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Mombo Pair
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I spent two weeks exploring Makgadikgadi Pans, Okavango Delta and Chobe National Park. I went on safaris and saw plenty of wildlife such as elephants, cheetahs, lions and hyenas.. just to name a few. I enjoyed the beautiful scenery around me and took in every second I could. I also experienced the culture around me by staying in multiple lodges and talking to the lodge staff.
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A sounder of Warthogs

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Lions on a kill in the Vumbura Concession

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2 Jackals on a recently abandoned Cheetah kill

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Beautiful Botswanan sunset

Safari Schedule

Safari schedule is something I hadn't ever experienced before. It is very much organized around two factors:

1) Wildlife is most active in the early morning and in the late afternoon - evening

2) For part of the year, it's hot as hell in the middle of the day

That means that most days are organized as follows:

Up between 5-5:30 AM …
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Safari Air flight

The Long Hard Truth of Long Haul Flights

I have to be honest -- I haven't ever faced flights this long. The severity of the flight pattern for this trip to Botswana is weighing on me. I have been a bit wedded to Latin America since first heading to Ecuador in 2002. Apart from a foray to Finland, I haven't taken a trans-Atlantic flight since 2000. Central and South America take …
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The tent at Royal Tree Lodge

Maun

People love to hate Maun. When I inquired with friends in the travel industry, they all recommended I stay over in Johannesburg and use Maun as a quick stopover. But I like to get where I'm going and THEN rest. After my punishing flight schedule, I just wanted to know that I was where I was supposed to be. So I opted for a night in Maun and …
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With the Abu Herd

Abu

The first thing I notice about Abu is elephants, baby elephants. Flying low over the airstrip, I feel as if we are going to land on a family gathered around a watering hole. We are hundreds of feet above them and they don't seem to even notice us coming in over their heads. After deplaning, my guide Tebla spares no time in getting us up close …
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Crossing the river

Paradise (aka Vumbura Concession)

Every day in Botswana seems to get better and better. And then Vumbura happens. I get so lucky at Vumbura, that as we are leaving, my guide asks me to high five all of the new guests arriving off the plane, in hopes that my luck will transfer to them. Let us back up a bit ....

I arrive on the airstrip at Vumbura Concession and deplane to meet my …
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Breeding pair at Mombo

Savuti Camp

Last stop on the Wilderness Safaris train was Savuti Camp. Savuti Camp is located in the Linyanti Concession along the Savute Channel. The Savute Channel has a lot of lore surrounding. The channel dries up for years and years and years before coming back to life (seemingly at random) and then it flows for years again before disappearing. The ghost …
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Giraffe

Savute Safari Lodge

Savute Safari Lodge is located in a far off corner of Chobe National Park between the Savuti and Linyanti Private Concessions. This was my first lodge in a publicly protected area and the experience was quite a bit different than in a private concession. In private concessions, local communities actually own the land and give companies 15 year …
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Wild Dog at Mombo

Mombo

What is it they say, "go big or go home"? I went big on my first night on safari. Mombo Camp is one of the most luxurious lodges in Botswana. Rates for high season in 2019 are running over $3,500 per person per night. And while the accommodations are perfectly appointed in every way and the hosts are beyond gracious, the wildlife is what …
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Okavango Delta from the air

Camp Moremi

Camp Moremi is situated in a beautiful landscape -- with mature forests, water channels and grasslands. The variety in habitat yields a fantastic variety of wildlife. Moremi Game Reserve is within the Okavango Delta -- the only public protected area in the Delta. This part of the Delta has year round water, so you have access to a wider range of …
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