The Caprivi is a narrow strip of land in the far northeast of Namibia, about 400 kilometres long. Germany exchanged the area - together with Helgoland - with the United Kingdom for Zanzibar in 1890. It was named after the German chancellor of the time, Graf von Caprivi, who signed the contract with the British. The tarred Caprivi Highway was built to replace the corrugated dirt road, which was hardly passable during the rainy season.

Caprivi is a tropical area that receives heavy rainfall between December and Marck, and it’s generally very hot throughout the year. In comparison to the rest of Namibia which is largely arid, the terrain here is well vegetated and lush.

Mostly, the topography of the Caprivi consists of swamps, floodplains, large wetland areas and....