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User Reviews of Okavango Delta (151 Reviews)

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Male avatar icon jouke schotel Netherlands flag NL       Visited: May 2007 Reviewed: Jul 11, 2012

65+ years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

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Especially birdlife is fantastic, but hippo's, crocks and other game, vegitation and scenery is breathtakingly beautyful.

Male avatar icon Georg Treptow Switzerland flag CH       Visited: September 2010 Reviewed: May 8, 2012

Email Georg Treptow  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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Wow, just wow, no lions or leopards for us but plenty of hippos, frogs, antilopes, etc

Avatar icon Robert H. Sand Visited: March 2012 Reviewed: Apr 17, 2012

Awesome!

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First the bad news: the flights (usually at least 3) are endless and exhausting; for most mortals; for most mortals, the prices are painful; getting up at 5:30 every morning is not my idea of pleasure; and there are mosquitoes.

The good news is that the wildlife and the vistas more than compensate for the long flights, the high prices, the early rising and the occasional itch. The wildlife is forever changing from camp to camp and from day to day. You experience the wildlife with an electrifying, personal immediacy - - - without the distraction of competing vehicles that mar game viewing in much of southern Africa.

After three separate visits to Botswana and stays at some 10 different camps, we have come to prefer the smaller (perhaps 12 guests) and less luxurious camps.
We are too old to enjoy roughing it, but jacuzzis seem out of place to us. We also prefer for a longer time at fewer camps, getting more familiar with the locale, the local wildlife and
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The photography is wonderful, but it can be a distraction. From time to time, the distracting camera should be put back in its bag while you just breathe in deeply and try to absorb the scene around you. Another photographic distraction might best be described as 'lens envy". There is always someone at your camp with a longer, faster lens. The pricey equipment makes sense for professionals and serious bird-watchers, but most of the game is so large or gets so close that lugging a $5,000 is no necessary.

The pleasures of Botswana reflect the commitment of the government, the camps and their skilled staff to sound, protective care of the environment and the creatures in it.
Female avatar icon E_Kister United States flag US       Visited: April 2010 Reviewed: Mar 28, 2012

35-50 years of age

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On the same day as the drive through Chobe, we were on a boat for a few hours cruising the Delta which was unusually high that year. We saw several huge hippos, some crocodiles and some impressively large birds including a fish eagle and shiny black waterfowl drying his wings.

Female avatar icon kateboydell United States flag US       Visited: September 2007 Reviewed: Mar 17, 2012

35-50 years of age

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Overall, the Okavango Delta blew us away. I think it was the area our guide knew best and he literally knew which termite mounds and trees to stop at for spotting the tiny and feathered wildlife that could so easily be missed on a commercial safari. This was the magical almost mystical part of the safari. We also had very close encounters with some animals here, which was scary but made the whole thing feel very real.

Male avatar icon Balexter France flag FR       Visited: September 2009 Reviewed: Feb 14, 2012

Email Balexter  |  20-35 years of age

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Wild beauty of nature.

Avatar icon Jim Walton Visited: September 2011 Reviewed: Feb 13, 2012

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Both Game and Birds were in full bloom during our visit

Female avatar icon ~lustedtowander~ United States flag US       Visited: September 2011 Reviewed: Jan 27, 2012

35-50 years of age

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There is nowhere in the world like the Okavango Delta.

Male avatar icon PhotographybyBrianLauer United States flag US       Visited: May 2011 Reviewed: Jan 11, 2012

Email PhotographybyBrianLauer  |  20-35 years of age

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Great sightings - Many photographic opportunities.

Avatar icon Alan J Castle Visited: September 2009 Reviewed: Jan 6, 2012

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Anyone at all interested in the natural world should visit the Okavango at least once. It is a unique habitat with some unique animals and great bird life.