{"id":16755,"date":"2025-09-16T12:29:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T12:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/blog\/?p=16755"},"modified":"2025-12-11T14:50:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T14:50:15","slug":"joanna-explores-botswana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/blog\/joanna-explores-botswana","title":{"rendered":"Joanna explores Botswana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After leaving the glitz of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/region\/cape-town-trip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cape Town<\/a> behind (that\u2019s a story for another time), I was thrilled to be in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/region\/okavango-delta-safari\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Okavango Delta<\/a> once again. I had never seen it quite so green before and as we splashed across waterways, we knew we were really in for something special \u2013 they even let me drive for a bit!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/region\/okavango-delta-safari\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Joanna-Botswana.jpg\" alt=\"Botswana trip\" class=\"wp-image-16756\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our destination was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/hotel\/okavango-origins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Okavango Origins,<\/a> a humble camp with the biggest heart, which was felt in every moment shared with the staff and each delicious meal prepared for us. My friends and I (which included the camp\u2019s co-owner) were mightily impressed with the guiding; there were no crackling radios, just old-fashioned tracking skills and a deep respect for the wildlife we met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><div id=\"timbuktu-wp\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css?family=Merriweather:700|Open+Sans:300,600\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/hotel\/okavango-origins?action=DesignATrip&wId=001&lodgeName=Okavango%20Origins&lodgeId=13594\" class=\"no_underline timbuktu-test-class\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"timbuktu_banner_container image-included\"><div class=\"timbuktu_banner_layout_minimal\"><div class=\"timbuktu_banner\" data-entity-type=\"lodge\" data-country-id=\"3\" data-region-id=\"481\" data-lodge-id=\"13594\" >\n                    <figure><img decoding=\"async\" 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