Running Toward Lions: A Mokoro Canoe Journey Into Botswana’s Okavango Delta
“Lion!” Gabolyo’s shout splits the morning air just as his pole thuds deep into the shallow waters of the Okavango Delta. With one powerful push, he thrusts our narrow mokoro toward the muddy shore. Before I fully understand what’s happening, he leaps out—barefoot, agile, and alert—urging us with sharp hand gestures to follow. I grab…
