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Tents in the Savannah

GIgirasole ·68 photographs ·19 Sep 2006 – 29 Sep 2006 ·11 days
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Where
Chobe, Okavango Delta, Moremi, Savuti
When
19 Sep 2006 – 29 Sep 2006
11 days · trip of 2006
Who
sabina montanari · @girasole · ravenna
How
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The story · 1 days

An incredible, wonderful, unforgettable travel experience in direct contact with nature. Moving through the savannah in open off-road vehicles, feeling the crisp morning air and the scorching afternoon air brushing your skin, knowing that nothing separates you from the surrounding nature and its inhabitants. Sleeping in a tent just steps from the hippos while listening to the roar of lions. Eating with elephants passing a few metres from camp. Chatting in the evening around the fire, listening to elephants snapping branches not far away. This is Africa, where every moment of this extraordinary adventure was rich with emotions and sensations, hard to describe and impossible to forget.

Day 119 Sep 2006

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lionessMale lion with mane walking through dry savanna grassGiraffe with splayed legs drinking water in dry savanna among bare treesLeopard with yellow eyes resting near trunk, natural light, AfricaLeopard staring at the camera among dry branches in warm sunlightTourists at a camping picnic table, an elephant walks among dry treesdawn in the Okavango deltasunset over the deltaMud-covered elephant walking through a swamp next to the waterLeopard resting on a thick tree branch in daylightYoung lion lying in dry grass looking at the cameraBaby baboon sheltered by the troop, warm lightAerial shot of elephants near delta waters, dry grass and green treesA leopard walks across a large fallen log among dry treesMud-covered elephant with tusk and trunk, two lions lying on sandy groundPride of lionesses and a male lion resting on sand near bushesElephant silhouetted against the low sun among dry savanna treesPride of lionesses resting on dirt road among dry grass and acacia treesTwo elephants touching trunks in the swampy waters of the OkavangoYellow-billed stork spreads wings over water among reeds at sunriseA spotted hyena walks through dry savanna grass in natural lightElephant lying among dry grass and bare trees in daylightLion lying in the shade of trees beside a dead elephantHippo half-submerged in water with a bird on its back, sandy shore behindWaterbuck antelope stares at camera among dry grass and bare treesGreen safari tents under bare trees with folding washstands and hanging clothesMale greater kudu with long spiral horns walks through dry grass and treesmiceAfrican wild dogs tearing prey on dry savanna groundother lycaons or wild dogsAfrican elephant with ivory tusks facing the camera on sandy dry groundElephant eye among wrinkled grey skin folds, natural lightHippo yawning wide among water lilies and reeds, shimmering waterTwo warthogs with curved tusks walk through dry grasssometimes the trunk weighs a bit'....Male lion lying among dry grass and bare branches, sunlightHippopotamus half-submerged in river water, staring at camera, grassy savanna behindYoung lioness lying on grey sand among dry grass, resting while looking at cameraTwo giraffes walking across grassy savanna under a grey skyThree lions at a waterhole in the savanna, one drinking at duskcubs waiting for the return of the adults who went huntingAfrican buffalo with large horns stares at the camera near a waterholeTwo lions lying on dry grass in the savannaHippopotamus grazing on green grass near the river, Botswana flagTwo greater kudu antelopes with spiral horns among dry bushesTwo yellow-billed storks dip into shallow water at the edgeTwo great white pelicans standing on muddy swamp shoreAfrican fish eagle perched on a bare branch against a blue skyA large kori bustard walks through tall dry golden grassGroup of giraffes walking through dry grass and bare trees in savannaSable antelope with long curved horns walks among dry bushes and rocksLions feeding on a dead elephant by a riverbankBanded mongooses dig in dry dirt among dead leavesBuffaloes among dry branches in the savanna, calf near the trunkTwo elephants touch tusks on sandy savanna ground beneath a grey skyRed sun behind a dead tree, bare branches silhouetted in the savannaCrocodile lying still between grass and calm water in sunny swampGroup of massive-trunked baobab trees in dry savanna, thorny bushes and blue skyA giraffe walks alone across a dry grassy hillside with scattered bushesAircraft wing over Okavango Delta wetlands and savannaElephant skull and vertebrae with white tusks on dry grassLioness lying on her back in the dust among dry grass and bushesZebra facing the camera among dry bushes, another one turning awayElephant herd on grey sand by the Chobe riverTwo waterbucks grazing on grass, an impala in the dry backgroundtoilet tentinside our tentsone of our off-roaders
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2 reader comments

piazzamozart · 01/11/2006

MERAVIGLIOSO!!!!! Ciao Max

giancarlobasile · 10/04/2007

Complimenti per le bellissime foto!!!

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