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Written October 13, 2015 By Louise Bishop (University of Alaska, Fairbanks) Dumela! Yesterday marked three weeks since we arrived in Botswana. We are currently staying at Banoka camp, in the Khwai concession area. Although it’s cliché to say, time really…
By Annie Foxen (Carleton College) Dumela from Botswana! Another day in Africa, can’t complain. After waking up at 5:30am, we got to watch another brilliant orange sun rise over our breakfast of oatmeal and rooibos tea, looking forward to another…
By Sierra Moen (Middlebury College) To echo previous blogs, Africa is a free place beyond imagination. Wild animals dot the landscape, with Cape buffalo, impala, giraffe, ostrich, and zebra a stone’s throw from camp. Contrary to popular belief (hi…
Written October 6, 2015 By Forrest Rosenbower (Northland College) The last two weeks have been some of the best times of my life. This is both because of the amazing location we are in as well as the incredible…
Written October 3, 2015 By Lauren Sadowski (University of Vermont) In an attempt to sleep later than usual in the beautifully wild Khwai bush of Botswana, I was pleasantly awoken by several repetitive and piercing howls of some very…