Here are some photos of animals seen during the 2004 safari trip to Southern Africa. Most of the animals shown here were found in the northern parts of Botswana, or more precisely in the Moremi Game Reserve, the Okavango Delta and in the Chobe National Park. I did not bring any top-notch camera equipment, so the quality of the photos are not great.
On the bottom of this page there is a list of animals seen during the trip, including four species of reptiles.
Elephants, Chobe NP
White Rhino, Khama Rhino Sanctuary
Burchell's Zebra, Xwaraga, Makgadikgadi Pans NP
Black-backed Jackal, flash photography, Makgadikgadi Pans NP
Spotted Hyena in the dusk, Moremi GR
Gemsbok / Southern Oryx, Makgadikgadi Pans NP
Nile Crocodile, Boteti River, Makgadikgadi Pans NP
Common Waterbuck, Moremi Game Reserve, Moremi Game Reserve
Lion in Moremi Game Reserve. This was the only wild lion we saw during the entire trip
Southern Dwarf Mongoose, Moremi GR
Nile Monitor, Okavango Delta
Impala, Moremi GR
Red Lechwe, Moremi GR
African Buffalo, Chobe NP
African Buffalo, Moremi Game Reserve
Southern Greater Kudu, Chobe NP
Kudu and Impala, Chobe NP
Sable Antelope, Chobe NP
Roan Antelope, Chobe NP
Hippo, watch out! Chobe NP
South African Giraffe, Chobe NP
Elephant drinking, Chobe N
Warthog, Chobe NP
African Rock Python, Chobe NP
Big snake crossing the road, Chobe NP. Anchieta's cobra (Naja anchietae)
Banded Mongoose, Chobe NP
Banded Mongoose
Number |
Species |
Latin |
Location |
1 |
Warthog |
Phacochoerus aethiopicus |
Moremi/Okavango/Chobe |
2 |
Hippo |
Hippopotamus amphibius |
Moremi/Okavango/Chobe |
3 |
South African Giraffe |
Giraffa giraffa giraffa |
Moremi/Chobe |
4 |
Bushbuck |
Tragelaphus scriptus |
Xhumaga/Victoria Falls |
5 |
Southern Greater Kudu |
Tragelaphus strepsiceros |
Khama/Xhumaga/Chobe |
6 |
Cape Eland |
Taurotragus oryx |
Private Game Reserve |
7 |
Common duiker |
Sylvicapra grimmia |
Kokomori |
8 |
Gemsbok |
Oryx gazella |
Khama |
9 |
Common Waterbuck |
Kobus ellipsiprymnus |
Chobe |
10 |
Red lechwe |
Kobus leche |
Moremi/Guma/Chobe |
11 |
Roan antelope |
Hippotragus equinus |
Chobe |
12 |
Sable antelope |
Hippotragus niger |
Chobe |
13 |
Blue wildebeest |
Connochaetes taurinus |
Moremi/Chobe |
14 |
Red hartebeest |
Alcelaphus buselaphus |
Moremi/Chobe |
15 |
Springbuck |
Antidorcas marsupialis |
Khama |
16 |
Impala |
Aepyceros melampus |
Moremi/Chobe |
17 |
Steenbok |
Raphicerus campestris |
Khama |
18 |
Blesbuck |
Damaliscus dorcas |
Private Game reserve |
19 |
African buffalo |
Syncerus caffer |
Moremi/Chobe |
20 |
Burchell's zebra |
Equus burchellii |
Xhumaga/Chobe |
21 |
White rhino |
Ceratotherium simum |
Khama/Pilanesberg |
22 |
African elephant |
Loxodonta africana |
Moremi/Okavango/Chobe |
23 |
Cape ground squirrel |
Xerus inauris |
Moremi |
24 |
Scrub hare |
Lepus saxatilis |
Zambezi |
25 |
Black-backed jackal |
Canis mesomelas |
Xhumaga/Chobe |
26 |
Bat species |
Microchiroptera |
Old Kromdraai Gold Mine |
27 |
Cape clawless otter |
Aonyx capensis |
Okavango River |
28 |
Wild dog |
Lycaon pictus |
Private Game Reserve |
29 |
Slender mangoose |
Herpestes sanguineus |
Okavango |
30 |
Banded mangoose |
Mungos mungo |
Chobe |
31 |
Southern dwarf mangoose |
Helogale parvula |
Moremi |
32 |
Surricat |
Suricata suricatta |
Private Game Reserve |
33 |
Spotted hyena |
Crocuta crocuta |
Moremi |
34 |
Lion |
Panthera leo |
Moremi/Private Game Reserve |
35 |
Cheetah |
Acinonyx jubatus |
Private Game Reserve |
36 |
Vervet monkey |
Cercopithecus aethiops |
Moremi/Guma/Chobe |
37 |
Chacma baboon |
Papio ursinus |
Moremi/Chobe |
Number |
Species |
Latin |
Location |
1 |
Anchieta's cobra |
Naja anchietae |
Chobe |
2 |
African rock python |
Python natalensis |
Chobe |
3 |
Nile monitor |
Varanus niloticus |
Okavango/Chobe |
4 |
Nile crocodile |
Crocodylus niloticus |
Moremi/Okavango River/Chobe |