The Boat Cruise / Sunset Safari was the second part of the Combo-Tour to Chobe National Park, organised through Elephant Trail Backpackers in Kazungula, Botswana.
In the morning, having seen many elephants, impala, baboons and a male lion with a freshly-killed young African Water Buffalo on the Chobe National Park Game Drive, after lunch back at the hostel, we embarked on the Sunset Safari / Boat Cruise
We are greeted by our guide and boatman, Franz. An outgoing and passionate guide as you could ask for:
Unlike the morning Game Drive, we joined forces with 5 other travellers.
So we were on the Chobe River. One interesting fact about the Chobe River is that during the dry season, the river dries up somewhere out west and the waters of the Chobe River in the Northern part of Botswana are actually from the Zambezi.
Cell phones are great for using as cameras except on safaris. Even if we got pretty close, it was never close enough.
So the pictures are very mediocre. Sorry for that!
But we saw an abundance of birdlife:
Sea Eagles, Snake Birds, Cormorants, Pied Kingfishers, Ibises.
And we saw the African Buffalo, more elephants, crocs and hippos.
A perfect way to end the day.
