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Map of the Okavango Delta & Moremi Game Reserve

This physical map of the Okavango Delta – shows the private safari concession areas and Moremi Game Reserve – as well as rivers, islands, roads and settlements. Click on the safari camps in the map for detailed camp descriptions, slide-shows and travellers’ reviews.

For a satellite view of this area, including camps and lodges, see:

Google map of Okavango Delta

Read about Kwetsani Camp Read about Nxabega Safari Camp Read about Little Vumbura Read about Drotsky Read about Nxamaseri Lodge Read about Duba Plains Read about Mapula Lodge Read about Vumbura Plains Read about Jacana Camp Read about Jao Camp Read about Seba Camp Read about Abu Camp Read about Xigera Read about Mombo Camp Read about Chiefs Camp Read about Kanana Read about Pom Pom Read about Xaranna Okavango Delta Lodge Read about Xudum Delta Lodge Read about Stanley Read about Baines Read about Chitabe Camp Read about Sandibe Safari Lodge Read about Khwai Tented Camp Read about Banoka Bush Camp Read about Xakanaxa Read about Shinde Camp Read about Footsteps Read about Kwara Camp Read about Motswiri Camp Read about Maun Read about Tsodilo Hills Read about Okavango Panhandle Read about Tubu Tree Camp Read about Moremi Game Reserve

Points of interest on our map of the Okavango Delta


We’ve drawn this map using original sources and our knowledge to highlight aspects of interest in Botswana’s Okavango region:

Moremi Game Reserve


The proclamation of this reserve in 1962 was an example of a forward-thinking government. It was extended to include Chiefs Island in 1970 and so saved the area from the depletion of game and the encroachment of cattle. The area consists of a network of rivers and palm islands contrasting with the drier ‘Mopane Tongue’ in the south. Moremi protects a fantastic diversity of flora, game and birdlife.

Mopane Tongue


There is a triangle of mopane forest lined with riverine edges which forms the south-eastern corner of Moremi Game Reserve. This area of the park is open to self-drive visitors and is where the park’s public campsites can be found. On this map it’s roughly bounded by South Gate, Khwai Tented Camp and Third Bridge.

Private Concessions


The grey spiders-web of lines on this map divide northern Botswana into a series of private concessions, or reserves. The all have names, written in grey, like NG20, NG21, NG22 .. etc The concessions are awarded to safari operators by the land board for a defined period of time and include strict regulations with regards to the management of the areas.

Lake Ngami & the Boteti River


Lake Ngami, although once known as the great lake of the Kalahari, can also be a dry dustbowl. It is fed from the overflow of the Okavango Delta via the Thamalakane River resulting from the Kunyere and Thamalakane fault lines. In recent years it has been much fuller, attracting spectacular birdlife. The Boteti River is a large tributary of the Thamalakane River and flows towards the Makgadikgadi Pans.

Okavango Panhandle area


Flowing south from Angola, the Okavango River forms the north-western channel (panhandle) which feeds into the Okavango Delta. Constrained by two parallel fault lines, the river gradient is low and meanders between papyrus stands until it fans out into the delta. The panhandle area, although not a place for big game, supports diverse birdlife.

Chief’s Island


Originally the hunting grounds of Chief Moremi, Chief’s Island was incorporated into Moremi Game Reserve in 1970. It is the largest island in the delta and is considered to be part of the same panhandle fault lines being pushed up in the formative warping of the area. Chiefs Island now hosts just two premier safari camps – Mombo Camp and Chiefs Camp and affords some of the best game viewing in the delta.

Maun


Maun provides the administrative capital of northern Botswana and has grown to a sizeable town over recent years. It has become the base for the delta’s safari industry and the hub for flights in the region. Visitors seldom stay longer than to change flights although occasionally guests do overnight here.

For another map of this same area:

Google map of Okavango Delta



To read more about the camps mentioned above, either click on the map, above, or the text links below:
Read about Kwetsani Camp | Read about Nxabega Safari Camp | Read about Little Vumbura | Read about Drotsky | Read about Nxamaseri Lodge | Read about Duba Plains | Read about Mapula Lodge | Read about Vumbura Plains | Read about Jacana Camp | Read about Jao Camp | Read about Seba Camp | Read about Abu Camp | Read about Xigera | Read about Mombo Camp | Read about Chiefs Camp | Read about Kanana | Read about Pom Pom | Read about Xaranna Okavango Delta Lodge | Read about Xudum Delta Lodge | Read about Stanley | Read about Baines | Read about Chitabe Camp | Read about Sandibe Safari Lodge | Read about Khwai Tented Camp | Read about Banoka Bush Camp | Read about Xakanaxa | Read about Shinde Camp | Read about Footsteps | Read about Kwara Camp | Read about Motswiri Camp | Read about Maun | Read about Tsodilo Hills | Read about Okavango Panhandle | Read about Tubu Tree Camp | Read about Moremi Game Reserve


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