Botswana Okavango Travel Articles

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African Eden - A First-hand Experience of the Okavango Delta

Much has been written and discussed about the magnificent Okavango Delta but it is only through first-hand experience that the real essence ...more

Deep in the Delta

In Botswana, bound for the Okavango Delta in our customised Landrover safari expedition vehicle. Our road out of the tourist outpost of Maun...more

Flames of Fertility - The Story of Fire in the Okavango

Fire can cause great damage but in parts of Africa such as the Okavango Delta in Botswana fire is an integral part of the cycle of life, pro...more

Getting Intimate with the Okavango

It is 2pm on an April afternoon and I'm sitting in a mokoro in Botswana's Okavango Delta. The sun is hitting us directly, as well as reflect...more

Into The Okavango - A wilderness of beauty and drama in Botswana

The Okavango Delta in Botswana is a wilderness of beauty and drama. Although it's a high cost holiday, visitors are guaranteed great game si...more

Lure of the Okavango Delta

For an all round safari with a mix of land and water based game experiences, staying in true African-style tented camps or river-side lodges...more

Man and the Okavango

There is often a clash in the wilderness areas of Africa between conservation ideals and subsistence living but in Botswana's Okavango Delta...more

Okavango Delta - Seat of Creation

The Okavango Delta in Botswana is so incredibly beautiful and inspiring that one often gets carried away when describing it but such is the ...more

Okavango Delta Safari at Camp Okavango and Camp Moremi

Today: The vastness of the Okavango Delta stretched out below us. There were no hills to judge distance by and the horizon was lost in a haz...more

Okavango is a Place for Reflection of The Soul

Botswana's Okavango Delta is a place of rare beauty and everyone who visits comes away with a greater appreciation of beauty and peace...more

Okavango Journals

Situated in the heart of the Kalahari Desert the Okavango Delta is a unique place of swamps, islands, lagoons, forests and arid grasslands...more

Patterns of the Okavango Delta. An Aerial View of Botswana

Ancient trails are battered into the earth, trails of a season, trails of temporary refuge and the continuation of a cycle. The trails stret...more

Predators will not attack a person who does stupid things...

I have a theory, developed over time from stories of people that have been attacked by wild animals, that predators will not attack a person...more

Threats to the Okavango

The Okavango Delta in Botswana is a priceless wilderness but as with most natural areas on earth there are potential threats to its existenc...more

Tranquil Days – A Mokoro Safari in the Okavango

I escaped into a surreal wonderland of psychedelic frogs and dream time while on a mekoro safari in the tranquil heart of the Okavango Delta...more

Tsetse Fly - Pest or Protector

Visitors to the beautiful Okavango Delta in Botswana today can attribute their wonder and amazement to the Tsetse Fly, a creature...more

Why People with Bug Phobias Travel into the Wild

Specific instructions concerning guests are often sent into camps to prepare the staff for a special request from the guests. Most are stand...more
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