When the Okavango River enters Botswana it flows for about 70 kilometers before fanning out into the Okavango Delta.
Wildlife of the Okavango Panhandle
This deep channel, with its side streams, lagoons and swamps is known as the Okavango Panhandle. This is a little known area, but a real gem. There are stretches of open waterways, papyrus, common reeds and carpets of water-lilies.
The area is ideal for animals such as sitatunga, lechwe, crocodile and hippo. It is a birder’s paradise with kingfishers, bee-eaters, cormorants, darters, jacanas, herons and skimmers in abundance. It is a particularly good spot to see the Pel’s fishing owl.
Off the beaten track
The Panhandle is not usually reached on a fly-in safari but is ideally suited to a circular self-drive safari combing Namibia and Botswana.
It is ideally suited to those people wanting to see areas that nearly all tourists never go to. You can drive to the lodges where you’ll leave your car and explore the wilderness by 4x4 and boats.
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Places near the Panhandle
- Duba Concession 61 kilometers away
- The Okavango Delta 96 kilometers away
- Jao Concession 111 kilometers away
- Vumbura Concession 116 kilometers away
- Abu Concession 125 kilometers away
- Kwando Concession 126 kilometers away
- Chief's Island 132 kilometers away
- Xigera Concession 135 kilometers away
- Moremi Wildlife Reserve 135 kilometers away
- Selinda Concession 148 kilometers away
- Shinde Concession 154 kilometers away
- Nxabega Concession 154 kilometers away
- Linyanti Concession 165 kilometers away
- Kwara Concession 168 kilometers away
- Xudum Concession 169 kilometers away
- Gunn's Concession 169 kilometers away
- Khwai Concession 179 kilometers away
- Stanley's Concession 188 kilometers away
- Chitabe Concession 195 kilometers away
- Linyanti Wetlands 202 kilometers away
- Savuti Area 206 kilometers away
- Maun 212 kilometers away
- Chobe National Park 260 kilometers away
- Nxai Pan National Park 325 kilometers away
- Ghanzi 345 kilometers away
- Makgadikgadi Pans, Kalahari 358 kilometers away
- Central Kalahari 438 kilometers away