Endless plains, savannah woodland, perennial rivers and the uncharted Okavango Delta - Botswana is one of the last true wilderness regions in the world. Wildlife drifts freely across the pristine landscapes of Moremi Wildlife Reserve, Chobe National Park and the Kalahari Desert, abundant in numbers and diversity. Every sunrise brings a new adventure, opportunities for photography are limitless and the feel of Africa is everywhere.
Places of Interest
 Okavango Delta
Rising in the distant highlands of Angola, the Okavango River flows into the flat, dry Kalahari Desert and gently fans out to form the largest inland delta in the world. From your mokoro (dug-out canoe) you'll find its unspoiled waters support a myriad of colorful birds and fragrant water lilies, while the many islands are fringed with palm trees where heron nest and tawny eagles fly. The flood plains of neighboring Moremi are also home to a broad variety of wildlife including the rare sitatunga and red lechwe.
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Chobe National Park
Chobe National Park offers superb game viewing by landrover and boat. A wide variety of animals, including the largest herds of elephant in Africa, cross the flood plains of the Chobe River in search of its life-giving water. In the late afternoon large numbers of game leave the dusty woodlands to bathe and drink while the still of Africa gets broken by the mournful cry of the fish eagle as it swoops down on an unsuspecting bream, carrying it away in its powerful talons.
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Makgadikgadi and Nxai Pans
The gigantic glittering white floors of Makgadikgadi Pans are so large they are visible from space. With the grass-covered Nxai Pan they were once part of one of the largest lakes in ancient Africa but now are only shimmering, salty mirages of make-believe water. Among the grassy islands and fat baobab trees, shallow depressions often hold thin sheets of water where flamingos come in thousands along with great herds of gemsbok, springbok and zebra.
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