We have been to three of the most amazing
places in the world while we’ve been here in Botswana, Kasane, Madikwe and the
Okavango Delta. All three of these places are so hard to describe. We are
always asked which place we liked best and all we can say is that they are all
so different! The scenery was definitely the best at the Okavango.
Lastly, we got to go to the Okavango Delta
compliments of Hillary and Roger. We flew to Maun and then took a small (really
small) prop to the Okavango Delta. I thought I would be nervous flying over but
it was so beautiful I just started snapping pictures.
As soon as we got off the plane, we went out
on the mokoro (canoe). Our guide poled our mokoro out to an island and we
started walking. It was amazing to be on the same level as the animals. We
weren’t quite as close but it felt more intimate with the animals than the
other two places. We walked about 8 miles a day (going out 2 times a day).
Elder Gubler and I were there 2.5 days and Hill and Rog stayed 3.5 days. We
stayed at a bush camp with tents on platforms.
The sunsets were probably the
most amazing I had ever seen. The only power at the camp was solar energy. We
(I) woke up one night about 1 am, and heard then saw an elephant walking past out
tent. The next night we had a hippo outside slogging by. We had hippos in the
water channels next to our camp. An elephant came to camp after Elder Gubler
and I left. He spent the evening causing delays in eating dinner and late
bedtimes.
We saw zebras, impalas, hippos, elephants, warthogs, cape buffalo etc
. everyday. There was such an African feeling in camp. We loved walking around
the islands. We noticed more plants and termite mounds. There was definitely a
feeling of vulnerability being on ground level with only as fast as we could
run between us and the animals. I think everyone else felt pretty safe because
they only had to run faster than I could!
We loved the time in the Okavango, it is so beautiful and
spending time with Hill and Rog was awesome!
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| Sunset in the Okavango |
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| Baboon |
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| Birds in a thorn bush |
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| Watching the Elephant knock down palm fruit |
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| Framed! |
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| Hill and Rog in the mokoro |
Hippo channel
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| Hillary and Roger in the mokoro on the hippo channel |
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| Lily |
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| Lion tracks |
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| Mokoros in the evening |
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| Above the Delta |
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| At play |
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| Warthogs |
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| Hippo troll guarding the channel |
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| Waiting for the plane |
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| Elder Gubler |
Wow...It's so beautiful :) I bet it's amazing to be that close to those animals that we've only seen in Zoos :)
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