Moremi Game Reserve at sunrise, Okavango River Delta, Botswana

Little reserve, big game

Forests, savannahs, lagoons, and delta floodplains make up the 1,900 square miles of Moremi Reserve – which, compared to other preserves throughout Africa, actually makes it pretty small. Pay those numbers no mind, though. The digit that really matters around here is 5: that is, the storied ‘big five’ animals of Africa (lions, elephants, leopards, rhinoceroses, and African buffalo) that all make their home in this Botswanan wilderness.