$3,150 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Maun - Moremi Game Reserve
Maun - Moremi Game Reserve
Today, we will pick you up in the morning (around 5:00 am – 5:30 am) and journey with you northwards to Moremi Game Reserve for a (2) night stay.
Moremi is situated in the central and eastern areas of the Okavango Delta and covers about a third of the total land area of the Okavango Delta. At about 3900–square kilometres Moremi as a reserve is unfenced. This allows for free movement of animals within the Delta according to their seasonal migrations. Moremi boasts of diverse ecosystems ranging from floodplains, lagoons, grasslands and riverine to mophane woodland. Thus, with such a wide variety of vegetation comes a diverse spectrum of wildlife.
You will enjoy your breakfast at Moremi's south gate. This breakfast typically consists of coffee, tea, juice, cereals, rusks, fruits, etc.
Thereafter, you will enter into game drive mode and spend the day searching for the wide variety of wildlife and birds that this area is famous for before being taken to your camp to spend the night.
- Main Destination:
- Moremi Game Reserve (Okavango Delta)
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
Wildlife in Moremi GR
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Exploring Moremi Game Reserve
Exploring Moremi Game Reserve
Today you will wake up to enjoy an early breakfast. Shortly after breakfast you will go for a morning game drive. On this safari drive you should therefore, look out for the large herds of African elephants in the Mophane scrub, keep an eye on for the elusive African wild dogs, lions, leopards, etc.
You might also encounter birds of prey on this safari drive such as the mighty Martial Eagle, Tawny Eagle, the majestic African Fish Eagle and that incredible aviator–the Bateleur and many others.
We will return to our camp around noon for lunch and a much needed rest. In the afternoon we will set off once again in our safari vehicle for more birding and game viewing.
Come back to our camp just after sunset to have a shower and thereafter enjoy a campfire cooked dinner. We have two (2) nights at a wilderness campsite to marvel at this exceedingly diverse reserve that offers an untouched wildlife experience.
- Main Destination:
- Moremi Game Reserve (Okavango Delta)
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Moremi Game Reserve - Khwai Concession
Moremi Game Reserve - Khwai Concession
Today, after breakfast you will take a slow game drive through Moremi Game Reserve- a game drive that provides farewell to the area’s magnificent landscapes and mammals.
Finally, you will head northeast towards the Khwai Concession for a two (2) night stay.
At about 1800–square kilometres large, the Khwai is situated in the northeastern Okavango next to Moremi. It is a wildlife–prolific and varied ecosystem dominated by a patchwork of lagoons, grasslands, permanent flood plains and large areas of Mopane woodland forests. Khwai has a marvelous selection of predators such as lion, leopard, wild dog, cheetah, serval, African wild cat, etc.
In the afternoon you will go for your game drive and possibly watch the sunset unfold over the Khwai River.
- Main Destination:
- Khwai Concession (Okavango Delta)
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
Wildlife in Okavango Delta
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Exploring the Khwai Concession
Exploring the Khwai Concession
Today, after an early breakfast you will go for your usual morning game drive. Your journey will follow the Khwai River’s watercourse weaving from the riverside and floodplains into the mophane veld and woodlands that make Khwai one of the most scenic areas of the Okavango.
The Khwai area boasts an excellent population of African Elephant, both solitary bulls and breeding herds. The swampy areas are home to Red Lechwe. Other resident species includes the Southern Giraffe, bufallo, Burchell’s Zebra, Tsessebe, the Greater Kudu, Impalas and various other nocturnal species. Khwai is also one of Botswana’s birding Mecca’s. As such the raptors and water birds are particularly abundant and make for some great photography.
Mokoro Excursion
The highlight today is a mokoro excursion along the Khwai River-part of the Okavango Delta system. During this mokoro excursion you should have some great encounters with aquatic birds and several species of mammals.
- Main Destination:
- Khwai Concession (Okavango Delta)
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Khwai Concession - Savuti
Khwai Concession - Savuti
This morning, you will rise very early, greet the fresh African morning with coffee and some light breakfast, before heading out on your last safari drive in the Khwai Concession. The early mornings normally offer an improved opportunity to view the predators.
Eventually, you will leave the Khwai Concession and travel northeastwards to Savuti for a two (2) night stay.
Savuti is best known for its predators, both big cats (lion, leopard and cheetah) and birds of prey–raptors, vultures and all manner of birds of prey that soar over Savuti’s landscape in search of food. Perhaps the strangest phenomenon of all about Savuti is the 100 kilometres of Savuti Channel. At times, it will stop flowing and remain dry for years at a stretch. When the channel recommences its flow, it changes the entire ecosystem, transforming the Savuti Marsh and Mababe Depression into wetlands. This creates an oasis that provides water for thirsty wildlife herds and acts as a magnet for a profusion of water birds.
- Main Destination:
- Savuti (Chobe NP)
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
Wildlife in Chobe NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Exploring Savuti
Exploring Savuti
You wake up early in the morning to freshen up with some hot water in the face basin. This is followed by a light breakfast of some coffee, tea, rusks, cereals, bread, etc.
After breakfast, you'll head out for your morning game drive to explore the Savuti and its marsh. The Savuti Marsh is a vast expanse of grasslands dotted with dead acacia trees, creating an intriguing, almost ghost-like landscape. You will return to camp at around midday for lunch and some siesta time.
Another point of interest in Savuti is the Bushman rock paintings, thought to be well over a thousand years old. These are paintings of giraffes, elephants and elands. If time permits, we will pay these rock paintings a visit.
In the afternoon, you'll head out again for your afternoon game drive and return to camp just before sunset. Dinner will follow before you turn in for the night to rest or as you hold some discussions about events of the day around the campfire.
- Main Destination:
- Savuti (Chobe NP)
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Savuti - Chobe National Park
Savuti - Chobe National Park
Wake up early morning for some breakfast. Shortly thereafter you leave in a slow game drive around Savuti, and travel northeastwards to Chobe National Park for a two (2) night stay and more game drives.
Tucked up in Botswana’s far northeastern border with Namibia, Chobe National Park is one of the great wildlife destinations of Africa. At approximately 11 900 square–kilometers Chobe is made up of rich ecosystems and pristine landscapes consisting of savanna plains, river, swamp and scrub.
With such varied environments and habitats, Chobe provides a magnificent array of wildlife. It is the ultimate haven for vast herds of elephant – as many as 120,000 of the animals depend on the Chobe River’s life–sustaining waterways when the dry season kicks in. Other resident game species are large herds of buffalo, zebra, wildebeest, the rare puku, roan and sable antelopes. These are normally trailed by the notoriously fearless lions of the Chobe, leopard and cheetah.
- Main Destination:
- Chobe National Park
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Exploring Chobe National Park
Exploring Chobe National Park
You wake up early in the morning to freshen up with some hot water in the face basin. This is followed by a light breakfast of some coffee, tea, rusks, cereals, bread, etc. before heading into Chobe National Park for your morning game drive.
Chobe is one of the best places to see and photograph Roan and Sable Antelopes. Puku Antelope occurs nowhere else in southern Africa, but only on the Chobe floodplains. On the other hand the massive herds of African Buffalo that inhabit Chobe are constantly flanked by the ever–hungry lions of the Chobe.
You will return to your camp around noon for lunch. If desired, this is also the time to take a nap or to just sit and relax, or perhaps read a book and ready yourself for an afternoon safari drive.
Head out again into Chobe National Park in the late afternoon for your game drive and return to your camp just after sunset.
- Main Destination:
- Chobe National Park
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Departure
Departure
You will go for your usual morning game drive after breakfast today and finally leave Chobe National Park as you head out to Kasane.
Day 9: Chobe River boat cruise
The highlight today is a boat cruise in the Chobe River. This boat cruise gives you the chance to experience the animals of Chobe from a different perspective and therefore, you might get up close and personal with hippos, crocodiles and a mind–boggling array of water birds.
Your safari ends in Kasane immediately after the Chobe River cruise. You will be dropped off at your hotel or to Kasane Airport for your onward travel.
Note: Transfers to Victoria Falls can be arranged at an extra cost.
- Main Destination:
- Chobe Riverfront (Chobe NP)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
