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4.7756 / 5 4.8 /5
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Male avatar icon Jason United States flag US       Visited: June 2024 Reviewed: Aug 24, 2024

Email Jason  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

5 / 5 5 /5
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Even during a low water time, the mokoro and walking tours are great.

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Female avatar icon Rachel Hannan United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: June 2024 Reviewed: Dec 6, 2024

Email Rachel Hannan  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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Due to the wetland nature of this area, there were different bird species. It was magical to travel by Makoro through narrow channels and to camp on an island. It was the only place on our travels where we were allowed to do a walking safari and it is quite special to follow animal tracks on foot.

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Female avatar icon Lynleigh Australia flag AU       Visited: July 2025 Reviewed: Jul 22, 2025

Email Lynleigh  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

5 / 5 5 /5
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Stunning and serene!

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Female avatar icon Kathy United States flag US       Visited: September 2025 Reviewed: Sep 30, 2025

Email Kathy  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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The delta was beautiful! Having the resort on the water meant the wildlife was literally at your doorstep!

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Male avatar icon David Italy flag IT       Visited: July 2025 Reviewed: Oct 18, 2025

Email David  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

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3 / 5 3 /5
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Wildlife

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Male avatar icon Maris ******** Latvia flag LV       Visited: November 2025 Reviewed: Nov 25, 2025

Email Maris ********  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

5 / 5 5 /5
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Rich of animals,beautiful landscapes.

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Female avatar icon Jacqueline McCabe United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: January 2026 Reviewed: Feb 8, 2026

Email Jacqueline McCabe  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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Loved the tranquility of the lodge. Also especially loved the experience of a walking safari.

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Male avatar icon Denzil B United States flag US       Visited: March 2026 Reviewed: Apr 15, 2026

Email Denzil B  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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Must be seen to be appreciated.

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Male avatar icon Bruceontour New Zealand flag NZ       Visited: July 2009 Reviewed: Jul 6, 2011

50-65 years of age

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A place where one has to go as we were on a very small part of this huge expanse of inland water. With the previous heavy rain, the whole water level was high resulting in animals being displaced.

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Male avatar icon Scott and Mark United States flag US       Visited: August 2011 Reviewed: Sep 27, 2011

Email Scott and Mark  |  50-65 years of age

The natural beauty and diversity of the Okavango Delta can't be beat anywhere in Africa.

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We traveled August 13-28 and included Cape Town, Victoria Falls/Livingston, Chobe National Park, Moremi Reserve and the Okavango Delta. We booked through a gay African Holiday Specialist - Savvy Navigator and Southern Destinations - because as gay travelers to Africa, it was important to us to stay at gay-friendly properties. We stayed at Chobe Under Canvas, Baines Camp, and Eagle Island. The sheer volume and diversity of wildlife in Chobe can spoil the rest of a holiday. Wildlife is so abundant that I'd recommend going to Chobe at the end of a safari trip, rather than the beginning. You will be blown away. We went to Chobe first, and then had such high expectations at Baines and Eagle Island, that we felt let down. If you do the other direction, and go to Chobe last, you will experience the wildlife of the Okavango and Moremi and appreciate those environments and then get hit with a climax at Chobe. That said, and as this is supposed to be a review of Okavango and not other
Read more parts of Botswana, Okavango did NOT disappoint. It is remarkably beautiful. I grew up in South Florida and there were parts of Okavango that reminded me of the Florida Everglades (except that the Everglades doesn't have elephants, giraffe, leopards, antelope, jackal, honey badger, etc.). We were in Okavango in August so it was Winter, and the dry season. There were NO mosquitoes and the days got into the 80s F. No rain, in fact, no clouds the entire trip, (even in Cape Town, which is supposed to be rainy in August). Eagle Island is a luxury camp with wonderful accommodations and good, not great, food. All of the other camps allowed for communal dining, a feature I enjoyed because you can interract with people from all parts of the world, or you can eat alone. Eagle Island doesn't encourage the communal dining and is more like a "hotel" in that respect. Eagle Island gets high marks for its guides (our guide, Chris, has been transferred to another Orient Express property), and activities, which include, motor boating and makoro, fishing, walking safaris, village tour (recommended), and relaxing. The focus, though is on water activities. Eagle Island also provides a helicopter ride for guests included in the price. What a treat to be able to see the animals from the air, and to see the Okavango islands and waterways from a vantage point you could not get otherwise. Bird viewing is quite special in Okavango. Birding - excellent in Okavango, various varieties of storks, egrets, bee eaters, kingfishers, vultures, herons, bustards, and the beautiful starlings, rollers, etc. I would have liked to have seen more eagle species, e.g. Martial, Crowned, etc., but missed them and only saw the Fish Eagle.
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