Some incredible news! The Savuti Channel is flowing once again and the waters have reached Savuti Camp!
This channel has not flowed for about a quarter of a century since the Channel stopped flowing and dried up in the early 1980s. The result of shifting tectonic plates and their effect on the Linyanti fault line.
It seems however that due to more tetonic shifting, the water from the heavy rains is beginning to flow down the channel once again!
You can witness this incredible event at Savuti Camp, or even from Duma Tau or Kings Pool on game drives.
If you want to watch some DVD's on the Savuti Channel's history, you can watch the Stolen River and Journey to the Fogotten River fimled by Derek and Beverley Joubert - resident National Geographic Explorer's.
The Stolen River is a riveting story of the historic moment when the Savuti Channel in Northern Botswana suddenly withered away leaving what was once a beautiful wetland to bake under the African sun. With this intense drying up, a whole range of wildlife interactions start to emerge.
Journey to the Forgotten River follows on from The Stolen River, and journeys with the animals that did not stay, but chose early on to leave the disappearing river and go in search of the rivers of the north.
The Savuti Channel flowing above, with Savuti Camp in the background. Derek and Beverley Joubert who filmed two incredible wildlife documentary's when the Savuti Channel dried up in the 1980's.
