Caprivi

The Caprivi is a narrow strip of land in the far northeast of Namibia, about 400 kilometres long. Germany exchanged the area - together with Helgoland - with the United Kingdom for Zanzibar in 1890. It was named after the German chancellor of the time, Graf von Caprivi.

The Caprivi is the wettest region in Namibia with its high rainfall and a number of major rivers like the Okavango, Kwando and Zambesi. The abundance of water in the Caprivi sustains a large variety of animal and bird species. There are no fences, so the animals can roam freely across the borders of the neighbouring countries of Botswana and Zambia.

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