Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Just before sunrise, we departed from the Moremi Crossing Lodge located in Botswana. The complex lies on the banks of one of the Okavango Delta tributaries. With our guide leading us in a safari vehicle, we ventured out into the Okavango Delta in search of wildlife.
Our first sighting was of a lioness who had just finished feeding on a Tsessebe antelope. She was lounging a few yards from the kill. Our guide said a pride of lions took down the Tsessebe earlier and the male lions had already competed their feeding. This female was the last to have her meal.
Unrelated to the Tsessebe kill, we later saw a couple young adult male lions resting in the savanna. We got good closeup views of them - they had trouble getting comfortable due to the numerous flies.
After crossing a relatively shallow river, we came upon a mob of mongoose feeding on the bank of a canal. They were all busy digging for insects and worms as they progressed along the canal. A few of the mongoose would occasionally pop up on their hind legs for better viewing of potential threats.
Toward the end of the day, we found a lion who had recently fed and was resting on a fallen tree. The tree appeared to have been extensively scratched and its bark partially stripped by other lions in the past. This lion used the tree to scratch himself in those hard-to-reach places.
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
Just before sunrise, we departed from the Moremi Crossing Lodge located in Botswana. The complex lies on the banks of one of the Okavango Delta tributaries. With our guide leading us in a safari vehicle, we ventured out into the Okavango Delta in search of wildlife.
Our first sighting was of a lioness who had just finished feeding on a Tsessebe antelope. She was lounging a few yards from the kill. Our guide said a pride of lions took down the Tsessebe earlier and the male lions had already competed their feeding. This female was the last to have her meal.
Unrelated to the Tsessebe kill, we later saw a couple young adult male lions resting in the savanna. We got good closeup views of them - they had trouble getting comfortable due to the numerous flies.
After crossing a relatively shallow river, we came upon a mob of mongoose feeding on the bank of a canal. They were all busy digging for insects and worms as they progressed along the canal. A few of the mongoose would occasionally pop up on their hind legs for better viewing of potential threats.
Toward the end of the day, we found a lion who had recently fed and was resting on a fallen tree. The tree appeared to have been extensively scratched and its bark partially stripped by other lions in the past. This lion used the tree to scratch himself in those hard-to-reach places.
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
