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Savute Under Canvas

Savute Under Canvas is situated in the Savute region of the Chobe National Park which encompasses 11 700 km2 of wilderness, bordered in the north by the beautiful Chobe River, and buffered on all sides by wildlife management areas and forest reserves allowing for the free movement of game. A wildlife enthusiast’s dream, Chobe National Park is one of the top wilderness reserves in the world and is home to the largest single concentration of elephant.

PUFFADDER VS. OWL & MONKEYS

The morning game drive to the Marabou pan turned out rather interesting as we watched a giant eagle owl hitting a puffadder, which looked to be about 45cm long, and left it half dead in the middle of the road. The big owl did not stay because it had been attacked by many other birds.

The vervet monkeys close by made a lot of alarm calls which alerted us oth the owl's presence. The monkeys came down the trees to 'investigate' and take a look at the puffadder and after 30 minutes the owl left the site. They kept coming closer to the snake, but when it made movements all went up the tree again.

We left the scene, continuing on to other places and on our way back, we wanted to check on the puffadder, but we found that it was missing!

Posted: Savute Under Canvas by Morgan Matengu, Date: 11 May 2012