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Okavango

I stayed at Kwetsani, which is sited on a smallish island.
Although the island is home to elephants, lions, baboons, impala, red lechwe, kudu, bushbuck mongooses and even some cape buffalo,
most of our safaris were by land rover on the nearby Hunda island...
an interesting 15 minute motorboat ride away.
We did go on one mokoro safari, but the water levels at Kwetsani were too low for any more.

Hunda is much a larger island and thus has a greater quantity and variety of wildlife.
Unfortunately, we couldn't do any night drives on Hunda due to the danger of encountering hippos etc as we were coming and going on the water in the dark.
Okavango from the air
Okavango from the air
Okavango_Mokoro and poler
Okavango_Mokoro and poler
Kwetsani_Southern Reedbuck
Kwetsani_Southern Reedbuck
Grey Lourie_Go Away Bird
Grey Lourie_"Go Away Bird"
Male Greater Kudu grazing with red billed oxpecker
Male Greater Kudu grazing with red billed oxpecker
Hunda island_young male leopard
Hunda island_young male leopard
Hunda island_young male leopard head detail
Hunda island_young male leopard head detail
Hunda island_male and female ostriches with chicks
Hunda island_male and female ostriches with chicks
Hunda island_male and female ostriches feeding with chicks
Hunda island_male and female ostriches feeding with chicks
Hunda island_female ostrich and chicks
Hunda island_female ostrich and chicks
Hunda island_five ostrich chicks
Hunda island_five ostrich chicks
Hunda island_Burchells zebra stallion
Hunda island_Burchells zebra stallion
Hunda island_Black Faced Vervet monket
Hunda island_Black Faced Vervet monket
Hunda island_Black Winged Stilt and Greenshank taking off
Hunda island_Black Winged Stilt and Greenshank taking off
Hunda island_Egyptian goose and waterlilies
Hunda island_Egyptian goose and waterlilies
Hunda island_elephant cooling off
Hunda island_elephant cooling off
Hunda island_Chacma baboon
Hunda island_Chacma baboon
Hunda island_female elephant with calf
Hunda island_female elephant with calf
Kwetsani_Female bushbuck
Kwetsani_Female bushbuck
Tsessebe (fastest running antelope) amongst Red Lechwe
Tsessebe (fastest running antelope) amongst Red Lechwe
Red lechwe
Red lechwe
Little Egret and reflection
Little Egret and reflection
yawning lion at twilight
yawning lion at twilight
lion walking
lion walking
Hunda island_Giant Eagle Owl
Hunda island_Giant Eagle Owl
Hunda island_female greater kudu drinking
Hunda island_female greater kudu drinking
Hunda island_Blue wildebeest
Hunda island_Blue wildebeest
Hunda island_Open Billed Stork and Yellow Billed Stork
Hunda island_Open Billed Stork and Yellow Billed Stork
Hunda island_Cape Buffalo herd
Hunda island_Cape Buffalo herd
Hunda island_Vervet monkey resting on branch
Hunda island_Vervet monkey resting on branch
Hunda island_Young male Kudu
Hunda island_Young male Kudu
Kwetsani_Mourning Dove
Kwetsani_Mourning Dove
Malachite Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
Male and Female Pied Kingfishers
Male and Female Pied Kingfishers
Hunda island_Hunting Dog
Hunda island_Hunting Dog
Hunda island_Hunting Dog resting
Hunda island_Hunting Dog resting
Hunda island_Hunting Dog dozing
Hunda island_Hunting Dog dozing
Hunda island_Hunting Dog resting
Hunda island_Hunting Dog resting
Hunda island_Greater Kudu males
Hunda island_Greater Kudu males
Okavango_white male and blue female waterlily
Okavango_white male and blue female waterlily
Hunda island_warthog
Hunda island_warthog
Hunda island_Steinboks quickly disappear in the long grass
Hunda island_Steinboks quickly disappear in the long grass
Male Impala
Male Impala
Hunda island_Two Southern Giraffes
Hunda island_Two Southern Giraffes
Hunda island_African Spoonbills and Yellow Billed Stork
Hunda island_African Spoonbills and Yellow Billed Stork
Hunda island_Burchells Zebra x 3
Hunda island_Burchells Zebra x 3
Okavango_elephant
Okavango_elephant
Okavango_Baboon on termite mound
Okavango_Baboon on termite mound
Kwesani_Banded mongoose_semi_habituated
Kwesani_Banded mongoose_semi_habituated
Red Lechwe male
Red Lechwe male
Red Lechwe male head.
Red Lechwe male head.
Slaty Egret
Slaty Egret
lioness stalking ... without success
lioness stalking ... without success
Kwetsani_Crested Barbet
Kwetsani_Crested Barbet