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Botswana 2008 - Day 13, Moremi english

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Today we head out for a boat trip on the Kakanaka river. On our way we spot again a leopard.However, this time he
is sitting well camouflaged by leafs and twigs high in the tree. With our boat we drive through reeds, ferns and papyrus. Wherever we look we spot birds, seaeagles, kingfishers, ibis, storks and a lot of other birds with names I cannot remember. Sometimes the trees are densly packed with storks, marabus and herons which sit there and breed. This is a paradise for birds and bird watchers. From the roof of our boat we have great overview over the gras and papyrus landscape as well as over the mesh of water channels. The Okavango delta is really a fascinating landscape.

On our way back to the camp we see a lot of elephants. We are almost colliding with two elephant cows and their young ones. The cows are really upset, they erect their ears and it seems that they are going to attack us. Thus, Sammie is hastily driving out of the danger zone. Arriving in the camp, we are awaited by a prepared dinner table covered with white linen.

camouflagedkakanaka riverwater lillies in the deltablack storkdarterbreedingbreeding birds in the deltafisheagleokavango delta landscapeelephants (not amused)

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