After the Sanctuary we proceeded to Maun, the gate way into the Okavango Delta. The main attraction for many miles on the road were the hundreds of donkeys and goats that preferred to laz in the middle of the highway. We dubbed them ”Botswana’s break inspectors’.

The next morning we navigated the sandy roads to the outer Delta. The Okavango Delta is the world’s largest inland delta, a labyrinth of lagoons, lakes and hidden channels crossing over 17,000 square km. the delta originates in Angola which the water flowing two countries before spilling out across Botswana.

On arrival we were greeted by the shy but extremely friendly mokoro (dug out canoe) polers. Our poler Lagos glided through the reeds and water lilies, using the cleared  hippo channels. Many of the channels opened up into large pools where hippos bathed in the afternoon heat. It was amazing to be so close to the dangerous water giants.

After a few hours on the delta we made camp. Our camp for the next two nights was on a small island in the delta, with no barriers to the wild African animals of hippo, elephant and lion (luckily non came to visit). We spent our three day trip on the delta exploring the islands by guides walks, more mokoro trips, swimming in the deserted hippo pool and perfecting our mokoro paddling skills.