We wrapped up the safari portion of the trip at Camp Okuti in Botswana. We shared our drives there with Tom and Valerie and had a great time getting to know one another even as we had a couple of vehicle breakdowns. I finally got a decent shot of an impala – they’re skittish and run away pretty quickly, so most of my shots were of them running away.
Our guide Captain estimated that this young zebra at no more than four days old.
We saw the same lions as well as antelope and of course elephants.
We saw a huge Baobab tree that elephants are trying to cut down. Check out the wedge they’re carved out in the lower right of the tree. They’re getting close.
A vervet monkey posed for us in a tree.
It’s getting late on the final drive, and though we’ve been hoping to find an elusive leopard or cheetah, it seems like we’re just heading to a nice spot for the sundowner glass of wine. Then we pull up to this guy, a leopard cub that’s ~18 months old. Mama has left him while she’s out on a hunt. He’s totally docile and basically spends his time grooming like any house cat and checking out the cars that have pulled up by him. What a finish to our safari time!
Finally, a shot of Tom, Valerie and Captain at the sundowner lining up a photo of some spotted hyenas that came by to check us out. Don’t worry, they stayed several hundred yards away as Captain said they would.
