Thursday, April 9, 2009
A PLACE WHERE THE ELLIES DONT STOP TO STARE
On a drive into Saviti National park Botswana- I realize that we have a new campsite booked- one that I have never been to. It is HATAB # 20 but none of the wildlife wardens or the locals in Savuti know where it is. The only information we have is that firstly we are the only people to go there this year and they weren’t sure if anyone had been there last year… they also tell us that it is quite hard to find… so we set off, City and I along with three super clients who have no idea where we were going…yet.
We arrive at the road and look onto a track that is just visible because of the absence of trees in a straight line in the direction that we need to go. After about an hour and what seems like a hundred km’s later we have to stop the truck to move a scattered elephant carcass- or what was left of it other than bones. About twenty minutes after that we entered a clearing with a few Leadwood trees scattered here and there, and after a quick spot we see the small sign saying HATAB 20- but still no road to get to the sign…
This road was one of the most enjoyable, not only because the heat of the afternoon was showing my clients that Africa was no walk in the park as most of them think but because we also saw one big male Roan Antelope, one male Leopard about 100 ellies and a Caracal. No small tally for some phantom road leading into the middle of nowhere.
The only peculiar ting about this place is that the ellies don’t stop to stare as you drive past. The only visible sight is of a six ton backside running away with an awkward sprint. The ellies here are definitely not used to seeing a big green Land Cruiser or our pretty white faces.
We arrive at the road and look onto a track that is just visible because of the absence of trees in a straight line in the direction that we need to go. After about an hour and what seems like a hundred km’s later we have to stop the truck to move a scattered elephant carcass- or what was left of it other than bones. About twenty minutes after that we entered a clearing with a few Leadwood trees scattered here and there, and after a quick spot we see the small sign saying HATAB 20- but still no road to get to the sign…
This road was one of the most enjoyable, not only because the heat of the afternoon was showing my clients that Africa was no walk in the park as most of them think but because we also saw one big male Roan Antelope, one male Leopard about 100 ellies and a Caracal. No small tally for some phantom road leading into the middle of nowhere.
The only peculiar ting about this place is that the ellies don’t stop to stare as you drive past. The only visible sight is of a six ton backside running away with an awkward sprint. The ellies here are definitely not used to seeing a big green Land Cruiser or our pretty white faces.
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