With its woodlands, rivers and swamps, The Caprivi Strip is unlike any other part of the country and is usually a complete surprise for the first time visitor!
- See Elephant, buffalo, hippo and other wetlands species
- Over 400 species of birds, both wetland & passerine species
- National Parks everywhere - Kavango, Khaudaum Game Park, Popa Falls, Mamili National Park and Mahango Game Parks
- Okavango, Chobe & Linyanti, and Vic Falls all a day-trip away
- Escape the crowds in this remote and awe-inspiring location
The Caprivi Strip almost doesnt feel like Namibia. Devoid of desert, this is a wetland wonder crisscrossed by several rivers. It almost feels more like the Okavango Delta or Chobe National Park than Nambia. And it is the only place in Namibia that you can see Hippopotamus and Nile Crocodile. The area has several traditional villages that you can visit which showcase traditional arts and crafts. At the time of independence the Caprivi was a dangerous area as it formed part of the border with Angola, but now it is a beautiful, isolated and safe area with many wonderful attractions.
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In dramatic contrast to the rest of
Namibia, the Caprivi is a wetlands paradise: broad perennial rivers are fringed by papyrus and palm trees; and the land stretches out over lush floodplains and broadleaved woodlands typical of the tropics.
The Caprivi Strip, a 450km finger of land in north-eastern Namibia, is bounded by
Angola,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe and
Botswana. The rather odd shaped piece of land was incorporated into Namibia in order to give the German colonists access to the
Indian Ocean via the Zambezi River.
The Kavango flows through its western end to the Okavango Delta; the Kwando becomes the Linyanti Wetlands that become the Chobe River; and the Zambezi River flows for about 100km along the border between Namibia and Zambia before its almighty plummet at Victoria Falls!
In the
Caprivi Strip wildlife is rife. Elephants, buffalo, hippo, crocodile, lion, leopard, wild dog and sub-tropical antelope lechwe, roan, sable, tsessebe, sitatunga, reedbuck, waterbuck will make excited blips on the game viewing radar. Birds also find the Caprivi a bounteous neck of the woods and about 430 species are on record, their diversity supported by the variety of habitats in the region.
The rivers of the Caprivi are the habitat of more than 70 species of fish and offer excellent
angling opportunities. The
Tiger Fish is undoubtedly one of the best sporting fish in the world and trophies of over 10kg (22lbs) are possible on the Zambezi River. Although fishing is possible all year round, between August and December is generally the best time to catch tiger fish.
Bream, a popular eating fish and
Nembwe, of up to 4kg (9lbs) are also caught, while
Barbell of up to 20kg (44lbs) can be landed.
There are five national parks in the
Caprivi Strip and lodges are springing up along the rivers in this once turbulent strip of land. Its proximity to some of southern Africa's foremost attractions make the
Caprivi Strip an excellent and affordable base from which to enjoy the spectacle of sub-tropical Africa at its best.
