Botswana's wildlife
A 700-kilometre drive through protected wildlife areas of the landlocked country in southern Africa provides a window to the varied range of animals there, perhaps like nowhere else in Africa.
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Mar 25, 2020 07:00
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A bird’s-eye view of the magnificent Victoria Falls, which is on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Photo: mike.johnsingh
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A young male leopard, glowing in the golden light of the setting sun.
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One of the two sightings we had of a giraffe with its young.
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Five cubs playing with a massive lion, maybe their father, at Savuti.
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A Cape buffalo bull, a formidable but favoured prey of the lion.
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African wild dogs in the Moremi Game Reserve. The species is one of the four pack-hunting canids of the world.
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A plains zebra and a group of elephants.
Photo: mike.johnsingh
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Trees debarked and killed by elephants. Their impact on the habitat is enormous.
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The acacia tree, on which the sociable weaver builds its nest, faces a great threat from elephants.
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Tsessbe antelopes, which weigh between 125 kg and 140 kg, are suitable prey for the lion.
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A roan antelope (male), a rare sighting.
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A greater kudu eating flowers of the Capparis species.
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The impala, the most graceful of Botswana’s 22 antelope species.
Photo: S. Murali
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The steenbok, one of the smallest antelopes in Africa, weighing in at 10 kg.
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The wildebeest is found throughout the country and is a favoured prey of the lion.
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The female waterbuck looks like a female sambar except that the latter has no white ring on its rump.
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An adult African elephant and a black-backed jackal at an artificial waterhole in Savuti.
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The support staff (from left), Teenage, Baker (driver and guide), GG and Gottyma, the cook.
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