{"id":871598,"date":"2026-01-23T15:01:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T15:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/871598\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T15:01:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T15:01:44","slug":"rivers-of-the-world-mekong-okavango-urubamba-niger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/871598\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivers of the World &#8211; Mekong, Okavango, Urubamba, Niger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Rivers of the World - Mekong, Okavango, Urubamba, Niger\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xxk21Tmcux0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nRivers of the World &#8211; Mekong, Okavango, Urubamba, Niger<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Mekong &#8211; The nurturing river<br \/>\nThe Mekong is one of the world\u2019s last great feeder rivers. Born in the heights of the Himalayas, it meanders throughout South Asia, from China to Vietnam, passing through the immense lake of Ton L\u00e9 Sap, in Cambodia, near Angkor Wat, and the \u201cfour thousand islands\u201d of Si Phan Donh, in Laos.<br \/>\nRice cultivation, trade, fishing \u2013 the very life of these regions depends on the river.<\/p>\n<p>42:25 Okavango, the animal river<br \/>\nDespite its 1700 km length, the Okavango is a river that never reaches the sea. After tumbling down the hills of Angola and crossing Namibia, it ends its course in the Kalahari Desert. Here, the Okavango loses itself in a thousand meanders and canals, transforming this arid land into a teeming paradise where crocodiles, hippos and elephants testify to a biodiversity unique in the world, where wildlife explodes.<\/p>\n<p>01:24:35 Urubamba, the ancestral river<br \/>\nThe source of the Amazon, the Urubamba springs up in the Andes to irrigate the ancient Inca empire. Today, it remains the backbone of the Sacred Valley, dotted with testimonies to its past splendour, such as the imperial city of Macchu Pichu. A past still present in the culture of the region\u2019s inhabitants.<\/p>\n<p>02:06:40 Niger, the genius river<br \/>\nThroughout West Africa, the Niger carries with it its legends. In Mali, it bathes the shores of Dj\u00e9n\u00e9, the city of earth, and Timbuktu, the pearl of the desert. From Bamako to Gao, it is for some a nurturing genius, for others a magical and mysterious Queen of the Waters. But no one fails to pay tribute to the river\u2019s great power.<\/p>\n<p>Episode 1: https:\/\/youtu.be\/ObJPCgW4gZs<\/p>\n<p>Watch more related documentaries in our playlist https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL0ynAwoyg_cB98IJ_PvIJ3hvpGamKf1c4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rivers of the World &#8211; Mekong, Okavango, Urubamba, Niger 00:00 Mekong &#8211; The nurturing river The Mek<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":871599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[144576],"tags":[270402,458636,458634,308691,317862,458632,458630,458629,51940,458631,458635,458633,443,677,1081,147374],"class_list":{"0":"post-871598","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hokkaido","8":"tag-ancient-civilizations","9":"tag-environmental-documentary","10":"tag-geography-documentary","11":"tag-mekong-river","12":"tag-nature-documentary","13":"tag-niger-river","14":"tag-okavango-delta","15":"tag-rivers-documentary","16":"tag-travel-documentary","17":"tag-urubamba-river","18":"tag-wildlife-and-nature","19":"tag-world-rivers","20":"tag-443","21":"tag-677","22":"tag-1081","23":"tag-147374"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=871598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/871599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}