Saturday, July 8, 2017

3rd safari location...or...a swamp by any other name is still a swamp

The Okavango Delta is a vast inland river delta in northern Botswana. It's known for its sprawling grassy plains, which flood seasonally, becoming a lush animal habitat. The Moremi Game Reserve occupies the east and central areas of the region. Here, dugout canoes are used to navigate past hippos, elephants and crocodiles




Yes, it was quite the watery wasteland, but the "highlight" of this location was a late night visitor that went squish, squash, munch, munch. Looking out the tent screen, I could see 2 large shapes...umm...not elephants...walk past the front of my tent.
I froze, hoping these herbivores were happy with their grass meal and didn't want me!

Turns out that hippos are responsible for more deaths to humans than any other animal.

Again, we hop into a puddle jumper and fly to Zambia for another watery adventure.




1 comment:

  1. I would not have slept after having hippos walk by my tent!! (Prima on Hester's computer)

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