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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