Caprivi Strip

Zambesi, Chobe and Okavango rivers create a rich landscape of floodplains, swamps, wetland, forest and woodland with several hundred species of bird. Protected parks boast herds of elephant and buffalo, lion and leopard as well as roan and sable antelope with some sitatunga and red lechwe.

Wild and unpsoilt, Mamili national park is reminiscent of the Okavango Delta's islands, channels and wetlands. Hippo, crocodile, otter and abundant wetland birds inhabit the rivers.

The Caprivi Strip is a colonial anomaly, resulting from a territory swap between Germany and Britain. Named after the German Chancellor, the idea was to gain onward access from the unnavigable Zambesi to the Indian Ocean. Most of the strip remains the agreed 20 kilometre width.

Most of the population live in mud and thatch villages. The major town is Katima Mulilo, something of a transit point between Botswana and west Zambia. It sits on the Zambesi River among rich vegetation, monkeys and colourful birds