The Okavango Delta

There are some places on Earth where it seems that however they came to exist, a little extra time was taken when creating them. The Okavango delta is one of these places. At first, the water seems dark and murky with weeds growing taller than the average person. However, if you are lucky enough to explore it in the way that we did, which is by a traditional canoe called a "mokoro" (which is basically a hollowed out tree trunk) you start to notice how beautiful it is. There are splashes of colour where you least expect them. A dragonfly has electric blue lines on its wings. The abundant fields of water lilies are tinged purple and frogs sport bright red spots, glowing against the dark green of the bamboo-like water plants. And when the sun shines on the water surface, you realise that the water isn't dark or murky at all, but completely clear, with rivers of red, yellow and green plants floating gently under the water surface. During our trip we did however have black clouds looming ominously on the horizon and we seemed to be canoeing right towards them. The floods were on the way.