Posts Tagged ‘Botswana’

Okavango Delta – Part 2

Saturday, June 20th, 2009
2009 flood levels have made for some unusual sightings

Living Organism
We like to think of the Delta as a living organism, and like a living organism it grows and shrinks and changes shape. Channels which have flowed for years become gradually blocked with sand and plants and as the waters rise they suddenly rush off down a hippo path and a new channel [...]

Okavango Delta – Part 1

Friday, June 19th, 2009
Okavango Delta from the air

The Okavango Delta is one of the most incredible and unique destinations to view Africa’s wildlife in its natural habitat. Safari activities by water are the primary speciality of the Okavango – using the mokoro – a dug out canoe which is ‘poled’ along by your guide. This is the most evocative way of exploring [...]

Botswana Feature

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
botswanamap

In the next while we are going to be focusing on Botswana with some posts about this quite unique country and destination. It has so much to offer us as tourists and is fascinating in its setup, with theĀ  legendary Okavango Delta, the Central Kalahari and more. Today we will start off with a brief [...]