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2015 Southern Africa - Botswana

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Map of Road Scholar 2015 African Trip


Plane from Johannesburg to Maun, Botswana


Our first encounter, a giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis) along road from Maun to mobile tent camp at Khwai, in Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana


Elephants (Loxodonta afriana) have right-of-way on road from Maun, Botswana


Checking out the campfire, Khwai mobile camp, Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
[ Video ]


A regular visitor to Khwai tent camp, Botswana


First dinner in Khwai tent camp, Botswana


An impala ("meals on wheels"), Botswana


A kori bustard (Ardeotis kori), Botswana


Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus), Botswana [ Bird call ]


Kudus (tragelaphus strepsiceros), Botswana


Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus)
[ Bird call ]


Plains Zebras, {Equus quagga), Botswana


The Khwai River, Okavanga Delta, Botswana


A pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) along Khwai River, Botswana


Burchell's glossy starling ( Lamprotornis australis), Botswana
[ Bird call ]


Saddle-bill stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), Botswana


Morning break for tea by termite mound, Botswana


Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymus), Botswana


Flat-top acacia (Vachellia abyssinica), Botswana


Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis), Botswana


An angry hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius) chasing visitors who got too close, Botswana


"And don't come back", Botswana


A dazzle (herd) of plains zebras, {Equus quagga) digging up mineral-rich soil, Botswana


Beautiful zebra stripes, Botswana


Laundry day, Khwai mobile tent camp, Botswana


Afternoon lecture by Lisa Reed about Botswana in mobile tent camp, Botswana


Eating water plants along Khwai River, Botswana


Grey go-away-bird or grey lourie (Corythaixoides concolor), Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
[ Bird call ]


African wild dog (or painted dog), (lycaon pictus) hunting along Khwai River, Botswana


Elephant eating grass along Khwai River, Botswana


Long-tail Shrike or Magpie Shrike (Corvinella melanoleuca), Botswana


Lilac-breasted roller at sunset, Botswana
[ Bird Call ]


Sunset over the Khwai River, Okavanga Delta, Botswana


Elephant and acacia at sunset, Botswana
[ My Painting ]


Pearl-spotted owlet (Glaucidium perlatum), Botswana
[ Bird call ]


Waterbuck along Khwai River, Botswana


African jacana (Actophilornis africanus), Botswana


Tree killed by elephants by ringing the bark. Also a buffalo skull. Botswana


Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus)
[ Bird call ]


Elephants crossing Khwai River, Botswana
[ Video ]


Close encounter with an elephant, Botswana


Lisa Reed holding impala leg (freshly killed, probably by wild dogs), Botswana


Wild hibiscus or roseyellow mallow, (Hibiscus calyphyllus), Botswana


Egyptian geese (Alopochen aegyptiaca), Botswana


A dazzle (herd) of plains zebras, {Equus quagga) Moremi game reserve, Botswana


Male vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus pygerythus) on guard, Botswana


Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger), Botswana


Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger), Botswana


My tent at Khwai mobile camp, Moremi Game Reserve, Okavanga Delta, Botswana


Kitchen at mobile tent camp, Khwai concession, Botswana


Florence Sekgwa, camp cook, in her kitchen, Khwai mobile tent camp, Botswana


Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) along Khwai River, Botswana


Verreaux's Eagle-Owl, or milky eagle owl or giant eagle owl (Bubo lacteus) at dusk, Botswana


Farewell pose by our cook, Florence, and camp crew, Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
[ Video of Farewell Dance ]


Road Scholar group: Bruce, Nancy, Mary, Erik, Mary, Kristi, Lisa, mobile tent camp, Botswana


Crowned plover (also called crowned lapwing) (Vanellus coronatus), Botswana


Juvenile African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer), Botswana
[ Bird call ]


Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) looking for seeds in elephant dung, Botswana


Southern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus leucomelas), Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
[ Bird call ]


Mama Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) with baby underneath, Botswana


Crested francolin (Peliperdix sephaena), Botswana
[ Bird call ]


At bush airport on way to Kasane, Botswana


Flight over Okavanga Delta from Moremi Game Reserve to Kasane, Botswana
[ Video ]


Barn owl (Tyto alba) sleeping in rafters, Kasane, Botswana


Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) along Chobe River, Botswana


Portrait of Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) along Chobe River, Chobe N. P., Botswana


Nile monitor lizard (Varanus niloticus), Chobe N.P., Botswana


Common hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius), along Chobe River, Botswana


African buffalo or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Chobe River, Botswana


Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides), Chobe N.P., Botswana


Elephant herd and baboons in Chobe N.P., Botswana
[ Video 1 ], [ Video 2 ]


Egyptian geese (Alopochen aegyptiaca) along Chobe River, Botswana


Mother and auntie elephant crossing Chobe River with baby, Botswana
[ Video 1 ], [ Video 2 ]


Elephants wet from crossing Chobe River, Botswana