Okavango Collection

CHRIS SCHMID

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Okavango Collection Photos Š Chris Schmid Photography, all right reserved. www.schmidchris.com

OKAVANGO COLLECTION

ÂŤThe Okavango Delta is an astonishing sight: the great Okavango River, rather than flow towards the sea, flows inland, into the sands of the Kalahari.Âť - Alexander McCall Smith

The Okavango Delta in Botswana is a very large outland delta formed where the Okavango River reaches a tectonic trough in the central part of the endorheic basin of the Kalahari. All the water reaching the Delta is ultimately evaporated and transpired, and does not flow into any sea or ocean.

The Delta supports an outstanding biodiversity of life including 150 species of mammals, over 500 species of birds, 90 species of fish, as well as plants, reptiles, invertebrates and amphibians.

This Collection tries to show you the nature at its best in the more simple way.

Welcome to the Okavango Collection.

All images present in this book can be purchased online on www.schmidchris.com

This velvet monkey is looking for some fun with its friends, Savute, North of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

A male wildebeest scratching itself with a dead tree in the Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Male hippo sprays to sahow his presence when breaking the surface of the water, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

A group of Red-billed Teal ducks swimming around the green water in Savute, North of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

A male lion looking straight to the camera lens during its nice sleep, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Wonderful African sunset in the Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

The flooded plains of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

A male leopard resting on a tree branch in Kwai, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Northern Red-billed Hornbill flying over the dry bush in Savute, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Male elephant snapping its ears helping to release excess body heat into the environment, Savute, North of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

A Ggreater kudu running in the water of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

A male cheetah is looking for some food early in the morning in Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Young baboon having some fun before the sunset in Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

The impala are known for their significant leaping ability, reaching heights up to 3m, Savute, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Two hippos relaxing in the water of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

A young lion (left) is passing its head inside the carcass of a wildebeest.

A young wild dogs (right) walking with a head of a young impala after the pack killed it.

Male elephant walking in the grassland of Savute plain in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

A female and a male waterbuck looking to a pack of wild dogs running a few meters away, Savute, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

The flooded plains of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Wattled Starlings on Grant’s Zebras, Kwai, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

A lechwe hidding itself in the green grassland of the Moremi Game Reserve after seing a group of wild dogs, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Group of giraffes walking in the Okavango plain early in the morning, Botswana.

Leopard cub hidding itself from the predators, Kwai, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

The sun is passing under the clouds before the sunset in Savute, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Group of lions finishing their carcass killed during the night in Savute, North of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Wildebeest and zebras captured in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Group of girafes searching some food and water before the sunset, Savute, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

A group of white-faced whistling ducks landing on water in Savute, North of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

A lioness captured in Savute, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

A group of buffalos cross the flooded plains of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

African Fish Eagle is enjoying the last light of the day in Kwai, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Male elephant enjoying the freshness of the forest at sunset in the Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Curious waterbuck captured in the morning in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

A female leopard yawning and resting in a tree at sunset in Kwai, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Two wild dogs playing with each other after they killed a lechwe in the Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

A group of wildebeest drinking some water early in the morning, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

A giraffe covered with hungry birds, Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

A curious young cub lion looks to its brother to have some fun, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Two bull African elephants fighting in the Savute plains, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Hippo swimming in swamp, Okavango delta, Botswana

Chacma baboon cleaning itself in the Moremi game reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

A lioness and a lion portraitures made in Savute, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Male elephant spraying sand on its back at sunset in the Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Sunset in front of the flooded plains of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

A female leopard resting on a tree branch in Kwai, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

A female lechwe walking in the grassland of the Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

A chacma baboon is looking to find some food in the Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Lilac breasted roller is the national bird of Botswana. Savute, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Sunset after a great storm in Savute, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

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