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SAFARIS:
BOTSWANA
:: Highlights
of Botswana
:: On
the Delta's Edge
:: The Botswana Mobile Adventure
NAMIBIA
:: Desert
Dream
:: Landscape
Adventure
ZAMBIA
:: Plains
and Rivers
ZIMBABWE
:: By
the Water's Edge
:: Forgotten
Land
:: Mana
Sojourn
:: Moods
of Mana
:: The Big 5 Tracking Adventure
CROSS-BORDER
:: Desert and
Rivers
:: Sands
of the Kalahari
SPECIAL
INTEREST
:: Mana
Sojourn
TENTED ADVENTURES
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Heralded as an excellent model for democracy and wildlife conservation
in Africa, Botswana is a peaceful and financially stable country
that has about 40 per cent of its land mass dedicated to wildlife
activities. The Okavango Delta is without doubt the most famous
area of Botswana harbouring large concentrations of wildlife
and birdlife. The Okavango River which makes the delta originates
in the uplands of Angola to the north-west, flows into and
then spreads over the sandy spaces of the Kalahari to form
an immense and wondrous inland oasis of lagoons, channels,
palm-fringed islands and fertile floodplain.
Moremi Game Reserve is the only proclaimed wildlife reserve in
the Okavango Delta, covering 20 percent of the total area. A scenic
area with diverse habitats, Moremi offers an excellent year-round
wildlife experience characterised by a combination of floodplain
and the lush indigenous forests of the delta and its islands. The
remainder of the Okavango Delta is divided into “private
concessions”. Each concession will only contain a couple
of small and private safari camps that provide a highly exclusive
wildlife viewing experience. On these concessions, game walks and
night drives are allowed. There are no fences and the wildlife
is able to migrate at will following their ancient routes.
To the north-east of the Okavango Delta lie the Linyanti and Savuti
Wildlife Reserves, along with the Selinda and Kwando Concessions.
These remote and pristine wildlife areas are renowned for their
predator interactions and large concentrations of wildlife, particularly
elephant.
Chobe National Park, Botswana’s second largest park is famous
for its impressive numbers of elephant, with arguably the largest
continuous elephant population on earth the Chobe also boasts one
of the greatest concentrations of general wildlife on the African
continent.
The Central Kalahari Game Reserve is the second largest reserve
in the world and contains stunning landscapes ranging from vast
open plains to undulating sand dunes, from ancient riverbeds to
dry saltpans. The reserve is surprisingly rich in flora and fauna,
particularly during the rainy season from December to April, when
the valleys and pans become home to an abundance of migrating animals
and birds.
The striking vistas of the fossilised lakes of the Makgadikgadi
Pans National Park and Nxai Pan National Park are accompanied by
an atmosphere of intense solitude and remoteness. The transformation
during the rainy season is remarkable as the pans come to life
with large flocks of frantically feeding water birds and great
herds of herbivores attracting large predators.
Botswana offers a truly unique African experience. From the lush
green of the Okavango Delta in the north to the red desert dunes
in the south this country allows travellers to experience nature
at its very best.
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