The Safari Series - Part Two

The Safari Series: Part Two: Seba Camp

When we left Duma Tau (Part One, here) I was so upset. The place is like paradise and we had honestly never been looked after in such a fantastic way before. I was really worried that the next two camps would be a total let down compared to Duma Tau and that we’d end up just wishing that we were back there… how wrong could I be! 

The flight from Duma Tau to Seba took about an hour, it was in the worlds tiniest plane (probably not, but the smallest I’d ever been in with only 6 seats!!), it was boiling hot and I don’t travel well at the best of times, so by the time we arrived I had filled the lovely souvenir bag they provide! Feeling quite sorry for myself meant that the welcome at Seba was even more appreciated! Tsono, our guide, greeted us at the airstrip and took a leisurely drive back to camp. On that drive we’d already seen elephants (Ele’s), baboons and velvet monkeys! We were chuffed to bits already! 

On arrival at the camp we were greeted in the most wonderful way, the staff had lined up and welcomed us in with traditional African song and dance. It was amazing! As at Duma Tau, we were offered drinks and a chance to freshen up before being shown to our ‘tent’. The tent was beautiful and the setting was stunning, it was Andrew’s favourite outlook, but probably our least favourite tent – because we had a few eight legged issues, my biggest fear. 

The staff were wonderful and Tsono was probably our favourite guide. He was fantastic at what he does and he taught us so much. If you ever go to the Abu concession, ask for Tsono. 

We were lucky enough to see two wild dogs, which hadn’t been seen for over a month, they were high on our wish list so we were amazed to see them twice in the same day and even having a snack on a kudu… not so nice! 

Drew really wanted to see hyena’s and bless Tsono, he took us to the den every day but they just weren’t home. We had our best elephant experiences at Seba, with elephants all around the land rover and several ele’s even interacting with us and giving us a wave! Tsono did also take us to see a dead elephant, which I found quite upsetting but at the same time truly amazing. You can really get a sense of just HOW big they are when they’re led out on the floor. This ele died after a fight with another one, and had been dead for a few months. Graphic photo below, but you can see from the amount of bird poo on him how many animal’s he’s fed. Nothing eats the skin, so he just had large holes in him and he’ll be eaten from the inside out. Eventually the hyena’s might eat the bones.

The staff at this camp were amazing. It was really quiet and they gave us the most wonderful private lunches and dinners. Every single one of the staff were amazing, constantly topping up drinks and checking that all was OK. During one private lunch we watched an elephant grazing along the front of our tent, before going for a swim in the water. I’d never seen anything like it, he was splashing around, doing water acrobatics, he even had his legs up at one point! It was so amazing, eating the most wonderful pasta whilst watching this elephant having such a good time. I think that’s up there with the favourite memories of my life.

Our trusty Land Rover!

TEENY BABY *heart eyes*

One of our private lunches - from here we watched the elephant in the water for ages!

We only had two short nights at Seba, and we were gutted to leave (well, minus the eight legged monsters). The breakfasts every morning were fab too, all sat round the fire having giraffe toast (toasted on a wire rack that looks like a giraffe print!) and porridge. Our two nights went way too quickly. Oh how I wish we were back there now, enjoying a sundowner on the airstrip and chatting away to Tsono about all of our pets. 

After another stop off to try and catch the hyena's in their den, it was on to another small plane and our last stop in Botswana, Chitabe Lediba. 

See you there? 

Ems xx