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are the people oflhis wild place. lhe steward: every tntnttte. and tloeuntent any changes tn

attd custodtatts or thts grand wtltlcrness for aquattc vegetatton and surrounding habitat.

hundreds of years‘ Every time a tourist steps Although we use the most advanced

intoantokoro. theyare stepping back in ttme teclutologtes. in many ways these “ntegn—

to connect with who we all really are. ‘me transects" celebrate an agc—old journey taken mm ,age.,op |_m:ou,exPedm°"s we
mokoro. not the mnlnrboah will teach you the each year by the Wayeyt. They were settled attaoctmtenteelthrattgh photographetsand
{orrnttttve power of the human experiettcc in throughout the Okavango Delta, tratltng tish, slurytellersr to briogthe audience along vla
thetvtlclerness. meat. grains and water lily rhtzomes with ‘°““"“‘°"3-"‘“"““‘°”t"‘° °'°l°?“””

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across the delta becamc more detailed and unul the earl)-—l970s. when the Morentl Game whtch are useelto engage people wtrh the
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the very lteartheat of lhc Okavango Delta, explortttgstnceearly 2015, have rentatned that raelng Page Mldtlle Rlghl: Kaela Maltatslrotn
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