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Botswana 2011

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We went to Botswana 22 – 27 April, 2011. We planned to camp on Kubu Island for two nights and at Khama Rhino Sanctuary for the other three nights. Our memmories from this trip will always involve a mightmarish border crossing, lots of sticky, salty mud, lots of peace and quiet, and good company.

These five posts contain some of our more memorable photos from the trip. View the full gallery from this trip here.

Day 1 – From Swartwater, not quite to Kubu Island

Day 2 – To Kubu Island

Day 3 – Kubu Island to Khama Rhino Sanctuary

Day 4 – Khama Rhino Sanctuary

Day 5 – Khama Rhino Sanctuary

Botswana, April 2011 – Day 5

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Tuesday dawned cool and clear, and we set off on an early game drive. The light was beautiful, and the sightings included some playful Zebra, Warthog, and a few more White Rhino.

After the game drive, Johan threw some macro extension tubes and a 1.4x teleconverter on his 500mm lens, effectively creating a 70mm macro lens. He put this monster to use photographing the huge number of butterflies around the camp site.

Building a camp-fire under the gazeboHe stopped only when the rain drove him back into the tent.

Since the rain hadn’t stopped by sundown, the last camp fire for the trip had to built under a gazebo, but that didn’t dampen anyone’s spirits!

On Wednesday morning, we reluctantly packed up, and hit the road back home.

Botswana, April 2011 – Day 4

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Our first morning at Khama was heavily overcast, so we had a little lie-in before going on our first game drive.  When we eventually got up, we discovered a mess of antelope tracks around Bennie’s bakkie, and obvious signs that they saw the salty mud on the bakkie as the perfect savoury treat, a.k.a. a salt-lick! (Note: the entire bakkie was covered in mud when we went to bed).

The clouds filtered the light beautifully, but unfortunately the sightings were poor, and the only photo opportunity was a small herd of Springbok at a water hole.

The afternoon drive was more successful: sightings included several Rhino – the main reason for the park’s existence.