Water Lily Lodge Botswana

... off it's perch from sunning itself in the marsh and disappears beneath the water's surface. I stare down into the water, lily flowers are seemingly strung together in horizontal fashion, attached to river reeds and plants leaving a natureza too beautiful ...

... to be careful of Hippos and Crocs ... our Mokoro drifts through island of Papyrus plants and through large lakes of hundreds of amazing water lily ... a stunning sight to behold ... we land on an island and quickly set up our bush camp for the evening ... ...

... into a series of inlets and narrow channels, lined with tall reeds, papyrus, hibiscus, and the occasional crocodile; water chestnut and water lily dotted the channel. Game viewing wasn't prime, given our position low on the water and surrounded by the ...

... We headed back to camp once again and prepared to go out in the makuros one more time to watch the sun set over the water, reeds and lily pads. A sunset like this is hard to describe, and even harder to forget. We actually watched the sun sink into the ...

Today we headed off to the main part of our trip - a safari in Botswana. The safari was organized by Orient Express Safaris and I think it's safe to say that once again Carrie and I have destroyed a potential future honeymoon site. Oh well. We left ...