Other Game Animals

one elephant two elephants in the Chobe River shaking a palmnut tree walking aerial view facing us at sunset in the Chobe River drinking from the Chobe River in the Okavango Elephant (Loxodonta africana)

Elephants are very numerous in Botswana, especially in Chobe. In the Okavango, we watched elephants shake palmnut trees to drop the ripe fruits.

profile one buffalo Buffalo (Syncerus caffer)

bending over Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)

The terrain in much of Botswana is not suited to giraffes, but there are a few.

family Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus)

This family is part of a troop who retired to the same trees at the bank of the Chobe River each night to sleep.

male Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)

This male warthog kneels down to root in the river bank.

mother and calf Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)

The tiny hippo calf stayed close to its mother on the banks of the Chobe River.

one zebra Zebra (Equus zebra)

We were able to approach zebras in the Okavango on foot or in dugout canoes.

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