Chobe, February 2024, Day 3

If you thought that a visit to Pangolin Photo Safaris is a relaxing holiday, you are in for a big surprise. On day 3 we were allowed to sleep in: coffee at 5:30, depart for a photographic activity on the river at 6:00am. We started off with a sighting of a Half-collared Kingfisher

This was followed by some Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters, a Southern Red Bishop and a Malachite Kingfisher

Two otters popped their heads out, but we were too far and too slow to get any photos. Next up were a Coppery-tailed Coucal, a Goliath Heron, some Terns and Cormorants

No outing on the Chobe river is complete without crocodiles, but also don’t forget the Water Monitor lizard

My favourite, the African Fish Eagle, was seen in a tree, eating something, none of us able to figure out what exactly

A few others bird sightings followed: Squacco Heron and Open-billed Stork

What did the Egret say to the Buffalo? I guess only the dragonfly overheard, but he’s not telling.

On our way back for brunch, we saw a few Red Lechwe under the Botswana flag.

Brunch was followed by the usual camera battery charging, photos download and backup, an editing tutorial by Sabine and having to forego the planned afternoon nap. By 15:00 we were preparing to go back to the river for the afternoon session.

The afternoon started with excitement of watching an Egret having to repeatedly evade a Heron, which was trying to steal its lunch

We saw several kudu along the riverbank

However, the main focus of the afternoon, was elephants

By this time, it was almost dark and, while an impala was seen very nervously drinking at the water’s edge, carefully keeping an eye out for crocodiles, we had to rush to get back to our mooring before dark.

An excellent dinner was once again followed by downloading, culling, backup, editing and getting to bed way too late, but I just cannot help myself, I have to go through my day’s photos every evening to see what I managed to get.