Back To Camp
Category: Uncategorized | Date: Nov 08 2008 | By: elephantsofbotswana
I am currently in the hussle and bussle which is Johannesbug International Airport awaiting my flight up to Maun . I am not sure if I have a flight up to camp on the same day - it will depend on whether Cally (the star of the EBS office) has managed to find a cheap diversion for me. I hope so as I am desperate to see the elephants, and hear and smell the bush. Last time I was in camp I had to sleep on the platform of an old bathroom - exposed to the elements bar a mosquito net - I am assured that this time they can accomodate me!!! I really hope so as I was not happy sharing my home with the baboon and a hive of hornets!!! If there is no accomodation I am going to buy a pup tent.
I look forward to updating you from the bush
Best wishes
Kate
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Hi, I am Kate Evans, or more commonly known as Elephant Kate. I am a zoologist whose great love is elephants. Since 2002 I have been living my dream by researching elephants in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. I decided I was going to be an elephant researcher when I was seven. I was living in Asia at the time and visited the elephant orphanage in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It was there that I made up my mind I was going to work for these majestic and intelligent animals. I made a promise to an elephant and we all know an elephant never forgets!!!! It took me 20 years to finally realise my dream and start my life as an elephant researcher. It was 20 years well spent and now I have to pinch myself most days to make sure it is true and I am living my dream.
I now head up a team who are researching the elephants and trying to work out the social and ecological needs of the largest remaining population of the African elephant. From time to time, other team members will add their thoughts and experiences. I love sharing my experiences - so I hope that this blog is a medium through which you will be able to join the elephants and I on our adventures in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. -
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One Response to “Back To Camp”
Fred Smilek, on 27 Jan 2009
Wow good luck in the bush. I am happy to see another person that cares as much about wildlife preservation as I do. More about me.
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