North East - The Linyanti & Selinda

To the north-east of the Okavango Delta are the Chobe, Selinda and Linyanti areas. The many varied habitats within these concessions, such as marshes, waterways, riverine forests, dry woodlands and grasslands, and the prolific and diverse wildlife and wonderful scenery together form a wonderful contrast to the Okavango. Adding this area to an itinerary makes for a varied and balanced experience of the country.

The 125,000 hectare private Linyanti Concession bordering Chobe National Park’s western buondary is an enormous, wildlife-rich area, shared between just 3 small camps (DumaTau, Kings Pool and Savuti Camp), which creates an unrivalled atmosphere of remoteness and space. There are three main features of the Linyanti Concession: the Linyanti River, the woodlands of the interior and the well-known Savute Channel, famous as a sporadic and unusual watercourse. The Channel stopped flowing between 1980 and 2008; during this time it was an open grassland and home to a wide variety of animals. With two-thirds of the Channel located in the concession, guests have private and exclusive access to its abundant game.The adjacent 135,000 hectara Selinda Concession is ecologically similar, but differs in the increased extent of its floodplains. Like the Linyanti, in the dry winter months, enormous herds of elephant remain close to the permanent water of the Zibadianja Lagoon and the Linyanti waters.

In addition, plains game such as wildebeest, zebra and giraffe, together with their rarer counterparts such as roan, are found, followed naturally by predators such as lion, cheetah, leopard, hyena and wild dog.

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