Botswana

Botswana-10/29/06-11/6/06
After being joined by my parents (Brenda had joined us a few days earlier) we headed to Botswana to visit 3 game camps. Luckily the weather cooled down and was much more comfortable! We spent a week + with our wonderful guide, Gregg Hughes, learning about animals, tracking their movements, taking pictures and enjoying each other’s company. Some memorable moments include my dad and I getting stuck in camp as a herd of elephants refused to move when heading back to our rooms for a mid-day nap; baboons waking us up by jumping on top of our tents early in the AM; my parents being unable to sleep one night due to a herd of cape buffalo who decided to cozy up (snorting and moving throughout the night) under their tent…the tents were raised on a platform; almost running over a full grown male lion taking a nap in the tall grass (see pic below), watching a different lion get up and have a quickie with his lady; and watching a jackal nervously consuming his newly killed prey (a baby impala).