The Okavango Delta The River That Never Reaches The Sea
It’s a very different Africa. Not one of dust and sand and great fiery sunsets, but of the wettest desert on Earth.
In the middle of dry land a great river spills out onto to the sands of the Kalahari Desert in the northern corner of Botswana to create an extraordinary watery jungle. Like an immense oasis surrounded by desert, the Okavango Delta is filled with mysterious waters, lush vegetation and entrancing wildlife.
The Okavango, “The river that never reaches the sea,” flows south from the uplands of Angola winding it’s way into Botswana, and then spreads out over the parched plain irrigating 6,000 square miles to create the largest inland delta on Earth. The area that was once part of Lake Makgadikgadi, an ancient lake that dried up some 10,000 years ago, has once again been transformed into a labyrinth of channels, lagoons, swamps, and wooded islands that sustain a remarkable concentration of life.
Seasonal flooding of the delta during May and June -winter in the southern hemisphere – brings fresh water and a renewal of life to this vast swamp. Islands can...
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