Travellers Photo Gallery

1. Here we are at Windhoek airport about to depart on our first day of safari viewing. We spotted baboons, giraffes and various other animals within a few kms of leaving the airport.

2. Eileen pats a Cheetah who is fortuantely distracted with something else to chew on.

3. Mary and Beverley - our first two birthday girls were crowned for the day.

4. Dick and Lyn stand near a tree, supporting a huge sociable weaver's nest.

5. Dune 45 at sunrise is absolutely spectacular.

6. Peter, Marian, Marg and Nick on top of Dune 45.

7. Ian, Lyn and Marian enjoy a walk through the desert.

8. The group descends into Sesriem Canyon as Sven (orange shirt) explains a little about the geological features of the Canyon.

9. Happy hour at Sesreim. This was early on in the trip and binoculars were still necessary to appreciate the finer points of wild animals in the distance.

10. This is a typical Namibian road, gravel, yet wide so you can cover large distances at a fairly fast clip and the traffic is few and far between.

11. The dunes at Swakop were the perfect location to take part in an ATV (quad) tour.

12. Those of us who did the ATV tour had a whale of a time. There were dunes for Africa.

13. It's not only the big creatures that fascinate you in Africa. Here is a chameleon in Sven's hands.

14. These yellow mongoose were inquisitive creatures.

15. In Etosha we saw many zebras and what handsome chaps they were.

16. These orix were also plentiful in Etosha.

17. The waterholes in Etosha were like a scene from the Garden of Eden with many different animals and birds taking turns to come in for a drink.

18. Here we have zebras, giraffe, elephant and more zebras on stage right.

19. This elephant gave himself a good bath not forgetting to wash behind his ears.

20. The springboks were more prevalent in Namibia and the impalas (similar) in Botswana.

21. Each giraffe had a slightly different stance for approaching the waterhole.

22. This shot at Naumatoni shows some of the amenities we enjoyed at some campsites. However being Wintertime, none of us dared go in for a swim as the water was quite cool.

23. Lyn, Beverley, Marg and Ian stretch their legs during an opportune loo stop.

24. This truck took us to the river in the Okavango Delta for our mokoro experience.

25. Bev and Dick are paddled down the Okavango river by a skilled local boatsman. On this day we saw hippos and crocs from our mokoros - a traditional style of canoes.

26. We stopped in the middle of the mokoro tour to visit a local village. Lyn had some fun with the kids proving its not necessary to speak the lingo to make yourself understood when you travel.

27. Wayne and Chloe had a go at pounding millet, much to the amusement of one of the locals. Lloyd & Murray share a joke with Gecko and Jonas, two of our Namibian crew.

28. This is the day we changed from camping 101 in Namibia to camping 102 Botswana with different types of vehicle and a brand new crew to assist us on our way.

29. Jonas, Eileen, Serina, Sven and Gecko pose for a photo before saying goodbye in Maun.

30. A cape starling reveals its majestic colours as it launches into the air.

31. While doing a boat cruise on the Okavango Delta we did a recon of one of the islands in the waterway.

32. Mr Fish, one of our Botswanan guides shares a story with the group.

33. These are cape buffalo and not long after this photo was taken one of their herd of approximately 200 was taken down by a pride of lions.

34. The young cubs quickly learn what it takes to survive and have that cat savy that makes us recall our domestic felines.

35. Junior growls with hunger while his mother surveys the scene, her scarred jaw showing that the lions don't always come out on top with the encounters.

36. This band of brothers awaited to see what the day would bring.

37. The kill happened very quickly and we were privileged to see the pride reveal their dinner etiquette which involved the odd squirmish.

38. There was plenty to go around though so most of the sharing was done amicably.

39. And once their bellies were full there was time to relax and enjoy the moment.

40. Eileen & Lyn climbed on top of this massive Baobab tree, Mr Fish's favourite and a giant to be sure.

41. The hippos became more prevelant as the trip went on and they would eerily pop in and out of the water like funny shaped submarines.

42. Lunchtime in camp.

43. One afternoon an interesting game of camp cricket developed. The bat was a shovel and the ball a big seed. Good sportsmanship was the winner on the day.

44. We saw crocs of varying lengths.

45. Graham was the third person to celebrate a birthday on the trip and Rambo the cook whipped up a special cake for dessert which we enjoyed with custard. A birthday to remember!

46. Mr Ice, another Botswanan guide showed Marian and Lyn how to do the Amarula dance, which is based on elephants movements having consumed fermented berries.

47. We were incredibly fortunate to see a leopard bring down an impala. There is not enough space here to describe this scene but I am sure it left an impression on everybody in the group fortunate enough to witness it.

48. The leopard took a brief rest before tucking into her well deserved lunch and seemed completely unphased by our presence.

49. This long tailed shrike put on a great display of flexibility.

50. The lilac breasted roller, Botswana's national bird was a perfect subject for photos.

51. A kudu shows off it's awesome head gear.

52. Chobe was full of elephants and as you can see we got pretty close to these mammoth creatures.

53. A jackal devouring some morsel he had scavenged

54. We were fortunate enough to see another leopard, this one snoozing up a tree.

55. This bee eater displayed its marvellous colours in flight.

56. Never trust a crocodile with a smile . .

57. The hippo is a dentist's dream -say ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

58. We were lucky to see this elephant teach her baby how to swim across a river. Here they are triumphantly emerging from the water.

59. A group of us headed out to Livingstone Island, which is the place from where David Livingstone first saw the Victoria Falls.

60. Beverley, Graham and Karen, close to the edge of the Victoria Falls

61. A beautiful rainbow framed the falls for much of the day that we visited.