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Into the Okavango

TV-PG

April 22, 2018

The Okavango River Basin provides a vital source of water to about 1 million people, the world’s largest population of African elephants and significant populations of lions, cheetahs and hundreds of species of birds. However, this once unspoiled oasis is now under siege due to increasing pressure from human activity. From National Geographic Documentary Films, Into the Okavango chronicles a team of modern-day explorers on their first epic four-month, 1,500-mile expedition across three countries to save the river system that feeds the Okavango Delta, one of our planet’s last wetland wildernesses.

Rated: TV-PG
Release Date: April 22, 2018

PHOTO GALLERY

  • Botswana - A group of elephants in the Okavango Delta wades through water that floods the delta annually flowing down from the Angolan Highlands. (Cory Richards)

    Botswana - A group of elephants in the Okavango Delta wades through water that floods the delta annually flowing down from the Angolan Highlands. (Cory Richards)

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    Botswana - A group of elephants in the Okavango Delta wades through water that floods the delta annually flowing down from the Angolan Highlands. (Cory Richards)

    Botswana - A group of elephants in the Okavango Delta wades through water that floods the delta annually flowing down from the Angolan Highlands. (Cory Richards)

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  • Angola - The team launches the river portion of the expedition outside of Huambo (Pete Muller)

    Angola - The team launches the river portion of the expedition outside of Huambo (Pete Muller)

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    Angola - The team launches the river portion of the expedition outside of Huambo (Pete Muller)

    Angola - The team launches the river portion of the expedition outside of Huambo (Pete Muller)

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  • Angola - A raging inferno swept across the floodplains opposite the overnight campsite on the Cuito River. (James Kydd)

    Angola - A raging inferno swept across the floodplains opposite the overnight campsite on the Cuito River. (James Kydd)

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    Angola - A raging inferno swept across the floodplains opposite the overnight campsite on the Cuito River. (James Kydd)

    Angola - A raging inferno swept across the floodplains opposite the overnight campsite on the Cuito River. (James Kydd)

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  • Angola - Steve Boyes and Neil Gelinas swat away thousands of sweat bees after getting off the river at the end of another long day. On this particular day, the team capsized one mekoro. (Cory Richards)

    Angola - Steve Boyes and Neil Gelinas swat away thousands of sweat bees after getting off the river at the end of another long day. On this particular day, the team capsized one mekoro. (Cory Richards)

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    Angola - Steve Boyes and Neil Gelinas swat away thousands of sweat bees after getting off the river at the end of another long day. On this particular day, the team capsized one mekoro. (Cory Richards)

    Angola - Steve Boyes and Neil Gelinas swat away thousands of sweat bees after getting off the river at the end of another long day. On this particular day, the team capsized one mekoro. (Cory Richards)

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  • Botswana - Elephants near camp on the Okavango (Mark Stone)

    Botswana - Elephants near camp on the Okavango (Mark Stone)

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    Botswana - Elephants near camp on the Okavango (Mark Stone)

    Botswana - Elephants near camp on the Okavango (Mark Stone)

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  • Botswana - Elephants by the Okavango River (Cory Richards)

    Botswana - Elephants by the Okavango River (Cory Richards)

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    Botswana - Elephants by the Okavango River (Cory Richards)

    Botswana - Elephants by the Okavango River (Cory Richards)

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  • Botswana - Yellow Billed Storks fly over the Okavango (Cory Richards)

    Botswana - Yellow Billed Storks fly over the Okavango (Cory Richards)

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    Botswana - Yellow Billed Storks fly over the Okavango (Cory Richards)

    Botswana - Yellow Billed Storks fly over the Okavango (Cory Richards)

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  • Botswana - A family of baboons sit a top a termite mound with the last light of day approaching. (Cory Richards)

    Botswana - A family of baboons sit a top a termite mound with the last light of day approaching. (Cory Richards)

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    Botswana - A family of baboons sit a top a termite mound with the last light of day approaching. (Cory Richards)

    Botswana - A family of baboons sit a top a termite mound with the last light of day approaching. (Cory Richards)

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  • Botswana - A group of elephants in the Okavango Delta wades through water that floods the delta annually flowing down from the Angolan Highlands. (Cory Richards)

    Botswana - A group of elephants in the Okavango Delta wades through water that floods the delta annually flowing down from the Angolan Highlands. (Cory Richards)

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    Botswana - A group of elephants in the Okavango Delta wades through water that floods the delta annually flowing down from the Angolan Highlands. (Cory Richards)

    Botswana - A group of elephants in the Okavango Delta wades through water that floods the delta annually flowing down from the Angolan Highlands. (Cory Richards)

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  • Angola - Steve Boyes emerges from his tent at a campsite along the Cubango River (Pete Muller)

    Angola - Steve Boyes emerges from his tent at a campsite along the Cubango River (Pete Muller)

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    Angola - Steve Boyes emerges from his tent at a campsite along the Cubango River (Pete Muller)

    Angola - Steve Boyes emerges from his tent at a campsite along the Cubango River (Pete Muller)

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