Africa - Chobe National Park

After the Delta we headed to Kasane, Botswana which is a really unique place. It marks the point where the Zambezi River joins up withe Chobe River and also where 4 countries come together. It is the corner of Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. There is a large national park just outside of Kasane, Chobe National Park. In the morning we took a long game drive around the park and later that afternoon we took a sunset cruise up the Chobe River to see what wildlife we could see coming down for a drink. Here are some of my favorite pics from my time there.

The Fish Eagle

While driving around the park we ran into a large herd of elephants. We pulled up and watched them for a bit, it didn't take long for them to take notice of us creeping closer. The Bull elephant made his way towards us and situated himself between our vehicle and his herd and gave us quite a stare down! He remained there while the rest of the herd crossed the road and then headed up the rear after they had all safely crossed. It was pretty cool to see. I have a video of them crossing below.

Bull Elephant protecting his herd

Video of Elephants crossing




Hippos sure have big mouths for all the grass they eat!
Some of the most beautiful landscape you'll ever see! That is Namibia on the other side of the Chobe River. The land along the river in Namibia is farmland and the farmers will shoot the animals if they come onto their land, since they tend to destroy the crops. The animals have learned this and stay off of the land during the day, and only cross at night!

The Cape Buffalo

One of my favorites! Can you find Michael Jackson??