Okavango Delta

From Livingstone my tour group split up. Half went on to Cape Town (via Namibia), half went to Joburg via Kruger, and a couple ended their tours there. I was heading for Joburg but I was on a different, and much smaller tour, because I had made a point of including the Okavango Delta in my itenerary. And I must say I made the right decision. The delta was stunning.

Botswana is extremely flat and the water coming down from the mountains to the north hits the flat land and creates the world's only inland delta. The rains take 6 months to get there, so they had not arrived yet, and correspondingly the wildlife was not as abundant as it would be come September. Nevertheless, it was so relaxing and beautiful. We got paddled into a campsite on flat-bottom canoes, through the reeds, an experience I will not soon forget. In fact, I do believe it was my favourite of the tour (although so different from Livingstone it is hard to compare).