Slowly, silently, you glide towards the lions. There are three of them, drinking on the riverbank. You’re just metres away, at your eye level. But you are safe. You’re on a mokoro, travelling the same way the locals have travelled for centuries.
A mokoro is a traditional wooden canoe that’s paddled or punted through the water. It’s perfect for exploring the mazy waterways of the Okavango, places that are inaccessible by game vehicle or even motor boat. From these waterways you don’t see that much, but what you see is usually extremely close. And remember, every animal must come to the water to drink.
Mokoro rides are a new safari perspective, perfect at sunrise. These canoes are not very comfortable, so one to two hours is usually enough. Gliding silently means you’ll appreciate all the subtle changes in smell, all the unique sounds, all the small sights you miss from a noisy safari vehicle.
At this speed you see a different Okavango, a different Africa, a macro world of nuance. Then suddenly you glide past a hippo, elephant or big cat. And these animals are so much bigger when viewed from the water level in a mokoro.
Okavango Mokoro Canoe Safari Photo Gallery
