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To
reach this little paradise in the Delta requires a 25 minute
scenic flight in a small chartered aircraft over some of the
special areas one can expect to encounter during the next few
days. In the presence of your very own experienced
Professional Guide, you will be fortunate to travel on foot,
or in the traditional "mokoro" or dugout canoe
whilst seeing some of the local endemic species of game and
bird life. This area is extremely rich in bird life and offers
in excess of 120 species of birds, including serious rarities
such as the Pel’s Fishing Owl, Black Coucal and the
endangered Wattled Crane.
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On the
numerous islands, there are sufficient game species to
satisfy the non-birder and to see kudu feeding lazily on
the bushes whilst you are on foot no more than 30 meters
away is a sight to please anyone. Other animals often
seen here include elephant, lion, hippo, warthog and
multitude of antelope species you are likely to
encounter during your time in the Delta, will almost
certainly leave you more than satisfied.
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If you
are extremely fortunate, you may see the elusive
sitatunga as it bounds across the narrow channel in a
spray of sparkling water. "Semetsi" is the
Setswana translation meaning "place of water",
and the camp, situated under the sprawling branches of
spectacular fig and African Ebony trees on an island in
the middle of the Okavango Delta, is therefore aptly
named.
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Accommodation
at Semetsi is in new mini meru tents on raised wooden decks
all with sunset views and overlooking the Okavango; new and
larger beds and tent furniture, additional hot / cold showers
and flush toilets. Many hours can be comfortably spent simply
sitting in the shade overlooking the flood plains, looking for
some of the red lechwe antelope, which can be seen in this
spectacular habitat.
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