{"id":375,"date":"2009-11-03T07:52:37","date_gmt":"2009-11-03T07:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/?p=375"},"modified":"2016-10-03T13:40:33","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T11:40:33","slug":"savuti-national-park-botswana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/?p=375","title":{"rendered":"Savuti National Park, Botswana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From North Gate at Khwai village, Moremi&#8217;s last campsite, we drove almost all day trough dense bush and deep sand road to our next stop, Savuti camp, where we spent two days. They are large herds of elephants there and they used to pull the water pipes on campsites to access clean water, rather than drinking from the dirty waterhole, so they need to mask pipes under concrete blocks.<\/p>\n<p>Thirsty Eagle<br \/>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/wp-content\/Africa\/Savuti01.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/wp-content\/Africa\/Savuti02.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" \/><br \/>\nLittle bee-eater<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/wp-content\/Africa\/Savuti03.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/wp-content\/Africa\/Savuti04.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" \/><br \/>\nMongoose<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/wp-content\/Africa\/Savuti05.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" \/><br \/>\nElephants in Savuti<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/wp-content\/Africa\/Savuti06.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/wp-content\/Africa\/Savuti07.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/wp-content\/Africa\/Savuti08.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/wp-content\/Africa\/Savuti09.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/wp-content\/Africa\/Savuti10.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/wp-content\/Africa\/Savuti11.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/wp-content\/Africa\/Savuti12.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/wp-content\/Africa\/Savuti13.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/wp-content\/Africa\/Savuti14.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/wp-content\/Africa\/Savuti15.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/wp-content\/Africa\/Savuti16.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/wp-content\/Africa\/Savuti17.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/wp-content\/Africa\/Savuti18.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" \/><br \/>\nFull Moon party<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/wp-content\/Africa\/Savuti19.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/wp-content\/Africa\/Savuti20.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" \/><br \/>\nA lilac-breasted roller<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/wp-content\/Africa\/Savuti21.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/wp-content\/Africa\/Savuti22.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" \/><br \/>\nHerd of Gnus<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/wp-content\/Africa\/Savuti23.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/wp-content\/Africa\/Savuti24.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" \/><br \/>\nA yellow-billed hornbill<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/wp-content\/Africa\/Savuti25.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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