The first game drive was at the crack of dawn. It was shortly after 6:30 am, just 10 minutes into the drive, when the driver heard the distress call of baboons. He followed their alarm to the river bank, where a pride of 8 lions was feasting on a freshly killed kudu. You could tell it was a kudu from the long curly horns. The smell of the kill attracted crocs, who were lurking from the river, waiting for a lapse in the lions’ attention.
The Chobe region is home to the largest population of wild elephant in the world. This is estimated to be approximately 120,000 individuals.
We witnessed a tender moment as a mother elephant nursed her baby, finishing with a loving trunk caress, before spraying us with dust.
Hippos grazing on water lilies. That's the Botswana flag in the distance, reminding neighbour Namibia, across the Chobe River, that the island in the middle of the river belongs to them.
Young croc, sunning itself on the river bank.
A piece of daily life for a 'congress' of baboons.
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