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Overview

A tremendous desert spring in the core of the African bush in northern Botswana, the Okavango Delta is known as the 'Gem of the Kalahari'. This seasonal marshland is comprised of lavish fields, a huge number of streams and islands, water-lily-tossed gulfs, acacia shrubberies, Borassus palms and forests. The delta resembles a supernatural door to wildlife heaven and a stunning landscape. Delta offers various activities, for example, bird watching, fishing, wildlife safaris, mokoro (dugout canoe) trips and bush walks.

High Season
July to October
Best Time to Go
July to October

Pros & Cons

  • Amazing wildlife experience with four of the Big 5 which can be spotted easily
  • off-road driving is allowed which gives quality sightings
  • An incredibly diverse variety of birdlife is available for birding enthusiasts
  • Game drives, night drives, walking safaris and mokoro trips are available
  • It's a very expensive destination
  • Widlife viewing is limited in the water-based camps

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Okavango Delta map

Wildlife & Animals

The wildlife of the Okavango Delta is varied and ample because of the rich environments and protection. The Okavango Delta upholds huge convergences of animals on both a super durable and occasional premise. Through cautious wildlife management, it has become maybe perhaps the best spot to see wildlife in Africa. 
Wildlife of the Okavango Delta incorporates a heap of animal categories including African Bush Elephant, African Buffalo, Hippopotamus, Lechwe, Topi, Blue Wildebeest, Giraffe, Nile crocodile, Lion, Cheetah, Leopard, Brown Hyena, Spotted Hyena, Greater Kudu, Sable Antelope, Black Rhinoceros, White Rhinoceros, Plains Zebra, Warthog and Chacma Baboon. Notably, the endangered African Wild Dog still survives inside the Okavango Delta and displays one of the most extravagant pack densities in Africa.

Wildlife Highlights

The Okavango has great general wildlife, yet the most widely recognized marsh-adapted animal is the rare red lechwe that can be seen swimming through the water in huge groups. The semi-oceanic sitatunga is more earnestly to find. Other surprising antelope incorporate tsessebe, sable and roan. The Okavango is a great region for wild dogs, which are most effectively noticed while denning. 

Best Time for Wildlife Viewing

The best time to visit the Okavango Delta is the dry season from May to October. In May, June and July, which are the cold weather months, the water levels are high (because of the floods showing up from Angola), which is the best and ideal opportunity for makoro and boat safaris as a greater part of the Delta is available. The dry season likewise offers expanded freedoms for wildlife sightings as the thirsty animals descend in immense numbers to the water.

Birds

As one of the world's most prominent sanctuaries – a rich, diverse and unblemished wild the Okavango Delta offers a superb birding experience. This glorious World Heritage Site flaunts more than 400 recorded species of birds. It is very common to spot around 140 species in a day. A sign that the floodwaters are going to show up is the unexpected appearance of many Wattled Cranes, Storks, Herons and Egrets in the Okavango Delta. Many camps in the Delta offer birding walks and mokoro excursions where numerous species can be seen. Some of them, for example, the kingfishers and herons can be firmly drawn closer, particularly by quiet mokoro and sharp photographic artists will be spoiled with photograph openings.

Best Time for Birding

The Okavango Delta offers good year-round birding, the pleasant green season from December-March is the best ideal opportunity for enthusiastic bird watchers as the Palearctic migrants are available and the inhabitant birds are in breeding plumage – the bushveld is alive with birdsong and flashes of colour.

Best Time to Visit – Okavango Delta

The best time to visit the Okavango Delta is the dry season from May to October. In May, June and July, which are the cold weather months, the water levels are high (because of the floods showing up from Angola), which is the best and ideal opportunity for makoro and boat safaris as a greater part of the Delta is available. The dry season likewise offers expanded freedoms for wildlife sightings as the thirsty animals descend in immense numbers to the water.

High Season
July to October
Low Season
Seasonal rains can affect access in some areas
Best Weather
Typically during dry months; check local patterns
Worst Weather
Peak of Wet season; very hot months vary by region

May to October (Dry Season)

  • Less vegetation and animals concentrate around water, making them easier to spot
  • The skies are clear, rain is rare, and there are fewer mosquitoes
  • Even though most tourists visit during the Dry season, the parks still feel uncrowded, except for the bustling Chobe riverfront area
  • Early morning and evening drives are cold in June, July and August

November to April (Wet Season)

  • The scenery is greener, and there are lower rates during this season
  • Although wildlife is easier to spot in the Dry season, you'll still see plenty
  • There are many newborn animals and migratory birds
  • Except for January and February, rains seldom interfere with your trip
  • During January and February, the rains can be continuous for days
  • It gets very hot in October and November
  • Some lodges and camps close down during part of the Wet season

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