UNESCO World Heritage Site
The jewel of Botswana
About this destination
One of the world's last great wilderness areas, the Okavango Delta is an inland river delta that fans across northern Botswana every year, creating an extraordinary mosaic of lagoons, islands, floodplains, and mopane forests.
The Okavango is fed by rains far to the north in Angola — water that takes months to reach the Delta, flooding the Botswana interior during the dry season and concentrating wildlife around its channels in ways found nowhere else on Earth. It is one of the few places in the world where more water means better game viewing.
Our safaris in the Okavango move between two of its finest areas: Moremi Game Reserve and the Khwai Community Concession. Moremi covers the eastern portion of the Delta and holds extraordinary densities of elephant, lion, leopard, and wild dog. Khwai, on Moremi's northern border, adds the rare privilege of night game drives — after dark, leopard, hyena, and civets emerge, and wild dogs frequently den in the area.
A mokoro excursion — gliding silently through the papyrus channels in a traditional dugout canoe — is one of the most distinctive experiences in all of Africa. We build these into every Okavango itinerary.
Why come here
Lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, and the occasional rhino — Moremi Game Reserve holds one of the highest densities of wildlife in Africa.
The Khwai Community Concession is one of very few areas in Botswana where night game drives are permitted — a completely different safari experience.
Glide silently through papyrus channels in a traditional dugout canoe, guided by a local poler who has navigated these waterways all his life.
Khwai is among the most reliable places in the world to find African wild dogs, particularly during denning season from June to August.
In the field
When to visit
The dry season concentrates animals around permanent water sources and makes roads accessible. The Delta peaks in August–September when Angola's rains have fully flooded the interior.
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