Okavango
Okavango, Botswana Curiously, landlocked Botswana has a sea – the Okavango
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Basin; a large inland delta that becomes a seasonally flooded
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grassland. Measuring some 720,000 km2 and straddling
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neighbouring Angola, Namibia and Zimbabwe, the Basin has a series of salt pans in its lowest points and the vast
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southeast. Or, if you like one of these images but don’t want a print, The Basin is spectacularly verdant and teems with wildlife, from
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This trip was to Vumbura, on the north west of the basin; a fly– in safari to a tiny camp on the edge of a waterway. In addition to game of all kinds, we were treated to some spectacular
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sunrises, sunsets and even an evening electrical storm, all in a unique landscape. Here are some of the images from that trip.
November 2010
The Okavango region is principally shallow water surrounding thousands of islets. Note the three elephants at the top, just left of centre.
Sable antelope graze as an afternoon storm passes in the distance.
Sable antelope in the late afternoon sun.
Spotted hyena cub.
Hyena cubs at play.
Hyena cubs at play.
Sunset storm, Vumbura.
Elephant.
Elephant calf.
Form a circle. Yellow billed storks fish communally.
Wading bird at sunset.
Elephants at day’s end.
Papyrus.
Early morning near Vumbura.
Male giraffe.
A female giraffe wanders into my picture.
Male giraffe.
The ubiquitous impala.
Attack survivor; sheltering in a tiny pool, this hippo is covered in deep and recent claw marks. If the injuries don’t kill him, infection probably will.
Rain on the way.
Sunset.
Adolescent lion.
Adolescent lion.
Adolescent lion.
Adolescent lion.
Adolescent lions.
Adolescent lions – these two and a third out of shot are taking it easy having just woken–up.
Adolescent lions.
All three brothers together, watching nearby tsesebe.
Adolescent lions – trying to kill an adult elephant is not a clever idea.
Adolescent lion – the adults are safe, but the calf is in real danger.
Elephants – note the adults at front and rear, protecting their young.
Warthog and piglets.
Several zebra.
Sunset.
Evening watch near Vumbura.
Electrical storm at sunset.
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