Our next stop was Duba Plains, a Wilderness Safaris camp, located on the northeast part of the Okavango Delta.  It is renowned for its lions and buffalo.  Like many of the camps in the delta, the lodge and tents are on an island.  We got to it over this bridge which we were assured was stronger than it looked and sounded.

Here's Bill at our tent.  The tents were up on stilts because the water will rise right up to the deck by May.

Here's the view from our tent.  They said this would be entirely under water in about ten days.  Again, lucky timing on our part.

When we went out on game drives, we drove through this 'road', which was already water covered.  The little red arrow shows the breather so the vehicle could go in deep water--it was over the bumpers.  Our ranger was James, often called Double O Seven to distinguish him from the new, much younger, James, a manager and guide.

Three days later, when we left Duba Plains, you can see how much wider the way is because of the rising water, now nearly over the hood.  You couldn't see the water moving at all, it just got bigger.  The hat belongs to a fellow named Dick from Canada--he has come to this camp for the last eight years--he's 85, totally deaf, and takes wonderful photographs.  The staff all revere him and are so nice--he's like one of the family.

The water is already starting up the bridge as we went over it again on the last day there.  Fortunately, the area that we went to on the game drives was the famous Duba Plain and was not in the water part of the delta--yet.

Duba Plains has been used a lot for studying and filming lions and buffalo.  They are very lucky to have four lion prides.  The main pride does all its hunting in the daytime--easy to see them at work--which we did !!!