"The Okavango Delta" a Okavango Travel Page by kucha

The Okavango River rises in the highlands of Angola & flows southeast into the Kalahari, where it spreads out into a delta formation covering over 15,000 square kilometers with a lush water wilderness of papyrus swamps, shallow reed-beds and floodplains, dotted with islands & laced with a network of channels.

This is a unique environment: there's nowhere else quite like it. It's an amazing, world-class destination for wildlife, from birds to big game. It's also a wonderful place to relax after more strenuous overland safaris.

Gliding silently in a mokoro (a dugout canoe), you can watch the wildlife at eye level. Often it's the smaller things that catch your eye, like the tropical fish that flash through the clear waters or the iridescent malachite kingfishers that dive for them. However, iIt might take your guide's keen eyes to spot the terrapins basking on floating logs, or a fish eagle just perching, watching and waiting. Sometimes it's larger animals - red lechwe wading through the shallows, or elephants on the islands - while all around, water lilies bloom and birds call.

Being poled in a dugout canoe through lagoons crammed with water lilies
Tracking big game on foot
Peaceful fishing excursions
Choice of game drive, game walk, canoe or motor boat safari
Exceptional animal watching
Abundant birdlife
Exquisite thatched lodges and tented camps providing luxury in the bush
Watching animals at waterholes
Exceptional variety of scenery

Okavango is accessed by air from the gateway town of Maun, Botswana. Flying time to the lodges is between 20 and 60 minutes.