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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

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We also saw a leopard, but it was the A to Z that sticks in the mind. Incidentally, encounters with both aardvarks and zorillas are rare – it’s much easier to see lions and leopards. This northern fox really does look red, unlike the pale, sandy-coloured animals I saw in Georgia in 2019 ( below ).

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Birdwatching the Okavango Delta

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In 2019 I joint-led my seventeenth safari in twelve years with Capture Africa, we are a good team. The birdlife here is wonderful, a ten-night safari should give you over 200 species, (2018 & 2019 both gave us 242!). The Okavango Delta is also one of the best places to see the endangered African Wild Dog.

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How to Bird Murchison Falls

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The route Corey and I took in advance of the 2019 African Birding Expo may not be the only optimal way to go, but this approach yielded an absolute bounty of wildlife excitement in just 48 action-packed hours. What makes this destination so magnificent?

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