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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.
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.
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.
By: Stephanie Holmes, Carleton College
Seeing incredible wildlife on transects is cool, but have you ever had them wreck your camp? This was the predicament we faced in Mababe, our last concession of the semester, where baboons, hyenas, mice, and even the weather teamed up to destroy as much as they could.
By: Berkley Scharmann, Weber State University
Our group was lucky enough to get the opportunity to travel to Victoria Falls, one of the seven natural wonders of the world […] Entering the park was being transported somewhere else […] When walking around the humidity got thicker and it seemed as if it was drizzling. The water was hitting so strongly at the bottom of the canyon that it came back up, creating the illusion that it was raining.