Caprivi Strip, Namibia
At the western end of the Caprivi Strip the Mahango Game Reserve adjoins the Okavango River and extends to over 244 square kms. In the eastern part of the park the road follows a river course. From your slightly elevated position you will ever so often enjoy fantastic views of the Okavango’s floodplains below. It is a picture of vast plains of grass and reeds, bordered by patches of shaggy palm trees or towering mighty Baobabs. In the west, the vegetation on the banks of the Mahango and Thinderevu omiramba is dominated by dense dry forest. Similar riverine vegetation exists in very few other places in Namibia, as most of it has been destroyed by endeavours to till the land.
Background
The area was proclaimed a National Park in 1989, it links with the Buffalo Core Conservation Area across the river.