Down in pan small clumps of trees dominate sea of grass cropped short by game. Nearly always giraffe, springbok, bat-eared foxes and hartebeest in area. Always huge herds of impala and tsessebe, while in dry season large herds of buffalo, wildebeest and zebra flock into park from Kalahari. Rare sitatunga and lechwe antelope live in papyrus banks of waterways. Home to many birds.
Visitors can approach game on foot.
Park kept as natural as possible by creators, the Tawana tribe. See Camp Moremi , popular game lodge. Okavango frequently called swamp, but mostly waters beautifully clear. Most of Okavango waters soaked up by desert, or evaporate. Canoes, called mokoros , hand-hewn from logs.