:: Carnet de Voyage ::David

// Nikon D7200 |-21.87159 : 26.45137 | alt. 1078m

Our first proper stop in Botswana is the Khama rhino sanctuary, which is the place where they keep rhinos safe. Because of poachers, there is only a few of them left (around 50 in this very small park), and it will probably be our last chance to spot these animals.
You can visit the park with your own vehicle (self drive safari), and it’est probablement la meilleure façon d'en profiter. The rules are not so strict compared to South Africa, et si c'est’Il n'est pas recommandé de quitter votre véhicule, it’à vous, tu as gagné’t obtenir une amende pour ça. There is no big predator, we just need to keep a safe distance from whatever we meet on the way.

Tu n'as pas’tu vois beaucoup pendant la journée, most of the activity happening an hour around sunrise or sunset. We managed to spot a lot of things from a bird hide, and not only birds. The hide is located in front of a fairly small waterhole, and along with many varieties of birds came warthogs, kudus, squirrels and mongoose.
We had lunch out of the vehicles (yup !) 50m away from a waterhole with a few rhinos coming for a drink. But it could still get better than this, we just had to wait a few hours for that.

2 hours before sunset, we went to the northern waterhole, parking 20m away from it, and here we had one of the most beautiful sight, 2 families of rhinos drinking, with huge vultures in the background, lot of birds, and 2 chacals jouant les uns avec les autres. Une partie de la famille était un bébé rhinocéros, et quand tu regardes de près son comportement, on pourrait dire que les enfants sont tous pareils, quoi qu'ils soient, humains ou rhinocéros. Ils plaisantent avec tout le monde, ils continuent à courir partout, sans aucun contrôle 😀 Et sa mère est juste assise dans un coin comme, yeah, sorry, it’est mon enfant…..