Map of Road Scholar 2015 African Trip
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Plane from Johannesburg to Maun, Botswana
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Our first encounter, a giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis) along road from Maun to mobile tent camp at Khwai, in Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
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Elephants (Loxodonta afriana) have right-of-way on road from Maun, Botswana
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Checking out the campfire, Khwai mobile camp, Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
[ Video ]
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A regular visitor to Khwai tent camp, Botswana
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First dinner in Khwai tent camp, Botswana
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An impala ("meals on wheels"), Botswana
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A kori bustard (Ardeotis kori), Botswana
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Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus), Botswana [ Bird call ]
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Kudus (tragelaphus strepsiceros), Botswana
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Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus) [ Bird call ]
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Plains Zebras, {Equus quagga), Botswana
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The Khwai River, Okavanga Delta, Botswana
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A pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) along Khwai River, Botswana
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Burchell's glossy starling ( Lamprotornis australis), Botswana [ Bird call ]
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Saddle-bill stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), Botswana
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Morning break for tea by termite mound, Botswana
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Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymus), Botswana
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Flat-top acacia (Vachellia abyssinica), Botswana
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Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis), Botswana
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An angry hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius) chasing visitors who got too close, Botswana
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"And don't come back", Botswana
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A dazzle (herd) of plains zebras, {Equus quagga) digging up mineral-rich soil, Botswana
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Beautiful zebra stripes, Botswana
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Laundry day, Khwai mobile tent camp, Botswana
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Afternoon lecture by Lisa Reed about Botswana in mobile tent camp, Botswana
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Eating water plants along Khwai River, Botswana
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Grey go-away-bird or grey lourie (Corythaixoides concolor), Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana [ Bird call ]
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African wild dog (or painted dog), (lycaon pictus) hunting along Khwai River, Botswana
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Elephant eating grass along Khwai River, Botswana
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Long-tail Shrike or Magpie Shrike (Corvinella melanoleuca), Botswana
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Lilac-breasted roller at sunset, Botswana [ Bird Call ]
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Sunset over the Khwai River, Okavanga Delta, Botswana
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Elephant and acacia at sunset, Botswana [ My Painting ]
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Pearl-spotted owlet (Glaucidium perlatum), Botswana [ Bird call ]
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Waterbuck along Khwai River, Botswana
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African jacana (Actophilornis africanus), Botswana
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Tree killed by elephants by ringing the bark. Also a buffalo skull. Botswana
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Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus) [ Bird call ]
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Elephants crossing Khwai River, Botswana [ Video ]
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Close encounter with an elephant, Botswana
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Lisa Reed holding impala leg (freshly killed, probably by wild dogs), Botswana
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Wild hibiscus or roseyellow mallow, (Hibiscus calyphyllus), Botswana
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Egyptian geese (Alopochen aegyptiaca), Botswana
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A dazzle (herd) of plains zebras, {Equus quagga) Moremi game reserve, Botswana
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Male vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus pygerythus) on guard, Botswana
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Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger), Botswana
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Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger), Botswana
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My tent at Khwai mobile camp, Moremi Game Reserve, Okavanga Delta, Botswana
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Kitchen at mobile tent camp, Khwai concession, Botswana
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Florence Sekgwa, camp cook, in her kitchen, Khwai mobile tent camp, Botswana
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Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) along Khwai River, Botswana
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Verreaux's Eagle-Owl, or milky eagle owl or giant eagle owl (Bubo lacteus) at dusk, Botswana
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Farewell pose by our cook, Florence, and camp crew, Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana [ Video of Farewell Dance ]
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Road Scholar group: Bruce, Nancy, Mary, Erik, Mary, Kristi, Lisa, mobile tent camp, Botswana
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Crowned plover (also called crowned lapwing) (Vanellus coronatus), Botswana
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Juvenile African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer), Botswana [ Bird call ]
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Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) looking for seeds in elephant dung, Botswana
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Southern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus leucomelas), Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana [ Bird call ]
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Mama Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) with baby underneath, Botswana
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Crested francolin (Peliperdix sephaena), Botswana [ Bird call ]
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At bush airport on way to Kasane, Botswana
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Flight over Okavanga Delta from Moremi Game Reserve to Kasane, Botswana [ Video ]
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Barn owl (Tyto alba) sleeping in rafters, Kasane, Botswana
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Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) along Chobe River, Botswana
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Portrait of Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) along Chobe River, Chobe N. P., Botswana
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Nile monitor lizard (Varanus niloticus), Chobe N.P., Botswana
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Common hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius), along Chobe River, Botswana
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African buffalo or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Chobe River, Botswana
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Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides), Chobe N.P., Botswana
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Elephant herd and baboons in Chobe N.P.,
Botswana [ Video 1 ], [ Video 2 ]
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Egyptian geese (Alopochen aegyptiaca) along Chobe River, Botswana
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Mother and auntie elephant crossing Chobe River with baby, Botswana [ Video 1 ], [ Video 2 ]
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Elephants wet from crossing Chobe River, Botswana
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