Goes by: Solomon
Date of Birth: April 14, 1983
Home village: Etsha 13
Desert & Delta guide since: September 2007Favorite animal or bird: Leopard because “normally when it kills its prey, it takes it up the tree and doesn’t want to be disturbed by any animal. I like the Woodland Kingfisher, a summer visitor. Once you hear the Woodland Kingfisher calling, it indicates that in 2-3 days it will be raining. That’s why I go for it.”
Favorite reference book or tool: “Sasol Birds of Southern Africa” by Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey and Warwick Tarboton
Favorite food: papa and beef seswaa
Special talent: singing and traditional dancing
A hope for his lifetime: ”I prefer to get married, then I can settle down with my wife.”
Most memorable experience at Leroo La Tau: “I saw two females and the male rhinos. I stopped in the car. They were maybe 10 metres away, and they started coming to the vehicle. They were just sniffing. I was having two guests, and I told them, ‘Don’t speak.’ They (the three rhinos) came four metres to the vehicle.”
Best thing about Leroo La Tau: The migration of animals, like blue wildebeest and zebras, through LLT.
What makes Botswana special: “The delta. The wild animals that we’ve got. Same applies to the people in Botswana: We’re very peaceful. Even if you meet somebody on the way, they will stop and tell you which way you want to go.”
Interviewed by Maria Henson, volunteer, Desert & Delta Safaris
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