During our tour of Botswana in June we set off on an afternoon boat ride from the launch site in Kasane, following the Chobe River upstream into the Chobe National Park and later returning along the main channel – the border between Botswana and Namibia – around Sedudu Island by sunset. Game-viewing and photographic opportunities from the boat was excellent as we floated low to the water to almost within touching distance of Nile Crocodiles, Hippos, Buffaloes, Elephants and a wide array of other animals and birds which were all surprisingly unworried by our proximity. Certainly an experience to savour and never be forgotten!
The Chobe River at Kasane
Schalow’s Turaco
Guinea-fowl Butterfly
Spur-winged Goose
Big Red Lechwe ram
African Darter
Nile Crocodile
Nile Monitor
Nile Crocodile
Nile Crocodile
Pied Kingfisher
White-crowned Lapwing
Banded Mongooses
Banded Mongoose
Nile Crocodile
Pied Wagtail
Game-viewing by boat on the Chobe River
Cape Buffalo
Serenity on the Chobe River
African Darter
African Darter
African Fish Eagle
African Fish Eagle
African Fish Eagle
Cape Buffalo
Baboon of subspecies Papio ursinus griseipes
Baby Baboon of subspecies Papio ursinus griseipes
Baboon of subspecies Papio ursinus griseipes searching for seeds in elephant dung
Baby elephant
Elephant youngster
Hippos
Cape Buffalo
Cape Buffalo
Cape Buffalo
Cape Buffalo and cattle egret
African Spoonbills
Yellow-billed Storks
Red Lechwes
Great Egret
Black heron “canopy feeding” on shoals of small fish disturbed by the moving buffalo
Game-viewing by boat on the Chobe River
Resting hippos
Spur-winged Goose
Red Lechwes
Marabou Stork
Waterbuck family
Marabou Stork
Pink-backed Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
Water Thick-knee
Goliath Heron
Namibian fisherman in a traditional mokoro
Red Lechwes
Red Lechwes
Large flock of Black-winged Pratincoles settling down on an island for the night
Sunset over the Chobe River
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Verlang ek nou vreeslik terug na ons tye op die Chobe rivier, DeWet. Many moons ago. Wat ñ pragtige verskeidenheid wild!
Regtig n besonderse plek die, Una!
That was quite a pile up of the mongooses! Also liked the stork photos.
Banded Mongooses are very social and a joy to watch!
It was a while ago 1998, 2000, 2002 2004
Still the memories must be amazing to recall!
Just amazing. Thanks for sharing such stunning photographs of a place I have visited four time but probably won’t get to again. Such a beautiful country.
I’d love to hear some of your stories from those four trips, Helen!
Those mongooses!
Aren’t they just so darn cute!
I love those banded mongooses! What a fantastic experience you have enjoyed.
It was marvelous, Anne, and I was especially surprised at how nonchalant the animals – like the usually very nervous banded mongooses – were with us and the boat being so close!
Superb photos, Dries. I hope you didn’t smile at the crocodile. You know that song, right?
I love that song, Tracy! I was probably smiling because I was having a great time. I wonder whether the crocodiles thought I was smiling at them though…
Who else would you be smiling at? 🙂
Wonderful photos. I liked the crocs i see cross in Florida bu they are smaller
I like them too, Anne. Our Nile Crocodile is a formidable animal, so perfectly adapted to its place in the waterways of this continent. Very. very dangerous indeed.
Sjoe, hul het ‘n mooi verskeidenheid diere voëls gesien.
Dit was n baie volgepakte bootrit, Ineke. Ek het honderde foto’s geneem!