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[mattsname]

3 day Moremi Crossing Safari, Okavango Delta 🐵✈😍 #safari #botswana #moremicrossing #maun #africa #vscocam (at Moremi Crossing)

[claireandmarksmegamoon]

After another short flight on the small plane our next stop was Moremi Crossing Camp. This was an entirely water based camp where you could do Mokoro trips or walks on the nearby Chiefs Island. On arrival we had to take the long route round to the camp as there was an elephant by the usual boat pick up!

Our first afternoon was spent doing a game walk where we heard some unusual impala snorts which were the result of a lion stalking them. We then saw a flash of a Lion and the Impala running off, as we went to follow, the lion gave a warning growl so our guide thought it best not to follow. We saw a lot of elephants and antelope on the rest of the walk as well.

On the second night, Mark had arranged for us both to do a Wilderness Camping trip which involved us sleeping "rough" on one of the islands. What we didn't know was that "rough" meant having 2 guides, a chef and a waiter to look after us in a luxury tent. It was really nice sleeping on our own island, especially when a herd of elephants passed through the camp in the middle of the night. The following day our guides took us back to the main camp by Mokoro and via a quick walk on one of the nearby islands where we found an elephant tusk that had broken off in a fight - it was really heavy. We then got back to camp (the long way as another elephant was at the mokoro mooring) and had a shower and managed to relax a bit. 

Elephants caused entertainment throughout our stay at Moremi Crossing. At this time of year the palm trees are producing palm nuts which are a favourite snack of elephants and baboons. The elephants goes to the tree and using their trunk and a front foot they shake the tree and the ripe nuts fall to the ground. Occasionally a baboon, innocently enjoying palm nuts at the top of the tree, has been known to be shaken out of the tree. We were told the elephant trumpets and runs and this foreign object falling from the tree, the baboon shrieks and runs from the shock of being shaken from the tree. However the baboon is usually the lucky one as it only runs about 20 meters while the elephant runs over 100 meters so the baboon goes back to clean up!!