The Okavango delta in Botswana is the world's largest inland delta. The Okavango River drains the summer rainfall (Jan-Feb) from the Angola highlands. The waters spread over the Delta for the next four months (Mar-Jun) - we were there in May. Every year, about 11,000,000,000,000 litres flow into the Delta. 60% is consumed through transpiration by plants, 36% by evaporation, 2% percolates into the aquifer system and 2% flows into a lake.
Our first two camps (Vumbura Plains and Duma Tau) were in the Okavango Delta and these photos were taken from the plane that flew us to those two destinations.
I love the way the sky is reflected in the water of the Delta - it makes it look like the clouds are growing out of it like white trees.
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