Can you see the tiny moon way up in the left hand corner of the picture? This remarkable landscape is in the Namib desert and the picture was taken from the deck of my chalet at Little Kulala Camp. What a wonderful setting and the peace and tranquility of the place is captured here in today’s photo!
Our last image from Ongava and Etosha is this picture of a very well-fed lionness, taken at dusk in the Ongava concession. Ongava has an amazing range of mammals in the concession – including white and back rhino – and sightings of ‘cats’ is a regular and rewarding experience!
We continue our travel to Etosha, Namibia and the fabulous Ongava concession, situated south of the Etosha National Park.
This is a black faced impala, which are special to the Etosha area. They do not occur naturally in Botswana. This young buck had just finished having a stand of with the other male at the back – lots of clashing of horns and hooves kicking in the dust!
Following on from yesterday’s post, here is another giraffe. This darker speciman was seen in a fabulous private concession south of Etosha called Ongava. It is a concession teeming in wildlife and well worth visting. The lodge also does day trips into Etosha itself from a less used southern gate. More great game pcituires from Ongava to follow in the next posts….
Liquid Giraffe is a travel agency based in Maun. The agency took the giraffe as its totem, if you like. The giraffe has the largest heart of all land mammals and is a creature synonymous with the the African plains. Giraffe are found in most wildlfe areas of Botswana apart from the desert areas. This strange picture – titled the Nubian Giraffe – does not have much of a history. I like this and have included this image for today’s post. Does anyone know much about this picture?
We are almost into the middle of January in our ambitious Project3sixty5 where we will be uploading a picture every day for 2012, showcasing Botswana and southern Africa! Here is a picture which looks like a palm fringed island in the Okavango Delta – but which in actual fact is the bank of the Thamalakane River which flows through Maun – the home of Liquid Giraffe! We are now very much in a wet cycle where the Thamalakane has now flowed for 4 years
. The residual water in the river is supplement each year by the anual flooding of the Okavango Delta and the water reaches Maun about July each year. In 2005, the Thamalakane was dry and was filled with water annually. The view here looks onto Maun Educational Park – a small game park – which is sadly not open due to the exceptionally high water levels.
This chameleon was spotted in the camp grounds of Selinda Camp in the northern Linyanti area of Botswana. These rather innocent creatures are feared by the local Batswana as they see them as creatures of evil (compounded by the fact that the chameleon can roll its eyes in all directions!!!) It is fascinating to watch them chnage colour as they move to different areas. This one had moved down from the leafy trees so has not changed colour yet!
