Botswana Safaris offer one of the last remaining true wilderness experiences. This is a country where nature can still be experienced as the early explorers discovered it. Botswana is home to the world's largest inland delta, the Okavango Delta, which covers approximately 15 000 kmē, the world's largest salt pans, the desolate Makgadigadi Pans, the world's largest continuous stretch of sand, the stark Kalahari Desert as well as the huge elephant herds of the Chobe National Park. The lush Okavango Delta wetland is a unique area containing 95% of all the surface water in Botswana. Surrounded by the arid Kalahari Desert, this verdant gem is an immense oasis fed by the mighty Okavango River, which unlike every other major river in the world, never reaches the sea but instead dies in the Kalahari desert sand. The Okavango Delta, Chobe National Park and Moremi Game Reserve literally teem with wildlife.
Prime attractions on any Botswana safari must be the abundant bird and wildlife. Over 160 different mammal species and 550 different bird species have been identified here. In addition to the Big Five - lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino - Botswana is also home to the rare aquatic sitatunga and red lechwe antelope. The best 'birding' areas in Botswana are the Okavango Delta, the Chobe River in the Chobe National Park, Nata and the Tuli Block with the hot summer months providing the best bird-watching as males sport their bright breeding plumage and droves of migrants are present.
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The Great Wilderness Journey - Southbound Chobe National Park,
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