Chobe National Park, Botswana

What a day!!! We headed out after breakfast and boarded a bus for our safari in Botswana. It was the 13 of us and 3 additional guys from Mexico who are in Africa for the World Cup. The ride to the Zambezi River crossing to Botswana took about 50 minutes, Immigration Exit took a few, and then a boat ride across the river. After checking into Botswana, we headed to the Chobe Lodge to begin the boat portion of the safari. We saw a large number of elephants, and more hippos than I have ever seen before. A Fish Eagle, lots of other birds and a few cape buffaloes topped off the morning. The lunch at the Chobe Lodge was great and included guinea fowl and wildebeest. The Land Rover portion was also great with giraffes, elephants, kudos and the addition of a leopard (a seldom seen animal), jackels, and sable antelopes. We also saw some "bee-eaters".

It was a great day. Since today is Sunday, we had a service in one of our rooms which Ian led. He did a great job. I will post photos later.