Day 37 24th May 2024


Today is the day we hope to have animal overload.
(Apologies in advance for a lot of photos)

We start with  dawn 4x4 safari drive through Chobe.
Of course as always we are looking forward to seeing a lion or any of the other cats. 
Our guide seems to think that is a real possibility
This is not to say we aren’t absolutely loving seeing all the other critters.

So while in pursuit of the cats, we have come across elephants, giraffe, zebras, warthogs, more impala, pregnant female great Kudu all before stopping for morning tea!!













Yes, morning tea supplied by the Lodge. 
Nice coffee and a muffin, welcome after such an early start.





We started heading for the exit, still hopeful, when we get a call with the news we were keen for. Lions!

Apparently in this corner of Chobe there are 2 prides present but there are signs that they are fragmenting due to the number of males growing up to develop their own pride.

We came upon a pride of a couple of lionesses and their older cubs.







Within minutes of us stopping, so have another dozen or so jeeps creating a bit of a lion/jeep jam.



Brilliant morning, headed back to camp for brunch and a relax before heading out to find more animals on a sunset cruise.

Most of our bunch hop on a catamaran with another group.
 The Chobe river is the border between Botswana and Namibia, bit of dispute over islands but now accepted that they are part of Chobe national park in Botswana.
 Saw: lots elephants including 2 large herds, heaps of hippos, crocodiles, water buffalo, Impala,  a water monitor, several birds such as Maribou stork, black egrets that make little tents,…
















Finally another superb sunset, with a couple of young elephants playing in the water, just like a couple of kids. 









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