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Tuesday, 4 June 2013

Savuti

From Kasane we went to Savuti, it is an area of the Chobe National Park known for its elephants.

This is where we saw our first lions in the wild, it was a great moment.

The camp sites are huge.
The amenities are surrounded by a big block fence to keep the elephants out. There used to be an issue with elephants putting their trunks into the shower stalls to get water when people where in there. You are not allowed to walk from your campsite to the toilets, you have to drive.

After dinner we where enjoying a couple of drinks around the camp fire, suddenly elephants started walking into our camp site. They just kept coming and in the end there where 17 elephants within 15 feet of us. OMG! They where calm enough to start eating grass, so we relaxed too. What an experience!









Michelle got a bit scared. The marks on the photo is dirt on her window.
This was a close encounter.
 


Steenbok
 




Michelle told me these 2 were dancing.
 


 
 

 I think he wants a beer.



Elephant foot print.

The road out.
 

 

Kasane

Saw a group of 50+ elephants on the drive to Kasane.

We stayed at Chobe Safari Lodge, they have great camp grounds and a lot of wild animals that wander around the sites.
Their Sunset Cruise is the best we have been on, lots of hippos and elephants.

Also had a great time on their dinner cruise, we ended up being the only two on the 50 foot boat with a beautiful buffet. After dinner we watched the stars from the upper deck.

One of the best places we have found in Botswana!

Chobe national park is AMAZING! They have approximately 90,000 elephants, Hippos everywhere plus all the rest of the animals.




Mmmmm breakfast.


Hmmmm... just like their utes, overloaded


Mum and bub
 


Cool set of photos of hippos fighting.............




Banded Mongoose that live at Chobe Safari Lodge


 
Little baby elephant


Cute baby baboon



 



How many elephants can you get in one photo?
 


Mud bath, check out the show off in the back ground



Causing trouble

Calling all cars, Calling all cars


 
Sable Antelope