Category: Botswana

Source: Angola, Botswana and Namibia co-manage shared river system of the Okavango Delta

Sitting at the geographical heart of southern Africa, Botswana’s Okavango Delta is the closest thing to Eden left on the planet. Gazetted as UNESCO’s thousandth World Heritage Site in 2014…

Source: Botswana’s Okavango. No blues in this Delta.

This World Heritage Day, we celebrate one of the most untouched and ecologically diverse places in Africa – Botswana’s Okavango Delta.

Source: Why the Okavango Delta in Botswana is a World Heritage Site – Africa Geographic

“A river rises in mountains and dies in sand and in its dying gives birth to a jewel at the edge of the Kalahari: the Okavango Delta.” So described this African landscape by famed nature photographer Frans Lanting in a 1990 photographic essay for National Geographic magazine.

Source: Jewel in the Desert: Saving the Okavango Delta

If you’re thinking of hitting up this watery, wildlife wonderworld , here’s the best time to visit Okavango Delta and my other top tips.

Source: What is the Best Time to Visit Okavango Delta and Other Top Tips – Big World Small Pockets

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Conservationists are racing to protect the UNESCO world heritage site’s two main source rivers in Angola…

Source: Botswana’s Unique Wilderness Area, Okavango Delta, Faces an Uncertain Future

This middle-income African nation of two million is rightly referred to as the king of safari.

Source: Africa’s great tourism success story