Our lorry used for 1100 km through Botswana
Air in the fuel system among the rhinos
White rhinos coming to the water hole (in the Khama rhino sanctuary for white rhinos)
White rhinos at the water hole
Synchronized
Good rood 1100 km Johannesburg - Maun
Lunch in the shadow
Cows in the draught
Village close to the Okavango delta
Village
Zebras and red hartebeests
Our mokoros used for three days. 4 week, 4 men to build a mokoro from a tree, lasting for 5 years. Modern mokoros are built in plastic, saving the trees.
Mokoros
Through the narrow waters, the polers run the mokoros using a long pole
Our boss
Passing a lot of hippos
Passing hippos, impressive
Big mouth
Angry hippo
Okavango flowers
Water lily
A huge number of elephants passing by
Swim in the warm stream, refreshing
Mats trying the mokoro
Mats and Camilla on a mokoro tour
A two hour walk in the surrounding landscape
Time for coffee
Openbilled stork
Elephant droppings outside our tent
What comes in gets out
Mokore evening tour
Passing an elephant
Sunset tour in the Okavango delta
Going home in the evening
Magic moment
Camp fire
Sunset in Okavango
Singing and dancing
African dance
Toilet
Toilet paper and spade on the road to the toilet - means it is free
Shower (each second day)
Bigger mattresses than we have for kayaking
Breakfast
Brother and sister, having waited for their mother (one of the polers)
Poler's daughter
Flight tour over Okavango delta
Okavango delta
Okavango delta, elephants
Impala antelope
Entrance gate to Moremi Game Reserve (no reserves are fenced)
Hippo
Looks like a stony landscape
but are camoflaged hippos
My territory
Hippo mouth
Elephant in the wet landscape
Hard for the knees to drink
Not much shade in our tent camp
Some rest in the shade (35 - 40 degrees Celsius)
Competition dirtiest feet (I won). Sand, dust and heat make you dirty and unfresh.
Showering time (nice after a day with 35-40 degrees and dust)
Sunset in Savuti
Preparing sausages and meat
Chickens
Preparing evening meal
Our boss/chef
Some participation in making dinner
Serving the dinner
Dinner table
Washing the dishes
Baking bread
Preparing dinner
Hide the ashes deep down, should be no sign that we had been there (the hole was first filled with water)
Wild dog , belonging to the endangered species
Wild dog
Too big for dinner
Wild dogs
Wild dog and impala leg ?
Water buck
Small crocodile
Lions watching zebras
Zebras in defence position
Male lion leaving the zebras
Male lion leaving the zebras, coming to us
The male lion, taking a pee while watching us
Lioness also comes
Coming closer
Coming to us
An easy jump into the jeep
A try for antelopes, but too lazy
Spring with new fresh leaves
Fresh leaves
New fresh leaves
Use the tongue
An elephant approaching our tents
Time to go back
Time for a pee
No need for zooming (photo taken from the open jeep)
Goose
Poor elephant baby, lost his nose (crocodile or sickness?)
Elephants in wet landscape
Leopard early in the morning
Village and jakaranda trree
Southern Ground Hornbill
Red-billed hornbill
Kori bustard
Secretary bird
Heron
Elephant
Elephants
Lions in the shade
Lioness
Cheerful
Wildebeest
Wildebeest and impala
Got stuck
Eagle
Baobab tree
Impressive baobab tree
Baobab flower
Baobab flowers
Marabou stork
Bird of prey
Pied king fisher
Owl
Vultures
Vultures waiting for food
Vulture
Savuti landscape
Many elephants in Savuti
Elephant families in Savuti
Throwing clay to protect the skin
Elephant with clay on the skin
Elephants, throwing sand to protect the skin
Dead and alive elephants
Newly born elephant kid (some days old) running after his mother
Trees hurt by elephants
Baobab "island" in the desert
Elephants hurting baobab trees
Zebras in Savuti
Zebras
Zebra
Antelopes
Ostrich
Lunch in the rare shade
Too much sand due to the wind
Spring greenery
Baobab tree in Chobe
Pelicans
Lizard
Kudus
Kudu
Bee eater
Guinea fowl
Fish eagles on the savann
Fish eagle
Fish eagles
Watching sunset in the Chobe landscape
Sunset
An elephant passes by
Giraffs in Chobe
Giraff
Giraff eating fresh leaves
Curious giraff
Giraff tail
Pumba (warthog), running with the tail up in the air
Pumba (warthog)
Warthog
Warthog, going down on the knees to eat (they have a stiff neck)
Warthog family
Snake bird
Jakana
Black crowned night heron
Grey heron
Crocodile kid, was very difficult to see
Crocodile in Chobe
Crocodile
Crocodile mouth
Crocodile teeth
Mighty elephant
Elephant eye
Buffalos and elephants
Buffalos along the Chobe river
Buffalos
Chobe river sunset
Ferry to Zambia over the Zambesi river
Low capacity
Life vests
Bridge over Zambesi river, leading from Zambia to Zimbabwe
Victoria falls from east, dry on this side (Zambia to the right, Zimbabwe to the left)
Eastern part of the falls completely dry this time of the year
Stanley (Zimbabwe side)
School class (Zimbabwe)
School class
Fireball
Victoria falls (from Zimbabwe side)
Victoria Falls (from Zimbabwe side)
Devil's pool, on the top of the falls
Fisherman on top of the falls
Zambesi beer
Monkey mother and kid
Baby monkey