Most of Okavango waters soaked up by desert, or evaporate. Canoes, called mokoros , hand-hewn from logs. See Camp Okavango , popular game lodge. Hills sacred to Bushmen. Tsodilo's treasures are cliff-face galleries of more than 2,000 paintings.
Bushmen still live nearby - only place known where they and their paintings can be found together.
Journey from Maun, over poor desert road, takes 14 hrs or more. Water in area sparse. Take extra supplies. Despite hazards, every year more intrepid travellers journey to see great heritage left by desert painters.