Botswana Landscape

Sunrise as we begin an early safari.

Botswana was full of surprises.  There is tremendous diversity in the landscape.  As a fiber artist wherever I looked was another scene begging to be painted and stitched.  There were areas that struck me as dark, desolate, twisted and tortured.  Other areas were vast and flat, lush and green, all with great beauty.  The terrain varies from thick sand to flowing water.  There were barren plants as well as flowering trees.

The Okavango Delta lies in the middle of the largest expanse of sand on earth.  It supports an amazing selection of birds, reptiles and wildlife.  The terrain is flat and wide, especially during the dry season.   Animals are continually changing the landscape; causing new channels to appear at any time.  Bushes can just be starting their cycle while others have lost their leaves and look dead.

While our first camp Xigera was surrounded by water and lush vegetation, Duma Tau is on the Linyanti River and has swamp, grassland and bush fed by the Kwando and Linyanti Rivers.

Sunset at a sundowner.  (A Sundowner is where we take a break from driving and have drinks with appetizers.)

Sunset.

Sunset.

One of our sundowner stops.

Elephants love eating the bark of trees.  Once they have eaten all the way around the trunk the tree will die.

Evidence that the elephants have been here.

The fire department next to the runway.

Mongoose

Twisted, tortured landscape.

Mother and baby baboon.  It was fun watching the baboons playing.

Mommy with baby baboon.  Such a cute little face.

Honey badger.

Honey-badger.

Beautiful flowering tree.

Our tracker was tired of dodging a tree limb.  Out came the machete.

It's good to take a break after being bounced around while on and off roading.

I can't get over the beauty of the landscape.  Next to the tree is a termite mound.

We watched the fires in Namibia.