We visited Guma Camp and the Okavango Delta in mid-June of 2008. The Delta is one of the natural wonders of the world. Water comes from the mountains of Angola and floods out over a vast area on the north end of the Kalahari Desert. It creates a mosaic of channels and islands and marshes that support tremendous populations of animals and birds. The animals follow the ebb and flow of the waters and find constantly replenished food.I expected a swamp-like area but the water is clean and clear. You can see the bottom at 15 or 20 feet.
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Guma Camp/Okavango Delta Guma camp is on the western side of the Delta.
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Guma Camp Road We had to drive about twenty miles off the main road to reach Guma...
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Guma Camp Road Again we were driving in sand where we had to let air out of the tires...
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Guma signpost. The road forked here and a sand track ran off in two directions. The signs...
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Our tents at Guma Camp. The ground was sand, which was not good, but there was shade, which was very...
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Toilets at Guma Camp They were just slat boxes open to the sky. There was a string that you...
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Shower at Guma Camp Again, a slat box open to the sky. The water was warm, when the...
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Dining area at Guma Camp Although our guide cooked out of our trailer, as always, we ate our meals here.
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Deck at Guma Camp The deck was built around and on the tree roots. It used them for support.
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View from Guma CAmp. This is looking out into the Delta. It was a great place to spend a...
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View from the deck.
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Sunset over the Delta
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Spectacled Weaver This bird was hopping around on our truck when he saw his reflection in the...
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Strangler Fig The strangler fig vine grows around other trees and eventually can kill them....
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Okavango Delta entrance We left Guma Camp in a speed boat and crossed a lagoon then entered the Delta...
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Okavango Delta Just ahead is the staging area where the "makoros" were kept. We left...
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Makoro Makoros are basically dugout canoes. However, the ones we rode in were...
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Vervet Monkey This monkey was watching us load the makoro and, no doubt, wondering why we...
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Vervet Monkey Sometimes called the "blue-balled monkey" for obvious reasons.
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Makoro The dugouts are propelled by standing in the rear and pushing with a...
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Deep water Sometimes the channels were quite deep and the poler had to reach way down to...
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Makoro in the Delta It was amazing that the guides could wend their way through the many...
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Delta Island There are islands scattered all through the Delta. Some are quite large and...
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Elephant Except the elphants which can wade, or swim, from island to island. As...
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Elephant The elephants often pull branches off the trees to feed on. Sometimes...
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