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Exploring the hippo highway and a watery wilderness in Botswana

6 January 2018

9:00 AM

6 January 2018

9:00 AM

There is a distinct nip in the air as I slide quietly from the riverbank into the water. November may be the start of Botswana’s summer, but in the early morning a fleece is still an essential item of clothing. The hippo have finished their nightly wanderings, returning along the ‘hippo highway’ to their watery abodes.

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