By Carlos Melia
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Helicopter Safari over the Okavango Delta Botswana | Okavango Delta, Botswana | Sweeping landscapes, herds on the move. Iwould say that one of the highlights of my trip around Botswana has been thehelicopter ride provided at Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express in Okavango Delta. The views of one of the most beautiful deltasin the world, crystal clear waters, aerial views of hippopotamus and elephantsin their own environment were stunning. I felt full adrenaline flying in an open door helicopter in the middleof the Southern African wetland.
On the photo above, what you see is the silhouette of twohippopotamus from the air. This is the Okavango Delta as you have neverexperienced it before: remote, inaccessible lakes and islands seen from thesky. Your pilot’s voice is coming through on the headset. “Look to the rightwhere a herd of buffalos is crossing the river. We’re going down for a close-upview.” Next, you’re soaring up again. “We’re heading to a higher altitude. Seethe formation of the channels and the way in which the water and land mass hasevolved.”
Helicopter flights over Botswana are one of life’s bigadventures. Hunting has rarely been done from above and therefore animals areunperturbed by aircraft. Surprisingly, you may hover just a few feet over greatherds of zebra as they continue to graze, completely unconcerned.
Even more exciting, you may be able to touch down on anisland far away from human habitation and stand in a spot that for thousands ofyears has been cut off from the world beyond.
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