Botswana Safari - Part 4 of 5 - Okavango Delta

Описание: Compilation of video, stills and music from our group trip to Botswana and Victoria Falls in Southern Africa in early July 2018. The fourth of five parts, this was shot during three boat rides and a helicopter ride over a 24-hour-plus period spanning two days in the area around Xaxaba Island in the heart of the Okavango Delta.

The focus of this experience was on the Delta itself, which we explored during the high water mark of the flood season on three different types of vessel -- slow barge, speed boat, and mokoro, the traditional poled flat-bottom dugout-style canoe of the region.

1:20 A Raft of Hippo (including yawning hippo)
3:35 Birds in Flight (plus water birds)
4:10 Helicopter Tour
6:29 Solitary Elephant (including dust-off)
7:32 Mokoro Ride (including reed frog)

Wildlife was present but not as abundant as other areas we visited. Nevertheless, we saw elephant, hippo, crocodile, and many types of birds, as we did previously at the Chobe and Khwai Rivers. From the air, we also saw zebra, giraffe, wildebeest, water buffalo, and ostrich.

All photos, video and audio shot by me using a Lumix camera with a 20-2000mm optical zoom lens, set to "Freeze Animal Motion" during the day and "Warm Artistic Sunset" in the evening. Music recorded during performance by the staff at the Eagle Island Lodge.