The beginning of July was mild in temperature averaging highs of 21 degrees and lows of 13 degrees, but towards the middle of the month the temperatures dropped, averaging maximum temperatures of 17 degrees and minimum of 2 degrees.
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Love in the air at Leroo La Tau
As the temperature drops, so things are hotting up at Leroo La Tau – for the vultures anyway.
Wild dogs at Nxai Pan
Wild dogs are not often seen in the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, and in fact have not been sighted in more than a year. Therefore imagine our guides’ surprise when they approached the waterhole on the road to the Nxai Pan gate and saw two wild dogs feeding off domestic goats.
Protecting Botswana’s wildlife through domestic animal care
Desert & Delta Safaris is actively involved with a number of Botswana charities, and this week was happy to add one more to its roster.
Maun Animal Welfare Society is a non-profit organisation which aims to protect Botswana’s wildlife through domestic animal care. The charity’s ongoing vaccination campaign has helped reduce the spread of rabies and canine distemper – diseases which have been known to spread to and decimate wildlife populations, including the endangered African Wild Dog.
The mixed fortunes of Botswana’s rhinos
In days gone by Botswana was famous for its healthy rhino population, but by the 1970s, both black and white rhino populations had declined alarmingly in northern Botswana.
Zebra Migration, September
James Bradley is a PhD student from Britain’s University of Bristol who is currently undertaking field research for the Makgadikgadi Zebra Migration Research project.
Trekking rhino: from dart to finish
“Bouncing along a sandy track, with each bump in the road forcibly ejecting the air from my lungs, I realised who I felt like: a modern day Indiana Jones. But the Holy Grail we were seeking on this blisteringly hot October day was a different form of treasure: two tons of rhino.”
Footprint of lion at Leroo La Tau
Leroo La Tau means ‘footprint of lion’ in Setswana which would lead you to assume that guests at the lodge witness these incredible predators every day. However, the previous owners of the lodge named Leroo La Tau with tongue firmly in cheek; during the construction period, ‘footprints of lion’ were found around the camp daily but the lions themselves stayed well out of sight.
The elephants of Leroo La Tau
A few weeks ago we highlighted the incredible story of the hippos of the Boteti River, and how they had managed to survive when the waters receded leaving them high and dry. The hippos were not the only animals which were affected by the reduced access to water in the Makgadikgadi National Park. The area around Leroo La Tau used to be well known for its healthy breeding herds of elephants, but when the river dried up in the late 1980s the dynamic of the area changed significantly.
Zebra Migration, August
James Bradley is a PhD student from Britain’s University of Bristol who is currently undertaking field research for the Makgadikgadi Zebra Migration Research project.
James is not employed by Desert & Delta Safaris but he is based at Leroo La Tau where we provide him with accommodation and operational support. The Makgadikgadi Game Reserve is home to the world’s second largest zebra migration and James’ vital research helps contributes to the conservation of one of the world’s most distinctive animals.
