Reportages - Tales from Chobe (100) Images supplémentaires...
"To describe convincingly the sheer magic of the Chobe National Park in Northern Botswana is an impossible task. You can tell people that the magnificent Chobe River sustains the largest population of African elephants in the world. You can describe the adrenaline rush of photographing hippos at eye-level, or tell of the kingfishers hovering overhead and the comical behaviour of Chacma baboons as they cross the river. But somehow your efforts to convey Chobe’s magic will always fall short of the real experience."

So says Lou Coetzer, who has been visiting Chobe for over two decades, witnessing nature’s dramas unfolding before his eyes in one of Africa’s greatest wildlife regions.

Download our full story PDF, including text, here.

African jacana (Actophilornis africana) chick, one day, standing on leaf, Chobe River, Botswana, April.
01464006
Lou Coetzer / African jacana (Actophilornis africana) chick, one day, standing on leaf, Chobe River, Botswana, April.
Two Hippopotamuses (Hippopotamus amphibius) fighting, Chobe River, Botswana, November.
01467022
Lou Coetzer / Two Hippopotamuses (Hippopotamus amphibius) fighting, Chobe River, Botswana, November.
Tiger fish fights back by  biting back of throat of Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) that is trying to catch it, Chobe River, Botswana, November.
01466987
Lou Coetzer / Tiger fish fights back by biting back of throat of Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) that is trying to catch it, Chobe River, Botswana, November.
Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) feeding on Tiger fish, Chobe River, Botswana, November.
01464126
Lou Coetzer / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) feeding on Tiger fish, Chobe River, Botswana, November.
Bull African elephants (Loxodonta africana) spread out on the banks of the Chobe River, Botswana, October, Vulnerable species.
01463997
Lou Coetzer / Bull African elephants (Loxodonta africana) spread out on the banks of the Chobe River, Botswana, October, Vulnerable species.
Two young Waterbucks (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) playing, Chobe River, Botswana, August.
01464077
Lou Coetzer / Two young Waterbucks (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) playing, Chobe River, Botswana, August.
Juvenile Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) being fed in mid air, Chobe River, Botswana.
01463793
Lou Coetzer / Juvenile Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) being fed in mid air, Chobe River, Botswana.
African skimmer (Rynchops flavirostris) attacking Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) Skimmer Island, Chobe River, Botswana.
01463917
Lou Coetzer / African skimmer (Rynchops flavirostris) attacking Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) Skimmer Island, Chobe River, Botswana.
Reed cormorant (Microcarbo africanus) sitting on partially submerged Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) Chobe River, Botswana, May, Vulnerable species.
01464147
Lou Coetzer / Reed cormorant (Microcarbo africanus) sitting on partially submerged Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) Chobe River, Botswana, May, Vulnerable species.
Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) narrowly missing tree squirrel jumping away, Chobe River, Botswana.
01463892
Lou Coetzer / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) narrowly missing tree squirrel jumping away, Chobe River, Botswana.
Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) with Cape turtle dove (Streptopelia capicola) in jaws, Chobe River, Botswana, March.
01463887
Lou Coetzer / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) with Cape turtle dove (Streptopelia capicola) in jaws, Chobe River, Botswana, March.
Juvenile African jacana (Actophilornis africana) looking at insect on flower, Chobe River, Botswana, April.
01464007
Lou Coetzer / Juvenile African jacana (Actophilornis africana) looking at insect on flower, Chobe River, Botswana, April.