Linyanti Region

Rising in the Angolan highlands the Cuando River forms the boundary between Angola and Zambia for over 200 km. It then flows through Namibia's Caprivi Strip for a short distance before reaching the Botswana border where it forms the border between Namibia and Botswana. Now known as the Kwando the river fills the Linyanti Swamps then overflows into the Linyanti River. The Linyanti River flows into Lake Liambezi before flowing on to become the Chobe River and eventually meeting the Zambezi River at Kazangula - {place where four countries meet - Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe}.

Once linked to a great inland lake the Linyanti today still shows remnants of this past. The Selinda Spillway links the Linyanti Swamps with the Okavango Delta in years of high water and the Savuti Channel - now dry - flows out of the Linyanti Swamps into the Savuti, or Savute, Marsh.

The Linyanti region today is a wildlife haven with arguably the highest concentration of elephants in Africa and a high predator population. Game, in particular elephants, concentrates in the area in the dry season, drawn by the permanent water. During the wet season birds are attracted in numbers to the area.

In the past the Linyanti region was broken up into hunting concessions by the Botswana government and for this reason was not a known area for tourism but today the concessions are managed by photographic safari operators and is fast becoming one of Africa's prime wildlife destinations.

The three areas that make up the Linyanti region are Linyanti Wildlife Reserve, Selinda and Kwando, and the Caprivi region across the river in Namibia.

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