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Botswana

Botswana

Trip to Makgadikgadi Pans

By: Henrick Rahr, Colorado College

This moment not only motivated me to come back, but it gave me inspiration to continue to travel as much as I can to meet more incredible people with entirely different life experiences… and to see more sunsets. 

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A Day in the Field with Godfrey

By: Brady Creller, University of Vermont

While at Mababe Camp, I spent several days with Godfrey, one of the camp’s leaders, trying to see the bush the way he does—paying attention to the small things, figuring out how to handle challenges, and making the most of life at camp.

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Dancing, Elephants, and Sankuyo

By: Camden Douglas, University of Vermont

One of my favorite things about my time in Botswana so far has been learning about and experiencing the local cultures, especially the music and dance. Sound and rhythm have a uniting quality – they seem to cross the language barrier.

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The Beauty of Botswana

By: Shaylee Cahoon, University of Vermont

This is the true beauty of Botswana, all the aspects of the environment we take for granted, or often completely disregard. But one of the best things about Round River is that we are outside for every one of these moments, so we always have the chance to appreciate them.

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Oh, Mud!

By: Cat Murphy, Ithaca College

Within five minutes of that turn, Lucy’s wheels lost traction and halted. A beast of a car, defeated by very soft, silty ground. For the entire five hours Lucy was stuck, I found a permanent smile plastered on my face. To be stuck in the mud in Botswana is where I’d choose to be over anything else.