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Dale & Lucinda Cockrell’s adventures with animals in Africa, Part 2
A BABOON HOWLS, or yawns, showing it’s impressive teeth. “One tends to develop a love/hate relationship with the baboons — fascinating creatures in the wild but not so much those resident in the camps, who tend to be thieving, bullying, deceitful, criminally minded thugs,” the Cockrells say.
Photos by Dale Cockrell
February 6, 2025
We packed up early on this relatively cool day and headed the 72 km (45 miles) to Punda Maria, a trip that takes about three hours. Punda Maria is our favorite camp. It’s smaller than any of the others, more out-of-the-way, quieter, hilly, with fewer visitors, and is less “modern” (but still very comfortable).
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