Mokoro Day Trip in the Okavango Delta
A highlight on any Botswana safari is a mokoro trip. It's a unique, gentle, relaxing, and eco-friendly way of enjoying and exploring the Okavango Delta’s meandering channels and hidden lagoons. It also allows visitors to get up close to the diverse ecosystem and observe the wildlife in their natural habitat.
Embarking on a mokoro trip has fast become one of the top reasons to visit the Okavango Delta. The silence of travelling in a mokoro means that birdlife and wildlife is less likely to take fright, allowing you to capture the perfect photo.
Options
Mokoro Day Trip in the Okavango Delta
Pickup included
What's included in Mokoro Day Trip in the Okavango Delta
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Okavango Delta
Your guide will pick you up from your Maun based accommodation at 07:30 am. You'll then be escorted to a game viewing vehicle for a one hour drive to the mokoro station in Morutsa, on the edge of the Okavango Delta where you'll meet your concession guides. Renns Excursions runs all its mokoro trips through the Okavango Kopano Mokoro Community Trust (OKMCT) who control the use of a large area of the delta and who set the guide and community fees for safari activities.
Okavango Delta
From there, you'll board a mokoro and your guide or “poler” will use a long pole called a "nkashi" to push along the bottom of the waterway to propel the vessel forward, giving you the freedom to absorb the diversity of the delta’s wildlife species from the comfort of your seat. Guides that command mokoro are highly knowledgeable about the environment and as such these trips are considered safe and enjoyable. A mokoro is a traditional canoe-like vessel commonly used in the Okavango Delta as a popular mode of transport, and now utilized for game viewing safaris. Originally, mokoros were handcrafted from large tree trunks. However, mokoros are now made from environmentally friendly fiberglass. The Okavango Delta covers between 6,000 and 15,000 square kilometers of the Kalahari Desert in northern Botswana and is fed by the Okavango River which flows from the Angolan highlands across the Caprivi Strip in Namibia and into the Kalahari Desert.
Okavango Delta
It is characterized by a complex network of channels, lagoons, and islands, which are home to an incredible and diverse array of wildlife along with a wonderful variety of bird species. The area is particularly renowned for its population of African Wild Dogs, which are among the most endangered wildlife species in the world. Not only is it one of Africa’s most fascinating and captivating regions to discover, it is also one of the most unique ecosystems, as well as one of the world’s premier wilderness areas and largest inland deltas in the world. The delta is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as well as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa.
Inclusions
- Soda/Pop
- Bottled water
- Lunch
- Restroom on board
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
Choose to be picked up from a list of locations
Please arrive at the pick up point 30 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
Kindly contact us at least 24 hours before departure to confirm your preferred pick up point.