Being placed in Livingstone means we are fortunate to be a short drive to the borders of 3 other countries- Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia. A real novelty when you come from Australia!
A few weeks ago we took advantage of our close proximity to Botswana and took an overnight trip with other volunteers to the town of Kasane and Chobe National Park, renowned as an elephant park. Our goal: to see as many elephants as we could!
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| Chobe National Park, Botswana |
I won’t blog too much on Chobe, as I think the pictures mostly speak for themselves. However I will say that it was a truly amazing experience and one that anyone who loves wildlife should come to experience.
Sunset Boat cruise
The boat cruise is where we saw the most elephants as they come down to the water to drink. Hippos and crocodiles were also abundant. Sadly we also saw a dead elephant, a victim of anthrax.
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| So many elephants!!! |
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| Mother and her 2 week old baby |
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| Crocodile: Perhaps a bit too close |
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| Hippo: One that is actually out of water |
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Dead Elephant: Was not pretty to look at and yet difficult to look away.
Vultures really are horrible birds! |
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| Beautiful sunset |
Early morning Safari
The morning safari required a bit more patience than the cruise when it came to animal spotting. It really is all luck. We were fortunate enough though to see a lioness taking it easy under a tree, plenty of game and baboons.
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| Lioness relaxing away from the morning under a tree |
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| African Fish Eagle: Also Zambia’s national emblem |
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| Kudo |
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| Baby Baboon |
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