Situated in north western Botswana is ^Africa's miracle delta^ - a river that never finds the sea. Here, a fault-bounded basin halts its course and creates a pristine water wilderness - the Okavango. Classified as a ^wetland of international importance^ under the Ramsar convention (the largest of Ramsar's sites) it is one of Africa's greatest natural wonders.

The Okavango River spans three countries, and is the third largest in Southern Africa. Rain falling in the Angolan highlands between December and March floods the river and the water rushes southwards through Namibia before finally reaching the basin in Botswana which seals its fate. It spreads out in an �alluvial fan' across the thirsty sands of the Kalahari, creating labyrinthine lagoons, channels and islands. It takes nine mon

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