Days 6 and 7 Xigera Camp, Botswana

The landscape changed dramatically as we approached the Okavango Delta		The staff welcomed us with a song	Our tented room
		The view from our deck	Red Lechwe grazing at the water's edge just beyond our tent
	I always seem to have my hands in a mouth	The camp is situated on an island in the Okavango Delta	Greater Kudu
		Xigera is know for its mokoro trips	Guides use a pole to propel the mokoro silently through the water.
Traveling slowly and very quietly provides a closeup view of nature.	White-faced ducks	Malachite Kingfisher
A Cape Buffalo dining on the water reeds	Moses shows us a giraffe bone.	A typical narrow channel	A small hitch-hiker
	In search of the elusive Pel's Fishing Owl	Yellow-bellied Parrots overhead
Pel's Fishing Owl	Pel's fishing owl at the top of a tree
Returning to camp		African Darter	Motor boats offer more viewing options on the delta
...for instance getting closer to hippopotamuses			When upset, hippos submerge quickly.
		Floating refreshments	Spur-winged Goose
Male Bushbuck	Masai Giraffe	An African Open-billed Stork	Vultures cleaning up a buffalo carcus
Spotted Hyenas actually eat the bones		Fifteen minutes later, this is what the hyena left for the vultures.	Nile Crocodile
	African Fish-Eagles		Ebony and Ivory
Rookery at sundown	A newborn pokes its head out of the nest
	Tribal mask	Preparing for dinner in a traditional African boma
The staff entertained us with tribal songs	A lone elephant wanders into camp. Who is watching whom?		This elephant decided he just needed to eat the leaves between the mokoros and the dining room!
"Just a little closer and I'll get the photo..."			He never touched the mokoros
With much sadness we left Botswana, its wonderful people and the magnificent wildlife.