In this special post I’ve put together some of the coolest photos from my two weeks in southern Africa, that somehow never made it into the write-ups.
![Kudu doe.](https://i0.wp.com/www.goingsideways.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/07-kudu-doe.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1)
![Two vervet monkeys clambering over a log, intending to steal treats from the sanctuary elephants.](https://i0.wp.com/www.goingsideways.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/18-vervet-monkeys-stealing-treats.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
from the sanctuary elephants
![Leisurely giraffe blocking traffic.](https://i0.wp.com/www.goingsideways.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/02-leisurely-giraffe-blocking-traffic.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1)
![Maribou stork](https://i0.wp.com/www.goingsideways.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/03-maribou-stork.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1)
![Crimson-breasted shrike, sitting on a dead tree limb.](https://i0.wp.com/www.goingsideways.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/04-crimson-brested-shrike.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1)
![Diamond-backed terrapin (they're fast).](https://i0.wp.com/www.goingsideways.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/05-diamond-back-terrapin.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.goingsideways.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/06-juvenile-crocodile.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Lioness jumping the tracks](https://i0.wp.com/www.goingsideways.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/08-lioness-jumping-the-tracks.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1)
![Determined elephant.](https://i0.wp.com/www.goingsideways.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/10-determined-elephant-768x1024.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1)
![Zebras, with their reflection in a pond.](https://i0.wp.com/www.goingsideways.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/12-zebras-reflected.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1)
![Lioness napping in the shade. She is lying on her back with her head and forelegs twisted toward the camera.](https://i0.wp.com/www.goingsideways.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/11-lioness-napping-in-the-shade.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Kori bustard (the national bird of Botswana)](https://i0.wp.com/www.goingsideways.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/13-kori-bustard.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1)
![Ground hornbills.](https://i0.wp.com/www.goingsideways.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/14-ground-hornbills.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Male ostrich showing himself off for the females (indicated by his neck posture). There are a couple of zebras in the background.](https://i0.wp.com/www.goingsideways.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/15-male-ostrich-showing-himself-off.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1)
![Leopard tortoise.](https://i0.wp.com/www.goingsideways.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/16-leopard-tortoise.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1)
![The view from the tracker's seat. They let me ride there for a little while.](https://i0.wp.com/www.goingsideways.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/17-view-from-the-trackers-seat.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1)
Next post: first stop in Uganda — what is it like, in the headwaters of the great Nile? Stay tuned!
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