By Roxanne Reid
When you stay at unfenced camps in Botswana’s Okavango Delta – that special wilderness sanctuary for wildlife – chances are you’ll meet a wild animal or two on your walks around camp. At Chitabe Lediba we enjoyed a visit from an elephant, a large-spotted genet and a few tree squirrels. If you work there, you might have some hairier stories to tell.
When you stay at unfenced camps in Botswana’s Okavango Delta – that special wilderness sanctuary for wildlife – chances are you’ll meet a wild animal or two on your walks around camp. At Chitabe Lediba we enjoyed a visit from an elephant, a large-spotted genet and a few tree squirrels. If you work there, you might have some hairier stories to tell.
Chitabe Lediba general manager Lentswe Moalosi certainly does. Prompt him and he can reel off stories about close encounters with elephants and lions. It’s not uncommon when you live in the bush. And he wouldn’t have it any other way.
Moalosi is a big man with a big personality and a ready laugh that erupts as a deep rumble. He doesn’t even mind a good chuckle at his own expense. Watch the video below to find out why almost everyone in camp smiles or giggles when you ask: ‘So what’s this story about Moalosi and the black mamba?’
* This is part of a series called Voices of Botswana, which shares the stories of some of the people we met on our Botswana adventure. You can find them all in the people category of this blog.
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