Leaving the salt pans of Makgadikgadi and heading to the savanna of Chobe, I tried not to set my expectations too high.
After arriving at our lodge, where we’ll be for two nights, we went on an afternoon safari in a 4WD vehicle.
It did NOT disappoint!
WiFi is weak here, so I’m going to try to quickly post my photos. Twenty this time rather than my usual ten (give or take!).
Steenbok
Helmeted Guineafowl
African Wild Dogs – rare and endangered!
Vulture looking for dinner – we saw elephant, giraffe, and baboon carcasses!
Warthogs
Are you looking at me?!
Impala
We saw THIRTEEN lions!!! Eleven females…
…and two males resting together.
Red-billed Hornbill eating from elephant dung
Elephant family going for a stroll
Five red-billed ox peckers eating bugs off of a giraffe
Cape Buffalo
Hippopotamus on land
Lilac-breasted Roller
Kudu
All wonderful shots, but that one of the birds eating bugs off giraffe was AMAZING!
That’s one of those that I aim my camera at and don’t even realize what I’ve captured until I look at it on my computer! 🤣