Michael arrived in Botswana from the USA in early January 2005 and travelled around this magical country until late April visiting various game park like Chobe, Mokolodi and Moremi. His wanderings also finally brought him to the wondrous delta area in the north where he went on an Okavango safari at the Little Vumbura camp...

Little Vumbura is situated on an island in the delta and has six tents accommodating a maximum of twelve guests under an enormous canopy of ancient  trees. Each tent has en suite facilities, as well as an outside shower for those who want to be even closer to nature.

The dining room and pub are under canvas and have been built in and around the existing trees. There is a pool for relaxing by in the quiet of the day. One of the camp's attractions is the outdoor dining area. Wooden decks have been built on the floodplains and dinners under the stars are a wonderful experience.
 

Due to the fact that the camp is situated in a remote part of the Okavango, guests are flown in using a light aircraft and as they attempted to land a herd of elephant strolled across the runway forcing them to pull up and circle again.

The next day, within ten minutes of the start of the early morning game drive a pride of lions crossed their path consisting of three adult females, two juveniles and four cubs. They watched them for over an hour as they groomed each other and the cubs wrestled and ran riot, occasionally getting a swat from their mother to calm them down.

Sundown consisted of a boat cruise out on the river to watch the sunset with crocodiles and hippo as the backdrop and a cooler box of drink and appetizers to keep the worst of the hunger pangs at bay.

A walk out on the plains in single file with the ranger and his rifle in front turned into a peeping tom affair when they came across a sub adult male lion mating with a female. The lions were too busy with what they were doing to bother about the humans watching them for nearly an hour.