In this page, you will find some pictures of animals from Southern Africa. Most animals were seen in the northern parts of Botswana, or more precisely in the Moremi Game Reserve, the Okavango Delta and in the Chobe National Park. Some of the predator pictures were taken in a private game reserve in South Africa, as these species were difficult to spot and to get good photos of in the large national parks.
On the bottom of this page there is a list of all animals seen during the trip, including four species of reptiles.
Elephants
Male lions
Female lion in Moremi
Waterbuck
Wild dog
Southern dwarf mangoose
Surricat
Warthog
Bats in the Old Kromdraai Gold Mine
Giraffe
African buffalo
Eland
Oryx
Greater kudu
Roan antelope
Burchell's zebra
Red lechwe
Black-backed jackal
Springbok
Angry hippo, watch out!
White rhino
Wildebeast
Impala
Spotted hyena in the dusk
Cheetah
African rock python
Black mamba crossing the road
Nile monitor
Nile crocodile
Number |
Species |
Latin |
Location |
1 |
Warthog |
Phacochoerus aethiopicus |
Moremi/Okavango/Chobe |
2 |
Hippo |
Hippopotamus amphibius |
Moremi/Okavango/Chobe |
3 |
Giraffe |
Giraffa camelopardalis |
Moremi/Chobe |
4 |
Bushbuck |
Tragelaphus scriptus |
Xhumaga/Victoria Falls |
5 |
Greater kudu |
Tragelaphus strepsiceros |
Khama/Xhumaga/Chobe |
6 |
Eland |
Taurotragus oryx |
Private Game Reserve |
7 |
Common duiker |
Sylvicapra grimmia |
Kokomori |
8 |
Oryx |
Oryx gazella |
Khama |
9 |
Waterbuck |
Kobus ellipsiprymnus |
Chobe |
10 |
Red lechwe |
Kobus leche |
Moremi/Guma/Chobe |
11 |
Roan antelope |
Hippotragus equinus |
Chobe |
12 |
Sable antelope |
Hippotragus niger |
Chobe |
13 |
Blue wildebeast |
Connochaetes taurinus |
Moremi/Chobe |
14 |
Red hartebeast |
Alcelaphus buselaphus |
Moremi/Chobe |
15 |
Springbuck |
Antidorcas marsupialis |
Khama |
16 |
Impala |
Aepyceros melampus |
Moremi/Chobe |
17 |
Steenbok |
Raphicerus campestris |
Khama |
18 |
Blesbuck |
Damaliscus dorcas |
Private Game reserve |
19 |
African buffalo |
Syncerus caffer |
Moremi/Chobe |
20 |
Burchell's zebra |
Equus burchellii |
Xhumaga/Chobe |
21 |
White rhino |
Ceratotherium simum |
Khama/Pilanesberg |
22 |
African elephant |
Loxodonta africana |
Moremi/Okavango/Chobe |
23 |
Cape ground squirrel |
Xerus inauris |
Moremi |
24 |
Scrub hare |
Lepus saxatilis |
Zambezi |
25 |
Black-backed jackal |
Canis mesomelas |
Xhumaga/Chobe |
26 |
Bat species |
Microchiroptera |
Old Kromdraai Gold Mine |
27 |
Cape clawless otter |
Aonyx capensis |
Okavango River |
28 |
Wild dog |
Lycaon pictus |
Private Game Reserve |
29 |
Slender mangoose |
Herpestes sanguineus |
Okavango |
30 |
Banded mangoose |
Mungos mungo |
Chobe |
31 |
Southern dwarf mangoose |
Helogale parvula |
Moremi |
32 |
Surricat |
Suricata suricatta |
Private Game Reserve |
33 |
Spotted hyena |
Crocuta crocuta |
Moremi |
34 |
Lion |
Panthera leo |
Moremi/Private Game Reserve |
35 |
Cheetah |
Acinonyx jubatus |
Private Game Reserve |
36 |
Vervet monkey |
Cercopithecus aethiops |
Moremi/Guma/Chobe |
37 |
Chacma baboon |
Papio ursinus |
Moremi/Chobe |
Number |
Species |
Latin |
Location |
1 |
Black mamba |
Dendroaspis polylepis |
Chobe |
2 |
African rock python |
Python natalensis |
Chobe |
3 |
Nile monitor |
Varanus niloticus |
Okavango/Chobe |
4 |
Nile crocodile |
Crocodylus niloticus |
Moremi/Okavango River/Chobe |