I am writing this a day late but we have been busy! On the afternoon of July 7th we did our second game drive in Chobe National Park. FYI- each drive has lasted 3-3.5 hours. While the morning game drives start out very cold (gloves, fleece, jackets, gators), they finish warm. The afternoon drives start warm (shorts, t-shirt), and they finish chilly!
This afternoon we saw lots more elephants, birds, impala (which they call McDonald’s for the M on their rear, and also because they’re on every corner), and at the end…we caught sight of a leopard, which rounds out The Big 5.
First a word about the elephants—the elephants are Kalahari elephants, the largest kind, and there are estimated to be 120,000 of them in Chobe. After seeing all the elephants around every corner, at the river, crossing the road, in the bush…I don’t doubt it! they are magnificent.
Also, I cannot get over the sunsets here. The colors in the sky last forever. The oranges and reds—this would never get old!
Between the game drives, we had a phenomenal conversation today from our Smithsonian expert, Robyn Keene-Young. She talked about the upcoming documentary they made for PBS on three big cats living together—lions, cheetah, and leopards. The documentary will come out this fall.
That evening we had a BBQ dinner at Chobe Marina Lodge (more about the lodge later) and I fell asleep before my head hit the pillow!
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