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Itinerary: Desert to Delta
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One of the joys of travelling overland between Namibia and Botswana is the startling contrasts between a pure desert environment and some sinfully lush wetlands.
In Namibia much of the beauty is in the detail. The
Namib-Naukluft Park is an amphitheatre of sand where unique desert mammals and insects struggle to survive. Even more ghostly is the
Skeleton Coast Park in the far northwest of the country, advertising itself as the world’s largest graveyard of shipwrecked vessels. And soon the secret desert hinterland of the
Sperrgebiet, one of the most pristine desert ecosystems in the world, will open its doors to the public.
By contrast the
Okavango Delta is awash with water between December and March, a veritable paradise of birds, animals, insects and fish. Other watery havens are the remote
Linyanti Marshes, the marshy environs of
Savuti and Namibia’s mini-Okavango,
Mamili National Park. Together these areas harbour some of the highest concentrations of bird and animal life in Africa. In this far northeastern corner of Botswana it’s a mere hop, skip, and jump across the border to gaze at one of the most majestic natural wonders of the world,
Victoria Falls.
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