Situated in the northwestern corner of Botswana, the Okavango Delta is a World Heritage Site as it is the largest inland delta in the world. The magnificent Okavango River sprawls out over the dry sands of the Kalahari Desert forming this flourishing waterlogged oasis featuring countless meandering waterways and crystal clear lagoons studded with water lilies, as well as fertile floodplains and reeded islands inhabited with abundant wildlife.
The Okavango Delta stretches over 15000 square kilometres. Visitors can enjoy a number of wonderful activities such as game viewing, fishing, bird watching or taking an authentic guided Mokoro excursion through this wetland paradise in a traditional dugout canoe. Commonly spotted animals include: lion, rhino, leopard, giraffe, hippos, elephants, crocodiles and countless species of bird.
It is a unique ecosystem and one of the greatest game reserves in all of Africa.
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Savuti, also known as Savute lies in the heart of Botswana’s beautiful Chobe National Park. The Savuti Marshes, Savuti Channel and Linyanti Concession are often described as one of Africa’s best game-viewing areas, with perhaps the densest concentration of wildlife on the continent. The rich grasslands, papyrus marshlands, lagoons and forests sustain large elephant herds. The life-giving perennial waters that began to flow again in 2008 attract great herds of animals including buffalo, zebra, giraffe and greater kudu that walk well-trodden paths to quench their thirst in the dry season. Cheetah and lion follow in their footsteps, but the area’s specialty is undoubtedly wild dog.
This dynamic wilderness is a sweeping expanse of savannah brooded over by several rocky outcrops which guard a relic marsh and the dry channel that was once its lifeline. The Savute goes through wet and dry cycles, where wild dogs hunt in the dry river channel where crocodiles swam only twenty years ago.
Visitors to this spectacular area can spot abundant wildlife including: a variety of birds, elephants, antelope, lion prides, black-backed jackal, bat-eared foxes, tsessebe, kudu, hyena, cheetah Cape buffalo herds, and thousands of migrating zebra and wildebeest.
