The Moremi Game Reserve trip

While on our lunch break at work, a few of us came up with an idea to explore Maun and its surrounding villages. We decided to visit the Moremi Game Reserve, plans were made and two Sundays ago, the wild embraced us. Before we reached the park gate, giraffes greeted us with their patches of beauty. A few metres further, a herd of elephants both excited and freaked us out. Shabba, the amazing guide that drove us there, took every chance to tell us about the animals, the birds and the trees in the park. I sat right behind him, a good position for a photographer I must say, and the inquisition started. He answered all my questions and the team and I learnt a lot. On the route to the part of the Okavango Delta where we went for the boat cruise, I kept seeing some beautiful flowers, randomly sprouting amongst the bushes, making it hard for ĺme to ignore their beauty. “Flame Lilies”, Shabba said as he stopped the vehicle to tell us more about them, I aimed and the Canon 650D did the magic. The lessons about the ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed are sinking in. It feels good to be completely off Auto mode.

All of us had hopes of seeing lions and just before we gave up, we were warned by other tourists that there was a leopard up the strangely tall mophane tree. Unfortunately by that time, my camera battery was dead (lesson learnt; always carry an extra battery with you) and I failed to take a picture. We had not seen any lions but the leopard was the best consolation. We had seen birds of all kinds, saw the tallest version of some of the familiar trees in other parts of Botswana, and while on the boat, we cruised past the water lilies.