• Nxai Pans a paradise

    April 15, 2023 in Botswana ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C

    Where else can you be lying on your stretcher under the trees and an elephant comes to eat a couple of meters away.

    This is Botswana where all camp grounds are unfenced and there is a feeling of freedom and close contact with Nature which our souls resonate with.

    Wherever we drive on the flat golden grasses pan fitted with termite mounds and islands of trees we see an abundance of animals and birds. Perhaps it is due to the long and late summer rains that all life is thriving and at its best during this time but we are loving seeing the animals so plump and content with plenty of food and water.

    There are so many babies around from zebra to the sweetest tiny giraffe trying to suckle from its mother. Elephants browse peacefully around the fringe of the tree islands and we spot 3 bat eared foxes foraging near a termite mound. Colorful lilac breasted rollers and bee eaters flit between the trees and Crowned lapwings fly up from either side as we drive slowly along.
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