Epic Flooding in the Selinda Reserve

In northern Botswana the floodwaters have brought an epic event that may truly turn out to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.  As if the Okavango Delta didn’t offer enough, last year, for the first time in nearly 30 years, the waters of the Delta connected with the Kwando-Linyanti system and flooded the gorgeous Selinda Spillway to create conditions for an extraordinary wilderness adventure.  It looks as though this year will again bring these amazing floods and connect the Spillway once more!

The mysterious river created in the Spillway is very rarely seen in its full color and its flowing brings new life to this region of Botswana, creating an interexchange of species between the Okavango and Kwando-Linyanti systems. Dried up for the better part of the past three decades, the spillway is as wide as 100 yards in some places but mostly shallow and has become an absolute magnet for the wildlife in the area.

To fully experience this rare event guests in the Selinda Reserve, the 320,000 acre private wildlife sanctuary, are now able to canoe through the Spillway, bringing them closer to the flora and fauna than ever before.