Into the Okavango

Name: Into the Okavango
Address: 47 Romsey Road, Lyndhurst, SO437AR, GB
Telephone: +447734913293

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Into the Okavango

Specialist safari company creating rustic, tailor-made, privately guided safaris into the Okavango Delta 🇧🇼, for those who want to get closer to nature.

Get in touch to plan your next adventure!

10/09/2024

Early morning glow. Male lion in amongst some dead trees and wild sage, 3rd Bridge, Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 🐾

04/09/2024

Pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus), near Piper's Pan, CKGR 🇧🇼

02/09/2024

Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) - Khwai, Botswana 🇧🇼

Did you know 💡... Blue wildebeest are of the order Artiodactyla, meaning they bear their weight on an even number (two)of their five toes - with toes 3 and 4 forming the hoof.

29/08/2024

Sunrise covers the bush in a golden glow. Third Bridge, Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼

23/08/2024

Hippopotamus amphibius (Setswana: Kubu) in the Okavango Delta 🇧🇼

21/08/2024

Khwai River 🇧🇼

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15/08/2024

An overcast day brings both day and night water lilies (genus Nymphaeaceae) into bloom in the Okavango Delta 🇧🇼

Book a trip with Into the Okavango in 2025 to experience these vast and beautiful waterways!

10/08/2024

Young elephant bull startled by a mokoro... Chiefs Island, Okavango Delta 🇧🇼🐘

06/08/2024

Termite mounds, Chiefs Island, Okavango Delta 🇧🇼

Did you know 💡... Termites have an incredible impact on the environment in the Okavango. Their mounds can turn into islands and provide sanctuary for many other animals and reptiles. They've even domesticated their own agriculture / farmed-fungus.

29/07/2024

A cormorant and an egret perched in an old leadwood tree, overlooking the Khwai River, Botswana 🇧🇼

25/07/2024

This Pel's fishing owl (Scotopelia peli) was captured on an iPhone, overlooking Xakanaxa lagoon, Okavango Delta.

Did you know 💡...
These nocturnal birds were name after Hendrik Severinus Pel, the Dutch governor of the Gold Coast (now Ghana) between 1840 and 1850.

18/07/2024

Dwarf mongooses (Helogale parvula) sunning on a termite mound in the Okavango Delta 🇧🇼 - highly social, these little animals can be found in large groups (30 or more).

Did you know 💡... dwarf mongooses are the smallest carnivore in Africa 🐾

15/07/2024

Distinctive shapes of the Okavango Delta - a strangler fig with remnants of a leadwood tree, some mokolwane palms and a copse of fever-berrys.

09/07/2024

View across to Chief's Island from Delta Camp, Okavango Delta.

29/06/2024

Summertime on the Chobe River, Botswana 🇧🇼🇧

28/06/2024

African elephants (Loxodonta africana)

Did you know 💡...
Elephants originated in Africa some 56 million years ago. At roughly the same time, the final remnants of the supercontinent, Pangea, ripped apart with Europe going one way and North America the other.

22/06/2024

An early morning helicopter ride over the Okavango Delta 🚁

20/06/2024

Female (mommy) lion - Chobe / Khwai cutline

13/06/2024

Waterbuck and and elephant on the Khwai river, Botswana.

10/06/2024

The lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus), one of the most beautiful birds to grace the savannahs of Southern and East Africa.

06/06/2024

White-faced whistling ducks (Dendrocygna viduata), a familiar sound along the waterways of the Okavango Delta.

They are found across sub-Saharan Africa and parts of South America.

01/06/2024

“They say an elephant never forgets. What they don't tell you is, you will never forget an elephant.” – Bill Murray

24/05/2024

In-between trips into the bush, a visit to the local craft brewery is easily arranged and highly recommended! 🍺

18/05/2024

Panthera pardus (Setswana: nkwe), one of 5 surviving species of the genus Panthera. Can you guess the others? Two are found in Africa...

16/05/2024

Traditionally made from a sausage tree (Kigelia africana; Setswana: Moporoto) or jackalberry (Diospyros mespiliformis; Setswana: Mokhutshumo), mokoros are one of the best ways to travel in and around the Okavango Delta 🇧🇼

14/05/2024

Xaxaba village is located in the heart of the Okavango Delta overlooking Chief's Island.

Most of the villagers are involved in the safari industry in one way or another, which ensures that they benefit directly from tourism.

07/05/2024

Nestled on the banks of the Gomoti River, on the edge of the Okavango Delta, is Elephant Havens orphanage - a sanctuary for orphaned elephants to be cared for and re-introduced into the wild.

A day trip from Maun is great way to get close to these magnificent animals, as well as contributing to a worthy cause.

05/05/2024

One of the best things on safari is losing yourself in the natural world, free from the distractions of the modern world.

02/05/2024

On a driving safari most of your day will be spent in and around the vehicle, viewing animals from a safe spot!

Address

47 Romsey Road
Lyndhurst
SO437AR

Telephone

+447734913293

Website

http://www.intotheokavango.co.uk/

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