Botswana

This was the last day of our tour for about half of our remaining group. They would be flying to Johannesburg to fly home. My half would travel by bus to Botswana and stay there two nights before going home. Crossing the border from Zimbabwe into Botswana didn’t take much time. We also didn’t have to pay Botswana’s $30 U.S. entry fee as their system to collect it was not up yet.

Botswana

Driving through Botswana on the way to Kasane. A tribal homestead.

Botswana

Closer–up.

Botswana

Passing an unusual tree.

Near Kasane

Passing homes near Kasane.

Kasane

Souvenir vendors in Kasane. We would have time to visit them tomorrow.

Chobe Marina Lodge

We arrived at the Chobe Marina Lodge where we would spend two nights. This was my bedroom with another mosquito net. Someone comes into the room early evening to arrange the net over the bed. Not good to leave anything on the bed as it is hard to retrieve it after the net is down.

Chobe Marina Lodge

Not only did we have nice bedrooms, we also had our own living rooms attached.

Chobe Marina Lodge

The bathroom counter.

Chobe Marina Lodge

The beautiful sink bowl in an African design.

Chobe Marina Lodge

The lodge’s dining area. We were in time for lunch.

Chobe Marina Lodge

The table set up for our group. There was another Gate 1 tour group also staying here.

Chobe Marina Lodge

We had a view of the Chobe River from our table.

Chobe Marina Lodge

The international cuisine lunch offerings were quite amazing. Here, Moroccan couscous and pasta carbonara and peppers.

Chobe Marina Lodge

Beef samosas.

Chobe Marina Lodge

Rice ala Portugal.

Chobe Marina Lodge

Quesadillas. All very good. Since we had breakfast, lunch, and dinner covered on the tour, we ate very well. One night there was a barbecue where you could try wild game unless you didn’t want to eat animals that you were so enjoying taking photos of.

Chobe River

After lunch, we took a boat cruise on the Chobe River which borders on the Chobe National Park. There were quite a number of shore birds on the river such as this heron on wood jutting out from the river.

Crocodiles

Crocodiles were on an island in the river and also on shore.

Hippos

Hippos in the water.

Elephants

We saw many elephants on the island.

Elephant in the Water–MOVIE

And this elephant walking in the water.

Giraffe

A giraffe on the shore was feasting on leaves.

Cape Buffalo

A large herd of cape buffalo were grazing on the island.

Sunset

The African sun was setting at the end of our boat cruise.

I have put my photos of the Chobe River cruise on a slideshow. Go to

http://www.peggysphotos.com/chobe–river/

(Slide Shows, Southern Africa, Botswana, “Chobe River”).