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Botswana Okavango Delta 2009

Images from Mapula Lodge in Botswana deep in the Okavano Delta.
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Reed frog.

AfricaBotswanaOkavango DeltaSafari

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Southern Ground-hornbill
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Zebra posing with termite hill. Zebras live about 25 years. Termite hills can live 70-100 years.
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Secretary Bird. It appears on the coats of arms of Sudan and South Africa.
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Secretary Bird in flight.
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An immature Bateleur Eagle (short-tailed eagle). "Bateleur" is French for "tight-rope walker".<br />
The eagle hunts over a territory of 250 square miles a day.
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Water Buffalo
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Way too close for comfort, but males are bluffers, so no real worries.
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The herd of elephants enjoy the water.
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Mother elephant and kids.
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A dazzle of zebra in the grasses.
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Simon poling the Mokoro with Jan, our English birding friend. She was at her 70th lodge in Africa.
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Hippos giving us the stink eye. This was our scariest moment, as we were in mokoros (canoes) and couldn't escape quickly if we had to run for it.
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This is when things got scary...we did live through it.
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Water lily from the mokoro (canoe).
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Reed frog.
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Mapula lodge "family". Standing is Dudu, Simon is on the  left, Dicks is next, then Riva(spelling?), then Clare on the right,.
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Mokoro break. From the left: Jan, Simon, Dicks and Clare.
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One of 5 bush flights. Pilot here is Stephan, not his best angle.
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Sunrise in Mapula. Note hippos in river and fish eagle near the full moon.
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