The Nxamaseri Channel is north of the point where the main Okavango River divides at the base of the Panhandle, and is a stretch of open, clear water up to about 30m wide in places. Beside the edges you'll find stands of papyrus and common reeds, whilst its quieter edges are lined by patches of waterlilies, including many night lilies, Nymphaea lotus (aka lotus lilies) as well as the more common day lilies, Nymphaea nouchali caerulea. Look out also for the heart-shaped floating leaves, and star-shaped white or yellow flowers of the water gentian, Nymphoides indica.

As with the rest of the Panhandle, this isn't a prime area for game viewing. You may catch glimpses of sitatunga or the odd lechwe, and you're almost bound to see hippo and crocodile, but big game is scarce.

However, the channel is a super waterway for birdwatching; home to a tremendous variety of waterbirds. Without trying too hard, my sightings including many pygmy geese, greater and lesser jacanas, lesser galinules, colonies of reed cormorants, darters, numerous species of bee-eaters and king-fishers, green-backed herons, a relaxed black crake, numerous red-shouldered widows and even (on a cloudy morning in February) a pair of Pel's fishing owls. Beside the channel are pockets of tall riverine trees and various real fan and wild date palms, whose overhanging branches house several colonies of weavers (masked, spotted-backed and brown-throated).

Upstream of the lodge, on the main Okavango River, there's a colony of carmine bee-eaters at a location known locally as 'the red cliffs'. This is occupied from around early September to the end of December, but is probably at its best in late-September/early-October (the best time for most migrant species here).