♪♪ In this flat landscape, any high ground forces the flood waters to spread around these islands, creating a sprawling delta across 9,000 square miles of Botswana.

Okavango Delta safari is a dream ideal for Nature Lovers, Adventure enthusiasts, and anyone yearning to drink in the untamed beauty of Africa- a trip to safari-inspired Kalahari Plains Camp is one ...

Find out why Okavango Delta, Botswana is on TIME’s 2021 list of the World’s 100 Greatest Places.

We have flown north from Maun, the gateway to the Okavango, to the delta's panhandle, where seismic activity caused the river to suddenly fan out some 60,000 years ago.

Unlike most rivers that flow toward the shores of a nearby ocean, it instead runs inland through Botswana, creating a huge river delta before finally disappearing into the Kalahari Desert. An all ...

The delta sits in the Okavango river basin, which spans three African countries: Angola, Namibia and Botswana. Because it’s an oasis, in a semi-arid area, it hosts a rich array of plants and ...

The Okavango Delta is probably the closest any of us will get to the Garden of Eden. It was here in northern Botswana, about 200,000 years ago, that the first modern humans were born.

On the 1,500-mile expedition down the Okavango River to the Delta in Botswana in traditional wooden canoes called mokoro, he and his team of s cientists and biologists made numerous scientific ...

OKAVANGO DELTA, Botswana – Portuguese explorers called it "terra do fim do mundo," land at the end of the Earth. And for good reason. Africa’s Okavango River Basin, which covers 125,000 square ...

On average, 2.5 trillion gallons of water a year flows in. Take away that liquid gift, rendered by Angola to Botswana each year, and the Okavango Delta would cease to exist.

In northern Botswana, a vast wetland sprawl is the ecological engine for the entire Okavango basin. Every year, a team of scientists and other experts gives it a health check.

The granddaddy of delta debauchery, with a busy campsite and an even busier bar, set against a lovely stretch of the Thamalakane River. Camping from $6, double tent from $25 per person per night.