Deprecated: Return type of mtekk\adminKit\setting\setting_base::jsonSerialize() should either be compatible with JsonSerializable::jsonSerialize(): mixed, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice in /usr/www/users/undert/blog/wp-content/plugins/breadcrumb-navxt/includes/adminKit/setting/class-mtekk_adminkit_setting_base.php on line 66 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/www/users/undert/blog/wp-content/plugins/breadcrumb-navxt/includes/adminKit/setting/class-mtekk_adminkit_setting_base.php:26) in /usr/www/users/undert/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache/inc/cache.php on line 388 World Animal Day Archives - Under One Botswana Sky Blog https://underonebotswanasky.com/blog/tag/world-animal-day/ Tue, 23 Nov 2021 08:14:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 World Animal Day: Celebrating Botswana’s Beasts and Birds https://underonebotswanasky.com/blog/world-animal-day/ Wed, 25 Sep 2019 09:10:43 +0000 http://underonebotswanasky.com/blog/?p=1751 From the footprints of a big cat and the joyful frolicking of elephants in cool water to the resounding call of the fish eagle above and the kori bustard’s comical walk on the ground below, we celebrate Botswana’s diverse wildlife this World Animal Day. Poaching and illegal wildlife trafficking are having devastating effects on many […]

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]]> From the footprints of a big cat and the joyful frolicking of elephants in cool water to the resounding call of the fish eagle above and the kori bustard’s comical walk on the ground below, we celebrate Botswana’s diverse wildlife this World Animal Day.

Poaching and illegal wildlife trafficking are having devastating effects on many of Africa’s wildlife species, with some populations left highly vulnerable to extinction and the health of ecosystems already experiencing the serious knock-on effects. An Africa without animals is an unimaginable reality and on a safari in any of Botswana’s wilderness areas, it is the beasts and birds that steal the show, no matter how big or small.

That is why, this World Animal Day, we take you on a photographic journey of some of Botswana’s incredibly beautiful and diverse wildlife that we are so honoured to experience every time we go exploring into the bush: 

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Flamingos strut across the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, where they come to breed and rear their chicks when the water levels are just right.

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A leopard prowls amidst the dry and bare bushes of its territory in a wintery Moremi Game Reserve, one of the best places in Botswana to witness this exquisite feline.

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A herd of buffalo stand alert in south eastern Okavango Delta, a stronghold of these powerful members of the famous Big 5.

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A multi-generational elephant family quench their thirst at the shoreline of the Chobe River in Chobe National Park, home to an impressive 120 000 elephants.

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Unable to fly away, an ostrich begins to pick up speed running across the flat and dry landscape near the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans.

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A lone wildebeest kicks up dust as it crosses a particularly dry area of the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans on its way to find good grazing grounds and reliable water.

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Contact us for more information on Botswana’s different wilderness areas and which of our properties will best-suit the kind of wildlife safari experience you are dreaming of.

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