Tour To The World Largest Inland Delta

The Okavango Delta also known as the Okavango Swamp is the labyrinth of lakes, lagoons and covered channels, encircling the land area of about 17,000 square kilometres and is declared to be the largest inland delta of the world that is located in Botswana. Ambuscaded in the exsiccated sands of Kalahari, it is a magnetized attraction for a wide range of wildlife who are permanently dependent on continuous consumption of water for survival. The tourists are attracted towards the beautiful, gentle, placid, mysterious, moving swamp which transforms from a winding and wide channel to unnoticeable, tiny channels that crawl on all fours. To have a unique holiday-break time, just take flights to Gaborone and visit this magical land.

The rainfall water that gathers in Angola highlands is drained by the Okavango River in summers and the efflux flows for almost 1,200 kilometres. From March to June, the water blankets the delta over an area of about 250 by 150 kilometres. Approximately 11 cubic kilometres of water fills the Delta annually and almost 60 per cent is used by the plants in the process of transpiration, 2 per cent for aquifer system, 36 per cent by evaporation and 2 per cent surges into the Ngami Lake. The delta also houses the Chief’s island which was created by the discontinuity or a fracture in the rock volume over the land which has the width of about 15 kilometres and a length of 70 kilometres.

The Okavango Delta acts as a seasonal as well as a permanent home for an extensive wildlife variety, which is a source of great attraction for the visitors. There are the breeds of Chacma Baboon, Warthog, Plains Zebra, White Rhinoceros, Black Rhinoceros, Sable Antelope, Greater Kudu, Spotted Hyena, Brown Hyena, Leopard, Cheetah, Lion, Nile crocodile, Giraffe, Blue Wildebeest, Topi, Lechwe, Hippopotamus, African Buffalo and African Bush Elephant. The most distinguished feature of the delta is that, the rare and endangered species of African wild dog still survives here. Besides the area also provides shelter to almost 400 breeds of birds such as Sacred Ibis, Ostrich, Hammerkop, Lilac-breasted Roller, Crested Crane and African Fish Eagle.

Some 20, 000 mammals have been sighted in this land which is not the permanent dwellers and changes their locations in search of trees and grass fields. The delta and its suburbs also have around 30,000 beasts including elephants and buffalos. Around 71 different kinds of fish like Catfish, Tilapia and Tigerfish, also live in the Okavango Delta with the length variation of 1.4 metres to 3.2 centimetres from Sharp tooth-Catfish to Sickle-fin Barb.

The same breeds have been discovered in river Zambezi, which proves an ancient connection between the two rivers. If talking about vegetation, the delta is rich in reed and papyrus reeds and when there is a rainy season, they can be seen, floating on the river surface with roots brandishing freely. The Delta offers you amazing activities like fishing, game viewing, bird watching, capturing some jaw-dropping scenes through your camera and many others. So the trip to Okavango Delta is undoubtedly the most thrilling and enticing one.