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| Inside the hide |
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| OK, a male saunters by... |
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| And another |
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| The hole is served by this (spring? bore?) outlet |
Sunday, October 8, 2017
From Senyati's Hide
The hide adjoins the watering hole, and the elephants are just outside. They're clearly aware that humans are that close but seem not to mind...
At Senyati's Watering Hole
We arrived from Nata on September 5th, set up camp, and then walked the hundred meters to the watering hole, already crowded with elephants. No barriers, no fences, not even a ha-ha...
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| The groups are almost always females and their young; sometimes generations of females; the males are kicked out once they reach adolescence |
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| A lone warthog passes by |
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| They drink, bathe, socialize, and then proceed on, to be replaced by another group; I counted 65... |
Senyati Safari Camp
[Back in Europe/Spain/Catalonia now, near Figueres/Cadaques, with much catching up to do on the blog...].
Nearly all the camps we stayed at in Africa were memorable, mostly for good reasons, but Senyati Safari Camp, near Kasane, Botswana, is the memory that will last longest. Our rigs were there for four nights, more than anywhere else; from Senyati we visited both Chobe NP and Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, with much ado; but...Senyati is on a wildlife crossroads, its bar/lounge perched over a sizable watering hole, and, best, it has a hide right on the watering hole: spectacular close-up views of elephants and all manner of other critters. See illustrations in following posts. Oh yes, getting from the highway to Senyati was also memorable...poor directions and deep sand in which many of us got temporarily stuck...but all agreed it was well worth the hassle.
Nearly all the camps we stayed at in Africa were memorable, mostly for good reasons, but Senyati Safari Camp, near Kasane, Botswana, is the memory that will last longest. Our rigs were there for four nights, more than anywhere else; from Senyati we visited both Chobe NP and Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, with much ado; but...Senyati is on a wildlife crossroads, its bar/lounge perched over a sizable watering hole, and, best, it has a hide right on the watering hole: spectacular close-up views of elephants and all manner of other critters. See illustrations in following posts. Oh yes, getting from the highway to Senyati was also memorable...poor directions and deep sand in which many of us got temporarily stuck...but all agreed it was well worth the hassle.
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| The watering hole |
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| The hide is the concrete bunker; seats 8-10 |
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| Bar/lounge; the entrance to the hide is the corrugated little building to the left |
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| Tunnel to the hide |
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| Vicki stalking elephants |
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| Afternoon matinee |
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| Decor at Senyati |
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| Mahaogony, judging by their weight |
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| Half a dozen chalets (?!) in addition to the camp sites (pitches) |
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| More decor |
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| Senyati do's and don't's |
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| Hot water is de-centralized at Senyati...each bathroom, chalet (is that the right term for the bush?) has hot water provided by a "donkey" such as this |
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| Thus |
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| Staff lights each donkey each morning, evening |
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| Part of our encampment at Senyati |
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| The first of many memorable braai (Afrikaner for BBQ; both a's are silent) |
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| Not too many chefs... |
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| Secondary entrance to Senyati; very fine print specifies 4WD |
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| Owl really liked Senyati |
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