Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Profile on Guide, Kagiso Gabanne

Guide: Kagiso Gabanne
Camp Moremi

Goes by: Kagiso (which means “peace” in Setswana)
Date of Birth: March 10, 1962
Home village: Etsha 6
Desert & Delta guide since: 2003

Favorite animal or bird: Leopard because “he’s more difficult than other animals to see him.”

Favorite reference book or tool: “Newman’s Birds of Southern African Birds” by Kenneth Newman

Favorite food: maize meal

Special talent: carving wooden animals

A hope for his lifetime: “To do good things in my life.”

Most memorable experience at Camp Moremi: One night he heard something moving outside his room. He opened his door and found a hippo standing face-to-face with him, “just standing watching me. I go back and close (the door) very quick. I wonder when I can get out. I go back and dream of hippo coming in my room.”

Best thing about Camp Moremi: “Most of the animals are here.”

What makes Botswana special: “I think the people living in Botswana are most friendly. It’s a peaceful country and has good game that people like to come and see.”

Interviewed by Maria Henson, volunteer, Desert & Delta Safaris

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