What a treat to see a pack if these stunning predators!

A visit in the delta would not be complete without the lions, so here they are!

Stout & Wetu

Lentswe

Wetu

A small cat following a big one...

Lentswe with an easy prey...

Yummy!

If a look could kill...

Mating pair, Lentswe & Shitatiya

Stout & Shishatiya

A tired male

The Okavango delta is a place steaming with wildlife no matter what season you visit. It is a truly magical place and getting to spend 3 months there and watch the flood come in was a  once in a lifetime experience...

Juvenile carmine bee-eater

One of the numerous pans

Endangered wattle cranes

African skimmers

Sunrise over the mist

Flame lily

At the north west of Maun lays the Mababe depression. The are used to be covered by   a lake a very long time ago, and due to its soil with a very high clay content, the area still fills up with a lot of water after the rains making driving there almost impossible. But fortunately, in Dec 217 when we were there, the rains hadn't really started and it been a dry week, so we managed to dry almost everywhere without getting stuck in the mud!

It is an ideal placet to observe water birds and large herds of buffaloes. Lions, wild dogs and other large predators also roam free in the area.

Hippos in the Khwai river

Herd of red leeches on the banks of the Khwai river

Squacco heron on the hunt

Waterbuck portrait

Storm over the Khwai river

Night heron

Malachite kingfisher

Wood sandpiper

Yellow-billed kites (they were there by the hundreds!!)

Pied kingfisher

Khwai river

Hottentot teals

Grey heron

African darter drying its wings

Taking care of an itch

Pair of female knob-billed ducks

Monitor lizard

Sacred ibis

Great egret

Openbill

African fish eagle 

Black-headed heron

Male knob-bill duck

Group of white-face whistling ducks

Hi everyone!!

Sorry I have been so silent recently but I was so busy and with poor connection that it was not easy to update the blog.

So for those who haven't been following (I grant you it's rather complicated to follow what I do...), I have left my CCF job in Dec 2017 to go spend 3 months in the north-east Okavango delta with my partner. I had the most awesome time there and when my 90 days visa ran out I went back to Nam for a while. There I enjoyed some weekend outings exploring the country with friends and then embark on a solo road trip across the country, through the Namibia to SA. It was absolutely stunning and amazing experience, meeting great people and driving in breathtaking landscapes on a daily basis.

For the next couple of months, I'll be based in France doing some consulting research job for a private game reserve in Namibia, while waiting for a more permanent position back in Africa.

And I can't wait to be back in the bush!!!