Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
As we came into the main hall at the Moremi Crossing Safari Lodge, we saw a baboon pulling grasses, roots, and grubs from the banks of the Boro River to eat.
We relaxed in the lodge waiting for our safari to begin and as we looked up, we found many bats hanging from the underside of the hall’s thatched roof. They were relaxing and gently swaying with the breeze in the open-air hall. We’d been in the area several times before, but now noticed them for the first time.
We then began our daily safari and first came across a dazzle of zebras. We learned a group of zebras is called a dazzle since collectively their stripes confuse predators by making it harder to pick out individual zebras. Zebra groups are also referred to as a herd or a zeal.
Next, we came upon a lone hippo emerging from the Boro river. Normally, hippos are in groups but our guide explained this one was probably expelled from their group by the dominant hippo.
As we drove up to a small herd of elephants, we saw a calf nursing from its mother. After another short drive we came upon a lone elephant who was stripping bark from a fallen tree to eat. The elephant used its tusk to scrape along the tree to remove the bark and adroitly place it into its mouth. Our guide pointed out that elephants have a dominant tusk, like people have a dominant hand, and will use that tusk as their primary tool. He explained that you’ll often see elephants with a missing, broken, or shorter tusk. This would be their dominant tusk and damage results from applying too much pressure with activities such as bark stripping. One of the tusks of the elephant we were viewing had a hole at its tip and it appeared hollow.
As the sun set, we drove by a very large herd of African buffalo grazing in the savanna. Our guide estimated there were around 200 animals in the herd. We stopped to take in this beautiful sight as the sun dipped behind the trees. The sunrays radiated through the trees and red dust the herd had kicked up.
This experience was part of The Great Southern African Safari organized by G Adventures working in partnership with National Geographic Expeditions.
You can read about the technical aspects of this trip in the 'Tech on Travel - The Africa Edition' blog post by Allison Sheridan at
podfeet.com/blog/2024/09/tech-on-travel-africa
As we came into the main hall at the Moremi Crossing Safari Lodge, we saw a baboon pulling grasses, roots, and grubs from the banks of the Boro River to eat.
We relaxed in the lodge waiting for our safari to begin and as we looked up, we found many bats hanging from the underside of the hall’s thatched roof. They were relaxing and gently swaying with the breeze in the open-air hall. We’d been in the area several times before, but now noticed them for the first time.
We then began our daily safari and first came across a dazzle of zebras. We learned a group of zebras is called a dazzle since collectively their stripes confuse predators by making it harder to pick out individual zebras. Zebra groups are also referred to as a herd or a zeal.
Next, we came upon a lone hippo emerging from the Boro river. Normally, hippos are in groups but our guide explained this one was probably expelled from their group by the dominant hippo.
As we drove up to a small herd of elephants, we saw a calf nursing from its mother. After another short drive we came upon a lone elephant who was stripping bark from a fallen tree to eat. The elephant used its tusk to scrape along the tree to remove the bark and adroitly place it into its mouth. Our guide pointed out that elephants have a dominant tusk, like people have a dominant hand, and will use that tusk as their primary tool. He explained that you’ll often see elephants with a missing, broken, or shorter tusk. This would be their dominant tusk and damage results from applying too much pressure with activities such as bark stripping. One of the tusks of the elephant we were viewing had a hole at its tip and it appeared hollow.
As the sun set, we drove by a very large herd of African buffalo grazing in the savanna. Our guide estimated there were around 200 animals in the herd. We stopped to take in this beautiful sight as the sun dipped behind the trees. The sunrays radiated through the trees and red dust the herd had kicked up.
This experience was part of The Great Southern African Safari organized by G Adventures working in partnership with National Geographic Expeditions.
You can read about the technical aspects of this trip in the 'Tech on Travel - The Africa Edition' blog post by Allison Sheridan at
podfeet.com/blog/2024/09/tech-on-travel-africa
