INFORMATION LUXURY SAFARIS ORIENT EXPRESS IN BOTSWANA Sergi Reboredo access safari Orient Express
Aerial views from Camp Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana, within the Moremi Game Wildlife Reserve and the city of Maun. The best time to visit the delta depends on what you want to see. If you are looking for are large animals, the best period is between May and October, when the water recedes and those are concentrated around water. If you want to see are birds and lush vegetation, the best time is between November and April, the rainy season. There are about forty lodges and camps in the Okavango Delta. The camps, where you can camp or rent a lodge (house or pavilion) are government property in Moremi Reserve, but not in the heart of the delta, where are the private. To access them you need an all-rounder, one mocoro, a helicopter or a plane, reserved for the most expensive, they have no path. Aerial views from the plane before take the Camp Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswana in the Chobe National Park . From the plane we can enjoy spectacular views of the Delta and the fascinating habitat that forms the Okavango river which rises in Angola through Namibia and Botswana comes to lead to this fabulous Delta forming inside before disappearing beneath the sands of the Kalahari Desert . The rich flora and abundance of water makes the Okavango Delta region ideal home for many species of predatory mammals and birds. On arrival reception at the strip and transfer to Lodge . In the afternoon after having refreshed and enjoy a delicious lunch will to make his first start mokoro safari . Scroll the Delta channels in these simple craft hearing only the sounds of nature will be an unforgettable experience. You can observe wildlife in the Delta from the tiny frogs resting in the reeds to elephants moving from island to island. Come to one of the nearby islands and accompanied by your expert guide will conduct a walking tour with the chance to see hippos impala wildebeests zebras giraffes elephants and lions and leopards hopefully . Return to the lodge mokoro and time to rest and sit and watch the stunning sunset light on the Okavango Delta and hippos begin to leave the water in the canals . Dinner around the fire. Internal flights in light aircraft CESNA between different camps in Botswana. ACROSS THE CAPRIVI , one of the best kept secrets of Namibia, Mahango reach the reserve , one of the least visited of the continent. After crossing the border with Botswana , arrive at Tsodilo Hills, Bushman ancient shrine that houses one of the collections most impressive paintings speedboat Africa.With all we enter the lushness of the Okavango Delta and once reunited with our local guides we sail in mekoro ( traditional canoes ) to the heart of the delta , here enjoy a free camping in one of the most spectacular wilderness areas on the planet. Our third night in the Delta, sleep in a houseboat , a wonderful evening in a unique ecosystem. In plane fly over the entire length of the delta, from the north shore to the south end , where the water die in the sands of the Kalahari Desert .
     
A 4x4 on traveling several tourists photographing elephants drinking water at a waterhole near the Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswana in the Chobe National Park . The United Nations warned today that the plague raging elephant Botswana since King does not hunt in this country could reach other regions such as South Africa and , eventually , reach even to Europe. In Botswana , the swarms of elephants and have destroyed 90% of the country's crops and animals have been used to living in urban areas . African governments , frightened , take weeks asking Spain to be given permission to Don Juan Carlos to resume hunting of elephants "and then placed in the appropriate place in the food chain of the Savannah before all the African ecosystem crumbles " . The king and his rifle to hunt elephants occupied an essential niche in the balance of the Savannah . " The elephant has adapted to share habitat with His Majesty the King , shortening their reproductive cycles to increase the population and survive extermination. He had established a sort of equilibrium between the pressure trophic reproductive and brake elephant population which involved the homicidal rage of the king and his rifle to hunt elephants , "said Els Konstabel , Civil Protection spokesman in South Africa. According Els , " the king of Spain had been fully integrated into the savanna ecosystem , standing at the top and acting as a sort of third-order carnivore , above even the big cats. Now, Juan Carlos I, the elephant population is out of control and we can not curb it . " " I turn on the kitchen light and see steam in stampede to hide behind the trash or in the fridge ," a Johannesburg woman whose house is infested with elephants , example of how far it has spread the plague of elephants Botswana An elephant out of the water at a waterhole near the Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswana in the Chobe National Park . Botswana announced eight months after King travel to ban the hunting of elephants in 2014 . No more hunting of elephants in Botswana , where King Juan Carlos was broken hip eight months ago during a trip to hunt elephants. The country will prohibit the commercial hunting of wild animals , including elephants , from 2014 to prevent the population of certain species continue to decline . " The Government has decided the indefinite suspension of hunting wild animals for commercial purposes from January 1, 2014 " , the ministry of Environment in Botswana. The Executive believes that " this sport is not compatible" with their commitments to conservation and protection of the local fauna " or the development of the tourism industry in the long term." The big game is an activity practiced by amateurs , often very rich , and the country is home to a large population of elephants , lions and buffalo. " We can not let this decrease represents a real threat to the conservation of our natural heritage and long-term health of the local tourism industry , the second largest source of revenue after the diamond," the ministry said in the statement. Elephants drinking water at a waterhole near the Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswana in the Chobe National Park . Botswana banned elephant hunting trip months after King Starting in January the government of the African country by law to protect local wildlife, tourism revenue . Botswana , so far the paradise for hunting , prohibit this practice from January 2014 to halt the decline of some species , as announced by the Government of the African country . King poses with the owner of Rann Safaris , facing an elephant killed during a hunt in 2007 . RANN SAFARI SAFARIS RANN "The government has decided to suspend from the January 1, 2014 for an indefinite period of hunting of wild animals practiced in the commercial arena ," according to a statement from the Ministry of Environment. Botswana wants and be " consistent with its commitments to the conservation and protection of local wildlife and the development of the local tourism industry in the long term." Big game hunting is a sport practiced by amateurs , usually high-income people , as King Juan Carlos , whose expedition to Botswana to hunt elephants in April caused a scandal in Spain , during the economic crisis
     
A lioness resting and while tourists a 4x4 photograph Orient Express them constantly in the vicinity of Camp Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswana in the Chobe National Park . The lion ( Panthera leo) is a carnivorous mammal of the Felidae family and one of the species of the genus Panthera. Some males , exceptionally large , weighing up to 250 kg , 3 making them the second -largest living cat after the tiger . Wild lions live in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia with a critically endangered population in northwest India , having disappeared from North Africa , the Middle East and western Asia in historic times . Until the late Pleistocene , about 10 000 years ago , in large terrestrial mammals , the lion was the most widespread after humans. They were found in most of Africa , much of Eurasia from western Europe to India , and America, from the Yukon to southern Mexico . If they survive childhood difficulties , lionesses living in a secure habitat such as Kruger National Park can often reach the age of 12-14 years , whereas lions seldom live more than eight years. However, cases of lionesses are known to have lived twenty years in the wild . In captivity , both males and females can live over twenty years. They typically inhabit savanna and grassland, although they may take to bush and forest . Lions are unusually social compared to other cats . A pride of lions consists of females who have a family relationship and offspring and a small number of adult males. Groups of female lions typically hunt together , preying mostly on large ungulates. The lion is an apex and keystone , although it can have a scavenger behavior if given the opportunity . While lions do not normally hunt humans selectively , some of them may become cannibals and seek human prey A lion walks quietly by the vicinity of the camp Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswana in the Chobe National Park . Prohibited hunting of lions in South Africa and Botswana. The Botswana government has banned lion hunting . " From unilaterally by surprise and for an indefinite period ," added the Spanish hunters high standing . The South African authorities have virtually decided the same this summer. There is also not permitted to hunt more than 10 lions a year. Terrible news. Where will they go now these illustrious killers down to lions? Will they stay without your precious carpet lion "real "? Luckily for these emulators of Clark Gable in Mogambo , there are still possibilities in Africa to hunt lions galore , private estates canned properly secured to prevent leaks to the field of competition . The body of a hairy male killed by oneself comes to cost about $ 22,000 , although the prohibitions that its price may fired in the near future , never better employed the verb. And if the seasoned hunter misfires should not worry about the integrity of his ass , as the companion guide knock you for it but do not tell anyone. A lion lying peacefully in ls savannah camp near Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswana in the Chobe National Park . The five major mamífereos Okavango . These terms tend to be used in Africa to set animals more attractive for visitors. For the big five every tourist looking for : the lion , panther , elephant , rhino and buffalo , join cheetah and wild dog ( African wild dog ) , to give rise to the Seven ( the magnificent seven ) of Okavongo few can see in the wild. Okavango Lions are famous for their size and strength , and it is said they are the only swimmers lions exist because they are forced to do so when the summer the leaves grown in islets isolated antelopes and impalas , their usual prey , leave . The Chief Island in the Moremi National Park , there is a small population of lions in decline that feeds exclusively on buffalo. An estimated twenty lions are beset and harassed by a thousand buffalo face planted them . These cats are extremely muscular , because black buffalo hunting requires a huge fortress . Several lions, lionesses generally , attack the herd in search of exemplary weaker, but when it is attacked and lying on the ground , the rest of the pack is back and with horns and legs turn to attack hunters. The result is a pride of lions in decline.
     
One of the guides Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswana in the Chobe National Park. uploaded to one of the 4x4 vehicles at the time of a safari. Located in central South Africa, Botswana, landlocked, extends about 1,100 km from north to south and 960 km from east to west, covering an area equivalent to that of France, slightly larger than Spain. The borders South Africa, through Limpopo and Molopo rivers, the Northeast, with Zimbabwe, while Namibia embraces western and northern borders. In Kazungula, in the remote North, four countries-Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Namibia-converge in the center of the Zambezi river current. Most of the territory (75%) is in the Kalahari, the southern African desert but not really a desert, as it is covered with grass and shrubs, but no waterways in the area if we except the river Boteti, which makes it a land not suitable for agriculture or livestock and has earned the nickname land of thirst. A plateau of about 1,200 meters divides the country into two regions, each with its own drainage system. In the north are the marshy basins Makgarikgari and Okavango. A large expanse of savanna, where they develop animal husbandry and agriculture (main economic activities of the country), marks the transition from the desert steppes and forests OS of N and NE. The most important rivers are the Okavango, Limpopo and Chobe. Among the lakes, the Ngami and Xau. Botswana is considered as one of the reserves of flora and fauna most important African continent. An elephant bathes peacefully in one of the streams near the camp Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswna , in the Chobe National Park . African elephants compete with the people of Botswana , and protected areas are inadequate to ensure the survival of elephants , especially in arid and semiarid regions, where the elephants depend on resources and space also used by the population. Due to climatic variables and other environmental variables , elephants should still remain mobility and opportunism , so that confinement to reservations is impractical and harmful . In the Policy Conservation Wildlife 1986 clearly recognized that if not given value to the resources of wild species , the imperatives of other land uses will inadvertently contrary to the continued existence of wildlife resources in reasonable quantities. Conflicts between elephants and people resulting from a growing population of elephants in Botswana can be long-term adverse early if communities living alongside elephants estimate that their livelihood is adversely affected by a "resource" that does not benefit them ( communities ) directly . In this policy, and other government policies, such as the Tourism Policy and the National Conservation Strategy , emphasizes the use of natural resources of the country, including elephants , on a sustainable basis for long-term good of Botswana . When communities feel that conservation is only a net cost to them , and increasingly expressed over those feelings , it may not be possible to obtain their cooperation in achieving compliance with conservation objectives . The trade in elephant products is not only essential for elephant conservation , habitat and other species , but also to meet basic human needs in the elephant range . Conflicts between people and elephants, as mentioned herein, reached major proportions , and communities that elephants are a pest. With elephant products , including ivory obtained in communal areas , can increase the value of elephants to those communities, and the community appreciate elephants more . With this direct benefit they receive , communities that estimate increasingly interested in the continued existence of elephants in reasonable quantities. At the last auction of 1999 in accordance with Decision 10.1 , 30% of the product has gone to adjacent communities range of elephants , and the rest is allocated to the conservation of elephants. A copy of adult elephant wanders near Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswna , in the Chobe National Park . The King will not be able to hunt elephants in Botswana. Botswana , so far the paradise for hunting , prohibit this practice from January 2014 to halt the decline of some species , as announced by the Government of the African country . " I'm sorry, I was wrong and will not happen again ." Just in case it gives to repent , from January 2014 will not have the opportunity. From that date , the Botswana government indefinitely suspends hunting of wild animals. Your president wants to halt the decline of some species such as the elephant , which has declined in numbers in recent years , and believes that protecting local wildlife seriously endangers the country's tourism industry , its second largest source of income after diamond sales , with 12% of GDP. Elephant hunting is illegal in many countries in Africa , but not in Botswana. The news has caught traders by surprise and hunting industry in the country. Jeff Rann is the man who accompanied the king in his hunt.
     
Birds of all kinds roam about Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswna , in the Chobe National Park . Bird watching is a fascinating attraction in the country , Botswana is a prominent home to over 575 species of birds.Gcwihaba Caves is a must in Botswana.Nata Bird Sanctuary is a reserve well preserved , mainly for different types of species of birds and wildlife. Kubu Island is famous for its baobab trees that are also part of the major tourist attraction in Botswana. Victoria Falls is a fascinating attraction to visit in Botswana. It has the best sports adventure activities that you can enjoy participating in the shipment example, the body , canoeing, kayaking , boating rafting.Those bet , fishing , abseiling and water is not really interested in these activities are eligible for nature walks during his visit to different national parks and the magnificent falls . At this point , you will receive the best memories of a lifetime . Many people may wonder what the best time to visit Victoria Falls, this is often dependent on the water flowing over the falls and rainfall in the Zambezi River . Other must-see are horse safaris and elephant , . You will have the opportunity to see a large population of elephants, while enjoying their game takes on the 4 wheel drive . See also other species of wildlife and birds that will make your safari memorable. Returning to the units of the evening is an opportunity , and to take a look at some of the rare animals that can not be seen during the day Some wildebeest roam near Camp Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswna , in the Chobe National Park . In the first days of June sees one of the most characteristic events of Africa , thousands of wildebeest moving across the plain toward its summer quarters in search of better pastures. This unstoppable march , a thousand times filmed , photographed and commented , is the best known of this key species in the food chain of the savanna . Before embarking on his annual trip , there have been bridal stops within the herd , dotted with violent disputes among males for the conquest of a territory where they produce small copulations with females that have been able to attract . With the females and fertilized , different start joining groups forming endless streams of individuals who will not stop until you reach fresh grazing areas of Lake Victoria or the Ngorongoro Crater, where they will spend five or six months before returning to their places of origin. Now when births occur , staggered over a period of two or three months, and when the importance of wildebeest as an indispensable link in the food chain is evident . Knowing the explosion of life , many predators are clustered near herds of wildebeest in search of easy prey , causing high mortality in newborn calves and between individuals old or sick for this year has been the your last migration . The wildebeest inhabit the savannas of eastern and southern Africa A beautiful bird hornbill trying to pose near the Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswna , in the Chobe National Park . Hornbills ( Bucerotidae ) are a family of bird found in tropical and subtropical areas of Africa , Asia and Melanesia. They are characterized by a long beak , down - curved bill which is frequently brightly colored and sometimes has a casque on the upper mandible . Both the common English and the scientific name of the family refer to the shape of the bill, " Hornbill " being " cow horn " in Greek. They possess a kidney from two lobes. Hornbills are the only birds in which the first two neck vertebrae ( atlas and axis ) are fused together , which probably provides a more stable platform to carry the bill [1] The family is omnivorous feeding fruit and small animals .. They are monogamous breeders nesting in natural cavities in trees and sometimes cliffs. A number of species of hornbill are threatened with extinction , mostly insular species with small ranges.
     
A couple of tourists photograph with a land turtle camp near Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswna , in the Chobe National Park . The leopard tortoise ( Geochelone pardalis ) is a species of turtle and surrounded Testudinidae family who lives in the savannah of Africa, from Sudan to South Africa. This tortoise is a turtle grass living in semi -arid areas , in grassland , although some leopard tortoises have been found in wetter areas . This is the most widely distributed tortoise in South Africa . It has a wide distribution in sub-Saharan Africa , including recorded localities in southern Sudan, Ethiopia , East Africa ( including Natal) , Zambia , Botswana , Namibia , Angola and South Africa . The G. pardalis are the fourth largest species of tortoise after African spurs turtle ( Geochelone sulcata ) Tortoise Galapagos and Aldabra Giant Tortoise ( Geochelone gigantea ) . The genus name is a combination of two words : Geo ( γαια ) meaning "land" or "land " in Greek, and Chelone ( Χελωνη ), which means "turtle" . Its specific name pardalis is the word pardus , meaning " leopard " and refers to stains leopardas turtle shell . The leopard tortoise has two recognized subspecies A Grant 's gazelle jumping under the watchful eye of wildebeest near the camp several Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswna , in the Chobe National Park . Thomson 's gazelle ( Eudorcas thomsonii ) is a bovid mammal species belonging to the genus Eudorcas.2 is one of the most agile and elegant antelopes , forming large flocks that live near a water source grasslands of North Africa. Its name comes from the nineteenth century Scottish explorer named Joseph Thomson gazelle is the most common type and one of the main pillars of support from predators such as the crocodile , lion, leopard and cheetah. Their number is about 500,000 copies. It has the golden brown back and white underparts with a very distinctive black stripe that runs along its side , its main difference with Grant 's Gazelle looks very similar , and these dark bands serve to blur its outline. In this way it makes it more difficult to discover predator away . Both males and females have horns slightly curved backwards, with ring -like protrusions . It weighs about 20 kg or 30 kg and measures 60 to 65 cm at the height of the cross. They are in Africa 2nd fastest animal after the cheetah as it reaches 80 km / h . Their longevity is 10-15 years. Thomson 's gazelle lives in the grasslands of the sheets in Tanzania and Kenya , and in areas of scrub is drier Sudan. That gregarious and wandering in herds of up to 200 animals. During the game we are quite safari giraffes groups near Camp Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswna , in the Chobe National Park . The giraffe is an animal unmistakable , rangy body covered in stains is unusual, and most people enjoy watching it . In fact they are one of the most popular animals in zoos worldwide . It is also the highest, but that does not stop it from becoming prey to a variety of meat eaters. They are very quiet and feed on plants from their natural habitat . At the top of the trees found most of the food we consume . This means that food availability have more than other animals. They are sociable . Females tend to be very good in their herds. Young males are very competitive , because the power depends on the right to mate with females . You can spend a very long time before they are strong enough to be able to mate , why they have been seen engaging in sexual behavior with other males. Each giraffe is unique in the world , have their own pattern of spots , which serves the researchers to identify both in the wild and in captivity . These spots vary in size, shape and even color. The males are darker and has no hair on top of his horns
     
Cave paintings near Camp Savute Elephant Camp Botswna Orient Express in Chobe National Park. Chobe National Park wet and dry cycles shape the landscape and dictate the nature of the wild inhabitants of the plain. Acclaimed worldwide for its abundance of animals, Savute promises an unforgettable experience. Here the crocodiles swimming in the same channel where wild dogs hunted only a few years ago. Beyond, the hills of home Gubatsa leopards and paintings of the life of primitive men once inhabited the area. Animals. Chobe National Park is known for the high concentration of elephants, with more than 50,000 is the largest grouping of these adorable elephants in Africa. Several giraffes drinking water at a waterhole near the camp Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswna , in the Chobe National Park . The giraffe is one of the two living species of Giraffe family , along with the okapi. The family was very broad, with many species . The giraffes evolve ramoneador a large mammal , about three meters and looking antelope that lived in Europe and Asia makes between 30 and 50 million years . The oldest known jiráfido is Climacoceras , like deer , with horns like the giraffe. Emergence early Miocene . Examples include the genera late Palaeotragus and Samotherium , the middle Miocene . Both were of considerable height on the cross , had developed a simple and unbranched antler like modern giraffes , but still had relatively short neck . Comparison jiráfidos African Miocene : Palaeotragus ( the highest ) and Climacoceras ( the lowest ) . From the late Pliocene , the variety of jiráfidos fell sharply, to be only the two species referred to above. The genre of the modern giraffe evolved during the Pliocene , and includes other long-necked species , such as Giraffa jumae that survives today . Alan Turner proposes in his book Evolving Eden (2004 ) , that the ancestors of the giraffe would be dark with pale spots , and those spots went to have a way estellada before forming the lattice model found today . The modern species Giraffa camelopardalis appeared during the Pleistocene million years ago It is easy to find near the camp giraffes Savute Elephant Camp Botswna Orient Express in Chobe National Park . The giraffe ( Giraffa camelopardalis ) is a species of artiodactyl mammal Giraffe family in Africa itself . It is the highest of all living species of land animals. The top of the head may eventually be found to 5.8 m high and can weigh from 750 kg to 1.6 toneladas.2 The common name ' giraffe ' and first binomial name comes from the Arabic Giraffa ? ? ? ? ? ? ( ziraafa or zurapha ), which means "high" . The second term gives the species name comes from the Greek camelopardalis καμηλοπ ? Ρδαλη camelopardale and Latin camelopardalis, which means " camel leopard " . The giraffe is related to deer and cattle , but belongs to another family , the jiráfidos ( Giraffe ), comprising only the giraffe and its closest relative, the okapi. Julius Caesar introduced the first giraffe in Europe brought their campaigns in Asia Minor and Egypt where he met Cleopatra. Without knowing clearly what animal was christened cameleopard Romans , a cross between a camel and leopard , becoming the scientific name used today.
     
Authentic savannah landscape near Camp Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswna , in the Chobe National Park . In Botswana the climate varies depending on the area . The country has relatively low elevation relative to sea level, with little significant landforms and surrounded by much higher areas which favor the stagnation of high pressure , which in turn prevent the entry of humid winds . Although located on the Tropic of Capricorn, Botswana has large thermal variations in summer temperatures are high both day and night with highs of 40 ° C and minimum to 28 ° C. In the Kalahari , the thermometer can descend at dusk beyond the 0 ° C in June and July in wetter sites , used to frost . While in neighboring Zimbabwe and South Africa the rainy season takes place between October and April, Botswana is very rare to begin before the end of November , ending in February. When to go . The austral winter ( May to August ) is a good time to visit Botswana , because the days are usually mild and wild animals never stray far from water sources . In any case , should be considered which also coincides with school holidays in Europe, North and South Africa , so there may be many visitors . Overall , June, early July and September are the months less crowded. This season is not conducive to travel secondary roads , enjoy the contemplation of the wildlife or explore the Okavango , as persistent rain could disable sandy roads and animals when they are dispersed with water. POPULATION 1,780,000 inhabitants (2006 ) Life expectancy is just 33 years. The average number of children per woman is 2.79 (one of the lowest rates in Africa ) . Almost 80 % of the population is literate. An estimated 37.3 % of the population is infected with the HIV virus (AIDS ) A pair of blue chest rattles ( Lilac - breasted Rolle ) of beautiful plumage perch in a tree near the camp near Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswna , in the Chobe National Park . "Lilac Breasted Roller" and in Spain is known for " Ratchet Lila" , hope you like the same thing to me when I saw it , I tell you a little about him. Name: Lilac Breasted Roller. Spain : Ratchet Lila Latin: coracias caudata . Biometrics : Length: 36 cm Weight: 104 g Appearance : The average size of the Lilac Breasted Roller is 14.5 inches. The washed green head is large, the neck is short , the greenish yellow legs are rather short and the feet are small . The beak is strong, arched and hooked tip . The narrow tail is of medium length. The back and scapulars are brown. The shoulder of the outer bands of the wings , flight feathers are violet and hips . The bases of the primaries and their coverts are pale greenish blue and the outer tail feathers are elongated and blackish . The chin is whitish shade , rich lilac of the breast. The underparts are greenish blue . The bill is black and eyes are brown. It has large wings and strong flight. Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express is located in the dry Savute Channel in Chobe National Park . The experience here is radically different from the other southern safaris Orient- Express , to be in the rugged, semi-arid northern jungle region of Botswana. Savute personifies the eternal contrast of Africa. If the other two camps boast of its waters and lush vegetation, Savute is a lesson in aridity. The rain in this land so dry is scarce and precious . Set in the mysterious Savute Channel - an eccentric waterway decades ranging from completely dry or flooded , the whole ethos of the Savute Elephant Camp is in line with its inhabitants and the environment, even though no water has flowed from 1983. In Savute you discover how little they have changed their dry plains since time began . And also the privilege of being in one of the last corners of the planet governed by nature. This area is famous for its spectacular birds and landscapes, but also offers the opportunity to see the cave paintings of the Bushmen who first inhabited the region. The camp is located in the Chobe National Park , where the regulatory rules prohibit driving or walking at night. Director : Warren Stone
     
A 4x4 passes by several baobabs stationed along the road near the camp Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswna , in the Chobe National Park . If we discover one of the world 's rarest trees , we can not take a look at Baobab or Adansonia . From Africa , not known for the beauty of its foliage and the showy and aroma of flowers and fruits , rather, lack of it , and therein lies its charm. With an almost prehistoric, but does not reach the size of a giant redwood , the truth is that your hand, anyone feel small . There are eight species of baobab , seven of which are found in Africa , six are endemic to Madagascar and one in Australia . It is one of the iconic trees of the African island , and as many plant species , its origin holds a legend. They baobab in Africa was one of the most beautiful trees of the continent, admired by all for their foliage and flowers. His vanity grew so much that the gods punished him , burying its branches and exposing their roots. Indeed , it seems an inverted tree with its branches spread in anarchic order , aims seek forgiveness from the gods. A very peculiar tree can reach a height of more than thirty meters and a width that reaches twelve feet in diameter. These dimensions vary depending on the species: Adansonia digitata , native to continental Africa , or randidieri adansonia , Madagascar, can measure more than 25 meters , while the variant of Australia , Adansonia gibbosa , rarely reaches ten meters and rubrostipa adansonia usually measured half During the safari game is not uncommon to see birds of prey such as owls on branches near the camp baobabs Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswna , in the Chobe National Park . Owls are well known to be very versatile birds in their habitat. They are able to live in a variety of places, and some of them can get to surprise you. The most common place to find owls are forested areas. They have a place that mark as their own territory , and where they can hide during the day from predators and access to a lot of different food sources because of the other creatures that live in the forest. Some species of owls are able to live in the rainforests , they do very well with moisture and rain . They are able to find good places to live and to protect them from their environment , however , these places are more predators which have to hide . Some people assume that only owls live in trees , however, take any opportunity they can to find shelter or claim any environment. For example , they can live in the trunks of trees and on the tops of the stables , others live in shrubs and bushes , in which you might never think to look . The owl is an animal very fast , your vision is unique and has very sharp claws , so hunting for food is not difficult . For the owl is very important to hunt their own food , the prey is something you hardly see in an owl. Several baobabs stationed along the road near the camp Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswna , in the Chobe National Park . The African baobab tree trunk is a massive bottle-shaped or irregular and full of knots. Their height can vary between 5 and 30 m and trunk diameter exceeds 11 m. The bark is smooth and wood fiber with little water content . The leaves sprout only in the rainy season , in summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the southern hemisphere . Adult tree leaves are compound having from 5 to 11 leaflets arising from petiole same circle and whose edges are integers in all species except rubrostipa species , which have serrations . Young trees have simple leaves and go slowly lobulando . The flowers are hermaphrodite , actinomorphic , about 10 cm , with white petals . All species bear fruit at the end of the dry season or early wet . The dried fruit is a berry or a thick capsule shaped elongated melon . Seeds are numerous , large kidney-shaped . Wrapping the seeds is a cream colored flesh , whose texture ranges from earthy to spongy by species and age of the fruit. Seeds live more than five years.
     
One of the 4x4 vehicles Orient Express makes a stop along the way at sunset to have tea and watch the sunset next to a baobab. Near Camp Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswna, in the Chobe National Park. Different species of baobabs: Adansonia digitata: the baobab par excellence. It grows in all continental African semiarid, reaches 25 m in height and 10 meters in diameter. The cup is rounded and has one or more secondary trunks. Leaves having 5 to 7 leaflets. The fruit is spherical or ovoid. In the Sahel there are four types of this species, the black bark, the red bark, the bark gray and dark leaf (dark leaves). The latter is most appreciated leaves as a vegetable, gray is best for the fiber and the other for the fruits. Adansonia grandidieri. Proper of Madagascar, is the most high (25 m) and slender than the others; acilindrado and smooth. It is also the tree that has more uses and has been tapped. The bark, of a reddish gray, and that the mature tree is 10 to 15 cm thick, is so fibrous that there is any tree that is removed to a height of two meters for fabrics as they readily regenerated. The fruit is globose, twice as long as wide. The pulp of the fruit is eaten fresh and seed oil is extracted for cooking. In some areas the goats fed with these berries, the goats digest the pulp and expel the entire seed. Wood, sponge, is rich in water and has concentric rings showing the growth years. According to legend, the trees of this species harboring solitary spirits, and it is not unusual offerings at the feet of the larger fish. Adansonia gregorii (syn. A. gibbosa). Endemic to Australia. It grows on rocky outcrops, riverbeds and flood plains of northwestern Australia. Rarely exceeds ten feet tall and the cup is irregular. Check the leaves between November and March. The Australians call it dead rat tree or bottle tree. The last rays of sunshine leave us postal authentic sunsets near Camp Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswna, in the Chobe National Park. AIR TRANSPORT: There are no direct flights from Spain to Botswana being the best combination that is via Johannesburg. The national airline is Air Botswana (BP) which only operates within Africa. While some African and British airlines offer international flights to Gaborone, is often cheaper approach the region flying to Harare (Zimbabwe), Windhoek (Namibia) and Johannesburg (South Africa) and travel by road to Botswana. Seretse Khama International Airport is located 15 km northwest of Gaborone. There is no regular bus from the airport but the President Hotel, Motel Oasis, the Gaborone Sun Hotel and Palma Hotel are Granes minibuses (combis). There are also taxis. In Kasane began operations in 1992, a major airport that Gaborone. In 1996 another was opened in Maun International Airport receives direct flights from Johannesburg, Windhoek and Gaborone. Domestic flights. The major areas of the country are connected through the air. There are airports in Francistown, Maun, Selebi-Phikwe, Ghanzi, Pont Drift, Kasane and Maun Jwaneny. There are two companies in Gaborone: Kalahari Air (PO Box 10102, Gaborone. Tel: 351 804), which offers trips to Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Zambia, and Okavango Air Services (PO Box 1966, Gaborone. Tel: 313 308). Air fares are expensive. SHIPPING: Botswana does not border and therefore lacks seaports. Nevertheless, a way to move the country from Zambia is using the Kazungula Ferry across the Zambezi River. RAIL TRANSPORT: There are good connections between South Africa and Botswana (from Johannesburg, Mafikeng and Ramatlhabama to Gabarone) Zimbabwe and Botswana (Gaborone to Plumtree, Bulawayo and Harare). From Gaborone to Bulawayo takes 20 hours, you should bring food and drink for the trip. Botswana has assisted in the construction of the Limpopo (Zimbabwe) to Mozambique, which will accelerate the availability of alternative routes to Botswana. Other plans include the extension of the network to Namibia. Inside the country, there are rail links between Ramatlhabama, Lobatse, Gaborone, Palapye and Francistown and continues to extend the rail network. Sunset near the camp Savute Elephant Camp Botswna Orient Express in Chobe National Park. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE HISTORY OF BOTSWANA: It is believed that the San people (Bushmen) lived Botswana thirty thousand years ago still Tsodilo Hills with over 3,500 paintings the best proof of this. They were followed by the Khoi-Khoi (Hottentots) of cattle culture, and later the Bantu, who migrated from the northwestern and eastern regions of Africa between the first and second centuries of our era and settled along the Chobe River. Until the eighteenth century various Bantu groups such as Tswana, grouped in small communities lived peacefully in the Kalahari. Disputes mutually conducive separations. By 1800, the pastures along the Kalahari were occupied by shepherds and peaceful separation ceased to be a feasible solution to dissensions. Moreover, the Europeans had come to the Cape and expanded northward. Upon binding of the Zulu tribes in South Africa in 1818, the settlers attacked the scattered Tswana peoples, enhancing their vulnerability. In response, regrouped and society was structured in a complex way: a hereditary monarchy regulated every nation and subjects Tswana populations residing in centralized and satellite populations. The order and structure of Tswana society impressed the Christian missionaries, who were introduced in the early nineteenth century. They failed to evangelize a large majority, but got advise, sometimes wrongly, in their dealings with Europeans. Meanwhile, the Boers initiated the Great Migration (Great Trek, 1834-1844) to the Vaal, crossing the Tswana and Zulu territory and imposing Western laws. Many Indians worked on farms boer, but the rebellion and violence led to the failure of this working partnership. In 1877 the animosity had grown so that the British intervened to annex the Transvaal, triggering the Boer War. Following the 1881 convention Pretoria Boer pressure decreased, but the following year returned to Tswana land, who returned to claim British protection. Britain's intervention led to indigenous peoples to accept their conditions. The lands south of the Molopo River became known British Crown Colony of Bechuanaland, while the area north became the British Protectorate of Bechuanaland (now Botswana). Not counting the years when Britain ceded control to the South Africa Company of Cecil Rhodes, dominated the country until 1966. Nationalism had developed extensively during the fifties and sixties. After the Sharpeville massacre in 1960, formed the Bechuanaland People's Party, whose aim was focused on independence. In 1965 general elections were held, and Seretse Khama was elected president.
     
Aerial views from Camp Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswna , in the Chobe National Park and Camp Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express Camp , outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana . The Okavango River is a long African river , which rises in the plateau of Bie , Angola , in a fairly rainy , and after a journey of almost 1,000 km enters a drainage basin , and in Botswana , where he has been an extensive alluvial region improperly named and known throughout the world as the Okavango delta . As leads to an area with a very arid climate , it is an allochthonous river , such as the Nile River in Egypt , or the Niger River in Mali. Its watershed drains an area of 721 277 km ² . The rainy season in the delta coincides with that of Angola , which takes place between October and April and in flood of the Okavango River , which begins to be felt in December and takes nine months to complete due to the low gradient of the river , about 60 m at 450 km. The rains are more abundant in the north and lower in the south, where the river goes into the Kalahari. Views from the plane between the camp CESNA Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswna, in the Chobe National Park and Camp Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express Camp, outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. Mammals: the Big Five and the Seven Elephants in the Okavango Delta. These terms tend to be used in Africa to set animals more attractive for visitors. The two overlap, and the big five every tourist looking for: the lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and buffalo, join cheetah and wild dog, to give rise to the Seven (the magnificent seven) that few can see in the wild. Okavango Lions are famous for their size and strength, and it is said they are the only swimmers lions exist because they are forced to do so when the summer the leaves grown in islets isolated antelopes and impalas, their usual prey, leave. The Chief Island in the Moremi National Park, there is a small population of lions in decline that feeds exclusively on buffalo. An estimated twenty lions are beset and harassed by a thousand buffalo face planted them. These cats are extremely muscular, because black buffalo hunting requires a huge fortress. Several lions, lionesses generally, attack the herd in search of exemplary weaker, but when it is attacked and lying on the ground, the rest of the pack is back and with horns and legs turn to attack hunters. The result is a pride of lions in decline. Elephants are abundant in the Okavango. Its advance signs are abundant everywhere: droppings, peeling or felled trees, paths of passing herds, which can be more than fifty individuals. It is easy to find on the shores of the islands, where the vegetation is more abundant and it is not uncommon to see males lonely little islets, browsing on trees. Elephants have no problems navigating a shallow water system like the delta. The leopard, the prince of the predators, is a lonely hunter very difficult to observe, because he lives in almost any habitat, hunting at night and hide during the day to sleep in the branches of trees, often large and thick foliage that completely hide except for a seasoned observer. Since there are not many and they are located, must rely on local guides to find them. Aerodrome near Eagle Island Camp camp camp Orient Express, outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. One of the guides says goodbye Orient Express tourists. Natrural Moremi Reserve. The Moremi Game Reserve is a sanctuary of rich and diverse wildlife, covering the Okavango Delta. The reserve is not fenced and boundaries are defined naturally by the river systems it becomes an essential area to visit on the trip to Botswana. The vegetation is varied, supplemented with dry earth permanent and seasonal wetlands, which is excellent for both wildlife and birds. There is a whole network of hiking safari through the reserve, as well as access to permanent water courses in the delta, where you can enjoy canoeing Xakanaxa (not available in cottages in the Khwai area). It is today the only air travel really Botswana Protected since 1963, was declared as Reserved, due to the rapid decline of wildlife in the area, and in view of the rapid disappearance of wildlife, woman Chief Moremi III, decided to preserve the area by declaring a national reserve. Moremi is one of the best game reserves in Africa to see the African wild dog endangered. Xakanaxa is home to a herd of buffalo hundreds of residents whose range covers the territories of at least 4 prides of lions that can often be seen as accompanying the ever moving herd in which the panels should observe in Botswana travel. The elephant breeding herds move between their browsing areas in the mopane forests and fresh water from the Okavango. Red lechwe are one of the more unusual antelope species commonly found here. Although the Reserve is the only part of the Okavango Delta that is legally protected, it is surrounded by an area wildlife management which is carefully controlled. The book itself is not fenced, allowing the free movement of animals according to seasonal migrations. Moremi now extends east and north to join the Chobe National Park, ensuring a continuous area of ??land protected up to Kasane.
     
Foreign Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express Camp, outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. Located in Central Okavango Delta, Eagle Island Camp is a camp built on the water, with shops and thatched roofs, in one of the islands in the lagoon Xaxaba. Xaxaba literally means "island of tall trees." The camp is a nice retreat from the African sun protected, thanks to the shade provided by a canopy of native trees. Located in one of the most pristine and natural delta, a region with a variety of channels and large wetlands. The animal and bird life of this region is very rich and can be seen aboard species mekoros (traditional dugout canoes), motor boats, cruises of 14 seats at sunset and Bell Jet Ranger helicopter (additional cost). For intrepid explorers eager to follow tracks and noise in the bushes, the camp offers guided walks. Further, the magnificent sunsets can be enjoyed-a rain-covered from the Fish Eagle Bar or from the raised platform overlooking the lagoon. Eagle Island Camp offers morning and evening activities for spotting animals. They can be done in stealth motor boats or mekoros (traditional canoe) through the clear waters of the Okavango. Inside the camp store Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express, outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. At Eagle Island Camp, contact with nature is not incompatible with comfort. It has 11 luxury tents with twin or double bed and views over the lagoon. The tents are very comfortable and spacious suites with bathrooms and dressing rooms that have been designed to be in harmony with the natural environment around them. The camp also has an impressive private suite. Away from the other stores, has a spacious deck with views and two chairs. The perfect setting to relax and enjoy the African sun, with a heated pool hidden among the trees for shade and privacy. The suite also has a double shower and a beautiful copper bath Victorian. A tourist rests peacefully in the sun at Camp Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana, within the Moremi Wildlife Reserve hunting with an elephant in the background. Other places in Moremi are: Las Salinas de Makgadikagadi. These salt pans are famous in Botswana and is the largest in the world. These have only been able to attract many tourists who really want to know how to make salt. Much earlier, recognized pans have been a huge lake, but later split.Some of places to see in Makagadikgadi pans are migration of flamingos in Nata Bird Sanctuary, along with the annual migration of zebras. You will be amazed at the landscape of the country. Xakanaxa Laguna. Strategically located in the heart of Moremi reserve, which is home to beautiful antelopes and wild dogs. The lakes offer the best environment that will make you sit back and relax while enjoying nature. Mashatu Game Reserve. It is recognized as one of the hunting most charming of the southern part of Africa and privately owned. It is located in the eastern part of Botswana. Visit this book will give you the opportunity to see the rare species of birds, such as black martial eagle, hornbill, along with kingfishers and rollers. That is going to take a closer look at these species in the game reserve. Night trips are also offered in the reserve, this is only organized for tourists who want to see nocturnal animals such as wolves earth, genet, leopard and many others. Off road cycling and driving is also part of the package.
     
A couple of tourists enjoy a boat safari from Camp Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express , outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana . Moremi Crossing is located in the southernmost part of Chief's Island, a small island full of palm trees and different trees , called Ntswi . This island is surrounded by the rich alluvial plains of Moremi . Access is by plane , after a short scenic flight from Maun for about 20 minutes. During this fascinating scenic flight over the Okavango Delta , enjoy the exciting drawings created meandering waterways and contrasting colors with land areas that rise above the waters of the Delta . In the north of the Okavango Delta waters flowing quickly and the view is limited by the high reeds and papyrus growing on the edge of the channels. In the area south of the Delta, around MOREMI CROSSING, enjoying sweeping views of the floodplains of the Moremi Reserve A hippopotamus stands out among the reeds in the Water Safari Camp Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express, outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. Although not a strictly nocturnal animals are active at night. They spend most of the day sleeping or wallowing in the water or mud with the other members of their group. The water serves to keep their body temperature down and prevent your skin from drying. Except to eat most of their lives (courtship struggles including delivery) occurring in the water. They leave the water at dusk and travel inland, sometimes up to eight kilometers, to graze on short grass, their main source of food, helping to draw the entire lips. They spend four to five hours grazing and can consume about seventy pounds of grass each night (about 5% by weight) 17 11 Like most herbivores, consume other plants if given the chance, but his diet in the wild consists almost entirely of grass, with a minimum consumption of plants acuáticas.18 They have been seen eating carrion sometimes but very rarely, and always near water, and there are even reports of cannibalism and depredación.19 The anatomy of the stomach of hippos is not suited for a carnivorous diet, so eating meat is probably due to aberrant behavior or nutritional stress. Although their diet is mostly herbal land, since they spend most of the time in the water most of their bowel movements occur in the water, creating allochthonous deposits of organic matter in the riverbeds. Among the reeds that grow in the water you can see a huge variety of birds during the Water Safari Camp Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express, outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. With an area of ??approximately 3,900 square km, this reserve was created in the 1960s to protect the most wildlife-rich Okavango Delta. In 2008, the tourism fair in the prestigious Association of Travel and Tourism South Africa, Indaba, was voted as "the best wildlife reserve in Africa." It is the first reserve in Africa created by local residents. The people of Ngamiland Batawana, led by Mrs. Moremi, wife of late Chief Moremi III, concerned about the rapid extinction of wildlife on their land, mainly due to over-hunting, made the wise decision to proclaim Moremi as reserve in 1963, making her the only officially protected area of ??the Okavango Delta, acquiring a great scientific, environmental and preservation and as a result, is classified as one of the most beautiful reserves in Africa, and even possibly the world. The reserve has a split personality, one side has large areas of land elevations amid extensive marshes. Located in the central and eastern Okavango, Moremi includes language that encompasses the northeastern part of the Reserve, and Chief's Island, in the inner Delta, claiming to be one of the most diverse and rich ecosystems of Africa , resulting in a spectacular bird watching, over 400 species of birds, some migratory and other endangered species, and animal watching, including all carnivorous and herbivorous species in the region in their natural habitat.
     
An elephant wanders the camp nearby Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express, outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. Located in Central Okavango Delta, Eagle Island Camp is a camp built on the water, with shops and thatched roofs, in one of the islands in the lagoon Xaxaba. Xaxaba literally means "island of tall trees." The camp is a nice retreat from the African sun protected, thanks to the shade provided by a canopy of native trees. Located in one of the most pristine and natural delta, a region with a variety of channels and large wetlands. The animal and bird life of this region is very rich and can be seen aboard species mekoros (traditional dugout canoes), motor boats, cruises of 14 seats at sunset and Bell Jet Ranger helicopter (additional cost). For intrepid explorers eager to follow tracks and noise in the bushes, the camp offers guided walks. Further, the magnificent sunsets can be enjoyed-a rain-covered from the Fish Eagle Bar or from the raised platform overlooking the lagoon. The Okavango wetlands are a treasure to enjoy their animals and natural wonders. Sightings and sounds change according to the season and even the hours. The experience is unique. Not far from the camp you can blast your way through the channels created by hippos and even follow his footsteps through thick reed fields. When the sun rises, the sound of small frogs in ponds comes to an end after the 'evening concert'. The fabulous bright plumage of a kingfisher attention. Is throwing darts at the swamp, having breakfast on a fish that twists on itself. Now you would be the envy of any ornithologist, floating like you're in a sky of feathers. During the safari Water Camp Eagle Island Camp Orient Express , on the outskirts of the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana , we find an interesting variety of birds. Moremi covers an area of ??4,871 km2 , the eastern part of the Okavango Delta . Basically described as one of the most beautiful wildlife reserves , combining mopane forests and acacia trees , flood plains and lagoons. Moremi is highly regarded by the great variety of flora and wildlife. Birdlife is prolific and varied, ranging from water birds to shy forest dwellers . There are several species of ducks and geese an interesting variety of herons . There are numerous elephants especially during the dry season , as well as other species of animals ranging from buffaloes , giraffes , lions , leopards , cheetahs , wild dogs, hyenas , jackals and all kinds of antelope , large and small , including the red lechwe . The amount of wild dogs is declining everywhere , however you can see regularly in Moremi and are the subject of a project carried out in the area since 1989 A pair of warthogs fights while performing the walking safari made camp near the Eagle Island Camp of Orient Express, on the outskirts of the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. Social behavior and reproduction of these warthogs. This species of wild boars are not territorial, but occupy an area of ??action. Wild boars live in groups called sounders. Females live in sounders with their young and with other females. Females tend to stay in their natal groups, while the men go, but stay within the home range. Subadult males associate in bachelor groups but leave alone when they become adults. Adult males only join sounders that have estrous females. Warthogs have two facial glands - tusk gland and sebaceous gland. Warthogs of both sexes begin mark around six to seven months of age. Males tend to mark more than women. The places that are indicated are for sleeping and feeding areas and springs. Warthogs use tusk marking for courtship, antagonistic behavior, and set the state. Warthogs are seasonal breeders. Rutting begins at the end of the dry season or early rainy and delivery begins near the start of the next rainy season. The mating system is described as "overlap promiscuity": the males have ranges overlapping several female ranges, and daily behavior of the female is unpredictable. Boars employ two mating strategies during the rut. With the "staying tactic", a boar will stay and defend certain women or a valuable resource for them. In the "itinerant" tactical boar sows in heat seek and compete for them.
     
A speedboat sails the Okavango Delta on a water safari camp organized from Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express , outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana . There are rivers that die at sea , waterways that run for miles over land , fatter , increasing its flow, to release into the ocean. There are others that flow in lakes, in other rivers ... But there are other , very few, who defied the established just pouring water into the desert sands inland, disappearing , vanishing as if by magic . This is what happens to the Okavango River , 1,600 miles after birth. After sprouting in southwestern Angola ( which has the name of Cubango ) , turns east , away from the sea, starting its journey along the border between South Africa and Namibia ( then being known as and Okavango ) to go to die to Botswana . Well away from the Atlantic and Indian Oceans , in the middle of the southern cone of the continent , creating the largest inland delta in the world . Is the Kalahari which hosts the river , especially in the months of July and August , shortly after entering Botswana to the north. The flowers and small water lilies are a constant in the aquatic safari camp made from Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express, outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. The Okavango Delta. It is one of the most fascinating and perplexing of the black continent, where the water meets the sands of the Kalahari Desert into a small universe of unique and extraordinary wildlife. This is a very good, like the nearby Serongo, to get to know the delta transported in a mokoro, small canoes traditionally constructed from a tree trunk. A boatman located in the rear pushing us easily with a pole four to five meters through wide channels. The delta begins to open there and taking thousands of branches not yet appreciate as well as in the other famous place: Maun, situated on the southwestern tip of the delta. Self-described as "the gateway of the Okavango Delta," Maun is one of the most tourist places of the country. But that, in Botswana, is almost to good: many offer many different camps to stay, banks and decent restaurants, lots of activities ... The concentration of tourists is so scarce and hotels are far apart from each other along the river sometimes hard to believe we're in a really touristy, especially when compared with the coast of Spain. This is a great starting point for a tour of two or three days in the dugout. Each supports up to two people and rower, who serves as guide. A cooperative is managing all mokoro trips, setting rotations between the rowers to benefit the entire community. The standard rates are per day, part of which goes to a common fund for community improvements. The idea is that the benefit will be divided equally. From Maun, transport us into a motor boat by one of the streams to Boro, the starting point. From there we enter the realm of water, silence, slow motion. Sitting on the floor of the boat, move by tongues of calm waters, almost motionless, completely transparent but with a reddish color. Be very careful with the hippos in the water safari camp made from Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express, outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. The common hippopotamus is the third largest land animal in the world today (after the elephant and the white rhinoceros). They can live in water or land navigate, and its specific gravity allows them to sink and walk or run under water along the bottom of rivers. They are considered current megafauna, but unlike all other African megafauna, have adapted to a semi-aquatic life in rivers and freshwater lakes. Due to its large size, hippopotamuses are difficult to weigh in nature and most of the estimates of its weight in the wild come from operations in the 1960s. The average weight for adult males between 1500 and 1800 kg. Females are smaller than males, with average weights between 1300 and 1500 kg.9 Older males reaching weights much larger, reaching at least 3,200 kg and sometimes up to 4500 kg. The males seem to grow throughout their lives, while females reach a maximum weight at around age twenty-five. They measure between 3.3 and 5.2 meters long including the tail, of about 56 cm, and about 1.5 m tall at the shoulders. The range of common hippo measures overlaps with the white rhino, the use of different metrics makes it difficult to establish which of these two animals is the largest land animal after elephants. Despite being a chubby-looking animal with its large barrel-shaped torso, on land can run faster than a human. Estimates of their running speed vary from 30, 40, or even 50 km / h, it can only maintain these high speeds over short distances. His mouth is huge and their jaws can be opened at an angle of 150 degrees, the neck is short and robust and greatly elongated body and thick, with the back to the rump higher than in the cross and buried in the central part, the belly, broad and rounded, is hanging and comes to touch the ground when the animal walks through a swamp. The eyes, ears and nostrils are located on top of the head, allowing them to stay in the water with most of the body immersed in the water and mud of tropical rivers to stay cool and avoid sunburn. Has short legs with four fingers well developed in each terminated in hoof and graviportal skeletal structure is adapted to support the great weight of these animals. Like other aquatic mammals, the hippopotamus has very little hair.
     
Landscape photographed from a boat during aquatic safari mokoro canoe made starting from mokoro call Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express Camp, outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. Before starting, safety measures in case of an unwanted encounter with hippos, buffaloes, lions ... Our local guide that we followed in James to single file, stopping to explain each fingerprint, every bone, every turd and every path were finding. It was like slowly sweep the ground in search of our prey. At the safari we saw a variety of animals, since in those rainy months are scattered remote areas. Oddly enough, the Okavango Delta level is low during the summer rainy season and high in the dry winter. This is because the mass of water drained from the delta, arriving from Angola about six months after he had fallen. That is, water that is raining in the mountains of that country during November to March takes the time to travel the 1,000 km due to the unevenness of only 60m. Before starting the 2 hour hike we saw a fire at a nearby island that would accompany us during the three days. We arrived at the camp with the sun already set, time that hippos began their activity. Dinner was better but still, with food not play. Although our 3 guides told us that the fire could not reach because it separates a channel, I was not all me to sleep peacefully. I would have about 500 meters and at night you could hear burn as if on the same side. Being completely covered channels of vegetation, giving the feeling of uneasiness, that there was no separation between that area and our own. On Monday, following the advice of our guide-leader, we got up at 5:30 am for some breakfast and go to the mokoro to another place, where we would do the next safari. This was the safari which justified the money spent. It lasted four hours and saw zebras, wildebeest, elephants, a group of over 20 giraffes, hippos, ... and so on foot, with no barrier between animals and us. The only bad thing was the intense heat that made those three days, it was horrible. At the turn of safari, James left the leadership to his two young apprentices, who were we also chanting the name of all that is moving our way. Must see as animal life, the less we can be dangerous for them to walk, the more scared and keep their distance. We smelled and remained with her until she ran to get away. But just going with zebras that huge group of giraffes. Water held in mokoros Safari in the Okavango Delta camp starting from Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express, outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. Free camping in the middle of the Okavango Delta is an amazing experience. It allows you to be in touch with nature and allowed us to see one of the most incredible sunsets of our trip to South Africa. The special thing about this evening was that we saw from a mokoro in the middle of the calm and clear waters of the Okavango Delta mokoro Botswana.El (makoro mocoro or canoes) is a kayak or canoe was originally made of ebony, although today are fiberglass. Usually led by a guide will (poler) that leads to a pole. It also has room for two passengers and material support for the night in the camp. In our case we sat on mats then helped us to sleep. Tip: If you have the opportunity to choose is important that the poler speak at least some English and is young and eager to communicate. Our experience with these people was really very good, at night by the fire were telling stories and sharing dinner with us on an island in the Okavango Delta. How did we get? We went by plane from the airport Maum, to the airport or better described the Sepupa airstrip. From there by truck to reach the shores of the river to catch the mokoro. I have no words to describe what it means to fly the largest inland delta in the world, but the few I could find and use in Article Flying over the Okavango Delta. The mokoro impressive is the tranquility and silence you closer and see wild animals, we saw hippos, elephants, eagles ... but best of that day was the sunset. Water Safari calls made mokoro canoe camp starting from Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express, outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. The waters of the Okavango are swallowed by the arid Kalahari Desert. But before disappearing branch and flood a vast expanse of land forming a delta that is one of the greatest wildlife havens. The sun sets mokoros referred from, the traditional local Boats, while living close the life cycle of every day ... THE DELTA OKAVANGO MOKORO. Sunday was the Lord's day, Mr. Okavango Delta. It is the mouth of a river in world's largest earth. At 8am we were ready to depart for the vast area of ??wetlands and islands, with lots of animal life with 4 (elephant, buffalo, lion and leopard) of the Big 5, missing the rhinoceros. The day before leaving, joined us three more members to the expedition that traveled together during the previous month. Marcelo, a Brazilian who spoke Spanish. Hugo a wanderer and his Spanish bride, of New York. The delta branch that passes in front of Old Bridge Backpackers is called Thamalakane. From the edge of the same hostel we hopped on a boat in the direction of the station boats, called Boro NG32 Boat Station and situated in the village bearing the same name. The trip took almost 1 hour for shallow labyrinthine channels. On the way and just 1km from the exit, stopping to see a crocodile on the bank of feet, an osprey ... Once there, download all the stuff, we present our driver-guides and loaded again the material on our new means of transport, the mokoro. It is so called the canoe used by local people. In that area for years created a community dedicated to a very consistent and respectful tourism with nature. Currently the canoes used are made of fiberglass two seat type "sports stadium bleachers" for 2 passengers, plus the driver placed standing in the back who runs the Venetian-style theme with a long wooden stick. It was like traveling on a rural gondola the Pego-Oliva marsh but a few 16.000km2 area, with more than 150,000 islands and an important animal life.
     
Tourists enjoying the last rays of sun on the water safari camp made from Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express, outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. The Okavango River originates in Angola and after traveling almost 1000 kms is divided into countless streams, canals and lakes forming the Okavango Delta area called (as in Botswana). Occupies 15,000 square kilometers this amazing gift of nature full of birds of all colors, hippos, crocodiles, impalas, zebras, elephants, buffalo, wild boars ... and water lilies, papyrus and more varied fauna. The safaris are made on foot or by boat. Also consider visiting villages where humble life of its inhabitants: wooden houses sharing a water fountain without light. Where moroko Besides taking tourists, their sources of income are small gardens, fishing and handicrafts. RECOMMENDATIONS If you want to see are large mammals, the best time to visit the delta is from May to October, when the water is low. If you prefer green vegetation cover angry birds is the best time of the rainy season from November to April. The apartments in the heart of the delta are private and are very expensive. The alternative is the camps and government lodges found in the peninsula of Moremi. In the Okavango Delta inhabit large number of hippos, visible during Water Safari Camp Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express, outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) is a large mammal primarily herbivorous artiodactyls living in sub-Saharan Africa. It, along with pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis), one of only two current members of the family Hippopotamidae. It is a semi-aquatic animals inhabiting rivers and lakes where territorial adult males with groups of 5-30 females and young control a river area. During the day they remain in the water or mud, and both intercourse and delivery of this animal occur in water. At dusk they become more active and out to graze on grass. While hippopotamuses rest near each other in the water, grazing is a solitary activity, and are not territorial on land. Despite their physical resemblance to pigs and other terrestrial ungulates, their closest living relatives are cetaceans (whales, porpoises, etc..) Of which diverged about 55 million years. The common ancestor of whales and hippos split from other even-toed ungulates around 60 million years ago. The hippopotamus fossils earliest known members of the genus Kenyapotamus in Africa, date to make about 16 million years. The hippopotamus is recognizable by its barrel-shaped torso, enormous mouth and teeth, body skin smooth and nearly hairless, stubby legs and large size. Earth is the third animal by weight (between 1 ½ and 3 tonnes), behind the white rhinoceros (1 ½ to 3 ½ tonnes) and the two genera of elephants (3-9 tons). One way to make a water safari is doing in a boat called mokoros, traditional canoes used by the inhabitants of the delta, and get them to one of the islands to the mainland to spend the night between hippos and noise hyenas, shelter and a bonfire under the starry sky more beautiful and clear you can imagine. All washed down with Amarula, a kind of coffee liqueur that is made with the fruit of a tree of the forest and with which to elephants become happy from time to time. From there we went straight to one of those places that a traveler has always pending, the Okavango Delta. A strange river that rises from the depths of the Kalahari, to soak it all in life and lost again between the dryness of Africa. It is difficult to describe a site that runs on mocoros (a kind of canoe), through papyrus reeds and lilies and a stunning wildlife hidden in the environment (it is difficult, at least, convey the feelings). Lying on the boats, driven by a "puller", managing the mocoro with a long wooden stick dipped into the shallow waters drown the desert, life seems simple. They drink the spring water, catch fish with a net, sleeping on the trail of a candle in the middle of an uninhabited island. And there are you, watching as a few dozen hippos remind us that those are their lands, listening to their voices resound through the undergrowth, following the trail of one of the elephants that we saw in the slopes and (something personal) thinking that a small bar in the area to stay with a drink would be the culmination of a perfect day (is to stone me, I know). Is the defect we have some love with this thing get lost in the world, that if we could figuring a winery in the suitcase to drink in sips lonely. There are many unforgettable images of those two days: an evening in front of the Delta with light vacilándonos at will, a little water on my head because my mocorista was already something breaking, unable to keep up with the most young, and ended rowing to advance through spans
     
Sailing at sunset in a speedboat during Water Safari Camp Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express , outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana . Mbiroba is a campground that also has traditional cottages and bungalows. It is on the banks of the Okavango Delta and its main attraction are the Mokoro trips or traditional canoes , which are managed by the association ' Okavango Poler 's Trust ' . Trips are made one or two days and into the depths of the delta to enjoy its wildlife, scenery and absolute calm broken only by the calls of hippos at sunset. During the tour of the Delta must take into account that it is an area full of wild animals and be very careful not to disturb them , especially the hippos during Mokoro trip . The Okavango Delta is one of the largest in the world, with 15,000 square kilometers. In this system of lakes , marshes, rivers and channels reach millions of species in the wild. A visual feast for fanas animals. During the safari Water Camp Eagle Island Camp Orient Express, on the outskirts of the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana, we not only find birds and hippos, which also exist, but also elephants abound. Killing an elephant: 37,000 euros. Botswana is considered a paradise for fans of the game and there are several companies that offer luxury safaris. Botswana, the southern African country where the king has broken her hip this week, is considered a paradise for fans of the game and there are several companies that offer luxury safaris license to hunt an elephant for about 37,000 euros . Under government control, there is a whole tourism industry geared just for hunting enthusiasts, who are offered the opportunity to hunt elephants, leopards, giraffes and all sorts of wild animals during a stay in luxury camps in national parks . A stay of about 12 days in one of these camps to bring down an elephant license, copy more expensive, cost around 37,000 euros, while going on the hunt for a leopard or lion cost around 36,000 euros and Buffalo down to 23,000 euros, according to prices consulted by Europa Press in several of these companies. Is the government of this country that grants a limited number of licenses per year per species for wildlife hunting takes place in a controlled manner. When the executive detects that the number of individuals of a given species has dropped too prohibits hunting. Beautiful sunset over the water in the camp safari Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express, outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. Visit Okavango. The best time to visit the delta depends on what you want to see. If you are looking for are large animals, the best period is between May and October, when the water recedes and those are concentrated around water. If you want to see are birds and lush vegetation, the best time is between November and April, the rainy season. There are about forty lodges and camps in the Okavango Delta. The camps, where you can camp or rent a lodge (house or pavilion) are government property in Moremi Reserve, but not in the heart of the delta, where the private. To access them you need an all-rounder, one mocoro (typical local boats), a helicopter or a plane, reserved for more expensive camps, who have no other access. The Botswana government's intention is to avoid mass tourism on the fragile ecosystem of the park, and therefore stay and accommodation within the park are very expensive. Many of the camps organized excursions on foot and camping on islands from which to make small safaris. The ATV displacements within large islands and around the delta, are constrained in many cases by the height of the water in time of flood covers the sandy roads. In private areas even be organized nights out with ATVs, but never in the national park if you are not a scientist. The Okavango River rises in the central plateau of Angola, where it is known as the Kubango south of Vila Nova, after about 1,600 km already be in Botswana, with the great plain prior to the Kalahari Desert, where it forms the Delta World's largest indoor. Then disappears swallowed by the desert sands and evaporation without ever reaching the sea, the rivers natural destination. The fact that mainly feed produced water by the rains in Angola makes the highest level is reached in August, full dry season, while in the rainy season, when the animals can find water in many seasonal swamps, the Delta has the lowest level. This is what makes the Okavango Delta a unique place in the world where there are about 5,000 species of insects, 3,000 different kinds of plants, 540 species of birds, 164 mammals, 157 reptiles and 80 fish.
     
A man with binoculars enjoy the best sunsets in the Okavango Delta Fish Eagle Bar Camp Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express, outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. At Eagle Island will have one of the most unforgettable experiences: a safari boat. The nature as you have never imagined: hippos swimming in the water, crocodiles relaxed in the sun, herds of lions with their pups ... in short, a host of wildlife from the water. In the Delta will find more than a thousand species of animals including giraffes, leopards and elephants that will make your photos the envy of more than one. Finish the day with the sun, relaxing at the Fish Eagle Bar, one of the world's most romantic bars. Botswana is considered as one of the best kept secrets beauties and Africa. It is a natural wonder for his prodigious wildlife and variety of species thanks to its people and government are fully committed to safeguarding and protecting this natural treasure. That is why it has become a destination for safaris par excellence, where Big Five are the main stars of the show with some wonderful backdrop scenarios will not forget. A new opportunity to enjoy Botswana from the air to reach the semi-arid Savute in the Chobe National Park. At the heart of the park, considered the world capital of elephants, is the Savute, an area that personifies the eternal contrast of Africa. The Savute Elephant Camp is ideally located for its proximity to the river and found a few meters from a trough with stunning views that facilitate you enjoy wildlife without leaving the camp. The camp is located on the banks of the Savute Channel, offering a spectacular view of the elephants in their natural habitat. Beautiful sunsets and plastic from the pier Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express Camp, outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. MAUN OKAVANGO DELTA. Maun is the capital of the Okavango Delta, a complex and extensive lake system formed by the waters of the Okavango River, which forms an inland delta in northern Botswana for almost twenty thousand square kilometers. The city is located southeast of the delta, out of the flood zone and the gates of the Kalahari Desert. Maun, considered the southern gateway to the Okavango, is the fifth population of Botswana. It has 30,000 inhabitants and was founded in 1915 as the capital of the ethnic tribal botawana, a sub-tribe of the Tswana or tawana that grazed on the edge of the delta. Currently is the administrative center and the capital of the district of Ngamiland, but his most important activity is the organization and delivery of the many safaris and stays organized in the Okavango Delta. The city is a mix of modern capital and native huts. In its early reputation had border town where herds gathered around and organized hunts, but since the nineties of the last century tourism has fostered a rapid growth of the city on the banks of the river Thamallakane. Maun has numerous shops, hotels and lodges, and it is possible to hire special vehicles to travel to the delta or a plane from which to move to any of the aerodromes in the swamps abound after. However, the tourist nature of the town, she come yet the inhabitants of the region with their herds to trade. The last rays of sun backlighting leave us a beautiful sunset near Camp Savute Elephant Camp by Orient Express in Botswna, in the Chobe National Park. BOTSWANA ECONOMY: Since independence, Botswana has experienced the fastest growth of income per capita in the world. Economic growth has been about 9% per year from 1966 to 1999. The government has maintained a responsible fiscal policy, despite fiscal deficits in 2002 and 2003 and negligible foreign debt. It has maintained the highest ratio in Africa sovereign credit and accumulated foreign reserves. This improvement in the economy has been built from a judicious use of the proceeds from the diamond mines, prudent fiscal policies and a cautious foreign policy. Debswana, the only diamond mining company operating in Botswana, 50% owned by the government and generates about half of all government revenues. Government spending was cut by 10% in 2002-2003 in order to cope with rising health care costs and the budget deficit. The AIDS virus has greatly affected citizens and the country's economy. One in three people is infected with the virus. The government recognizes that the epidemic affects the country's economy and therefore planning programs to combat the epidemic, including free anti-retroviral treatment and a national program for prevention of HIV transmission from mother to child. Some maintained Botswana deficits can be explained by a relatively high military spending (spent 4% of GDP in 2004). Many analysts believe this figure unnecessary considering that Botswana is not in a conflict zone (although the government makes use of its troops in multilateral operations and support).
     
During the walking safari made camp near the Eagle Island Camp of Orient Express, on the outskirts of the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana, is easy to find landscapes full of termite mounds. A termite nest is the termite colony, where care for the queen, the larvae hatch, the breed and become soldiers, workers or future queens. Commonly are 40 meters from the ground, having an underground chamber, which is the main chamber of the mound. The top is a ventilation device, which also makes the termite shade to cool. Termite mounds are large cities with real camera, crop area, aeration, cooling, materials supply area, personnel (defense, construction, agriculture, birth and child care, etc.). There are different types of termite termite species by the question, but here I will try just two types. In the first of them are flattened termite mud up to three meters high. The broad faces are oriented east-west, while they do the narrow north-south. This provision is not capricious and responds to thermal, non-magnetic. Termites are sensitive to heat and an excess of it will kill them, thereby receive the first rays of dawn sun heating the mound for the east side, while the western side remains cool. When the sun is at its zenith, the heat is up but it would not affect termites, since the rays strike the upper narrow. The other type of termite is a tower-like structure that can reach eight feet high. The cooling system used would be the envy of any engineer, because while they get to keep the temperature constant ventilation air made stale (diffuse carbon dioxide and oxygen inside outside). A herd of zebras prowling near Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express Camp, outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. NATIONAL PARK Chobe. One of the most famous game reserves in the world, Chobe National Park, is home to large populations of animals and over 450 species of birds. Known for its large herds of elephants and the beautiful region of Savuti, where you can see a lot of predators. One of its main attractions is the annual migration of zebras. It is the second largest national park in Botswana and covers 10,566 km ². Chobe has one of the largest concentrations of wildlife on the African continent as well as four different ecosystems: Serondela with its green plains and dense forests in the northeast of the river, the area Savuti Marsh in the west, the Linyanti Swamps in the northwest, and dry and hot area located between the three. The original inhabitants of the area were the San people, or Bushmen, hunters and gatherers who were constantly moving in search of water, food and wildlife. Other groups, such as Batawana Basubiya and joined the San. In 1931 the idea of ??creating a national park to protect wildlife from extinction, but was not officially established until 1960 booking. Seven years later, the reserve was declared a national park boundaries have expanded considerably since then. Chobe National Park has a large population of elephants, which has been steadily increasing during the twentieth century and is currently estimated at about 120,000. The Chobe elephant are migratory, making migrations of up to 200 km from the Chobe and Linyanti rivers, where they concentrate in the dry season, to the southeast of the park depressions, which are dispersed in the rainy season. In addition to elephants, you can see lots of other wildlife, especially in the dry winter months. A couple of tourists photographing with zebras in background done walking safari camp near the Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express , outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana . After scanning the horizon , Botsualo , our guide , you authorize us to set down tents and start a walk at sunset. " No need to worry , in this area there are no predators delta " he says when he sees our faces , among frightened and hopeful to walk through that area . Normally in parks but you can not walk in certain areas , guided self . This is a . Stealthy footsteps move huge recognizing droppings of elephants and monkeys , to a pasture area where several groups of zebra, wildebeest and antelope roam free . We discovered a skeleton giraffe. Further away , next to a huge baobab a rogue elephant . We can not approach too but being there, without the protection of the car, in nature, in his field , is a wonderful and liberating feeling equally. As the sun goes down we retired . Although it is the best time to observe the animals have to go back to camp, make a fire and cook dinner
     
Portrait of a girl Batawana . In the vicinity of Camp Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express , outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana there is a camp where they live a hundred Batawana Indian tribe . You can canoe trips to visit their village . Baskets in Moremi . Each basket is unique, and it takes to perform on average between 4-6 weeks in the expert hands of women in rural areas of the Okavango Delta region . The main raw material used to produce baskets in Botswana is vegetable fiber extracted from the Palm called Mokola . The different colors are obtained from various barks and roots of trees and shrubs . The mild and pleasant natural aroma given off make us mentally move the African savannah . Approx. : 9 cm high and 31 cm in diameter. It belongs to the Fair Trade project and development of local communities Botswanacraft . FACT: traditional uses that have been giving to the baskets , which in Europe is already lost , but in Africa is still used, are varied. The lid closed , are used for the storage of grain and seeds , whereas the open baskets shaped bowl are used by women to carry items on their heads In the tribe altea Batawana is possible to observe how they got the first effects of globalization, as shown in sunglasses and clothing of these two local people. In the vicinity of Camp Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express, outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana there is a camp where they live a hundred Batawana Indian tribe. You can canoe trips to visit their village. The Okavango Delta is the largest inland delta in the world, a labyrinth of lagoons, lakes and hidden channels covering an area of ??17 000 square km. Born in Angola - numerous tributaries join to form the Cubango River, flows through Namibia, becoming the Kavango River and finally enters Botswana, where it becomes the Okavango. Millions of years ago the Okavango River flowed into a large inland lake called Makgadikgadi (now known as the Makgadikgadi salt flats - Makgadikgadi Pans). Tectonic activity and associated faults disrupted the flow of the river causing a sack that has resulted in the Okavango Delta. This has created a unique system of waterways that supports a wide variety of animal and plant life that would have otherwise been a dry Kalahari savanna like. It estimated about 200,000 large mammals in the Okavango Delta and its surroundings. On the mainland and among the islands that form the delta, live lions, elephants, hyenas, wild dogs, buffalo, hippos and crocodiles along with a huge variety of antelope and other small animals - warthogs, mongoose, spotted genets, monkeys, bush babies and squirrels. Grandfather portrait in Batawana camp. In the vicinity of Camp Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express, outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana there is a camp where they live a hundred Batawana Indian tribe. You can canoe trips to visit their village. The Republic of Botswana is a landlocked country in southern Africa, with an approximate size of France. It has a population of about 1.9 million inhabitants, most of whom live in the east, the most fertile area of ??the country. The official language and Setswana culture is predominantly belonging to people known as Batawana. There are also many San tribes in the desert region. Botswana has democratic tradition - kgotla system, rooted in Setswana culture based on a system of democracy and freedom of expression where all people have the right to say what they think. Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, adopting the new name Botswana to declare independence as part of the Commonwealth on September 30, 1966. Bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the north and west, and Zimbabwe to the northeast. It meets Zambia at a single point. Botswana is known for its political stability, its people friendly and compassionate, and her diamonds. It is the largest exporter of diamonds in the world. The country is mostly flat, and in addition to the delta and desert areas has grasslands and savannas. The savannahs are home to wildebeest, lots of antelopes, and other mammals and birds. Much of the country is occupied by the Kalahari Desert, which makes a valuable water well.
     
Some kids next to a young mother dressed in western clothes Batawana camp. In the vicinity of Camp Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express, outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana there is a camp where they live a hundred Batawana Indian tribe. You can canoe trips to visit their village. Tswana Religion: Christianity and African traditional religion. Related ethnic groups. Other Bantu peoples of South Africa. The Tswana are a people of southern Africa. The Tswana language belongs to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo languages. Ethnic Tswana make up about 80% of the population of Botswana. In the nineteenth century, the common spelling and pronunciation of Botswana was Bechuana. Therefore, the Europeans referred to the area inhabited by the Tswana as Bechuanaland. In the Tswana language, however, Botswana is the name for the country of the Tswana. A native breastfeed her child in the camp Batawana. In the vicinity of Camp Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express, outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana there is a camp where they live a hundred Batawana Indian tribe. You can canoe trips to visit their village. Botswana is a popular place to take a safari holiday for the many different birds and animals that can be seen in their natural habitat and landscape diversity. There are palm islands can only be reached by boat, and the open plains that have remained more or less throughout its history. You get a sense of freedom to explore the plains because of their large space and due to the absence of human intervention in this area. Types of camps in Botswana. There are two permanent facilities including Sandibe and Matetsi and tented camps, including Nxabega available. These lodges all facing the river, for magnificent scenery to begin and end the days of your safari holidays. Wildlife can be seen in Botswana. There are many types of wildlife that can be seen in Botswana on safari holidays it is almost impossible to list! You can see hippos, elephants, lions, crocodiles, zebras, wildebeest, impalas, monkeys, wild boar and tsessebes - only scratch the surface. At night, the hippos often approach the feeding camps mentioned above .. You can usually hear rustling noises while you lie on your bed. Try not to be afraid, but certainly not out only by reason. Moremi Game Reserve. The Moremi Game Reserve is one of the most famous national parks in Botswana, although technically a game reserve. It is located on the eastern side of the Okavango Delta and was named after the tribe chief Moremi Batawana. The Moremi Game Reserve combines permanent water to drier areas, leading to striking contrasts in the landscape. Two of the salient features of this area are heads of the island and Language Moremi. Like many areas of Botswana, Moremi Game Reserve is a great place to observe animals and birds, especially in the lagoons. You will see lions, giraffes, buffaloes, hyenas, jackals, and more. There are also over 500 species of birds to see in this game reserve, including forest dwellers, waterfowl, ospreys and billed storks saddle. Although extremely rare, the leopards are another type of animal that you see here. Your best chance to see one in heavily wooded areas. In your safari holidays can explore this area through 4x4 vehicles, on foot or by Mokoro, which is a type of canoe is made of ebony and sausage-tree, or fiberglass. Portrait of an elderly woman in the camp Batawana. In the vicinity of Camp Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express, outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana there is a camp where they live a hundred Batawana Indian tribe. You can canoe trips to visit their village. In the Okavango Delta. The Moremi Game Reserve covers 20% of the Okavango Delta. It is a paradise where you can admire a wide variety of birds, elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, lions, leopards, wild dogs, hyenas, jackals and antelope. The best time to visit Moremi is during the dry season, which runs from the month of July to December. The Moremi Game Reserve forms a complex part of the Okavango Delta. While most operators sold separately Okavango Moremi, really are one and the same. Moremi is a single story, and it was the first wildlife sanctuary created by African Tribe (1963), the Batawana. Later in the '70s the park was enlarged to include the Island Chief, which historically were hunting grounds of the Grand Chief Batawana, and in 1991 a section between the rivers Ngoga and Jao in the northeast was added, making a total area reserve of 4871 square kilometers.
     
A group of Indian children pose for the camera at camp Batawana. In the vicinity of Camp Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express, outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana there is a camp where they live a hundred Batawana Indian tribe. You can canoe trips to visit their village. The first inhabitants of present Botswana were probably ancestors of the San (also known as Bushmen) hunters and gatherers, who now inhabit the arid steppes of south-western Botswana, and the Khoikhoi, from the north. Bantu-speaking tribes arrived in the region in the first century BC The ancestors of the Tswana, (now majority nation), were installed between the eleventh and twelfth centuries in the plains of the Vaal River (now the South African province of Transvaal). The Tswana were merged into eight powerful clans. The clan rivalries did not allow the Tswana create a kingdom like other nations in southern Africa. Botswana's history - "the fatal crossroads", located in the heart of southern Africa, it is the story of the Kalahari Desert, midway between Savannah populated northeastern and southwestern steppes stripped. Transit precolonial settlements allowed the British, Dutch and Portuguese since the eighteenth century. The British attempted to unite the continent from north to south (from South Africa to Egypt), taking the 'path of the missionaries. " The Portuguese wanted to link the colonies of Angola and Mozambique. The region was a true crossroads between colonial strategic interests, and between them and the Tswana tribes who inhabited these areas since the seventeenth century. In 1840, settled in eastern Botswana (Transvaal region) Dutch Boer settlers (also known as Afrikaaners), fleeing the British established in Cape Town (Cape Town). The Boers (farmers) fought over scarce fertile land with Tswana, also causing conflict between them and the Zulus to the settlers expelled from South Africa. In 1895 three Tswana tribal kings went to London to seek support against the Boers and against German expansion from South West Africa. Thence Botswana became a British protectorate known as Bechuanaland. The kings had to give, in exchange for protection, the British South Africa Company (privatization and expansion as English), to build a railway between their lands and Zimbabwe (Rhodesia). The absorption prevented British tutelage policy by South Africa, but facilitated the economic domination of the Boers. Despite its vast semi-desert region, Botswana became one of the leading exporters of beef cattle and Southern Africa. Portrait of a mother with her daughter dressed western combed braids Batawana camp. In the vicinity of Camp Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express, outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana there is a camp where they live a hundred Batawana Indian tribe. You can canoe trips to visit their village. Between 1978 and 1988, Botswana became the third largest diamond producer in the world after Australia and now the Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaire), and the economy grew at a record rate of 12% per year. Anyway, three-fifths of the population living on subsistence crops or activities 'non-institutionalized', ie outside of statistics, fiscal control and the commercial market. In 1985, there were repeated skirmishes on the border with South Africa for the support that the Botswana government gave to the struggle of the African National Congress (ANC) against apartheid. In 1987 South Africa pressed blocking routes that link it with Gaborone, capital of Botswana. Masire was reelected in 1989, and successive government faced economic and political problems, more than anything, by the decline in international demand for diamonds. Government corruption was evident and several cabinet ministers resigned. In 1991, three of the seven opposition parties formed the People's Progressive Front (FPP) to oppose the BDP, this year, the country suffered major strikes since independence. Public workers demanded an increase of 154% and were dismissed 18 thousand state officials. In 1992, unemployment reached 25%. Trying to increase employment and to raise the prestige of the BDP crestfallen, the government encouraged the installation of non-mining industries. A severe drought forced the authorities to declare a state of emergency, were drastically reduced public spending and laid off more than a third of the workforce employed directly or indirectly by the State. Despite the economic and social problems, the BDP retained a majority in the 1994 elections, losing nine seats. Improvised craft market to the arrival of tourists in the camp Batawana. In the vicinity of Camp Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express, outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana there is a camp where they live a hundred Batawana Indian tribe. You can canoe trips to visit their village. The Terracotta Crafts Kgatleng District of Botswana was declared Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2012 by UNESCO.1 craftsmanship is created by the women of the community Bakgatla ba Kgafela Kgatleng District in southeastern the country. Clay is used, weathered sandstone, iron oxide, vague dung, water, grass and wood to manufacture containers that embody reasons ancestral rituals and beliefs of the community. The harvest of the earth is through meditation master artisan. Once collected the clay and sandstone, are crushed and screened. After it is formed modeling clay. After decorating, baked in an oven pit. The tradition is passed down from generation to generation but today this art is in danger of disappearing due to the declining number of teachers artisans, low prices of the finished products and the use, increasingly, of mass production vessels. This is why UNESCO included on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.
     
A waitress serves iced tea to tourists arriving at the camp safari Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana, within the Moremi Game Reserve Wild. Khwai River Lodge is situated on the banks of the Khwai River, adjacent to the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. The Okavango River is a long African river, which rises in the plateau of Bie, Angola, in a fairly rainy, and after a journey of almost 1,000 km enters a drainage basin, and in Botswana, where he has been an extensive alluvial region improperly named and known throughout the world as the Okavango Delta. As leads to an area with a very arid climate, it is an allochthonous river, such as the Nile River in Egypt, or the Niger River in Mali. The best time to visit the delta depends on what you want to see. If you are looking for are large animals, the best period is between May and October, when the water recedes and those are concentrated around water. If you want to see are birds and lush vegetation, the best time is between November and April, the rainy season. Okavango Lions are famous for their size and strength, and it is said they are the only swimmers lions there. You can also see elephants, very numerous in the Okavango, martial eagles, zebras, common fish owl, etc. A couple of tourists on the porch outside the camp Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana , within the Moremi Game Reserve Wild . Khwai River Lodge is situated on the banks of the Khwai River , adjacent to the Moremi Game Reserve and the Okavango Delta outside . Khwai River Lodge is one of the oldest hotel- safari Botswana , opened in the late 60s by the late Sir Seretse Khama , the first president of independent Botswana . It is situated on ancient indigenous plants and fig trees , eight kilometers northwest of the north gate of the Moremi Wildlife Reserve hunting . Moreover, with its views overlooking the Khwai River and is the perfect place to watch the scenery of the African savannah perennial and discover its varied species of birds. Khwai River forms part of the Okavango Delta . The camp is located in Moremi , one of the largest reserves in Africa majesty house boasts the largest specimens , fast , bright and beautiful , as the abundant crocodiles and hippopotamuses that dwell in the land or herds of zebras and antelopes satisfied tear the grass surface . Where they are fed all kinds of predators lurking lions, leopards and panthers , hyenas and wild dogs. A tourist sunbathes in a swimsuit poolside at Camp Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana , within the Moremi Game Reserve Wild . Khwai River Lodge is situated on the banks of the Khwai River , adjacent to the Moremi Game Reserve and the Okavango Delta outside . On its banks and wetlands inhabited by numerous species, hippos , elephants , lions , leopards , antelopes and abundant species of birds - just a few meters from the camps , open laterally through the dining room and from the lawn overlooking the pool. The camp has 15 luxury tents magnificent , suite with copper bath Victorian style outdoor shower, private pool and a secluded terrace. Each store has a shaded area with a hammock and comfortable chairs overlooking the Khwai River and its abundant wildlife . Equipped with all modern amenities , including mini -bar and ventilation - air conditioning shops were decorated by the famous designer Graham Viney
     
An adult elephant with her calf near Camp Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana, within the Moremi Game Reserve Wild. Killing an elephant in Botswana, from 30,000 euros. Go big game in Africa is not for all pockets. And of the continent's countries, Botswana is not precisely from the cheapest. The hunting safari in which King Juan Carlos I suffered a hip bill could have cost, depending on the animal that was the purpose of hunting, a minimum of 10,000 euros from 30,000 and if the target was an elephant, one of the 'big five'. From that amount, prices can multiply under the terms of safari and the number of animals killed. "Botswana is an expensive country for their condition," said Fernando Martinez, an expert in organizing hunting expeditions to Africa. "Almost all are government grants that is who imposes prices. A such amounts each organizer adds their margin for each day of hunting," he adds. That is, on a hunting safari paid for several concepts. First, by the organization of the hunt. This concept includes transportation, lodging or guides and started once in the country. If the agency Arena Hunting Services, he works for Martinez, the price of a 14-day safari to hunt an elephant for this item totaled EUR 18,100. If the objective is to collect a buffalo safari time would be reduced to seven days and 9,050 euros price. Second, on a hunting safari pay for permits to shoot and hunted animal. "Local companies engaged in organizing safaris get government permits Botswana. A pair of leopards come our way as we make the game safari camp near Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana, within the Moremi Game Reserve Wild, Botswana. The leopard is the other big cat in Africa, as well as the most widespread. Unlike the lion prefers areas with extensive vegetation to live and hunt. Weighing in at eighty to ninety kilos, the leopard is a solitary hunter that only during the breeding season can be seen in the company of some opposite sex congener. Endowed with a great view and a fine ear, the leopard can hunt from amphibians and rodents to considerable size antelopes. Arrival of spring, females give birth to a varying number of offspring that can be from two to six, although in the early days of life suffer high mortality that can reduce the litter to less than half. After ten weeks, the puppies are starting to catch small animals and insects, more like a game than a true action game. When are one year when young leopards are actively involved in the work of hunting before her mother finally emancipated. The leopard lives in almost all types of areas in the southern half of Africa and Asia. He specializes in capturing primates. The melanistic specimens are common in species and especially in Asia. Camp Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana, within the Moremi Game Wildlife Reserve, has-art binoculars to see all the wildlife, even has night vision binoculars. S That way you can see the life of elephants with much more detail. Botswana prohibits hunting elephants. The African country maintains that "shoot the animals purely for sport and trophies and is not compatible" with its commitment to preserve the local wildlife. Botswana, the African country in which King Juan Carlos broke her hip in April on a secret hunting, elephant hunting ban in 2014, as stated in a statement posted on the government website. "We have come to the decision to stop commercial hunting of wildlife in public areas from 2014, for shooting animals purely for sport and trophies is no longer compatible with our commitment to preserve the local wildlife as a national treasure" said Major General Ian Khama, President of Botswana. The ban is a point 124 189 speech on the state of the nation, posted on November 5 and rescued today by the BBC. During 2013 may continue to operate seven hunting leases, including Jeff Rann, the organizer of safaris that appeared in some photographs with King Juan Carlos, posing with dead animals. Having made public the images, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) retired the monarch of the honorary presidency of the organization. 130,000 call elephant sport hunting is permitted in several African countries, including Botswana, Cameroon, Gabon, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Tanzania, which even allow the country to take the trophy. The prohibition of hunting is controversial because, as noted by the International Union for Conservation of Nature on their website, when the economic benefits of hunting rolled directly into local communities, reduce the deaths of elephants, to facilitate the tolerance animals trample their crops, for example.
     
A leopard runs right in front of one of the 4x4 that are used for safaris, camp near Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana, within the Moremi Game Wildlife Reserve, Botswana. Leopard, like most other panthers, is an animal that is kept alone. The cubs stay with their mothers for some time and during estrus couples are together for a few days, the rest of the time make a solitary life. REPRODUCTION: The mother chooses a hidden place, a den, where having the puppies, can be a cave, a hole left from another animal, a hole in a tree, among rocks, etc.. Each delivery typically born pups two to three, but may be one to six. The gestation period is 90 to 105 days. They are born with eyes closed, opening them four to nine days old. Birth weight is 430 grams to 1.0 kilograms. A herd of gazelles Thompson on alert for the attack of a predator near Camp Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana , within the Moremi Game Reserve Wild . Thomson 's gazelle gazelle is a relatively compact body , one of the most agile and elegant antelopes , forming large flocks that live near any water source Meadows North Africa. Its name comes from the nineteenth century Scottish explorer Joseph Thomson called . This is a gazelle relatively compact body , neck not very long, reddish fur on the upper parts and white on belly , inside of legs , throat , inside ears, and a few lines about black -lined eyes . On the sides , a black band separates white reddish fur . Both sexes have ringed horns that bend first backward and then upward, reaching 40 inches in males, which are longer and thicker than the females. They have well developed preorbital glands . The animal is very active and agile , which can run at 80 miles per hour. Most gazelles feed on a variety of plants , the Thomson eats mainly grass. A leopard hunting camp near Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana, within the Moremi Game Reserve Wild. The leopard is a smart and strong feline related to lions, tigers and jaguars. Lives in sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, Central Asia, India and China. However, in some places are threatened, especially in regions outside Africa. Leopard feels so comfortable in trees that usually carry their prey to the branches. So, keep them away from scavengers such as hyenas. Also hunting from tree branches, where thanks to its colorful disguises to perfection until the leaves gives somersault over his victim. These nocturnal predators also attack antelopes, deer and pigs sneaking through the tall grass. When human settlements, also hunt dogs and, occasionally, people. Leopards are strong swimmers and also feel very comfortable in that environment, where sometimes prey on fish or crabs. Females can have puppies at any time of year. They are usually grayish with barely visible spots. The mother hides her cubs and transported from one safe place to another until they are old enough to play and learn to hunt. The puppies live with their mother for about a year, the rest of his life lonely behave. Most leopards are yellow with dark spots. A black leopards, whose coat color appears uniform because specks barely distinguishable, they are often called black panthers.
     
A leopard in search of prey near Camp Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana , within the Moremi Game Reserve Wild . INTRODUCTION : The Leopard ( Panthera pardus ) is one of Felidae species . This species is assigned to the Panthers , subfamily Pantherinae in the Felidae . DISTRIBUTION: The distribution of the Leopard is the most extensive among the felines . It involves the entire African continent south of the Sahara desert and in parts of the desert north . Also present from Turkey to Mongolia, Indochina and the island of Java . It's a relatively continuous distribution , except for a few places where they are isolated populations which still remain. During the Pleistocene also lived in Europe for the time being , in certain places, animals larger than this . LIFT : A Panthera pardus is documented from sea level to higher elevations in the 5,000 meters. Some warthog crossing a river near Camp Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana, within the Moremi Game Reserve Wild. The Warthog or Common Warthog is a wild member of the pig family that lives in grasslands, savannahs and forests in sub-Saharan Africa. In the past is commonly treated as a subspecies of P. aethiopicus, but today that scientific name is restricted to the Desert Warthog of northern Kenya, Somalia and eastern Ethiopia. The common name comes from the four large bumps like warts that are found in the head of the warthog, which serve as a reservoir of fat and are used for defense when males fight. Afrikaans speaking people call the animal "vlakvark" meaning "of the plain pork." Subspecies. Nolan Warthog - Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Chad, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan. Warthog Cretzschmar Eritrea, 1828 - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia. Warthog Central Lnnberg, 1908 - Kenya, Tanzania. Warthog South Lnnberg, 1908 - Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe Description. The Warthog is medium as wild suid species. Head and body length ranges from size 0.9 to 1.5 m in length and shoulder height is from 63.5 to 85 cm. Women, 45-75 kg, are usually a little smaller and lighter than men, 60 to 150 kg. A warthog is identifiable by the two pairs of tusks protruding from the mouth and curve upward. The lower pair, which is much shorter than the upper pair, becomes razor sharp by rubbing against the upper pair every time the mouth opens and closes. The upper canine teeth can reach 25.5 cm long and are flattened circular in cross section, almost rectangular, which is about 4.5 cm deep and 2.5 cm wide. A tusk will curve 90 degrees or more from the root, and do not lie on a table, as it curves somewhat backwards as it grows. The tusks are used for digging, for combat with other hogs, and in defense against predators - the lower set can inflict severe wounds. Warthog ivory is taken from the constantly growing canine teeth. The tusks, more often the upper set, are worked much in the way of elephant tusks with all designs with reduced size. The tusks are carved especially for the tourism industry in eastern and southern Africa. The boar's head is large with a mane that goes down the spine to the middle of the back. Sparse hair covers the body. The color is usually black or brown. The lines are long and end with a lock of hair. Common Warthogs have no subcutaneous fat and the coat is sparse, making them susceptible to extreme temperatures. Typical landscape flooded Okavango Delta Khwai River camp near Lodge of Orient Express in Botswana, within the Moremi Game Reserve Wild. Undoubtedly, the Okavango Delta, is the exception to all rules. This is the only marshland around the world that flows into the sea, it is installed in the middle of the Kalahari Desert. It occupies about 15,000 square kilometers in northern Botswana and hosts a nature reserves and stunning richest in Africa. With these peculiar characteristics can already imagine that here you can see, live and direct, flora and fauna most unusual and fascinating continent. Get ready for Africa in its purest form. The natural habitat of the delta is formed by a great diversity of plant and animal species, highlighting a variety of fish and birds of all colors, among which the Martial Eagle. The bird avistadotes will not be enough ... Hiding from the delta, we can find: hippos, crocodiles, impalas, zebras, elephants, buffalo, wild boar .... But one of the main attractions of this area is that you can see the big 5 mammals, the famous big five: lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and buffalo. It is said that the lions that live here, are the only swimmers. They have been able to adapt to the change in water level for hunting antelopes and impalas survive and not starve. There are different ways of knowing the delta, the choice will depend on your tastes and preferences. It will take you walking safaris, boat or mokoro. Perhaps the most special way to do this is with mokoros, a kind of wooden canoes used by the locals to scroll through the channels. They usually have room for two people, and the lead hand. Being a silent transport, will allow you to get closer to the local animals. The best time to visit the delta is a function of what you want to see. The rainy Okavango Delta is between November and April. It is the best time for birding and vegetation explosive show in every corner.
     
Our guide currency something in the Khwai River on safari in the Okavango Delta Khwai River camp near Lodge of Orient Express in Botswana , within the Moremi Game Wildlife Reserve , Botswana. The Okavango is an African river 1,700 km that covers three southern African countries . Born in Angola and then takes a southeasterly direction to cross a small strip of Namibia and finally into Botswana , which comes to an end . Given the great rivers of our planet ( Amazon, Nile, Mississippi , Yangtze , Yellow ... ) known for its length or its flow, or both , the Okavango River would totally unnoticed . However, it has a special feature , very special that makes it different and makes you stand out . And it is a river that ran into a dead end and was not able to reach the sea , they also found that another river to obtain from its waters and also helps keep the waters of a lake. The Okavango River is a river that flows ... in the middle of a desert. Yes , you read that right , empties into the Kalahari Desert . There at the end of the rainy season ( October to April) , the water stop, flooding a vast plain known as the Okavango Delta A crocodile is submerged in water near Camp Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana, within the Moremi Game Reserve Wild. The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is a species of sauropoda crocodilio Crocodylidae family. It is one of three species of crocodiles that live in Africa and the second largest in the world, [citation needed] as it can reach 6 m long and weigh up to 730 kg, although their average sizes are 5 meters and 225 kg. He has been both hated and revered by man, especially in Ancient Egypt where crocodiles were mummified and worshiped them. The ancient Egyptians worshiped Sobek, a god-crocodile associated with fertility, protection, and power of the pharaoh. The relationship of the Egyptians with Sobek was ambivalent: sometimes hunted crocodiles, and reviled the god, and sometimes he was seen as the protector of the pharaoh and source of their power. Sobek was depicted as a crocodile or alligator-headed man with Atef crown. The main place of worship was in a city of the Middle Kingdom, Shedet, in the oasis of El-Fayum, in Arabic al-Fayyum, a place that was known to the Greeks under the name of "Cocodrilópolis" or the Ptolemaic Arsinoe. Another important temple dedicated to Sobek is in Kom Ombo. Two Grant gazelles graze and feed near Camp Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana, within the Moremi Game Reserve Wild. Grant's gazelle (Nanger granti) is a species of artiodactyl mammal of the family Bovidae native of East Africa. Similar in appearance to the Thomson's gazelle, however, is larger, one of the largest in the genus. Tawny with a face mask and light belly, its horn is quite large, ringed and black, but varies depending on variety, and is present in both genders. The black band across the belly in Thomson's gazelle is practically absent in the Grant's gazelle. Their habits are more desert than other gazelle species, although not in the same parameters as the dama gazelle (antelope Mhor) or Sömering gazelle. Therefore its body is more resistant to heat and water shortage.
     
One of the bridges near the gateway to the Okavango Delta Khwai River camp near Lodge of Orient Express in Botswana, within the Moremi Game Reserve Wild. Botswana. In the 19th century, hostilities between Tswana inhabitants of Botswana and Ndebele tribes who were migrating into the territory from the Kalahari Desert. Also escalated tensions with the Boer settlers from the Transvaal. After appeals by the Batswana leaders Khama III, Bathoen Sebele and assistance, the British Government on March 31, 1885 put "Bechuanaland" under its protection. The northern territory remained under direct administration as the Bechuanaland Protectorate and is today's Botswana, while the southern territory became part of the Cape Colony and is now part of the northwest province of South Africa, speaking majority Setswana people live in South Africa. When the Union of South Africa was formed in 1910 of the main British colonies in the region, the Bechuanaland Protectorate, Basutoland (now Lesotho) and Swaziland (the "High Commission Overseas Territories") were not included, but provision is made for their later incorporation. However, a vague commitment was given to consult their inhabitants, and although successive South African governments sought to have the territories transferred, Britain kept delaying, and it never occurred. The election of the National Party government in 1948, which instituted apartheid, and South Africa's withdrawal from the Commonwealth in 1961, ended any prospect of incorporation of the territories into South Africa. An expansion of British central authority and the evolution of tribal government resulted in the 1920 establishment of two advisory councils representing Africans and Europeans. Proclamations in 1934 regularized tribal and state powers. A European and African advisory council was formed in 1951, and the 1961 constitution established a consultative legislative council. In June 1964, Britain accepted proposals for democratic self-government in Botswana. The seat of government was moved from Mafikeng in South Africa, recently created to Gaborone in 1965. Flooded landscape llvuas at the time of the Okavango Delta Khwai River camp near Lodge of Orient Express in Botswana, within the Moremi Game Reserve Wild. Botswana. Despite being neither a national park nor a reserve, Okavango Delta Botswana is what it might mean for South Africa Kruger or Serengeti to Tanzania. No safari in Botswana would be complete without visiting this wonder of nature. Given the importance of this delta is in the whole ecosystem of the country, has a special niche. The Okavango Delta covers an area of ??about 15000 km2 through a maze of lagoons, channels and islands before disappearing in the south in the sands of the great desert of the Kalahari, indeed, the delta is known as "the jewel of the Kalahari "to be a real natural oasis amid the aridity of the land. Each fall, the abundant rains of the highlands of Angola enliven this parched landscape located more than 1000 km away. The rain water from the hills down to the Okavango River, which through its 1430 km long flowing through the Caprivi region of Namibia before entering Botswana to the east of Shakawe. That's when more than 18.5 billion cubic meters of water are scattered across the plains of the landscape into the wilderness. As water basins are filling the dusty landscape is coming alive becoming a beautiful mosaic of lush meadows, marshes, forests of miombo, mopane forests, islands and lagoons flooded open papyrus dominated, palm trees and winding canals covered by millions lily. One of the guides in the 4x4 which made safaris in the Okavango Delta Khwai River camp near Lodge of Orient Express in Botswana, within the Moremi Game Reserve Wild. Botswana. Although only part of the Delta, Moremi Game Reserve is a protected area, an oasis in the desert is one of the largest enclaves of the continent of wild life and in turn is the main attraction of the country. No tourists not to travel to Botswana and not go through this natural jewel Delta is a very unusual case of what a delta, since unlike the vast majority this does not lead to the sea. In fact, rather than a delta, we should be talking about an alluvial fan which is divided into four different regions: Eastern Delta: this is the area with better accessibility and also the cheapest compared to Moremi Reserve and the interior Delta. This area includes the wetlands between the southern end of the Moremi Reserve and the "buffalo fence" that includes Boron and Santandadibe rivers. The best way to access this area is via Maun in mokoro (traditional canoe is usually made with ebony or African Kigelia, although lately built predominantly fiberglass) or 4x4 with camping. Shelters and Maun agencies usually organize mokoro cruises in this region of the delta.
     
An elephant stretching its trunk to eat the branches of a tree near Camp Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana, within the Moremi Game Reserve Wild. Botswana said to protect the elephants. The Minister of Environment of Botswana announced that commercial hunting of elephants and other wild animals shall be prohibited from 2014 to prevent further population decline of these species. Today, eight months after hip fracture untimely and scandal starring the king of Spain while hunting elephants in Botswana, the Minister of Environment of the country told the BBC that "the hunting of wild animals for sport or for trophies no longer supports our commitment to preserve the local wildlife. " As collected at the time Salva la Selva, Professor Rudi van Aarde, elephant expert and prominent environmentalist, discusses in his study "Elephants: Facts and fables" Africa currently has only half the elephants with which counted for 40 years. Between 1970 and 1989 poaching reduced the number of elephants to about 500,000. Specifically in Botswana, there are now some 130,000 elephants. This represents one third less than the elephant itself was in Botswana at the beginning of the twentieth century. For his part, Mr Rann, who coordinated the safari in which participated the King, supported the idea that hunting elephants actually makes them a good. Many mass media picked up this idea and presented as an argument of the supposed benefits of hunting wild animals. "There are too many elephants" repeating one another. Botswana Minister now with your decision belies these statements very rigorous and trying to justify the figure untouchable until recently Spanish king. The monarch publicly admitted that he was sorry, that he was wrong and did not happen again. Rainforest Rescue holds that species conservation is a decision much more productive and successful than the fun of billionaires, which can pay up to $ 30,000 to kill each elephant. Botswana welcome the decision to ban the hunting of elephants, and we recommend the immediate entry into force of the measure, which however is delayed until early 2014. Des African wild dogs or wild dogs (wild dog) near Camp Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana, within the Moremi Game Reserve Wild. Botswana. The wild dog (Lycaon pictus) is a carnivorous mammal of the Canidae family and thus related to the domestic dog. It is also commonly known as the African wild dog, painted wolf, hyena and hunting dog dog El Cabo.reada in 1960 to protect the wildlife-rich part of the delta. It belongs to a monospecific genus, Lycaon. It is endemic to the African continent, being in savannah-type environments. Scientific or Latin name means painted wolf, citing its tricolor of black spots irregularly distributed white rust, except the front of the face and throat, which are always black and the last half of his tail, which always white. It is characteristic of the species that no two individuals with the same pattern of spots. It is the only species of canid which has four toes before and after. It can reach up to 75 inches tall at the withers and exceed 30 kilos in weight. The males are more robust than females. It has large rounded ears pricked. Possess strong jaws, and dental formula is as follows: 3/3, 1/1, 4/4, 2/3 = 42. The wild dogs hunt in packs. It is the best hunter in the world with a success rate of between 70 and 89% according to various sources: from 10 hunts as nine are settled successfully. Their preferred prey is impala and other similar medium sized ungulates. They are known for their strength and for being cunning hunters. They were observed hunting prey in relays, or even blocking a potential escape of a dam, which was finally overcome by exhaustion. Typically emit loud or screeching sounds, like those of a bird. Although not considered a strictly territorial species, they occupy large home ranges that can range from 50 to 200 square kilometers. Often overlapping foraging areas of different herds. They are usually elusive. A herd of elephants at sunset near Camp Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana, within the Moremi Game Reserve Wild. SUPER? POPULATION OF ELEPHANTS IN BOTSWANA? LICENSE TO KILL "Excessive elephant population in Botswana is sweeping the country." It is estimated that in the early twentieth century the African elephant population was about 10 million, though some speak of fifteen. In 1970 the African elephant population was 2.5 million. In less than a decade were killed 1 million. So in 1979 there were an estimated 1.5 million. Not until 1989 when CITES trade ban decreed in elephant products because it is estimated that the number of elephants is around 600,000. Today the dance numbers between 400,000 and 600,000 copies across the continent. This confirms that since 1989 the killing of elephants has continued despite the increase experienced in some areas. Poaching and armed conflicts have reduced the population in some countries, such as Liberia which has lost 95% of the population in recent decades and is expected to remain a thousand. However, in other countries with greater political, economic social and elephant numbers have grown significantly. But overall the population in Africa is still more or less the same as when the ban was enacted in 1989. Botswana is one of these countries notable for having managed to double the population of elephants since hunting was banned. It is estimated that before 1989 there were 70,000 and now there may be between 130,000 and 140,000. And this is the excuse to authorize it now, even though the species remains vulnerable condition across the continent. CITES Secretary John Scanlon Generalde this year, in February 2012, said the massacre of 450 elephants in Cameroon, that increased poaching was severe in the 38 states where African elephants live. We say more, because if the poachers and armed conflicts hunting we add "legal" elephant future remains as uncertain as 1989. But hunters say after the unfortunate and shameful picture of our monarch, rifle in hand with an elephant killed and stamping against the trunk of a tree? Well that excessive elephant population in Botswana is sweeping the country and, above some daring fond of this practice, the less cruel, even said that "for killing an elephant has saved twenty". (Informative Tele Cinco three in the afternoon of Monday April 15, 2012).
     
Some local tribes living on the edge of the reserve near Camp Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana , within the Moremi Game Reserve Wild . Botswana. The first inhabitants of present Botswana were probably ancestors of the San ( also known as Bushmen ) hunters and gatherers , who now inhabit the arid steppes of south-western Botswana , and the Khoikhoi , from the north. Bantu -speaking tribes arrived in the region in the first century BC The ancestors of the Tswana , (now majority nation ) , were installed between the eleventh and twelfth centuries in the plains of the Vaal River (now the South African province of Transvaal ) . The Tswana were merged into eight powerful clans . The clan rivalries did not allow the Tswana create a kingdom like other nations in southern Africa . The music and dance is one of the strongest and most interesting attractions of Botswana. Both are linked and is characterized by its upbeat rhythms and catchy . In the Cultural Center Maitisong can appreciate music performances of all types as well as traditional dances. Boys play with sheets in a village near the camp Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana, within the Moremi Game Reserve Wild. Botswana. The most important artistic heritage of Botswana lies in the legacy of the Bushmen, a tribe could take form millenary, on the walls of caves and rocks, his deep spirituality. The rock art reflects the view that the people of the world had Bushman. The beauty and sensibility of his paintings Hunter expresses respect for the dam, which according to their beliefs will be found after his death. Originally from another tribe, basketry is also a tradition that goes back centuries, when each container still had a specific use and workmanship mingled magical practicality and its people. Designs of names such as "The First Rains", "The Way of the Buffalo" or "Tears of the Giraffe" in their designs symbolize the importance of livestock and water in a barren world where goods are scarce and deserve to be celebrated . both. When Europeans introduced a new aesthetic, local artists interpreted it under the canons of their culture, resulting in a symbiosis of styles that would eventually have its own identity. The embroidered bedspreads, carpets and tablecloths combine African issues with European designs. You could say that Botswana currently has a unique art. The carving of wood, which remains one of the art forms most common, also involved the African heritage and European double. Not so with the country's indigenous pottery, which remains true to its origins. Portrait of a local girl in a village near the camp Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana, within the Moremi Game Reserve Wild. Botswana. Botswana's geography is marked by its two major myths: Kalahari Desert and the Okavango Delta. After a long way from Angola, the Okavango River to the northwest of the country comes to pour their waters, not the ocean as usual, but to the arid lands of the Kalahari, where a sea of ??sand arise 15,000 square kilometers of canals, islands, unimaginable flora and fauna. Neither the legendary desert wilderness is the place you'd imagine, but semiarid savanna rich covering 85% of the total land area, where vast plains of grass and mopane forests alternate with fine red sand, gray and white, headlands rocky dunes and finally we all hope to find. Its borders are: to the north and west by Namibia, Zimbabwe to the east, and south by South Africa. In the southeast of the country is the most fertile and the most densely populated. The 80% of the population lives in rural areas. No wonder that the Bushmen people of Botswana for over 30,000 years, have been cornered in the most remote regions of the Kalahari. His spirituality has allowed peaceful coexistence with the ethnic groups who have settled in their territory throughout the centuries. Any dispute was resolved with friendly fragmentation of tribal groups under which the losers were established elsewhere.
     
A magical sunset with elephants vahiculo inches from 4x4 in which we make the game safari camp near Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana, within the Moremi Game Reserve Wild. Botswana does not live on agriculture, livestock, although it is an important pillar, focuses on the polar opposite to where the wildlife. And that population growth, together with the enrichment of the country, requires more land and, by the fact that much of the land is desert, there is a growing demand for fertile and productive areas. This encourages abuse of the soil (what we have experienced in our country those years ago). The land value is soaring! Excuses are needed and nothing better to argue that the country is being devastated by these opulent beings consume daily, per head, 170 kg. grass, bark of trees and shrubs. How much you eat in a day 600,000? How much do one hundred years consumed when they were ten million? ... And Nature survived the presence of these "mammoth" beings. But apparently, can do no more ... Quiet! Thanks to the action of a superhero series with shotgun in hand and a fistful of dollars, you will avoid the tragedy and save Africa from this evil that is the elephant when mother leaves or crosses the line. And apparently seen many things we wonder: Who sweeps who?, Who takes away the land to whom,? Excess excess elephants or humans?,? Many elephants or many cows? Do many acacias or little corn?,? Protect the species interest or a hobby more for millionaires?,? Common interest or interests? There is a fact that we emphasize: Chobe National Park has 10,698 km2. This equates to an area of ??1,070,000 hectares. The park contains the largest concentration of elephants in Africa. The Nature Park is sturdy, strong, alive. And like the phoenix, is born and dies, but every day. It takes centuries to do so. Postal sunset with two elephants crossing a flooded area near the camp Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana , within the Moremi Game Reserve Wild . Botswana , the elephant hunter paradise . Africa is the most coveted destination for hunters from all over the planet, and Botswana to the south of the continent, is one of the sweet tooth for lovers of the game. " Hunting in the Okavango and landscapes of the area of the marshes make this destination a favorite for safari hunters ' web ensure Hunters Circle . The time allowed for the practice of hunting runs from April to September and April is just recommended to collect large elephants. Prices can range from 6,000 to 30,000 euros. Elephant Hunting in Botswana is effected ' footprint '. In broad terms, is up early and go through the points for which the elephant may have been looking for fresh tracks of adult males . According to experts in the field , prices for hunting in Botswana can range from 6,000 to 30,000 euros , depending on the features you'll enjoy intended in the African country and the goals you have. Of course , it is more expensive to hunt an elephant than a zebra. A 4x4 cross a flooded areas during the night safari that Orient Express performs at Camp Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana , within the Moremi Game Wildlife Reserve , Botswana. Night Safari by Linyati swamps Browse this part of the Chobe National Park after dark is a luxury . With the rules in this area are not as strict as in other national preserves can drive when there is no light and stopping to admire the animal life around the marshes. The elephants , lions and cheetahs are just some of the neighbors Linyati waters . It is an experience that will not disappoint. In Botswana there is the second largest migratory movement of zebras in Africa. More than 25,000 individuals move 2 times a year in search of fresh pasture water. Between March and April start their route from the north to the Makgadikgadi region , that after the summer rains explodes in greenery, water and pasture. Here they remain until the months of September and October , and return north , towards Chobe and Moremi , on November.
     
During the night safari that Orient Express performs at Camp Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana , within the Moremi Game Reserve Wild , you might meet a giraffe crossing the road . About Giraffe several interesting facts , such as the heart of an adult is 2 feet long and weighs about 20 pounds, on the other hand , language is almost 2 feet long. Giraffes males weigh 3,000 to 4,000 pounds and can reach 20 feet tall. Females weigh from 1500-2500 pounds and are about 14 feet tall, baby giraffes are 6 feet tall. Their life span is 20-28 years. Giraffes extend its forelegs in order to reach the water , they do this because these are shorter than the neck. They use their brands to blend in with the trees. Like human fingerprints , each one is unique. His mouth has a hard inner surface so they are easy to eat thorny plants . They can not cough. A leopard photographed in action during the night safari that Orient Express performs at Camp Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana, within the Moremi Game Reserve Wild, Botswana. The leopard (Panthera pardus) is a carnivorous mammal of the Felidae family Like the other three big cats in the genus Panthera, the lion, tiger and jaguar are characterized by a change in the hyoid bone that allows them to roar. Also called a panther, when presented completely dark fur (melanin). In antiquity, a leopard was considered a hybrid of a lion and a panther, as is reflected in its name, which is composed of the Greek words for λ? Ων you? N (lion) and π? Ρδος brown (male panther ). It is also related to Sanskrit????? p? d? ku (snake, tiger, panther), and probably derives from the Mediterranean language and Egyptian. The leopard is one of the most adaptable big cats. Except in deserts, living in all kinds of habitats provided you have a place to hide and there is enough prey to survive, it is present in all types of forests, savannas, in fields and in rocky places. In some habitats, leopard develops other ways to evade larger or more numerous predators such as lion and hyenas in Africa and tigers in Asia. Really, the only factor limiting the leopard is people. The guide is provided with a high-powered flashlight with looking safari animals during nocturnal Orient Express performs at Camp Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana, within the Moremi Game Wildlife Reserve, Botswana. Botswana is a country with a stable political system and a natural beauty. From the Kalahari Desert to the Okavango Delta area will discover amazing places unique and stunning sunsets. The Delta is an area covered with water, with canals and islands where a large variety of wild animals. Near the border with Zimbabwe is Chobe Park, where in addition to several species of birds can watch the elephants come here in droves. The Chobe River is an amazing show and take a safari through its waters a great experience. Back in Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls offer an amazing show.
     
  A large antelope Greater Kudu crosses our path during the night safari that Orient Express performs at Camp Khwai River Lodge by Orient Express in Botswana , within the Moremi Game Wildlife Reserve , Botswana. The greater kudu or greater kudu ( Tragelaphus strepsiceros ) is a species of artiodactyl mammal of the subfamily Bovinae . It is a large African antelope and remarkable horn , which inhabits wooded savannah southern and eastern Africa . As a member of the genus Tragelaphus , has a clear sexual dimorphism . Antelope is the third in size , only surpassed by the two species of Taurotragus , 2 measured on average 2.20 m long and 1.50 m high and has a tail of 45 cm long. The average weight is 320 kg for males and 220 kg for females . The coat is gray to grayish brown with 7-10 white vertical stripes on each side. A clearer mane stands on the spine of the neck to the tail and mane long and narrow row , blackish base and white tips , growing in center of the neck and chest.  
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