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| The Moremi team |
Okavango tree |
Lilac breasted roller |
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| Lots of standing water |
Brian's sunset shots are awesome! |
Crane hunting |
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| Typical Okavango road |
Dead trees abound |
Grass in the fading light |
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| Moremi team sans cars |
Lechwe |
Waterlogged tracks |
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| Toki making headway |
Emerging from the swamp |
These are the tracks Graham is looking for! |
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| Mongoose |
Black-collared barbet |
Francolin |
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| Partridge |
Bee-eater |
Magpie Shrike |
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| Guinea fowl |
Plover |
Hornbill on elephant dung |
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| Hornbill on the ground |
Ground hornbill |
Weavers |
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| Pair of barn owls |
Dancing stork |
Watchful eyes |
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| Plover on the prowl |
Jacana hunting |
Fish eagle |
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| Warthog |
Impala |
Zebra pattern |
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| Zebra tail |
Zebra scratch |
Curious hippo |
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| Large, lazy hippo |
Hippo blow |
Cat tracks |
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| Lechwe and pelicans |
Pregnant cheetah . . . |
makes a kill |
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| Cautious over the kill |
Vultures arrive |
Cheetah isn't concerned with them. . . |
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| but leaves when the croc shows up! |
Croc chases off the vultures |
gets the kill |
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| and makes short work of it! |
Then lumbers back to the water |
Cheetah goes looking for shade |
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| Brian elated with the kill shots |
Relaxing at lunch |
Brian and Debbie and their car |
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| Large elephant |
Elephant up close |
More elephants |
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| Rafiki facing off |
Witt gets a view |
Classic safari shot |
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| Giraffe |
Tourists |
Dust and the sun |
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| Baboon |
Zebra again |
Gymnastic vervet |
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| Clear reflection |
Vervet in camp |
Crossing the road |
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| Sundowners for the crew |
while Witt works |
Another magnificant sunset |
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| And another |
Brian and Debbie's rental steed |
complete with camping gear |
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| and fridge! |
Fighting the table legs |
Witt trying to fix a fuel leak |
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| Graham, Connie and Toki |
Rafiki and the moon |
Hyena grabbing someones dinner! |
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| Fancy meeting her on the way to the toilet?! |
Tiny owl |
Brian captures a baboon moon |
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| Brian warding off monkeys |
Witt chatting with monkeys |
Graham shows results of lighting the camp on fire |
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| We convoy as the sun goes down |
Classic Moremi view |
Toki in the grass |
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| Convoy |
Graham looks for scat |
Okavango view |
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| Pausing for impala |
Milling zebras |
Zebra foal |
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| Brian gets stuck |
and shows excellent recovery technique |
Hooking up to Rafiki |
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| Tension in the line |
Toki makes short work of it |
Last day we find a lion |
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| who looks very pleased with himself |
as he tries to stay awake! |
Toki and the moon |
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| Mokoros into the Okavango |
Witt and Jen find their berth |
Cruising through the reeds |
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| Thousands of quelea |
Thousands more |
All the mokoros were sinking |
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| and Brian found his seat wet |
Jacana and lilly pads |
Graham and Connie enjoying rusks and the quiet |
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| Brian, his camera and Debbie |
Our small camp |
Brian tries his hand with the mokoro |
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| Witt and Graham follow suit |
On foot we find elephants |
but don't get too close! |
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| Baboon spider |
Termite mound and tourists |
The Moremi team |
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| Our last night with the mokoro guides |
Team and staff for the mokoro trip |
Prows greet the morning |
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| Brian runs into an old friend |
Okavango overflight |
Watching wildlife from the air |
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| We head to Drotskys Caves with Helen and Chris |
Classic use for Land Rover grill |
Front entrance to the caves |
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| In the caverns |
Rear cave entrance |
On the way back to Maun |
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| In Audi camp preparing for the road ahead |
The long road to CKGR |
The park gate |
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| Lizard survives encounter with a snake |
Evidence of lion |
Central Kalahari |
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| Rare caracal sighting |
Jackals were easy to find |
Road to Deception |
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| Kudu |
Gemsbok |
Another gemsbok |
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| Selous mongoose |
Long roads and no traffic |
Jackals bedding down |
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| Crimson breasted shrike |
Our camp at Pieper Pan |
Toki in the desert |
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| The long road to Xaxa |
Our camp at Xaxa |
The road out |
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| On track to get to Khutse |
Graham's in trouble |
Last sunset in the Kalahari |
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| Trusty donkey heating water |
Camp at Mokolodi |
Last moon in Botswana |