Drumbeat Safaris

18/03/2024

A small video from MAWS... the Maun Animal Welfare Society...showing the amazing work they are doing. Drumbeat Safaris is happy and proud to be one of their donors.

15/03/2024

15/03/2024

For years Drumbeat Safaris has been sponsoring the Maun Animal Welfare Society (MAWS) with a monthly donation, so they can keep doing their good work.
KHWAI VACCINATION DRIVE
2024
For the third year in a row, Maun Animal Welfare Society (MAWS) and Botswana Predator Conservation (BPC) planned a vaccination drive in the Khwai area, with the financial support from Natural Selection and Chitabe Camp.
The purpose of the vaccination drive is to create a “buffer zone” between domestic dogs that live in the villages/livestock areas and the adjacent African wild dog populations residing in the protected areas and WMAs, by vaccinating domestic dog populations. Domestic dogs were given a 5 in 1 vaccination which prevents canine distemper, parvovirus, parainfluenza, and two types of adenovirus (hepatitis), along with a rabies vaccination. Animals were also dewormed and given treatment for flea and ticks. Any cats seen during the vaccination drive were also vaccinated and treated for parasites.

We visited Shorobe on the 16th of February, with a team of 2 veterinary surgeons, Lucie and Tryntsje, and the assistants Carmen, Vasco, Charlie and Methla. Since we had vets on the team, we also offered sterilizations and we set-up our mobile clinic in the Kgotla. The response of the community was very good and we had a very busy day.
We sterilized in Shorobe a total of 29 animals and vaccinated/treated for parasites a total of 43 animals.
No signs of distemper or rabies were observed on the area, two dogs were diagnosed with TVT (transmissible venereal tumor) and the owners committed to bring them to our clinic to get them treated.

We visited Khwai, Mababe and Sankoyo on the 29th of February, 1st and 2nd of March. A team, consisting on the nurses Jackie and Petra and the assistants Surge and Charlie, drove through every household of the villages to make sure everyone had a chance to be vaccinated.

No signs of rabies, distemper or TVT (transmissible venereal tumor) were observed on the area. Many signs of injuries and reports of losses due to wild animals) in Khwai village, with an increased problem with lions. The night before of our team doing the vaccination drive, 6 dogs (4 in one household and 2 in another one) were reported lost due to lions attack.
In Mababe village, the opposite situation is happening. They are not suffering lion attacks as in the past, and now their dog population is out of control. We have seen how the population has doubled since we were there in January 2023, going from 42 vaccinations to 78. The locals are begging us to come back and do sterilizations there. Their resources are very scarce, struggling to feed and even give water to so many dogs, even with the support from surrounding lodges (that bring food leftovers to feed the dogs in the village). Besides that, DWNP only allows 1 dog per person, to reduce the risk of poaching, so they could come and reduce the dog population for themselves if we don’t help them soon. Bringing sterilizations to Mababe should be a priority for us in the coming months.

25/12/2023

We wish our friends and guests (future and past) and all our agents a Merry Christmas and a Wonderful New Year.
This is the Tree of Light, shining brightly every night in Maun... and it is raining today, which is just wonderful!

06/05/2023

Sniffing the early morning air.

25/03/2023

Just done the first safari of this year... The CKGR was amazing. So lucky to see 2 Cheetah, just a bit to dark to photograph them... so a sunset instead...

29/11/2022

One morning in Moremi...

29/11/2022

A few more photo's from Jan and Linda....

24/11/2022

24/11/2022

Jan and Linda, who came on safari with us in October, asked me to post the following on their behalf.... and sent me some amazing photo's to choose from... here is the first selection.

Alweer een week thuis uit Botswana na een geweldige privé kampeer Safari met Drumbeat! De safari heeft al onze verwachtingen overtroffen! Wat een luxe en wat zijn we verwend! Het was tot in de puntjes verzorgd. We bedanken Onna en Jimmy voor de heerlijke maaltijden en lekkere warme douches. Onze super gids Kabelo bedanken we voor de mooie drives, spotten van wildlife en informatie over de Okovango delta. Annelies bedankt voor je geweldige organisatie en je prettige gezelschap! Tot over 2 jaar.

16/10/2022

A few more images from our last safaris. Thanks Scott!

30/09/2022

Good morning... Guests have gone out on a game drive... camp is quiet.

31/08/2022

It is impossible to describe the safaris we just have completed... the game is just amazing in Moremi at the moment... here are a few of the images Scott has taken on our last trip...