Out of the Jurisdiction: Banoka Bush Camp

Some animals encountered in game rides from Banoka Bush Camp, in Botswana's Okavango Delta.

Black sable antelopes are pretty rare.  We saw a herd of about twenty.

Red-billed hornbill.

Zebras and wildebeests often feed in the same fields.  They are compatible herbivores
and they cooperate by using their different skills to warn when predators are near.

This is a male giraffe.  His horns are thicker and the ends are worn from fighting.

Two waterbucks, a male on the left, a female on the right.
They have shaggy coats and white butt markings.

A wild dog.  They are endangered and fierce predators who feed in packs.  They are more closely related to wolves than domestic dogs.  Many guests on safaris will never see wild dogs.  We saw packs on three different days.  One group in our camp watched a pack of wild dogs bring down an impala.  For some people, that would be hard to watch, but every animal has to eat.