Zebra, Giraffe, Kudu and more...Botswana, Africa

Kudu

There is a symbiotic relationship between animals in the wild.  Some have better vision, while others rely on their hearing or sense of smell.  There are birds that sit up high in the trees and warn others of danger.  The Francolin Bird is one example.  Our guides would regularly turn off the engine of the jeep and listen to the sounds around us.   One day we heard the cry of the Francolin bird.  Our guide immediately went off road pushing through the brush towards the sounds he had heard.  We found the bird in the tree directly above the leopard that he was warning of.

Continuing to describe our time in Duma Tau, there were so many amazing sights that the pictures need to be divided up into many posts.  Between the birds, landscape, smaller and larger animals as well as different camps, I am unable to narrow down to one page the thousands of pictures we took.  Stay tuned as I continue to share the many sights and sounds we experienced over almost 3 weeks of travel.

Kudu next to a termite mound.

Impala

Herd of Impala

Shadow Zebra

We saw plenty of Shadow Zebra

Large group of hippopotamus relaxing. 

Hippopotamus  waiting for the sun to go down.

Giraffe

Note the birds on the neck of this giraffe.  The little birds eat the small ticks and bugs off the animals helping to keep them clean.

Giraffe

Giraffe.

In the animal kingdom there is always dueling going on in the struggle for dominance.

Wild Dog

This wild dog is very skittish.  He wants a drink but knows there are crocodiles in the water waiting for the next meal.

Part of a pack of wild dogs.

Crocodile sunning.

Tsessebe

I did a great deal of research before deciding to use Town and Country Travel as our travel agent for what I thought would be our first and only trip to Africa.  I loved the owner Jane Lee Winter’s knowledge and enthusiasm.  It didn’t hurt that she had previously led over 20 groups on safari over as many years.  Not knowing what to expect when traveling to “deepest, darkest Africa” having Jane Lee traveling with us, holding our hands and guiding us made me feel more secure.  Friends had also traveled with her and highly recommended that we choose T & C.  Expensive?  Perhaps.  But since it was all inclusive, maybe not so expensive after all.  Worth every penny?  Absolutely!  Would we travel with her again?  In a heartbeat!  Will we use Town and Country to organize future trips?  That’s the plan!  I couldn’t imagine a more professional group of people to organize our travel. I typically don’t include these types of endorsements in my blog, but T & C did such a wonderful job that they deserve the extra recognition.

More pictures and commentary to come.