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The leopards we saw were…um…in the midst of an extended intimate encounter. However, between each session, they would separate and rest. The rest wouldn’t last long, but it was long enough to snap some pictures of them looking relaxed.
This lion is one of the two brothers that was holding the area around Pom Pom Camp when we visited. Our guide pulled the truck to be about 10 feet away from them. Being this close brings home how hard their lives are. Flies swarm their faces. His canine is chipped. Their faces are crisscrossed with scars and a fresh cut or two. Such a contradiction to the power they emanate and the fear they evoke.
Our second-to-last camp was in one of the salt pans – Nxai Pan – which had already seen a significant rain. This meant that many of the animals had moved on from the large watering holes we could access from the roads of the national park (no off-roading here!). But, the park had a number of baobab trees, and we had a chance to get out near one to check it out up-close.
One legend has it that the Great Spirit gave each animal a tree to plant on Earth. He gave the hyena the baobab, and this trickster planted it upside down.
It was baby-season for some of the antelope, or so it seemed. In addition to the baby impalas that were dropping all over, we found a few baby wildebeests when we were at Kwara Camp in the Okavango Delta. This little one was shy, but I can’t blame him, given the pack of wild dogs feeding in the area.
On a morning drive in Kwara, we had come across a pack of the wild painted dogs who were snacking on baby impalas. After felling and finishing a couple within about 10-20 minutes, they set their sights on something larger across the water.
Our guide knew that they would have to jump to get over there, and positioned us to get a view. Our wait paid off!
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