) I love the "bony" looking trees. The sunset makes them more awesome. |
![Checking us out.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51380547._MG_0191LION.jpg) Checking us out. |
![A little horseplay (or lion play).](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51381710._MG_0205copy.jpg) A little horseplay (or lion play). |
![More roughhousing.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51382094._MG_0210copy.jpg) More roughhousing. |
![You don't see too many bones lying around (hyena, vultures, mice etc). This is a giraffe.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51382332.CRW_0285GIRBONES.jpg) You don't see too many bones lying around (hyena, vultures, mice etc). This is a giraffe. |
![Kori Bustard displaying. During display their neck can increase 4x in size.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51422895._MG_0348korib.jpg) Kori Bustard "displaying". During display their neck can increase 4x in size. |
![Another Hornbill](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51423304._MG_0391hornb.jpg) Another Hornbill |
![This looks like a big clump of lions but they are really feeding on a young elephant.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51439136.CRW_0331LIONELE.jpg) This looks like a big clump of lions but they are really feeding on a young elephant. |
![This picture tells a sad story](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51521651._MG_0597elefootlion.jpg) This picture tells a sad story |
![Warthogs fighting](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51443037._MG_0450cwrtfght.jpg) Warthogs fighting |
![eye-to-eye](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51443873._MG_0458cwrtfght2.jpg) eye-to-eye |
![Waterbuck](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51445409.CRW_0413wbuck.jpg) Waterbuck |
![Our tents at the fly camp on the island - mine is the tiny one](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/90/399190/3/52147875._MG_1368flycampcopy.jpg) Our tents at the fly camp on the island - mine is the tiny one |
![The guys with our fly camp stuff packed and waiting on the boat to pick us up.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51445853.CRW_0541guysfly.jpg) The guys with our "fly camp" stuff packed and waiting on the boat to pick us up. |
![Young waterbuck fighting](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51448633._MG_0816wbuckfght.jpg) Young waterbuck fighting |
![A hippo yawn is a threat gesture. He's trying to scare us off.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51449947._A3L8901hippo.jpg) A hippo yawn is a "threat gesture". He's trying to scare us off. |
![Our guide, Nick, told us to watch the giraffe drink.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51455101._MG_0908gir1.jpg) Our guide, Nick, told us to watch the giraffe drink. |
![Nick said he will sling the water after he takes a drink.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51452368._MG_0909GIR2.jpg) Nick said he will sling the water after he takes a drink. |
![Seems like a bird was near his mouth when he slung his head!](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51451072._MG_0911gir4.jpg) Seems like a bird was near his mouth when he slung his head! |
![Little water droplets flying everywhere](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51452159._MG_0912gir3.jpg) Little water droplets flying everywhere |
![Sleeping with one eye open (watching us).](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51455948._MG_1152hippcopy.jpg) Sleeping with one eye open (watching us). |
![He has that big yawn (trying to scare us) and he's watching us to see if it works. (No, it didn't.)](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51457183._MG_1162hipp.jpg) He has that big yawn (trying to scare us) and he's watching us to see if it works. (No, it didn't.) |
![Ground Hornbill](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51458654._MG_1168grhrnbill.jpg) Ground Hornbill |
![Saddle Billed Stork](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51459618.CRW_1446sbstork.jpg) Saddle Billed Stork |
![Blacksmith Plover](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51460001.CRW_1434blksmthplvr.jpg) Blacksmith Plover |
![We saw this little guy on the edge of the pans.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51464072._MG_1926squirl.jpg) We saw this little guy on the edge of the pans. |
![Riding in The Beast was pretty dusty some days](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51471862._MG_1907dustybeast.jpg) Riding in The Beast was pretty dusty some days |
![A small flatdog - notice his back leg stretched toward the water to make a quick getaway.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51472660.CRW_1759flatdog1.jpg) A small "flatdog" - notice his back leg stretched toward the water to make a quick getaway. |
![And he's gone](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51472155.CRW_1770flatdog.jpg) And he's gone |
![This was the view at one camp.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51474157._MG_2018zebramasscopy.jpg) This was the view at one camp. |
![Buzzard protecting his zebra (isn't this how you see buzzards portrayed in cartoons?](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51489844._MG_2066BUZZZEB.jpg) Buzzard protecting "his" zebra (isn't this how you see buzzards portrayed in cartoons?" |
![Bee-eater with dragonfly](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51490453._MG_2346beedragon.jpg) Bee-eater with dragonfly |
![Carmine Bee-eaters](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51490621._MG_2313carmine.jpg) Carmine Bee-eaters |
![Bee-eaters do eat bees (and insects) and they breed in burrows in riverbanks.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51748266._MG_2295beeeatersbank.jpg) Bee-eaters do eat bees (and insects) and they breed in burrows in riverbanks. |
![Egret](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51491641._MG_2467egreg1.jpg) Egret |
![Little Bee-eater](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51491923._MG_2499beeeater.jpg) Little Bee-eater |
![Vervet Monkey in a tree eating figs.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51492339._MG_7661monkeyblue.jpg) Vervet Monkey in a tree eating figs. |
![Malachite Kingfisher](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/90/399190/3/53684217.51493216._MG_7703malachite.jpg) Malachite Kingfisher |
![Victoria Falls](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51493563._MG_8996falls.jpg) Victoria Falls |
![Victoria Falls](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51493975._MG_8991falls2.jpg) Victoria Falls |
![New mom and new baby.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51495856._MG_9596ELEMOMBABY.jpg) New mom and new baby. |
![Mom was trying to keep baby away from the water. Fun to watch.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51496257._MG_9546ELEYOUNG.jpg) Mom was trying to keep baby away from the water. Fun to watch. |
![Another Mom doing the same thing with a brand new baby.](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/90/399190/3/53835095._MG_9575ELESAVEBABY5x7.jpg) Another Mom doing the same thing with a brand new baby. |
![The hippo pool](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51498110._MG_9603HIPPOPOOL.jpg) The hippo pool |
![Yellow-billed Stork drying his wings](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51498494._MG_9634bird.jpg) Yellow-billed Stork drying his wings |
![Fish Eagle](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51499326.CRW_9635fisheagle.jpg) Fish Eagle |
![Sable](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51500376.CRW_9661sable.jpg) Sable |
![Another fish eagle](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51501579.CRW_9725fisheagle2.jpg) Another fish eagle |
![Squacco Heron](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51503078.CRW_9794copy2.jpg) Squacco Heron |
![Jacana - walking on the lily pads](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51505880.CRW_9821jacana.jpg) Jacana - walking on the lily pads |
![Juvenile African Fish Eagle](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51506179.CRW_9847copy.jpg) Juvenile African Fish Eagle |
![Baby baboon transportation](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51506888.CRW_9985babybab.jpg) Baby baboon transportation |
![It just didn't seem right seeing this out in the bush.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51507581.CRW_9999coke.jpg) It just didn't seem right seeing this out in "the bush". |
![White Bellied Sunbird](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51509672.birdflower.jpg) White Bellied Sunbird |
![Why do they keep staring at us?](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51510216._MG_0025zebrtalking.jpg) Why do they keep staring at us? |
![We saw a number of buildings like this.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51510907._MG_0041bldg.jpg) We saw a number of buildings like this. |
![Jackal](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51512938._MG_0281jackal.jpg) Jackal |
![Jackal at a huge carcass.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51513219._MG_0263JACKAL2.jpg) Jackal at a huge carcass. |
![Northern Black Korhaan](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51521096._MG_0425birdtweed.jpg) Northern Black Korhaan |
![LBR with a bug. The perch is a tree stump that we think the elephants used as a scratching post and have worn smooth.](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/90/399190/3/53684536.51523909._MG_0680lbrwithbug.jpg) LBR with a bug. The perch is a tree stump that we think the elephants used as a scratching post and have worn smooth. |
![Tawny Eagle](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51525819._MG_0722BIRD.jpg) Tawny Eagle |
![_MG_0792-2BIRDS.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51527607._MG_07922BIRDS.jpg) _MG_0792-2BIRDS.jpg |
![Tawny Eagle](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51534084.CRW_9768.jpg) Tawny Eagle |
![3000 yr old baobab tree in Makgadikgadi Pans](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51461094._A3L1956tree.jpg) 3000 yr old baobab tree in Makgadikgadi Pans |
![To give you an idea of the size of this tree, I'm sitting at the base.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51464676._MG_1943treeme.jpg) To give you an idea of the size of this tree, I'm sitting at the base. |
![Another image to show how big that tree is (or how small we are!)](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51473455._MG_1936tree2copy.jpg) Another image to show how big that tree is (or how small we are!) |
![Makgadikgadi Salt Pans in the Kalahari Desert. The ground crunched when you walked on it.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51463339._MG_1909moon.jpg) Makgadikgadi Salt Pans in the Kalahari Desert. The ground "crunched" when you walked on it. |
![Can you see our camp in the background?](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51462803._MG_1916siloet.jpg) Can you see our camp in the background? |
![Our potty looks a little funny out there.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51468123._MG_1979moonpotty.jpg) Our "potty" looks a little funny out there. |
![We all chose to sleep without a tent that night. So this is where we slept.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51469310._MG_1988moonbed.jpg) We all chose to sleep without a tent that night. So this is where we slept. |
![The camp staff cooked breakfast over the campfire (with The Beast in the background)](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51468781._MG_1983mooncfire.jpg) The camp staff cooked breakfast over the campfire (with "The Beast" in the background) |
![packing up camp to leave](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51469105._MG_1984moonkitc.jpg) packing up camp to leave |
![The whole camp](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51470616._MG_1974mooncamp2.jpg) The whole camp |
![Elephant sunset](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51339516.CRW_9413sunset.jpg) Elephant sunset |
![Lots of info here - the Two in the Bush Bar. the schoolboys on the donkey, the tin retail shop and the milk ad](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51743079.IMG_18972inbush.jpg) Lots of info here - the Two in the Bush Bar. the schoolboys on the donkey, the tin "retail shop" and the milk ad |
![We saw a huge herd of cape buffalo](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51743376._MG_1814buff.jpg) We saw a huge herd of cape buffalo |
![Mean looking old guy](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51743438._MG_1823BUFF1.jpg) Mean looking old guy |
![Other people found the same herd](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51743583._MG_1840BUFF2.jpg) Other people found the same herd |
![Cheetah, minding his own business](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51745758._MG_1876CHEETAH.jpg) Cheetah, minding his own business |
![Ooops! I think we have been spotted.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51744173._MG_1878CHEETAH1.jpg) Ooops! I think we have been spotted. |
![He had a gimpy leg. His mom was seen 3 weeks ago and she had a badly injured leg.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51744992._MG_1881CHEETAH2.jpg) He had a gimpy leg. His mom was seen 3 weeks ago and she had a badly injured leg. |
![Just a pretty pose.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51745669._MG_1885CHEETAH3.jpg) Just a pretty pose. |
![Not a great image but we did get to see the Secretary Bird](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51747298._MG_2222sectbird.jpg) Not a great image but we did get to see the Secretary Bird |
![Another little guy we saw on the edge of the pans.](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51747524._MG_2228bunny.jpg) Another little guy we saw on the edge of the pans. |
![Boys fishing in the Okavango Delta (their pole broke a few minutes after this).](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/90/399190/3/51749150._MG_2368boysfishing.jpg) Boys fishing in the Okavango Delta (their pole broke a few minutes after this). |
![Too close to get the whole croc, so this is what I could get.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/90/399190/3/52147530._MG_1313croctail.jpg) Too close to get the whole croc, so this is what I could get. |
![We didn't get to see the wild dogs in action, just taking a nap.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/90/399190/3/52148043._MG_1218dog.jpg) We didn't get to see the wild dogs in action, just taking a nap. |
![Another dog, another color](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/90/399190/3/52148132._MG_1234dog2.jpg) Another dog, another color |
![Look at those ears!](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/90/399190/3/52149374._MG_1223dog3.jpg) Look at those ears! |
![A couple of my compadres at the hippo pool.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/90/399190/3/52196724._MG_1184photogs.jpg) A couple of my compadres at the hippo pool. |
![All 5 compadres.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/90/399190/3/52197086._MG_1185photogs2.jpg) All 5 compadres. |
![_MG_1196-buzz.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/90/399190/3/52226901._MG_1196buzz.jpg) _MG_1196-buzz.jpg |
![CRW_0349-LION.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/90/399190/3/52228915.CRW_0349LION.jpg) CRW_0349-LION.jpg |
![young flatdog (croc)](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/90/399190/3/53289725._MG_7639croc4x6.jpg) young flatdog (croc) |
![Kingfisher with a fish](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/90/399190/3/53290120._MG_2437KFWITHFISH.jpg) Kingfisher with a fish |
![Lion having a Zen moment](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/90/399190/3/53619130._MG_1583LIONZENcopy.jpg) Lion having a Zen moment |
![Lion having a cat nap.](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/90/399190/3/53621393._MG_1598LIONSLEEPING.jpg) Lion having a cat nap. |
![A Pretzel - they were necking, or fighting](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/90/399190/3/53742258.910_mg_1692girneckPRETZEL.jpg) A Pretzel - they were necking, or fighting |
![Fighting Impala](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/90/399190/3/61686983.2Y5byhF5.jpg) Fighting Impala |
![Giraffes in golden light](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/90/399190/3/61687173.59GAv7q9.jpg) Giraffes in golden light |
![Same ele as the other picture, just a few minutes earlier](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/90/399190/3/61687515.potP895v.jpg) Same ele as the other picture, just a few minutes earlier |
![_MG_9071 copy.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/90/399190/3/96981989.ikpYm1Md.jpg) _MG_9071 copy.jpg |
![lions drinking -0119.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/90/399190/3/130854293.9OdDO6JD.jpg) lions drinking -0119.jpg |
![lions drinking -0119.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/90/399190/3/130854602.zM4wdEQ3.jpg) lions drinking -0119.jpg |