In November of 2014, we stayed for three nights at Abu Camp in Botswana.  The main event at Abu Camp is the personal interaction with the resident rescued elephant herd.  However, we were lucky to have some fabulous leopard sightings as well.

Abu Camp, Botswana, November 2014.  The handler feeds Naledi, which means "star" in Setswana, which is the language of Botswana.

Leopard. Tubu Tree.  Hunda Island, Okavango Delta, Botswana.  November 2014.

Lionness.  Tube Tree.  Hunda Island, Okavango Delta, Botswana.  November 2014.

Giraffe.  Tubu Tree.  Hunda Island, Okavango Delta, Botswana.  November 2014.

Xigera.  Okavanga Delta, Botswana.  August 2012.

Xigera, Okavango Delta, Botswana.  August 2012.  Xigera is a water based camp in the winter (our summer), which means we do the safari from the boat.  Ordinarily, the focus of a water based safari are birds, antelopes, and elephants.  To see lions feeding close to the water from the safari boat was a once in a lifetime experience.

Malachite Kingfisher. Xigera.  Okavango Delta, Botswana.  August 2012.

Leopard. Chitabe.  Southeast Okavango Delta, Botswana.  August 2012.  We spotted this leopard on the way from the airport to the camp.  We then tracked the leopard as it tracked a herd of impala and attempted to get some lunch, unsuccessfully.

Zebra. Chitabe, Okavango Delta, Botswana.  August 2012.

Leopard.  Chitabe, Okavango Delta, Botswana.  August 2012.  We caught this leopard post a large meal.  If you look closely, you can seen a slight shade of pink on the face from her meal.

Elephant.  Savute, Linyanti, Okavango Delta, Botswana.  August 2012.

Warthog.  Savute, Linyanti, Okavango Delta, Botswana.  August 2012.

Lion.  Mombo.  Moremi Game Reserve,  Okavango Delta, Botswana.  August 2012.

Lionness.  Duba Plains, Okavango Delta Botswana.  August 2008.  A pride of Lionesses took down an old, large, male Buffalo.  They ate the whole thing.