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The Selinda Canoe Trail, Botswana
- Fully Inclusive Canoe Safari
- 4 days/3 nights
- Rates from US$ 1,450 per person sharing
- Starts: Motswiri Airstrip, Botswana
- Ends: Selinda airstrips, Botswana
The Selinda Canoe Trail is an adventure along the Selinda Spillway - the waterway linking Botswana's Okavango Delta and its Linyanti and Kwando systems. The high rains of the 2009 wet season resulted in epic floodwaters by May 2009. For the first time in nearly three decades the Selinda Spillway flowed in full, connecting these two ancient waterways.
The Trail begins slightly downstream northwest of the Okavango Delta. We plough the waters eastward following the meandering route of the Selinda Spilway through the 300,000 acre Selinda Reserve. We complete the 70 kilometre journey close the convergence of the Linyanti and Kwando waterways.
Setting out at dawn, when predators are active, our guides are as keen as the travellers to discover the riches of each day in Selinda Reserve. Usually, once the sun is high and strong, we retreat with the herds to our mid-day siesta spot - the shady banks of the Selinda Spilway. Then, as the sun begins to wane again, we're off for the afternoon, arriving at our campsite by early evening. But nothing is regimented.
Regimens don't suit Selinda, which is why we all love being out here in the first place.
The 18-foot Canadian canoes coast stealthily through the waters, allowing us to explore the Reserve in utter peace. An integral component of the Selinda Canoe Trail is the ability to hop out of the canoe on any whim and begin walking. Our fully qualified guides will track spoor and unveil stories of the bush.
Selinda Reserve is famous for elephant and lion, wild dog and hippo, buffalo and giraffe. The open plains are an ideal habitat for cheetah and the thicker woodlands are refuge for leopard. Other common species include: buffalo (in herds of hundreds), zebra, wildebeest, hippo, hyena, waterbuck, kudu, steenbuck, lechwe, impala. Nocturnal species include civet, serval, wildcat, honey badger, springhares, aardvark and aardwolf.
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