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Botswana's elusive river
The Okavango Delta has created a natural highway through exquisite grassland
It is "the most exclusive of adventures", says Nigel Richardson in the Daily Telegraph.
The Selinda Spillway in northern Botswana is a channel that runs for about sixty miles through one of the "wildest tracts of grass-land in southern Africa".
Most of the time, it’s dry; but every thirty years or so, the waters of the nearby Okavango Delta rise so high that they flood it, creating "a miraculous temporary river".
This is one such year, so there is a "historic" opportunity to canoe its entire length.
Encounters with elephants and hippos make it a thrilling and sometimes hair-raising journey; and for those who brave it the whole way, a few nights at the "luxurious" Selinda safari camp are a welcome reward.
Rainbow Tours (020-7226 1004; ) offers a seven-day trip incl. three days canoeing the Selinda Spillway, from £3,960pp inc. flights. ·
