Getting Around the Okavango Delta

Most of the Okavango Delta is a waterlogged, roadless wilderness. The majority of camps are fly-in destinations, giving the visitor a bird's eye perspective of the swamps. Light charter aeroplanes are flown by experienced bush pilots, and it is from the air that the true scale of the Delta can be appreciated. Great photographic opportunities await the airborne visitor...

Other lodges can also be accessed by motor boat - which offers you a completely different view of the Delta. Twisting and turning through a bewildering labyrinth of papyrus-lined channels and hippo-infested lagoons is an experience to be remembered.

A few of the land-based camps lie at the end of a network of rutted roads that snake through the woodlands and floodplains - a journey to these camps is a game drive in itself.

Once at the lodge, a range of activities are on offer. Water-based camps provide motor boat rides and mokoro - the local canoe - trips; land-based camps focus more on game drives in open 4x4 vehicles. Of course, many lodges offer a combination of these activities.

Nearly all lodges in the Okavango Delta offer walks, ranging from short ambles to some serious hiking trails. Note that those camps located in the Moremi Game Reserve are not allowed to arm their guides, unlike those lodges in private concessions.

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