Visited Apr 2023. The Sudd wetland is a very important inland freshwater ecosystem on a scale with the already listed Pantanal and Okavango delta. Throughout the year it's size is highly variable, basically doubling from it's lowest point during the dry season to it's maximum during seasonal flooding. As a natural site it supports a wide variety of wildlife, including large, diverse fish populations and is an important stop for many migrating bird species. It's also home to many mammals and supports the largest antelope migration in the world. As a cultural site, the ecosystem supports a local population of up to a million who largely live a traditional lifestyle including fishing, seasonal farming and semi-nomadic cattle herding. All told it absolutely deserves inscription and protection, the sooner the better.

My visit was inspired by the previous review and followed a similar pattern although backwards as I went to Minkaman first to visit a cattle camp and then took a boat through the wetlands to Bor. April is the end of the dry season so water levels were low and there were more temporary islands in the waterways. The skies were also smoky at times from local slash and burn practices as they clear more land for short term farming. From Bor we visited more of the waterways and stopped at a small fishing village. It is a simple life but the kids seemed happy to have visitors.

From a wildlife perspective, there was not much to see other than birds. As a visitor I have no doubt that if it is described I will have gotten nowhere near the core zone. Perhaps in the future with more stability, tours will run further into the wetlands but for now the cultural attractions on the edge are the main attraction.