A UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Spanning thousands of kilometres, this river delta system creates a giant fan-shape of waterways and greenery across the Kalahari Desert.

This enormous oasis teems with wildlife and birds all year round.

This region is not to be missed as part of your Botswana tour itinerary, especially for first-time tourists to this country.

Here we cover areas of the Okavango Delta outside of Moremi Game Reserve, which was number 2 on our list of top 5 places to visit in Botswana.

WHY YOU SHOULD VISIT THE OKAVANGO DELTA

• At the beginning of the dry season, higher water levels make it ideal for water-based safaris by dugout mokoro or motor cruise boats.
• Game becomes more concentrated as the dry season progresses, making for excellent predator sightings as prey animals gather around water.

OUR TIP – PLANNING A TRIP TO THE OKAVANGA DELTA

“I’d definitely recommend that you do a mokoro (dugout canoe) safari in the Okavango Delta.

You don’t do it with the expectation of seeing big game, but you do it for the experience of being close to nature while floating down a river delta channel.

You’ll see and hear amazing birds and insects all around you.”

Pierre Burden

African Safari Expert, New African Safaris

SOME OF OUR RECOMMENDED OKAVANGO DELTA LODGES