Savute

Savute lies South East of the Linyanti Marshes and borders the Okavango Delta. The whole area used to be marshlands which were fed by the mysterious Savute Channel which ran 100kms from the Linyanti to the Savute Marshes of the Mababe depression. The channel dried up in the early 1990's leaving a landscape of open grasslands and dead trees in the old riverbed where they were drowned by the last flood period around 40 years ago. The parched grasslands of the Savute are boosted into life with the onset of summer rains from November to March, and thousands of Zebras and many Elephants migrate south from the Linyanti to gorge on the abundant grazing. The pans fill with water and several remain wet long into the dry season, enabling animals to remain in the area.

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Holiday to Botswana and Zimbabwe during May 2011

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Loved Botswana. Its a country that really seems to have its act together. They have made conscious decisions to maintain their environment and from our little exposure it seems that the government has been able to avoid much of the corruption and inefficiencies of many other African countries.

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Hal Thurston, Bellingham, WA, USA

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