Category Archives: Botswana
Red in Tooth and Paw
I scanned the horizon with binoculars for game, but my local guide always spotted it first with his telescopic eyes. He swiveled his head from side to side, hardly glancing ahead as he steered the truck on a bumpy track … Continue reading
Kalahari Camp Cooking
I was more lucky than shrewd in choosing to visit the northern Kalahari and Okavango Delta in Botswana at the start of the wet season and shortly before Christmas 2023. Mobile safaris organized by Penduka normally take up to nine … Continue reading
Elephants and US
There is something magisterial about the biggest living things on Earth. We are the most intelligent, the most prolific, and the most polluting species but we don’t tower in height over everyone. We look up at some animals and plants … Continue reading
Baines Baobabs in Botswana
Of all the trees I have ever seen in Africa the Baobabs are at the forefront of memory. I saw my first specimen in the sandveld of Nxai Pans in northern Botswana. Then we drove to the famous Baines Baobabs. … Continue reading







