During Friday’s siesta, some of our guests were enjoying a panoramic view of the lagoon from our viewing deck. Suddenly the peace was shattered as a bushbuck came hurtling through the grounds, running at full speed across the grass.
Posts Tagged ‘Moremi Game Reserve’
Hippos: weapons of mass destruction
During the early hours of Thursday 5th May, our guests and staff heard the unmistakable sound of hippos fighting nearby. Safely tucked up in bed, they were able to hear this thunderous noise for quite some time – a memorable African soundtrack. In the morning, our staff discovered that one of the hippos had sadly not survived the encounter.
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.
Mating in Moremi
Guests on this morning’s game drive were really hoping to see Camp Moremi’s local pride of lions, which have been proving elusive of late. After two days without a lion sighting, the guide decided to head a little further afield in the hope that the pride had simply wandered into a different neighbourhood – after all, even lions enjoy a change of scenery from time to time.
Leopard vs.Tsessebe
Whilst the leopards at Savute Safari Lodge seem to be content with eating guinea fowl, a leopard in Moremi Game Reserve seems to have set its sights on bigger things.
Camp Moremi sightings
This week has been a fantastic week for the spotted cats, with amazing cheetah and leopard sightings.
A tribute to Jessie Neil, 1927-2010
Last week, Desert & Delta Safaris learned of the sad death of Jessie Neil, the original founder of the company and a pioneer of photographic safari tourism in Botswana.
Desert & Delta Safaris – and, in fact, the entire Botswana tourism industry – would not have been the same without the influence of this great woman, and so today we post a tribute to this larger-than-life lady.
After dinner visitors at Camp Moremi
This evening, after an eventful day of game viewing which included cheetah and serval, guests were treated to two final sightings just before bed.
Serval at Moremi Game Reserve
This afternoon a family of guests at Camp Moremi set out on a game drive hoping to spot the lions which had recently been seen in the area. Kitso, one of the guides at Camp Moremi, began driving the game vehicle in the direction of the lions’ last known sighting when suddenly a serval appeared in the middle of the road.
