| The land climbs from the hot parklands of these two river valleys up through small farming areas to a central plateau of msasa and mopane savanna woodland. |
| At midday, you can join the bugs for lunch, and sink your teeth into braaied mopane worms, grasshoppers dipped in chocolate, or spicy termites. |
| For example, in South Africa mopane worms are eaten by the bushmen, and in China silkworms are considered a delicacy. |
| There are some farmers however who manage fenced in browsers who view the worms with concern as competitors for the mopane tree leaves. |
| Specialists said the caterpillars are likely to be mopane worms, the larvae of emperor moths, which are commonly eaten in Africa. |
| The participating lodges are Damara Mopane Lodge, Etosha Safari Lodge and Etosha Safari Camp. |
