Fire on the Savannah

Fri, Dec 14, 2018

While it’s the last thing we wanted to see, there was a pretty good fire burning in our area of the Okavango Delta.  The winds were light so it was slow moving and posed little risk to the wildlife but it was a fire nonetheless.  Lucky for us as we weren’t impacted by the smoke as that would have been ugly.

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Crocodiles

Thu, 13 Dec 2018

Based on all of the TV shows and movies that I’ve seen, I was expecting to see a lot of crocodiles but that wasn’t the case.  We did see a few including this one on our river cruise:

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One of the treats of my safari was the morning helicopter ride.  Here we are circling a lake with a dead hippo and the crocs that were feeding on her.

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A Beautiful Cheetah

Wed, Dec 12, 2018

Well guess what we came upon on our morning game drive?  That’s right, this beautiful cheetah.

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We followed her for an hour as she was searching for game.

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Here she’s perched on a mound that gave her a nice view of the savannah.

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She spotted this impala and gave chase but could not catch her in this forested area.

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But the next morning, we received word that she had taken down an infant impala.  When we arrived on the scene, there wasn’t much left.

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