About the Episode The Okavango in Southern Africa is a special river born in the highlands of Angola. Unlike most rivers that flow toward the shores of a nearby ocean, it instead runs inland through ...

The hot African sun is turning cool and big and a deep soft orange, and the impala are getting mighty jumpy. They ought to be. A half-kilometer across the grassy bush, we’re watching a pack of eight ...

On September 23, 2025, it was that time again: The TRAVELBOOK AWARDs were presented in Berlin. One of the categories: the most sustainable safari destinations in the world. Among the nominees was a ...

Filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert show the process of filming episode two. See some of the most charming and stunning moments from behind the camera and hear more about the Joubert’s commitment to ...

The best time to take a helicopter tour over the Okavango Delta is during the dry season, which lasts from May to October. ...

UNESCO’s World Heritage list hit a milestone of sorts last week when it proclaimed the Okavango Delta in northwest Botswana as its 1,000th site. The African delta was among 26 new places on the globe ...

The heat of the day is intense. It’s dry and concentrated, no humidity to be found in northwestern Botswana. As beads of sweat slip down necks and across overheated scalps, Steve Boyes, a South ...

A grueling journey downriver has a happy ending, for once, in 'Into the Okavango,' a National Geographic documentary directed by Neil Gelinas. By Harry Windsor As handsomely mounted as you’d expect ...

A hotel in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, shows just what can be achieved in spite of location, planning and environmental restrictions. Sandibe Okavango is an eco-lodge built in a UNESCO World ...

OKAVANGO DELTA, Botswana – Portuguese explorers called it "terra do fim do mundo," land at the end of the Earth. And for good reason. Africa’s Okavango River Basin, which covers 125,000 square miles ...