Thu, 15 Oct
|Okavango Delta, Botswana
The Journey of the Okavango
This is an invitation to connect deeply - with the land, the elements, and all beings. In Botswana, where water is sacred, we’ll meet the spirit of water and all it touches. Through sacred circles and attunement to the land, we’ll listen, learn, and remember: we are not separate - we are the beings.
Time & Location
15 Oct 2026, 10:00 – 23 Oct 2026, 10:00
Okavango Delta, Botswana
About the event
This is a journey walked in the old way—unplugged, unhurried, and guided by the rhythms of the Earth. In the heart of the Okavango Delta, where water meets sky in a sacred dance, we enter one of the last untouched sanctuaries of wilderness on our planet.
Here, among winding waterways, silent lagoons, and ancient islands, life flourishes in its original language—spoken by elephant and lion, buffalo and wild dog, giraffe and leopard. We move gently through this living cathedral, not as conquerors, but as kin.
Far beyond the reach of roads and engines, we travel by dugout canoe and on foot—led by the land, by the wind, and by the stories in the tracks. Each step is a prayer. Each encounter, a gift. This is where true adventure begins: in stillness, in humility, and in deep communion with the wild.
The Journey
15. Oct.: Arrival in Maun airport, travel to the Bushway Lodge
16. Oct.: introduction of the journey at the lodge
17. - 22. Oct.: wilderness journey
22. Oct.: stay at the lodge for harvesting and integration
23. Oct.: going back to Maun airport
Investment
Early bird (until 31. July 2026): 4.250 EUR / 4.950 USD / 87.850 ZAR
Regular: 4.500 EUR / 5.250 USD / 93.200 ZAR
This includes transport from the airport, meals, equipment, 3 days of lodging.
Facilitator & Guide
Sicelo Mbatha
Sicelo Mbatha (Black Lion) is a spiritual wilderness guide. Nature has always been his spiritual home, his medicine and his teacher. He has dedicated his life to fostering deep connections between humans and nature. He believes that this medicine is needed to heal the world from the wounds of environmental destruction and social injustice. He also authored the book "Black Lion - Alive in the Wilderness".
Facilitator
Geseko von Lüpke
Geseko (Oak Power) is an elder, a mentor and chronicler of transformation: As a Vision Quest Guide and Deep Ecology Pioneer for individual inner changes, as a book author and free lancing journalist for collective transformations. He lives near the Alps in Southern Germany, is a scholar of the Earth, Joanna Macy, Meredith Little and late Steven Forster, worked with groups in the wilderness of Germany, Slowenia, Italy and with Coleridge Daniels in South Africa. The wild is his greatest teacher, challenge and home.