Here’s the last installment of our trip. These are from our time in the Okavango Delta.
This is the teeny tiny plane that we flew from Kasane to our lodge in the delta. At least it was about 50 years younger than the antique one that we flew from our camp to Maun in.
This is the tip of the mokoro (traditional canoe) that our guide ‘poled’ (hmm that doesn’t sound right!!) us in to the various islands for our walking safaris. We had to travel through reeds growing across the water and on more than one occasion I ended up with a spider on my face. As much as I wanted to freak out when it happened it wouldn’t have been a good idea while travelling in the canoe. Let’s just say I would rather a spider on my face than swimming with the hippos and crocs.
Minutes after this photo we found ourselves drenched. The rain came so quick and was so heavy, not even huge umbrellas could keep us dry.
While on one of our walking safaris we saw a family of giraffe, a pack of elephants and some leopards. The leopards were way too quick for my camera – or more realistically me lifting my camera.
Sorry about the out of focus elephants here. My excuse is that it was pretty freaky being so close to these huge creatures and have nothing between you and them. As I said we were on foot and they were only metres away. When I took this shot I accidentally used my flash (yeah I know duhhh) and that got the attention of the pack leader. We were quickly pulled away by our anxious guide.
When we got to Gaborone we went to Mokolodi Game Reserve where we were lucky enough to pat the cheetahs.