University of Georgia

The University of Georgia is where Mark and Delia first met. They were graduate students when they decided to leave the university temporarily and undertake a wildlife research project on their own in Africa.

Johannesburg, South Africa

Johannesburg is the large South African city where Mark and Delia leave and enter the country. They also received their first large grant from the Frankfurt Zoological Society in Johannesburg.

Botswana

The Kalahari Desert is located in the African nation of Botswana.

Gaborone, Botswana

The town in Botswana in which Mark and Delia spend their first night in Africa and purchase their first Land Rover.

Central Kalahari Desert

The vast Central Kalahari Desert is where Mark and Delia Owens track the lion pride they named the Blue Pride for their wildlife research project and where they study the brown hyena.

Great Thirst

An immense track of land in...