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The Okavango Delta is considered one of the most
incredible wildlife and wilderness sanctuaries in Africa. The
largest inland delta in the world, it is an area of 15 000km2
fi lled with water channels, lagoons, swamps and islands.
Apart from its outstanding beauty, it supports and sustains
a huge diversity of fauna and fl ora. Wilderness Safaris’
beautiful tented camps within the Delta accommodate
between 8 and 16 guests, and offer a range of activities from
game drives and walks to mokoros, boating and
night drives.
During summer, the floodplains exposed by the
receding winter fl ood are transformed by the rains into a
tapestry of green, drawing grazers from the woodland of the
higher lying larger islands onto the plains to give birth. The
birthing of multiple antelope species makes for interesting
predator–prey interactions and the myriad migratory
bird species and green luxuriance make for spectacular
photographic backdrops and sightings.
This is the season of plains game births, vocal
migratory birds in breeding plumage, floral displays, fruiting
and fertility. Nowhere is this better experienced than in
Botswana’s Okavango Delta and Linyanti areas.
To the north-east of the Delta lies the 125 000-hectare
private Linyanti Concession, an enormous wildlife-rich
area shared between just three small camps, creating
an unrivalled atmosphere of remoteness and space. The
main features of this area include the Linyanti River, the
woodlands of the interior and the well known Savute
Channel, famous as a sporadic and unusual watercourse.
With over 50km of Linyanti River frontage and two thirds
(50km) of the Savute Channel lying within the concession,
Wilderness Safaris’ guests have exclusive access to the
abundant game here. Large concentrations of zebra and
giraffe abound, with additional species such as wildebeest,
kudu and tsessebe attracting the predators for which the
area is so well known. Leopard utilise the woodlands while
lion, spotted hyaena and wild dog hunt here and on the
adjoining grassland strongholds of the cheetah.
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