Swamp Troop

The Film

Swamp Troop (aka Swamp of the Baboons) is a tale of tragedy and triumph, fatherhood and friendship in a troop of baboons that inhabit the watery world of Botswana’s Okavango Delta. Against the dramatic backdrop of riverine forests and wildlife-rich floodplains, Swamp Troop takes us into the heart of baboon society. We meet Boro, the [...]

The Okavango Delta

For the downstream wonder that is the Okavango Delta the journey begins in a place at the end of the earth. At least that’s how early Portuguese explorers described the south eastern highlands of Angola – as terras do fim do Mundo. Here, a dozen or so streams bubble to life and slowly join forces [...]

Chacma Baboons

Of the five species of baboon, only the chacma (Papio ursinus) occurs in southern Africa. They range from Namibia to Mozambique; from the floodplains of the Okavango Delta, to the mountains of the Drakensburg; from the bushveld of the interior, to the beaches of the Cape peninsula – wherever there’s water, and trees or cliffs [...]

The Filmmakers

We have long held a fascination for Chacma baboons, so these highly entertaining, intelligent animals were an obvious choice for our first film. Since baboons are persecuted as vermin throughout most of their range, we aimed to portray the sensitive side of these highly-social primates to promote a more enlightened understanding of their behaviour.
Since we [...]

Conservation

Sadly our primate cousins have suffered greatly at our hands. Baboons’ similarity to humans has made them ideal candidates for cruel and controversial laboratory experiments. And their supreme adaptability has created a slew of new opportunities for them, as humans continue to invade their range. Quite simply, we are two species competing for the same [...]

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