The Delta has its own micro-climate with three main seasons. It is warm to hot and dry in Aug-Nov, which is when the game-viewing is at its best, but the water is too low for many mokoro trips. Dec-Mar is hot and wet, the game vanishes into the under grown, but the bird and plant life is at its best.
Botswana's Okavango Delta is rightly considered one of the most incredible wildlife and wilderness sanctuaries in Africa. It is the largest inland Delta system in the world, an area of 15 000km2 filled with water channels, lagoons, swamps and islands. The Okavango lies between shallow fault lines at the end of the Great African Rift Valley that cuts through the length of Africa. What makes this area most remarkable is that it is a wetland paradise located deep within the heart of the Kalahari Desert.
Deserts are low on annual rainfall and the Kalahari is no exception. But each year, floodwaters flow from their source into the Delta to create the miracle that is the Okavango. Apart from the outstanding beauty of the wetland habitat, this unique area supports and sustains a huge diversity of fauna and flora, so that game viewing is excellent all year round.
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Tailor-made Okavango Delta
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Botswana - 6 nights featuring Chobe & Okavango Delta
6 nights featuring Chobe & Moremi National Parks as well as the Okavango Delt - from £1,555.00 per person sharing, including scheduled charter flights as below but not international flight to and from Maun and/or Livingstone
5 Rivers Safari - The Zambezi Basin
The Upper Zambezi Basin is a unique and captivating region within Southern Africa
and includes South Eastern Angola, North western Zimbabwe, Western Zambia,
Namibia's Caprivi Strip and Northern Botswana.
Migration Routes - Southbound
8 night / 9 day - The Summer itinerary (01 December to 31 May) has a one night switch from Linyanti Trails Camp to Savute Marsh, Chobe National Park.
Pans, Sands and Rivers
6 night / 7 day - Experience a nostalgic camping safari that recreates a sense of adventure reminiscent of the era of the great Africa explorers.
The Great Botswana Journey
A Discoverer Exploration - 7 night /8 day - Tour direction: Ketumetse Trails Camp to Zambia. Combination Wilderness lodges and fully serviced camping in private concession areas.
The Great Wilderness Journey - Northbound
11 night /12 day - Tour direction: San Camp to Zambia (also operates in the reverse direction) Combination Wilderness lodges and fully serviced camping in private concession areas.
The Great Wilderness Journey - Southbound
11 night /12 day - Experience a nostalgic, turn-of-the-century camping / lodge safari that recreates the sense of a game-viewing adventure reminiscent of the times of the great African explorers.
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Okavango Delta
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Chief's Camp Chief's Camp is a luxury bush lodge which is situated on Chief's Island in the exclusive Mombo Concession of the Moremi Game Reserve.>>
Stanley's Camp This Camp is set in an amphitheatre of ebony and sausage trees on the southern tip of Chief's Island and sits amid260 000 acres of untamed and untrammeled African bush. Bordering the
southern section of the Moremi Game Reserve, this private concession is
located in seasonal delta.>>
Khwai River Lodge Khwai River Lodge at Moremi is part of the Okavango's complex delta system, and guarantees its visitors an extraordinary African experience.>>
Eagle Island Camp Eagle Island Camp is an island refuge in the wetlands of the Okavango Delta and is the perfect base from which explorers can view a treasure chest of game and birds. >>
Baine's Camp This small and intimate camp is set among the shadytrees and water of the Okavango Delta and is located on the Boro River,
on a private concession neighbouring the Moremi Game Reserve.>>
Xigera Xigera Camp (pronounced Keejera) is a luxury tented camp situated in the Moremi Game Reserve in the heart of the Okavango Delta.>>
Duba Plains Duba Plains is perhaps the Okavango Delta's most remote camp. The camp is located in a private 30 000 hectare reserve in the furthermost reaches of the Delta, on an island.>>
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Kanana Camp
Kanana Camp, one of the more remote camps in the Delta, is a hidden jewel, deep amongst lush islands dotted along the winding waterways. >>
Jao Camp Jao Camp is situated in a private reserve on a remote large island, to the west of the Moremi Game Reserve in the heart of the Okavango Delta. >>
Shinde Camp Shinde is a magical hideaway nestling within the shade of ancient jackal berries, water figs and knobthorns and is built in a remote and exclusive setting on the edge of the permanent waters of northern Okavango Delta. >>
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about Okavango Delta
At the heart of the Okavango is the Moremi Game Reserve, where all the major habitats and ecotones of the Okavango are conserved. Around the Moremi Game Reserve are large private reserves or concessions that are leased out to safari companies under strict guidelines and carrying capacities.
To make your experience at the Okavango even more enjoyable, many varied activities are included in your exclusive safari experience. Safaris by boat or mokoro (dug-out canoe) are ideal ways to see the water areas, while game drives and night drives are best for tracking the animals. Walks (at the discretion of the camp manager) are unsurpassed experiences for being in touch with nature.
Wildlife hides offer a great way to enjoy wildlife viewing and birding, especially during the midday hours.
Birding / Botanical South Africa has one of the widest diversity of bird types in the world, boasting more than 900 different species and is very...
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Botswana Safari Botswana Safaris offer one of the last remaining true wilderness experiences. This is a country where nature can still be...
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Lex Hes Wildlife Photography Safari This four night safari travels to the Okavango Delta and the Linyanti region of Botswana. Guests will stay at two of Botswana’s great game viewing camps, at a time of year when there will be very short and bright green grass to enhance photographs. Lex will focus your lenses on the incredible variety of wildlife and flora of the Okavango and Linyanti regions. He will teach...
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