SAFARI CENTRAL

Hi Brennan and Steve,

I wanted to write a few words about the highlight of our recent photo safari to Botswana.

How does one pick a particular highlight?!?  The whole trip was a continuation of highlights, from my first lioness sighting after arriving at Chitabe camp to the last night’s elephant herd in the Linyanti.

Between these bookends we sighted and tracked Wild Dogs.  Spent a whole day following an elusive leopard and finally found the leopard the next day.  I watched the parade of “swimming” lions.  Actually, they were wading as the water was only a few feet deep!  I also saw a lioness take her cub for a swim.  I photographed an Aadworlf at its den.  I took aerial photos from a helicopter.  I could go on and on, but here is my favorite scene…

At Selinda on the next to last night of the trip, we came across a pack of Wild Dogs devouring their victim (a kudu). A hungry lioness saw the dogs feeding and bounded through the shallow water to steal their prey. Along came a pack of hyenas who rout the lioness, in actually she just left without even a roar.  Out of the water comes a crocodile to survey the scene.  The croc left with a big splash without harming the hyenas. We had crossed the water hole to watch this all unfold.  Behind me in the bushes, watching as well, was a leopard who wanted no part of the action.  Unbelievable!

Of course, sharing these experience with my son…what more can I say ?!?!

Thanks for a trip of a lifetime!

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-Bruce

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