Its existence is a contradiction, making it completely unique - not a drop of the over 27 000 million litres of water that reaches this part of the Kalahari desert ever leaves it; instead it’s devoured into the Delta. The river that has formed is unusual in another respect too; it flows one way this year, another the next. The Delta is a most unusual and very beautiful environment comprising diverse habitats where 36 species of larger mammals, over 80 species of fish and 200 species of birds.

On the eastern fringe of the Delta lies the Moremi Game Reserve, famous for its beauty and diversity of wildlife, including herds of elephant, buffalo, giraffe and many species of antelope. Another most unusual area is the Linyanti Region, part of the Chobe National Park. Here, in the dry season, the concentration of game can be so vast that you can see up to 3 000 buffalo at one time, and a pride of lion 20-strong following them, not to mention zebra and wildebeest in their thousands. Chobe, in the north, is a magnificent place, full of a variety of terrain only matched by the incredible diversity of its wildlife.

Chobe is most famous for its elephants, who make their way to drink at the Chobe River. It’s said to contain the highest concentration of elephants in the world, with an estimated winter population of around 25 000 - that’s more than 1 000 in 2 hours!

Another special feature of the region is the annual zebra migration. While winter is the best time to see wildlife at close range, animals are mobile year-round in Chobe. Once the home of the legendary Bushmen whose paintings are still visible after many hundreds of years, the Savuti Channel is a unique part of Chobe National Park. For a century, the Savuti was dry, but since 1959 it’s become seasonably wet again.

How to get there
There are two gateways by which visitors can arrive and depart from Botswana - through Maun or Kasane
Airport. Visitors can travel on either SAA or Air Botswana. One can also fly into Victoria Falls or Livingstone
and get into Botswana from there. It is also possible to drive from South Africa to Botswana.

HIGHLIGHTS
• Watch thousands of elephants converge on the Chobe River.
• See wild dog while game viewing in the Moremi Reserve.
• Take a mokoro trip in the Okavango.
• See lions in abundance in Savuti.
• Enjoy a sunset cruise on the Linyanti River.
• Go on game/nature walks in the Delta.
• See the famous Tuli Elephant area at Mashatu.
• In certain areas enjoy night game drives.
• Visit the Magadikgadi Pans.
• Go game viewing in the Kgalagadi Game Reserve..