Yesterday ended with Team Zambia and our hosts seated around a fire being treated to the Zambian bush dinner. Then we were entertained by a Zambian guitarist and a group drum concert during which Sandra joined in with three Zambians. The bush dinner provided an exclamation point to one terrific day.
Today, we arose before dawn, ate breakfast, boarded the bus, and headed for Botswana. To get to Botswana, we headed to the Zambezi River, passed through Zambian immigration and boarded a launch to Botswana. During the boat ride, we stopped at the common boundary point of Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia. Once on the Botswana side, we passed through Botswana immigration, boarded another van, and headed for Kasane, Botswana.
In Kasane, we were treated to breakfast and hiked to a boat for a cruise up the Chobe River - what an experience seeing elephants, cape buffalo, hippos, crocs, impalas, winter buck, and thousands of birds in a marsh setting. A most memorable experience was watching a young bull elephant walk to water to drink before swimming to an island in the river where he pulled grass and swished it in the water before using his trunk to place it in his mouth.
After lunch, we boarded a safari jeep and entered Chobe National Park for a land tour along the river. We saw most of the wildlife observed in the morning in their land environment plus wart hogs, giraffes, kudus, and black sable antelope. One of the many birds we observed was the multicolored national bird of Botswana - the lilac breasted roller.
Sadly, our day ended and we reversed tracks to Waterberry.
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