Cry of the Kalahari other African carnivores. "Cry of the Kalahari" is the personal story of the Owens' encounters with these and a myriad of other animals and depicts their own struggle to live and work in such an inhospitable and unforgiving environment. "Cry of the Kalahari" was a national and international bestseller, translated into seven languages and is the 1985 John Burroughs Medal winner. Cry of the Kalahari Cry of the Kalahari (1984) is an autobiographical book detailing two young American zoologists, Mark and Delia Owens, and their experience studying wildlife in the Kalahari desert in Botswana in the mid-1970s. There they lived
La Guajira Desert by xeric scrubland, which is home to a large variety of flora and fauna. The National Natural Park of Macuira, established in 1977, is a tropical oasis located in the La Guajira Desert. The park covers in La Guajira’s only mountain chain and ranges in altitude from sea level to . It has a warm climate that averages about . La Guajira Desert The La Guajira Desert is a desert located in northern Colombia and Venezuela, approximately north of Bogotá, covering most of the La Guajira Peninsula at the northernmost tip of South America. Most of the region is within