More about the Okavango Delta

Tumbling out of the Angolan highlands, swollen with the summer’s rains, two rivers turn not to the west and the Atlantic ocean, but east and inland, converging to form the Okavango river, just before it spills itself onto the great sea of sand that is Botswana’s Kalahari Desert. An average of 10 million cubic metres of water annually floods 15,000 square kilometres of Kalahari, forming the world-famous Okavango Delta, largest inland delta in the world.

The contrast of desert and wetland is what makes the Okavango unique, and fosters the bewildering variety of life that it supports. Dryland and wetland species cohabit as they do nowhere else, creating unique and startling associations of plants, amphibians, birds, mammals and reptiles. Strategically located on palm-studded islands and dry- land tongues, an eclectic selection of safari camps and lodges welcome visitors from all over the world.

There is no ‘best time’ to visit the Okavango. Very generally, game viewing is better from May through October, and birding from September through March, but varying conditions and weather patterns can and do affect these generalisations, as do the location of the camps.