Illustration Wattled Crane, Grus carunculata

Okavango Delta

The Okavango Delta, being the largest wetland and largest Ramsar Site in southern Africa, is undoubtedly the regions most important site. The Okavango delta has a greater range of habitats than any other wetland in the region. These include clear water permanent swamp, seasonal swamps and river floodplain that together form a complex mosaic of lagoons, swamp vegetation , channels, islands, seasonally flooded depressions(pans), riparian woodland and drier woodland and grasslands. Check List