Friday, August 12, 2016

Ihaha Camp, Chobe National Park, Botswana

When we got back to camp lasts night after getting the camper out of the sand, we discovered that my camper had a flat tire. So, Josh went out alone today and I stayed in camp and changed the tire.

Around 10:00 am, he came roaring back saying he'd found lions, so we piled all my camera gear into his truck and took off. There were 3 lions around a kill near the river. They kept coming back to the road and resting in the shade and then going back out:

The lion in the shade was about 15 feet from the camper.

Then we heard that there was a kill near the road above where we were, so we headed that way. We found a dead buffalo and a single female with 3 cubs. On the other side were 2 males sleeping under a tree.

After a while, we went back to camp for lunch and waited for the evening. When we got back, the female with the cubs had moved closer to the carcass. They were about 100 feet from the road.

Later, several more came up from the river. By the end of the evening, there were 10 adults and 3 cubs in the area. We had lost sight of the males by then.