The animals greeted us for one last sunrise safari on the Chobe River. No two mornings are the same in the wild! We noticed scratches on the body of a large hippo, and Felix indicated that this was likely from the propeller from a boat. On our return journey to…
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From sunrise to sunset on the Chobe
A sunrise safari requires an early start to the day. While some of our group opted for sleep (a couple of people were experiencing extremely vivid dreams as a side effect of the particular type of anti-malarial medication that most of us were taking), Kurt and I set the alarm…
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Life on the Chobe
Life on the Chobe was pretty simple for us. Maybe not as simple for all of the wildlife though in their daily quest for food/water and safety from predators. Our primary activity was looking for animals via boat safaris from the lodge at sunrise, midday, and sunset with our local…
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Welcome to the Chobe River
We had an early morning on Thursday so that we could catch the first bus from the city center back to the airport in Cape Town. Turns out that we arrived at the airport too early to check in our bags for the flight though, so we had time for…