Botswana's Okavango Delta

     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.