Okavango Wildlife Guide
  • Baboons of the Okavango Delta
    Baboons have many endearing characteristics and provide endless entertainment on game drives in Africa but in the Okavango Delta in Botswana the baboons have developed...
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  • Buffalo in the Okavango
    The Okavango Delta is a haven for Cape Buffalo which occur in herds in their thousands. These herds move between the permanent waterways of Northern Botswana...
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  • Elephants of the Okavango
    One of Botswana’s biggest draw cards is the number of Elephants that live in Northern Botswana. These majestic animals follow ancient migratory routes to...
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  • Hippo of the Okavango
    One of the iconic animals of the Okavango Delta has to the Hippo, and there are many of these rotund creatures that call the Delta home. They can often be found...
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  • Lions of the Okavango
    Lions are not the first animal that comes to mind when you think of an inland Delta, but the Lions of the Okavango have adapted to their wetland habitat, and often take...
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  • Okavango Delta Wildlife Adaptations
    Many wilderness areas in Africa exhibit unique animal behaviour, depending on location and environment but nowhere can animals show such unique adaptations to environment as in Botswana’s Okavango Delta...
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  • Red Lechwe of the Okavango
    The antelope that is most associated with the Okavango Delta has to be the Red Lechwe, large herds of which can be seen grazing on the seasonal floodplains...
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  • Rhino in the Okavango
    The Okavango Delta is one of the few places in Botswana where you can see the Big Five since Rhino have been reintroduced into the region...
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  • Sitatunga Of the Okavango
    One of the Africa’s most elusive antelope is the Sitatunga. The Okavango is one their last refuges and is one of the best places to see them...
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  • Spotted Hyena of the Okavango
    Hyenas are made famous for their cowardly reputations in movies like the Lion King, but they are actually highly intelligent and social animals. They occur...
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  • Spotty Necked Otters
    One of the Okavango Delta’s most playful in habitants, Spotty Necked otters often give tourists hours of pleasure as they feed, frolic and play in the lagoons...
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  • Tsessebe in the Okavango
    Tsessebe are commonly found in the drier areas of the Okavango Delta. They are pretty much year round residents and are one of the favorite prey of the local Lion population...
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  • Wild Dogs of Botswana
    Wild Dogs are also known as Hunting Dogs or by the apt name Painted Hunting Dogs referring to their beautiful patchwork quilt. These dogs are highly endangered...
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  • Zebra in the Okavango
    When one talks about Zebra migrations, the Serengeti comes to mind, but what many tourists do not know is that Botswana is home to the world’s second longest...
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