Day 4, Chobe National Park safari drive. Nearing sunset.
We've been driving around in the safari jeep for about two hours now. Chobe National Park closes by about 6 pm, and since all entries and exits are logged, we know we have to leave soon. That's okay, we have been bumping along for so long and have seen so many animals on this first day in Botswana that we are ready to head to the lodge for a good dinner and cushy bed.
So we gaze at the skyline, watch some guinea hens, and appreciate the beauty of a fish eagle.
hippos in the distance
Then we see trees, full of vultures and other scavengers.
Our guide suddenly stops, gets out of the jeep. "Here", he says, "Here are some tracks, lion tracks." He points to a definite big cat footprint on the edge of the dusty road, right next to an elephant track.
His radio crackles. He speaks briefly in Setswana . . . then he says "hang on" and the jeep jumps forward and races off in a new direction. "What's going on?" we ask Tonia. "Lions!" she says.
Our day of adventure is not over. The best part is yet to come.
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So we gaze at the skyline, watch some guinea hens, and appreciate the beauty of a fish eagle.
hippos in the distance
Then we see trees, full of vultures and other scavengers.
Our guide suddenly stops, gets out of the jeep. "Here", he says, "Here are some tracks, lion tracks." He points to a definite big cat footprint on the edge of the dusty road, right next to an elephant track.
His radio crackles. He speaks briefly in Setswana . . . then he says "hang on" and the jeep jumps forward and races off in a new direction. "What's going on?" we ask Tonia. "Lions!" she says.
Our day of adventure is not over. The best part is yet to come.
Navigation: first safari blog entry
Next blog entry
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