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Okavango Delta

Author:  Getaway Multimedia: Images Published:  17 June 10
The Okavango Delta is an extraordinary place: a thin skein of water over a thirsty desert, home to vast numbers of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles. It's a wild paradise and a must-see on anyone's...
 

Delta floods bring openbill bonanza

Author:  Alison Westwood Multimedia: Images Published:  15 January 10
An aerial survey showed about 2 000 nesting openbilled storks in Lake Liambezi and a nesting site of about 2 500 openbills on the Chobe/Zambezi floodplains.
 

Namibia

Author:  Getaway Multimedia: Images Published:  30 November 09
Namibia is a land of vast open spaces and immense contrasts. The landscapes range from desert in the south to the great sand dunes of the Namib Desert in the west, from the wild and windswept...
 

How to do the Okavango Delta

Author:  Alan Ramsay Multimedia: Images Published:  01 October 09
Planning a trip to the Okovango Delta? Alan Ramsay provides some useful tips and guides for your holiday.
 

Southern Africa's Top Camp Sites

Author:  Tony Park Published:  29 October 08
What do you look for in a camping ground? I’ve been lucky enough to spend quite a bit of time travelling through Botswana and Namibia in the last few weeks and have had time to ponder the above...
 

Botswana's Moremi Game Reserve - a wildlife dream fulfilled?

Author:  Tony Park Published:  11 September 08
Sometimes it’s difficult to separate the hype from the reality on this continent and I had wondered whether the Okavango Delta and Moremi Game Reserve would live up to the glowing reports I’d...
 

Here today, gone Mokoro - Exploring the Okavango Delta

Author:  Scott Ramsay Multimedia: Images Published:  01 October 06
The Okavango Delta in Botswana has a reputation for being too expensive for many South African travellers. Scott Ramsay found that although Botswana can be pricey, there are still some places where...
 

Affordable Botswana … um, well, maybe

Author:  Justin Fox Multimedia: Images Published:  01 September 03
Botswana provides arguably the best wilderness and wildlife on the subcontinent. But with prices skyrocketing, can Southern Africans still afford to go? Justin Fox went to find out.
 

Okavango Delta - On the trail of a Sitatunga

Author:  David Rogers Multimedia: Images Published:  01 July 00
In a mokoro, eye level with nesting birds and buffaloes, David Rogers explored Jao Concession, a luxurious new destination in the Okavango Delta
 

Kalahari dreaming - Botswana's Makgadikgadi Pans

Author:  Jackie Nel Multimedia: Images Published:  01 November 98
People often think of the Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana as miles and miles of nothing - well, maybe a mirage or two shimmering in the midday heat. So what's a row of tents doing on Ntwetwe Pan?...
 
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