Update on water levels in our Okavango Camps
This summer, while extremely beautiful in Botswana, has been very hot and dry. The rains have been well below average and unfortunately Angola has also had disappointing precipitation. As a result, the annual inundation of flood water has yet to show itself in the Okavango Delta.
Our properties in the Okavango: Delta Camp, Oddballs’ and Oddballs’ Enclave are still dry. The Boro River channel has not yet filled and only very short mokoro activities are being offered to cross the channel in certain places where you cannot walk. Water is expected any day, but as with every year, we cannot predict exactly when it will arrive. It is safe to say that that the flood is late this year and it could easily be another 6-8 weeks before proper mokoro activities, as we are accustomed, are being offered.
What we can say is that as a result of the scarceness of water sources, the game is exceptional. Guests are regularly seeing lion, hyena, leopard and even cheetah. Wild dogs have been seen along with herds of over 1000 buffalo. Naturally all of the grazers are there sipping from the waters edge and eating the grasses in the molapo. It is a veritable Eden.
We understand that missing mokoro activities can be disappointing to guests and we don’t want to disappoint. Please prepare your guests so that their expectations are met when they arrive. The experience of visiting the Okavango is entirely predicated on being in true nature. True nature is unpredictable and variations occur each and every month and year in the Okavango Delta. This year water will be scarce, but game will be plenty.
This summer, while extremely beautiful in Botswana, has been very hot and dry. The rains have been well below average and unfortunately Angola has also had disappointing precipitation. As a result, the annual inundation of flood water has yet to show itself in the Okavango Delta.
Our properties in the Okavango: Delta Camp, Oddballs’ and Oddballs’ Enclave are still dry. The Boro River channel has not yet filled and only very short mokoro activities are being offered to cross the channel in certain places where you cannot walk. Water is expected any day, but as with every year, we cannot predict exactly when it will arrive. It is safe to say that that the flood is late this year and it could easily be another 6-8 weeks before proper mokoro activities, as we are accustomed, are being offered.
What we can say is that as a result of the scarceness of water sources, the game is exceptional. Guests are regularly seeing lion, hyena, leopard and even cheetah. Wild dogs have been seen along with herds of over 1000 buffalo. Naturally all of the grazers are there sipping from the waters edge and eating the grasses in the molapo. It is a veritable Eden.
We understand that missing mokoro activities can be disappointing to guests and we don’t want to disappoint. Please prepare your guests so that their expectations are met when they arrive. The experience of visiting the Okavango is entirely predicated on being in true nature. True nature is unpredictable and variations occur each and every month and year in the Okavango Delta. This year water will be scarce, but game will be plenty.
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