Pooky and family in Botswana - 1st trip!

[pooky]

Elephants frolicking Always nice to watch

We spent hours watching them coming and going. I wished that the mud puddle was
a bit closer

[pooky]

We also stayed at Senyati Pooky. Such fond memories of the Elephant herds coming to drink. Sundowners on the deck was fabulous!

No Lion activity when we were there but i heard a Leopard calling from very close by on the last night. And hundreds of Buffalo.

It certainly is a magical place and we sat for hours watching the ellies. when they weren't there we had a few interesting
birds come out .

[pooky]

Are any of your pics from inside the hide, pooky?

I will put some on from inside the hide shortly

[pooky]

Lots of lovely ellies!

They were lots of fun to watch

[pooky]

Just a few shots from inside the hide. Unfortunately we couldn't see the fountain itself and because of the sun/shade
combination photos were quite difficult. The ellies came to drink in the late afternoon so light was not easy.

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The only other animal we saw at the waterhole were warthog.

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An African wattled plover

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We went down the old Hunters Road along the Zim border. A herd of skittish impala.
Then a view of the road and some beautiful big trees
Another road through the forest.

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The only other animal we saw was this beautiful sable bull.

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[Richprins]

Interesting angle from the hide!

And looks quite wild and woolly those forest roads...adventurous!


Great sable!

[Flutterby]

Sable! How lucky!

[nan]

magnificent Sable

[Mel]

The bush is quite close to the road in some parts, it seems Can't see the animals well
On the other hand, you probably have to crawl along anyway due to the thick vegetation all over
the place, so chances are good that one doesn't run over any critters.

Sable - what a treat

[Lisbeth]

Wait for me, I am coming...........

I love elephants, especially when present in all sizes

Superb sable