We have tried to divide our reports in a purposeful way, so that in addition to the beginnings and the learning, we also have to end with a word about community, togetherness and belonging. After all, although the main purpose of our study trip was to acquire and apply knowledge, we were not in a military training camp, but in a wildlife biology camp with a good atmosphere.

To illustrate our ongoing happy mood, here are short stories about each of the three main ingredients. One of the guarantors of this good mood were our local hosts and friends. Apart from being excellent organisers and thoughtful hosts, I think we could also consider them as friends by the end. The essence of the short illustrative story is that one day we Sopron instructors decided to treat our new friends to a Hungarian game stew, for which we had already prepared a home-made spicy paprika stew and since we had onions and red wine, and the deer meat had been temporarily replaced by kudu meat, it was only an afternoon's work. We did this while teaching our black friends Hungarian songs, and by the evening the work was done. The team that had arrived from the afternoon field programme was then welcomed in the dining tent with a game stew, as usual. The starving group arrived and sat down to dinner, all of them excited (we thought it was the quality of the food), and when everyone had gathered, Matusi, who was sitting in the tent, dipped his spoon into the food and then firmly put the spoon down, grimaced and said in his Hungarian accent: "This is not good. We could not speak for the first time, and then the then spit it out pithy reply and the loud guffawing of the students who had been recruited greeted the performance.

The other and most important driving force behind our programme was Erika Csányi, who was one of the founders, and who kept the community awake and moving with her strong ideas, her eternal will to do something, her good-natured encouragement.

And of course, the third ingredient in the mix was the students involved. As the days went by, they became a real team, bringing good humour and fun to everyday life. We can't forget that we held our first university course evening in Botswana, which was also a baptism of Balaek course evening. At the suggestion of our students, we welcomed Erika Csányi, a former student of our university, as a university citizen in an English-language course, who was baptised as "Good Soul".

Unfortunately, the field programmes were over, but the adventure was not over yet. After the camp days, we moved into the campsite in the town of Maun and began the last few days of social work. Here we had a lot to do, from tree planting organised by the Knyphausen Foundation, to playful teaching at the "Junior Ranger" camp for local children, to camp building and dismantling. We also spent a day learning about the culture of the people of Botswana, their folklore and food. Since we were back to civilisation (by African standards) for these last few days, we had TV here, so we could also watch the World Cup in the evenings.

Of course, everything comes to an end, and this was no different. The plane landed the team at Ferihegy on 12 July. And now we're back home, full of experiences, with a little better English and a different outlook on life.

We are very grateful to the Fauna and Flora Foundation and its founder for our incredible experience. We participants were very fortunate and we can only hope that there will be others after us who will be lucky enough to see this wonder and experience it.

Thanks and never-ending gratitude to the Foundation's patron, our supporter.

Erika Csányi, Dr Ferenc Jánoska and Dr Gyula Sándor