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- noun A
dugout canoe, especially as used in the Okavango Swamps ofBotswana .
Etymologies
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Examples
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We also took a traditional mokoro canoe ride through the delta, stopping along the shore for cocktails and hors d'oeuvres.
Wild Luxury 2009
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We touched at the beautiful tree-covered island of Kalabi, opposite where Tuba-mokoro lectured the lion in our way up.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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It wasn't what I'd had in mind when I'd signed up for our trip, a three-day mokoro, or canoe, safari through the placid channels and lagoons of the Okavango.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - washingtonpost.com 2011
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While many of the tour operators in Maun were charging more than $100 a day for tours of the delta in traditional mokoro canoes, I booked a three-day, two-night trip for just over $140.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - washingtonpost.com 2011
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Drift through the Okavango Delta, in a traditional mokoro
BBC - Ouch 2010
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Being poled along by Ellisa in a mokoro, 2 people sitting/lying in a dug out canoe for 3 hours, listening to the bird and insect life and reeds being brushed aside, we headed to an overnight stay 4.5 km away on a island in edge of the 16,000 sq km Okavango Delta.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Drift through the Okavango Delta, in a traditional mokoro
BBC - Ouch 2010
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One mokoro had the cooking gear/food and another all of our tents piled on it.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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The hippos sounded very close to the mokoro, but were mostly about 5 metres away under the water (according to the polers)!
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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The men use a 6 foot long stick to pole the mokoro along the delta, by putting the stick into the water and pushing the canoe off the bottom of the bed.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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