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The Gray Ghost of Bangweulu: A Date with the Dinosaur

Posted on Sat May 2, 2026.
Shoebill in Bangweulu in Zambia. You can visit when you go on an organised trip with lowani travel.

There are some things in the African bush that just don’t look real. You see a leopard draped over a branch and you think elegance. You see an elephant and you think wisdom. But when you finally lock eyes with a Shoebill Stork in the middle of a Zambian swamp, the only word that comes to mind is prehistoric.

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