Okavango Delta Holidays

A lush oasis, the flooded delta draws wildlife from miles around

The Okavango’s beautiful maze of islands and winding waterways provides welcome habitat for hippo and crocodile, whilst lush forests conceal lion, elephant and antelope. Mokoro canoe trips, motorboats and game viewing on foot offer wonderful alternatives to game drives and Botswana is often seen as the ultimate exclusive safari experience.

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Okavango Delta Hotels

Our recommendations for the best places to stay in Okavango Delta

Eagle Island Lodge, A Belmond Safari, Botswana

A luxurious, tented safari camp set on a private island in the heart of Botswana’s World-Heritage...

Camp Okavango

Providing year-round access to the Okavango Delta

Xugana Island Lodge

Discover a remarkable water camp of thatched roofs and reed, a wild world of eagle owls and hippo...

Trips by mokoro and on foot: on safari in the Okavango Delta

Among the lagoons, channels, woodlands and islands of the Okavango Delta, you will be blessed with some of the most incredible wildlife-spotting in Botswana. There are several different ways to experience the region.

Among the most popular activities are the walking safaris. Motorboats take guests to one of the islands to embark on a hike with an armed ranger. As you cruise along the river you might spot hippos, crocodiles or occasionally the rare sitatunga antelope. The morning light on the papyrus plants and water lilies is always beautiful.

Once on the island, you follow the guide in single-file, stopping to see wildlife while learning about the medicinal properties of the plants. It's a good opportunity to see the smaller things that might have been overlooked on a game drive, like the foam nest frog, which produces a fascinating nest in the tree. You can learn so much from even a pile of dung; you can see what the baboons have been scratching at and what the dung beetles have been busy at.

Seeing big game on foot is always special too – it might be an elephant, a buffalo, a giraffe or even a lion. Occasionally you might be lucky enough to see a full pride. Being on foot gives you a completely different perspective of the size of these animals.\

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