A day at Chobe

Our only full day at Chobe went like this:

5:15 wake up

5:30 coffee and warm muffins

6:00 til 8:30 game drive

8:30 a là carte breakfast

11:00 river cruise with drinks and nibbles

12:30 three course a là carte lunch with wine

3:00 afternoon tea and cakes

3:30 til 6:30 game drive with sunset drinks and nibbles

7:00 pre dinner drinks with finger food

8:00 three course a là carte dinner with wine

9:30 Amarula in the bar

After Ponant and the other lodges, we are too scared to go anywhere near any scales!

So, we set off in the safari vehicle pre-dawn, with a full moon..

..searching, searching for lions or leopards

We had no luck there but did see a few things, mostly birds, such as this magnificent long tailed paradise wyhdah..

...a flock of bee-eaters..

...a jackal..

...some giraffe..

...lots of Impala...

..lots of Guinea fowl..

...a bataleur eagle..

..a very pretty lilac breasted roller..

...flocks of wire tailed swallows..

..hippos..

..white faced whistling ducks..

..vervet monkeys...

..a tawny eagle..

We saw very little new on the boat cruise, these Impala eating soil by the river to get minerals..

..and a very sick hippo by the riverbank...

..and a Namibian in a proper wooden mokoro

This is why afternoon tea should not be missed!

Back in the vehicle for our evening game drive. Soon classic Africa..

..then two new antelope for us - puku...

...a hippo with a baby..

..a glossy cape starling..

..then lots of entertainment watching a troop of baboons..

..big daddy not so cute.

We then drove down to/into the river..

...passing a squacco heron..

..then the coup de grace a group of elephants

..of which it was hard to stop taking photos, no zoom required.

Soon after it was sunset...

...but we had spent so much time watching the elephants, it was gin and tonics as we drove.

On going down for dinner we found the staff had arranged a special trea for us. Candlelit down by the river..

..cloches even..

..and very nice food.