Page 45 - Discover Botswana 25th Edition - 2025

DISCOVER BOTSWANA 25TH EDITION 45
OKAVANGO
Previous pages top: The Cuando River in Angola, one of the tributaries of the
Okavango Delta. Image: Kostadin Luchansky
Facing page top: Okavango River Basin map showing monitoring stations
for water quality, water discharge, and climate information by NGOWP and
CRIDIF in Angola.
Facing page bottom: Rain clouds gather - The Angolan Water Tower receives
its waters from the summer rains that fall here between October and April.
Image: Chris Boyes
Above: Without water this wetland, The Okavango Delta in Botswana would
be a desert. Image: Kostadin Luchansky
The next time you travel to the Okavango Delta and
are on a mokoro watching a wonderland of lilies and clear
water, please spare a thought for where the water comes
from. The National Geographic Okavango Wilderness
Project team is working tirelessly to establish community-
driven systems of protection that use traditional knowledge
as the primary mechanism for conservation. Please visit
the Nkashi Knowledge Centres in Maun and Beetsha to
learn more about how you can contribute to uplifting local
communities living in the Okavango Basin in Botswana,
Namibia, and Angola.
“We followed the floodwaters of the Okavango Delta, from one of the driest countries in Africa,
into the Angolan Highlands and found what is arguably Africa’s largest water source. Now, it’s our
shared responsibility to protect it.”
Dr Steve Boyes, Founder of the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project