Point of entry/exit for Mashatu Game Reserve. If entering or leaving Botswana by air, clear customs and passpot control here.

Thre Common Warthogs at the watering hole beside the Mashatu Main Camp

Sunset over the Mashatu Game Reserve

Bachalor male Impala looking for an alpha male with a herd to challange

Male lion pondering if these lionesses are ever going to get off their butts and hustle up some dinner.

Male lion pondering if these lionesses are ever going to get off their butts and hustle up some dinner.

A couple of lionesses laying about and not too concerned about dinner, yet.

A tree full of weaver nests

Elephants in a dry river bed trying to sniff out a place to dig for water

Elephants digging in the river bed trying to locate water.

Elephants digging in the river bed trying to locate water.

Elephants digging in the river bed trying to locate water.

Old Common Warthog with one broken tusk

Leopard up a tree, a place they spend lots of time to avoid confrontation with lions

Leopard up a tree, a place they spend lots of time to avoid confrontation with lions

A Commom Duiker on alert

Mother Elephant and child making a meal out of some dry vegetation. They eat almost any growing vegetation.

Our room at the Mashatu Main Camp Safari Lodge. Very nice accomodations

Our room at the Mashatu Main Camp Safari Lodge. Very nice accomodations

A Masai Giraffe, a most curious of animals

Herd of Impala

Pair of Greater Kudu, suspecious of our presence

A Greater Kudu

An infamous African Baobob Tree

A Masai Giraffe, a most curious of animals

A young male Masai Giraffe, knowing a single Lioness was not a threat, kept harassing the Lioness by approaching her until she was forced to get up and threaten to give chase. This process went on for some time until the Giraffe became bored with the game and moved on.

A young male Masai Giraffe, knowing a single Lioness was not a threat, kept harassing the Lioness by approaching her until she was forced to get up and threaten to give chase. This process went on for some time until the Giraffe became bored with the game and moved on.

A Masai Giraffe, a most curious of animals

Lioness resting in the shade of a tree while trying to locate her sisters so she can rejoin them

A young male Masai Giraffe, knowing a single Lioness was not a threat, kept harassing the Lioness by approaching her until she was forced to get up and threaten to give chase. This process went on for some time until the Giraffe became bored with the game and moved on.

A young male Masai Giraffe, knowing a single Lioness was not a threat, kept harassing the Lioness by approaching her until she was forced to get up and threaten to give chase. This process went on for some time until the Giraffe became bored with the game and moved on.

A Lioness taking it easy and showing no concern but a curosity about us

Leopard snoozing in a tree

Leopard snoozing in a tree

The snoozing Leopard is now awake. Something has caught its attention

The Leopard is now fully locked in on the disturbance. What was it?

The Leopard has wormed its way it between a couple of large limbs and quietly observes what is happening.

A large male East African Eland

A large male East African Eland

Black-backed Jackal

Mother Elephant with child in tow. Mothers and children hang out in herds while males tend to be solitary

Two juvenile Elephants testing each other in a tussle

Herd of female Elephants and their chldren

Two mother Elephants with very young children

Lioneses @ Mashatsu Safari Game Reserve in Botswana

Lioneses at Mashatsu Safari Game Reserve in Botswana

Lioneses at Mashatsu Safari Game Reserve in Botswana