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.

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Juvenile African jacana (Actophilornis africana) chick standing on one leg on leaf, Chobe River, Botswana, April.
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Lou Coetzer / Juvenile African jacana (Actophilornis africana) chick standing on one leg on leaf, Chobe River, Botswana, April.
African jacana (Actophilornis africana) chick running on water, Chobe River, Botswana, May.
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Lou Coetzer / African jacana (Actophilornis africana) chick running on water, Chobe River, Botswana, May.
African jacana (Actophilornis africana) chick running between water lily pads, Chobe River, Botswana, April.
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Lou Coetzer / African jacana (Actophilornis africana) chick running between water lily pads, Chobe River, Botswana, April.
Female African jacana (Actophilornis africana) pulling water lily flower bud, Chobe River, Botswana, September.
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Lou Coetzer / Female African jacana (Actophilornis africana) pulling water lily flower bud, Chobe River, Botswana, September.
African jacana (Actophilornis africana) feeding on water lily bud, Chobe River, Botswana, November.
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Lou Coetzer / African jacana (Actophilornis africana) feeding on water lily bud, Chobe River, Botswana, November.
Male African jacana (Actophilornis africanus) walking carrying chicks under wing, Chobe River, Botswana.
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Lou Coetzer / Male African jacana (Actophilornis africanus) walking carrying chicks under wing, Chobe River, Botswana.
Four African jacana (Actophilornis africana) chicks legs dangling from under male's wing, Chobe River, Botswana.
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Lou Coetzer / Four African jacana (Actophilornis africana) chicks legs dangling from under male's wing, Chobe River, Botswana.
Male African jacana (Actophilornis africana) rescuing chick from water, Chobe River, Botswana.
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Lou Coetzer / Male African jacana (Actophilornis africana) rescuing chick from water, Chobe River, Botswana.
Male African jacana (Actophilornis africana) with chick on water lily pads, Chobe River, Botswana, March.
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Lou Coetzer / Male African jacana (Actophilornis africana) with chick on water lily pads, Chobe River, Botswana, March.
Female African jacana (Actophilornis africana) attacking male, Chobe River, Botswana, October.
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Lou Coetzer / Female African jacana (Actophilornis africana) attacking male, Chobe River, Botswana, October.
Juvenile African jacana (Actophilornis africanus) walking off large leaf into water, Chobe River, Botswana, April.
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Lou Coetzer / Juvenile African jacana (Actophilornis africanus) walking off large leaf into water, Chobe River, Botswana, April.
African jacana (Actophilornis africana) chick running across water surface between water lily pads, Chobe River, Botswana, May.
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Lou Coetzer / African jacana (Actophilornis africana) chick running across water surface between water lily pads, Chobe River, Botswana, May.