Site Report: Moremi Game Reserve - Chief's Island
Scott And Pilot in Cessna Bush Plane, Botswana
Bush Plane, Botswana
Okavango Delta, Botswana
Barbara and Elephant Skull, Botswana
African Buffalo Bites The Dust, Botswana
The Skilled And Fearless Ranger, Botswana
Barbara and Moiseppe in Mokoro Canoe, Botswana
Okavango Delta Flower, Botswana
Yellow-billed Kite, Botswana
Flock of Cattle Egret, Botswana
Spotted Hyena, Botswana
The Ranger Stares Down Spotted Hyena, Botswana
Barbara Surveys a Nearby Elephant, Botswana
spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
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Scott And Pilot in Cessna Bush Plane, Botswana
Bush Plane, Botswana
Okavango Delta, Botswana
Barbara and Elephant Skull, Botswana
African Buffalo Bites The Dust, Botswana
The Skilled And Fearless Ranger, Botswana
Barbara and Moiseppe in Mokoro Canoe, Botswana
Okavango Delta Flower, Botswana
Yellow-billed Kite, Botswana
Flock of Cattle Egret, Botswana
Spotted Hyena, Botswana
The Ranger Stares Down Spotted Hyena, Botswana
Barbara Surveys a Nearby Elephant, Botswana
spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
We went out into the bush for a walking safari with a fake dugout canoe. This was the best campsite anywhere with two lions hunting within site of the camp. We were also visited by a couple of elephants.
Visits
- 2002-12-10: For this portion of the safari, we flew in a cessna to a camp where we stayed for one night. In the morning we went with Moiseppe for an overnight into the bush in a dugout canoe. When we arrived at the campsite, we discovered two lions not more than a couple hundred yards away. I did not take my eyes off the lions for even a minute, and neither did they stop watching us. We hiked around for awhile in the bush, and there were large animals everywhere. We even had a close encounter with a hyena. Later in the afternoon, we arrived at our camp to see our lions chasing a herd of wildebeest. And there was an unsettling encounter with a huge elephant that came into the campsite. During the night, we built a very large fire to keep all the predators at bay. This was, without a doubt, the most interesting camping experience I had ever had.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (21 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(21 records)
Class: Birds
(13 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(2 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Knob-billed Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
- Yellow-billed Duck (Anas undulata)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(3 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Malachite Kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus)
- Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis)
- Order: Pelicans
(3 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Dickinson's Kestrel (Falco dickinsoni)
- Family: Herons
- Western Cattle Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Family: Jacanas
- Lesser Jacana (Microparra capensis)
- Order: Perching Birds
(1 record)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Hartlaub's Babbler (Turdoides hartlaubii)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(2 records)
- Family: African Barbets
- Pied Barbet (Tricholaema leucomelas)
- Family: Honeyguides
- Lesser Honeyguide (Indicator minor)
Class: Mammals
(8 records)
- Order: Bats
(1 record)
- Family: Old World Fruit Bats
- Straw-colored Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum)
- Order: Carnivorans
(2 records)
- Family: Felidae
- Lion (Panthera leo)
- Family: Hyaenidae
- Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean (3 records)
- Family: Giraffidae
- Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
- Order: Proboscidea
(1 record)
- Family: Elephantidae
- African Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Mole Rats
- Mole Rat (Heterocephalus sp)