'If you think you need a television in your room, you are in the wrong place': Why sleeping under canvas makes for a complete safari experience

The Okavango River, the fourth largest in Africa, is a wonder of the world. Rising in Angola, it runs for 1,000 miles into the Delta of the same name before disappearing beneath the Kalahari desert. It never reaches the sea.

The river fills the Okavango Delta in Botswana at a critical period of the year, when the area would otherwise be dry, and this makes it a unique area for wildlife — the perfect destination for a safari.

For our trip, we opted to sleep entirely under canvas, which makes for a complete safari experience in a way that being cocooned behind bricks and mortar can never match. Tents make you a part of Nature. If you think you need a television in your room, you are in the wrong place. TIA: This Is Africa. Let the canvas surround you and the country will do the rest.

Moke