As the helicopter rises into the air, leaving behind the little but bustling Maun International Airport, the buildings, bars, homes and shacks of town give way to a patchwork of scrub, bushes, trees, cattle kraals and dried-up waterholes.
Flying over the Buffalo Fence, built in the '80s to keep buffalo away from domestic cattle, the landscape changes. Game footpaths and animal highways appear, you can see pods of hippos in the waterways, families of elephants stand under trees, and the bright blues and greens of the Okavango begin to appear. All too soon, the outline of a camp takes shape, and as the helicopter descends towards the earth, a vehicle arrives to transport us to luxury.
Overlooking a seasonal lagoon with a river along one side and surrounded by lush palm islands and vibrant delta
