Life at Luangwa National Park

Bateleur eagle seen on our walking safari.

Life at Wildlife Camp has been great. We have been able to settle in for a few days (6 days, actually) and really absorb lots of our surroundings. We have been going on game drives, both day and night drives, and also on walking safaris. This provided ample opportunity for everyone to do lots of good game viewing, collect quite a bit of data for the student research projects, and just relax and reflect on this harsh but beautiful part of Zambia. Cliché though it is, the pictures tell a lot more than any narrative I might write. Plus, time is running short.

We leave S. Luangwa today (3 June) and embark on the two day drive back to Lusaka. We will have one day in Lusaka to collect and organize ourselves for our flights, and then we have two days of flying home to Marquette. It will be hard to leave this place, and I think everyone hopes to return…

Part of the group during the walking safari. All walking safaris are accompanied by an armed scout

Some of the gang during the game drive, elephants in the background.



Scott and Emily during the game drive on the plains.



A male and female lion we encountered at close range during one of the night drives.

Nile monitor lizards inhabited the banks near our camp.



Ginger doing some vervet monkey observations for her project.



On night safaris, you always stop for a "sundowner" and get out of the vehicles. The women on the trip all gathered for this picture.

One of the many amazing sunsets over the luangwa river. Wish we could embed the sounds of the hippos chortling from the river below...