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Botswana

Botswana is one of Africa’s greatest wildlife destinations and home to some of the last great wilderness areas left on Earth. Defined by the desert of the Kalahari and the delta of the Okavango River, Botswana is home to abundant wildlife, including the world’s largest concentration of African elephants. Botswana is a stable country with democratic leadership and a strong focus on conservation. As one of the most sparsely populated countries on the planet, this unspoilt large land mass acts as a refuge for wildlife that is coming under increasing pressure from expansion and population growth in adjacent countries.

Clockwise from top: The zebra is a national symbol of Botswana. Maintaining healthy ecosystems means preserving healthy herbivore populations. The piercing cry of the African fish eagle is often heard in the Delta. The Chobe River supports up to 50,000 elephants during the dry season. 

Annual floods in Angola send 10 trillion litres of water surging into the Okavango Delta in the dry winter months

Okavango Delta

The Okavango Delta is a near-unique phenomenon: a vast delta in the middle of the Kalahari Desert. Each January, rains in the Angolan Highlands send deluges surging 1,250km down the Okavango River into Botswana.

Here, the water does not flow into any sea or ocean. Instead, it reaches a flat, depressed area of around 15,000 square kilometres, where it fans out into its iconic Delta shape. Contained by two fault lines, it backs up and creates a magnificent swamp, known as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa.

The floodwaters reach their peak between June and August when the delta expands to cover an area up to three times its summer extent. Reed-fringed channels, riverine forests and rich grasslands attract animals from vast distances, resulting in one of Africa’s most dynamic landscapes with a unique diversity of dryland and wetland species.

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