Okavango Delta Safaris

The Okavango Delta is the largest freshwater wetland in Africa; in Botswana's arid and unforgiving bush it's an oasis where you'll find one of the greatest concentrations of wildlife in Africa - and the beauty is that it is basically a year-round destination for safaris: check out our 'When to Go to the Okavango Delta' section for more information.

From the ground the Delta, also known as the Okavango Swamps, is a watery green labyrinth; from the air it is a horizon-stretching pattern of sparkling channels, quiet swamps, bustling islands and snaking game trails.

Experience an Okavango Delta dawn as the mist curls off the mirrored waters; glide downstream in a guided mokoro to look for birds and aquatic antelope; go on game drive safaris through the game-packed floodplains and woodlands that fringe the Delta and finish the day with a boat cruise, sipping a cool sundowner as the sun burns the sky - for more inspiration go to our Okavango Delta Travel section for our Top Experiences.

Exploring the Delta is easier than you think. Our range of Okavango Delta tours and safaris caters for all tastes and pockets: you can even bring the family with our Okavango Family Explorer or saddle up on our amazing horseback safari.

Luxury safari lodges are tucked into remote corners of the Okavango Delta, each offering the traveller a chance to kick back in style. While it's all raw and uncompromising nature out there, back at the lodge it's gourmet cuisine, fine wines, exquisite accommodation and attentive service - perfect, as it happens, for an outrageously romantic Okavango Delta honeymoon...

Local guides will share their expert knowledge of the Okavango with you, whether it is tracking a pride of lions on foot, searching for the elusive Pel's Fishing-Owl or simply finding the perfect spot for a romantic sunset.

For the visitor on one of our Okavango Delta safaris there is the promise of eyeball-to-eyeball encounters with snorting rafts of hippopotamus, great herds of buffalo, elephant and rare birds. Beneath the towering trees and on the open grasslands an abundance of antelope and smaller mammals attracts in turn a particularly large number of predators.

Some of our top recommended safaris include the Best of Botswana Sanctuary Safari which focuses on three fantastic wildlife areas, whereas the Desert and Delta Safari adds on other great African destinations like Victoria Falls and Namibia.

A blend of tranquillity and activity, the Okavango Delta is perhaps a last glimpse of an older Africa, an unsullied, wild place of land and water.

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