Okavango Wilderness

In association with Oddballs Camp, I am able to offer this mokoro, camping and walking trail. This trail takes place in a pristine part of the Okavango Delta in an area that is part of the greater Chief’s Island. We fly into the permanent Oddballs Camp, where we spend the first and last nights, and from where we head out by mokoro with Botswanan poler/guides and camp in the Okavango wilderness for 5 nights or longer. The main activity is walking from the camps.

From May to August the floodwaters from the Angolan highlands spread out across the Okavango Delta making travelling by mokoro between camps possible. These floodwaters attract wildlife in an otherwise parched land. From September to April travelling by mokoro is restricted or not possible but we walk between camps. The summer migrant birds enhance the birding.

The Okavango is extremely flat being within the Kalahari Sands Basin. The habitats are, however, diverse and we encounter open water, floodplain grasslands, riverine forests, savanna woodlands and savanna scrub.

Camping is very primitive. All camping equipment and food is provided. Water is obtained from the river. Camping is in shared 2 person tents, sleeping on thin mattresses on the ground. Camps are set up wherever is convenient and are basic. We move camp to be able to walk in different areas. We cook over a fire, use a spade for a toilet and wash out of a bucket. We may walk for up to 7 hours a day. A reasonable level of fitness and preparedness for some discomforts are essential – Oddballs Camp can be more than a day away. Participants help with camp erection and dismantling, firewood gathering and cooking.
This is a potential malaria area and adequate precautions are recommended.

The wildlife experiences are outstanding. Whether sitting at the campfire listening to the night sounds or tracking lion, the Okavango on foot is unique.

Expect an experience of a lifetime.
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