Okavango Delta And Moremi Wildlife Reserve
A safari holiday to the Okavango Delta and the Moremi Wildlife Reserve has to be Africa’s most incredible wildlife and wilderness experiences. What makes an Okavango tour most remarkable is that it is a wetland paradise located within the arid Kalahari Desert.
The Okavango rests between shallow fault lines at the end of the Great African Rift Valley. Deserts are low on annual rainfall and the Okavango Delta is no exception. However, each year floodwater flows into the Okavango Delta from its source in the moist Angolan Highlands over 1000 km away. These floodwaters flow from their catchment southwards and into the Kalahari Desert to create a unique wetland that supports and sustains a huge diversity of wildlife.
The heart of the Okavango Delta is the Moremi Game Reserve. All the major habitats and ecozones of the Okavango are preserved here. Around the Moremi Game Reserve are large private concessions that are leased out to safari companies under strict guidelines and carrying capacities. These private reserves offer the very best safari experiences with massive tracts of pristine parkland and privacy encountered in very few places in Africa these days. One can go out all day in some areas and not see another soul.
We have several private concessions where our guests are able to have exclusive experiences in the Okavango. To make the experience even more enjoyable many varied activities are available. Safaris by boat and dugout canoe (mokoro) are the best way to see the water areas, while game drives and night drives by vehicle are best for tracking animals. Walks are unsurpassed experiences for being in touch with nature. Wildlife “ hides ” offer a great way to enjoy game viewing and birding, especially during those midday siesta hours.
Wildlife and birdlife is plentiful and varied and many of the wildlife documentaries seen on television are filmed here. Lion sightings are very common at some of our camps and with buffalo being the meal of choice for the local lions the viewing can be very exciting indeed. Endangered Wild dogs are also frequently sighted and elephant, buffalo red lechwe, zebra, giraffe, hippo and crocodile are numerous and leopard (although more difficult to find) are also common.
The best time to visit the Okavango Delta and Moremi Wildlife Reserve is during the dry season months of May to October when the bush is drier and the wildlife less dispersed however any time of year will provide a superb safari experience.
The Okavango Delta can be combined with the Linyanti Wetlands and Chobe Game Reserve in a superb Safari circuit which can be further enhanced by adding the Kalahari region or Victoria Falls in nearby Zambia.
Botswana Okavango Camps