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The
Linyanti Reserve consists of 125000 hectares of prime
wildlife countryside. The reserve is bordered to the north
by the Linyanti River and the east by the Chobe National
Park. Two thirds of the Savuti Channel is situated within
this reserve. The region has all the diversity to make it
a haven for wildlife. There are excellent grasslands and
waterholes along the Savuti channel and along the Linyanti.
Inland there are enormous acacia and mopane forests, which
sustain large numbers of Elephants in the winter months.
The Savuti area is famous for its Lions. Elephants are one
of the areas biggest attractions along with the Red
Lechwe Antelope, Zebra, Wildebeest, Impala, Waterbuck, Sable,
Roan, Eland, as well as Giraffe, Baboon, Monkey, Warthog,
Crocodile and Buffalo. Then there are the predators Lion,
Leopard, Cheetah, Wild Dog and Hyena and the nocturnal animals
- Bushbabies, Spring Hare, Aardwolf, Serval, Genet, Pangolin
and the smaller predators. Birding is great here from the
Okavango specials such as Slaty Egret, White
Rumped Babblers tot he various bushveld species.
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