A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Okavango Delta is one of the world's largest inland deltas. Home to extraordinary wildlife, it also plays a vital role in Botswana's economy through ecotourism.

I was born in Limpopo, where wild sage scented the air and the distant roar of lions was part of the soundtrack of childhood. The bush isn't just where I'm from — it's who I am. It runs through my ...

Botswana has always been famous for its high-value, low-volume wildlife tourism strategy which is aimed at minimising negative environmental impacts on the country’s pristine wildlife areas. The ...

“We’ll give it a go,” says my guide Des, as he turns our four-wheel drive around in one smooth swerve, looking for a male lion. We hurtle through long grasses towards the open plains, led by its ...

On February 4, scientists monitoring lion populations in Uganda captured nighttime thermal drone footage of two lions—brothers dubbed Jacob and Tibu by the Uganda Wildlife Authority—swimming across ...

OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA — It ain't easy being king. Take a look at a pride of lions, and it becomes obvious that there are more females than males, usually at a ratio of about 2- or 3-to-1.

Bouncing with the updrafts in the back of a single-engine Cessna, I watch the slim shadow of our aeroplane dance across the marbled expanse of the Okavango Delta, some 500ft below. “If we go down out ...

Human activities have caused the global decline of large carnivore populations, as habitat loss and land conversion reduce the space available for these species. The situation is especially acute at ...

Lions, leopards and cheetahs are threatened across their ranges. But they're thriving in Okavango. Lions, leopards and cheetahs are threatened across their ranges. Man-made factors are driving their ...