Our last day at the Khwai River Lodge began with a morning game drive where we saw elephants, birds, impalas, hippos, a leopard, buffalo, warthogs and zebras before returning to the lodge for lunch.
Elephants
Hippos
Goliath Heron
Leopard
African Buffalo
Common Warthog and Southern Ground Hornbill
Zebras
A hornbill checks out our food from above
A Cape Starling crashes the buffet line
After lunch we had a short 20-minute flight to the Eagle Island Lodge in the Okavango Delta, where we were greeted in song by the lodge staff.
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My tent at Eagle Island Lodge had a few more amenities (daybed, soaking tub and a dipping pool) and a deck where I could see dust devils, elephants, lechwes and birds in the distance.
Dust devil
Elephant
Great White Pelicans
Lechwes
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We reconvened for afternoon tea and then split into two groups to explore the area by boat or on foot. I chose the walking safari, where we learned about animal tracks and the significance of animal droppings in the general ecosystem. We returned to the lodge to watch the sun go down and have drinks and dinner.
A Vervet monkey walks into the bar…
Zebra and termite hill
Buffalo skull
Warthog grazing outside my tent
Sunset in the Okavango Delta – a view from the “Eagle’s Nest”
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