Now comes Savuti!!! This name is so full of legends and promises that I couldn't wait to get there. Unfortunately, I had to wait... Coming down from Chobe, I expected the road to be quite good as it's the main way to get to Savuti. I couldn't have been more wrong. As soon as the tar stops (that is at Kachiko), we reached a deep sand and bumpy road that goes all the way to the Ghoha North Gate of Savuti. Saying the road is bad doesn't quite describes it!!! I even thought we were lost at some stage... Anyway, we eventually got to Savuti and managed to find a free space at the campsite run by SKL (thus very expensive, $50/pers/night!!).

The channel is now running again in Savuti and there are lots of birds on its bank as well as elephants. We also saw several herds of Tsessebes.

Savuti channel

Tsessebes

Pied kingfisher with prey

Little bee-eater

Green-backed heron

 Kori Bustard

Black-shouldered kite

Of predators, we saw very few, but the sightings were great! First we had a visit of a leopard in camp while we were cooking dinner. I was a bit uncomfortable when spotting 2 bright eyes in the light of my head torch. I initially thought "Damn here comes a lion, but then how many are they around us??" then I realized it was "only" a leopard, and a felt relieved  for a second as I surely don't trust these to be friendly!! Any way, this one was actually quite friendly and just stood 20m from us watching, then went on its way without looking back...

And the next day on our way out via the marsh road (that was completely dry), we bumped into 3 male lions resting by the side of the road. They were very relaxed, barely taking note of us and we spent a good hour with them, just enjoying!!