Yup, they answered . The northern parts of Botswana and Zimbabwe we visited offered a view of unspoiled wildlife. While Botswana is mostly covered by the sands of the Kalahari Desert, the northern part possesses the Okavango Delta, the largest inland fan of rivers, swamps and floodplains in the world. Sandy islands with date palms and sycamore fig trees. Grassy plains with sculpted-looking acacia trees.
Floodplain grasslands with loping red lechwe antelope and grazing blue wildebeest.
Woodlands that looked like war zones where elephants had eaten the bark of trees and left them to die. Forests with ebony trees, teak and the occasional baobab that looked like it was sprouting roots instead of branches. When we visited, in September, it was the end of the Southern Hemisphere's winter season. Afternoon temperatures were in the 70s and 80s, but at night the mercury dropped into the 30s. That's when the blankets and hot water bottles, provided at several camps, were comforting.