Sue Christie

This is it- Pure Heaven.

The Okovongo Delta, Moremi National and the other National Parks of Botswana Southern Africa are truly the nature of all things. I’m not really religious, but I can’t help think of Adam and Eve, and then Darwin. Heaven could well be right here on this little part of planet earth.

Let’s hope we can take care of this gift we’ve been given.

It might sound clichéd, but above and beyond everything else, it’s the sun sets that blow one away. Only the mind can truly capture them – cameras and canvasses are unable to do any kind of justice.

Within the orange sunset the hippo`s bob up and down in the water, surrounded by bubbles – and who knows who the bubbles actually belong to? The hippos? The crocodiles? Tilapias, fish or frogs?

I can only delight at the incredible beauty that surrounds me whilst traversing the lily and reed alleyways. The sensory and aesthetic impact of the waterways and the lilies is almost just too much to bear, the sounds of bird calls like bells beckoning one to stay, to pray.

Thanks to Grant our nature guide in Botswana not insignificant catering and organisational skills, setting up camp is done with military precision. In a matter moments we are settled and relaxed and flowing at a pace that fits exactly with the incredible surroundings.

The camp-fire is surrounded by a warm, earthy rumble, almost a purr. If you tilt back in your comfy camping chair you see that the sky is filled with flashes of electric light as a Sputnik or shooting star goes by.

All of this comes courtesy of a man who is as passionate about the bush as he is about sharing this piece of heaven with you. I think they call it a virtuous cycle. Regardless, the end result is an experience that one will never find anywhere else. Grant truly does deliver indigenous delights – and while everyone in the tourist business uses the same language and claims the same features, Grant actually understands that the tide of the delta moves to its own rhythm, rocking one into a lullaby of a different sort, guided by the sun, moon and stars.

The hard part about telling stories about ones incredible experiences is what to leave out. Will it be the color of the lily’s- the yellow of the stamens, the whites and lilacs, blues? Or the color of the blackened waters of the delta? The Mopani tree forests? The antelope? or the armada of butterflies sailing by perhaps the carnivores? The list is just too long, the decisions too hard. Ultimately, I have to resign myself to my inability to paint this picture with words – even words that have pictures to help them along.

The bottom line is explore the safari booking options or we will tailor make the Safari to meet your  needs, be it a mobile camping  safari or just to lie back and relax in the lap of luxury. Contact me at sue@suechristie.com

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