If it's wildlife you want, an Okavango Delta safari will deliver
The Okavango Delta is a truly great wildernesses in a unique pulsing wetland. Covering between 6,000 and 15,000 square kilometres of the Kalahari Desert in northern Botswana, the Okavango Delta owes its existence to the Okavango (Kavango) River, which flows from the Angolan highlands, across Namibia’s Caprivi Strip and into the harsh Kalahari Desert. Each year the Okavango River discharges approximately 11 cubic kilometres of water into the Okavango Delta.
The Okavango Delta is a truly great wildernesses in a unique pulsing wetland.
Covering between 6,000 and 15,000 square kilometres of the Kalahari Desert in northern Botswana, the Okavango Delta owes its existence to the Okavango (Kavango) River, which flows from the Angolan highlands, across Namibia’s Caprivi Strip and into the harsh Kalahari Desert. Each year the Okavango River discharges approximately 11 cubic kilometres of water into the Okavango Delta.
Generally flat, with a height variation of less than two meters across its area, dry land in the Okavango Delta is predominantly comprised of numerous small islands, formed when vegetation takes root on termite mounds. The delta is protected by the Moremi Game Reserve and numerous private wildlife concessions. It is home to huge numbers of elephant, buffalo, lion, hippo, giraffe and zebra plus every kind of antelope you can think of. A predator paradise, the Okavango is a world-famous stronghold for leopard and wild dog as well as many rare and unusual mammal and bird species - if it's wildlife you want, an Okavango Delta safari will deliver.
Fly from South Africa (OR Tambo International Airport) to Maun, which is Botswana's safari capital. Maun is the centre point for all safari comings and goings in the country. Guests visiting the Okavango Delta on safari will connect with a scheduled air transfer or road transfer to their safari destination in the Okavango Delta. It is an area of permanent water and depending on the amount of rainfall, some camps or lodges are only accessible by air or by boat.