Botswana - Savute Elephant Camp.

In the first 24 hours of our safari we have ticked the box for elephants (LOTS of elephants), impalas (LOTS and LOTS of impalas), zebras (times infinity), warthogs, buffalo, foxes, wildebeests, & more, and have held giant moths and huge dung beetles. Africa does not disappoint. The highlight was a leopard that sauntered past us within 20 feet of our jeep.


Lions have remained elusive, and giraffes are not common in this area, so there's still some work to do.

(EDIT: Since doing a first draft of this post, we've since seen giraffes, plus jackals and various mongooses (mongeese?). My theory is that word has gotten out on the savanna that there are no lions around and so all the other animals are coming out to play.)