We moved on to Chobe Chilwero about an hour's
flight from Stanley's Camp by small plane. We landed at Kasane
airport, which is not far from the camp, and were met by our guide
Chipo. These are some of the things we saw in the first couple of
days.
Flying from Stanley's camp to Kasane, Botswana - about an hour in the small plane
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The Kasane airport on our arrival
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The outside of our "cabin"
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The "camp" overlooks the Chobe river, and is surrounded by the Chobe National Park
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On our way out of the camp to our first game drive we came across this Dung Beetle with his ball of dung
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I think I can - I think I can
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A male water buck - distinguishable by the markings on the rear
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We took an afternoon boat ride on the Chobe river, and saw this crocodile
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A female Kudu with oxpeckers - these are red-billed oxpeckers
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Female Pukus
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Sunset over the Chobe river. If you
look closely, you can see lots of dragonflies flying
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Another sunset picture over the river
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The river shortly after sunset - a pretty, cloudless sky
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A male impala
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A line of army ants
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An elephant skull. We were told that it died of natural causes some time ago.
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A water monitor lizard resting in the tree
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A little closer view
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female wart hogs
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Some female impala resting in the shade of the tree
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We did lunch outside - "build-your-own" stone-fired pizza
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There were banded mongoose on the grounds while we were eating lunch. We decided they were part of the entertainment
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A male Kudu
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What a pretty face
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A cape buffalo getting a drink from the river
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Not such a pretty face
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An afternoon drink from the river
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All sizes in this herd
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Mother and adolescent
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A pretty young elephant
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This elephant came up to the car and touched it with its trunk while we were taking pictures
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He slimed us. :-)
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This big guy was a little further away, but he was showing off
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Still showing how tough he is
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A very young elephant chowing down
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We often had elephants this near the vehicle. Our guide Chipo was excellent, and we were fortunate to have her
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Playing in the river - using the trunk as a snorkel
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Dive! Dive!
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A family as viewed from the river boat
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It was fascinating to watch the elephants as they drank and then bathed themselves with muddy water
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Chobe National Park and the region around it is notabe for the number of elephants, and we saw lots!
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We were told thea their trunks could hold about 2 gallons of water
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The smaller elephants were always kept between two adults. They were very protective
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These two look to be about the same age.
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We also saw a pretty large number of giraffe. Note the one in the back. It is probably getting minerals from the dirt
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The large giraffe in front is a male. One way you can tell them apart is the tips of their "horns" are hairless, whereas females have hair on the tips. The hair is lost when they fight (or play-fight when younger).
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We called these giraffe tripods, but they are really more like pentapods. :-)
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Another group
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The impala in the foreground is pretty old, judging by the size of the horns.
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You can see that the giraffe is only finding dirt, and we were told it's to get minerals
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A movie showing this one eating the dirt
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Caught the tongue with this one
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It was unusual to see on lying down
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A pretty large male
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peeking out from behind the bush
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Another large male giraffe
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A close look at his face. Note the hairless tips of the horns.
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A pod of hippo in the Chobe river
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A little closer view
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This pictures was taken from the
boat, shorly before sunset.