This blog has been created to share photographs of the landscape and wildlife of these fascinating countries. The photographs were taken by me using a Canon D60 and 20D Digital SLR camera with a Canon 35mm-350mmL f3.6-f5.6 lens.
Thursday, December 15, 2005
A signpost on the Ngoma - Kasane road, through the Chobe National Park, Botswana.
A Southern Yellow-Billed Hornbill in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
A Red Billed Hornbill - in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
Third Bridge - Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana. The bridge is often used by the local Lion prides, to save them from getting their paws wet!
Sunset on the Okavango Delta, Botswana. No matter how hard I try - I can never capture the magic of an African sunset.
An aerial view of the Okavango Delta, Botswana. I don't know why - but this is the only flight on which I have ever felt queasy in the air.
A well in the Kalahari Desert, Botswana. The water was amazingly sweet!
A cattle station in the Kalahari Desert - Botswana.
A Baobab Tree on the edge of Kubu Island - Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana.
Fully-equipped for the wilderness - Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana.
On the road to Kubu Island - Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana.
The dock of the Chobe Safari Lodge - a great place to start a day on the Chobe River.
A close-up of the Kazangula Ferry - crossing from Zambia to Botswana, near Kasane, Botswana.
En-route to the Savuti water-hole, Botswana.
A "signpost" in the Chobe National Park, Botswana.
A village in the southern Chobe National Park, Botswana.
An African Darter catching lunch. Chobe National Park, Botswana.
The national bird of Botswana - The Liliac Breasted Roller, Chobe National Park, Botswana.
In a hurry to get to a water-hole in the dry season - Khadoum Game Reserve, Namibia.
Elephants - jockeying for position at a water-hole in the height of the dry season in the Khadoum Game Reserve, Namibia.
The most elusive and beautiful of the big cats. A Leopard - hunting in the Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana.
A White-Backed Vulture, cleaning-up after a kill in Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana.
My favorite predator, The African Hunting Dog, Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana.
Never smile at a Croccodile! Chobe River Botswana.
A large Croccodile, basking on the bank of the Chobe River, Botswana.