that night, Karo camped at a veterinary control post. Locals adviced her to stop camping in the bush in the northern part of the country. She was adviced to rather camp near settlements. The reason: Botswana is basically one big National Park and wildlife was everywhere, including big wildlife, like elephants, buffalos and lions. Thus, since animals avoid people, it was safer to camp near people. There was no guarantee that an elephant wouldn’t accidentally step on Karo’s tent at night, if she was somewhere in the bush and so Karo followed the local advice …
Karo's Journey 