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Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Goo Moremi Gorge
Goo Moremi Gorge
You will be departing Johannesburg and head north to Goo-Moremi campsite on day 1 of your journey. As you venture into the heart of Botswana's wilderness. You will travel through breathtaking landscapes as you make your way to the enchanting Goo-Moremi campsite, where you'll explore the gorge, its rich cultural and spiritual heritage, its waterfalls, and if lucky see vultures in the colony on foot.
An essential part of your safari is some participation. From putting up your tent to packing the truck in the morning – it’s all part of your adventure and when everyone puts in a little effort the trip will run smoothly. Your tour leaders will do all the meal preparation but we ask you to help (on rotation) with the washing up.
- Main Destination:
- Serowe (Town, Botswana)
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Kubu Island
Kubu Island
Kubu Island is a remarkable granite rock formation located in Botswana's Makgadikgadi Pans, known for its stunningly flat and desolate landscape, surrounded by a vast salt pan and characterized by its eerie beauty. After breakfast, you'll transfer into our open 4WD safari vehicle and head off the beaten track to explore this area of baobab trees and salt pans. The flat landscape and incredible starry skies offer incredible photo opportunities during the day and night. You'll explore the granite rock formations and interesting fauna and flora of the area on foot.
- Main Destination:
- Kubu Island (Makgadikgadi Pans NP, Botswana)
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
Wildlife in Makgadikgadi Pans NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Makgadikgadi Pans National Park
Makgadikgadi Pans National Park
You will skirt the edges of the vast Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, making your way up to Gweta where you'll spend the night at Planet Baobab Campsite. The Makgadikgadi Pans are the world’s largest salt pans, covering 30,000 sq km, formed from the remnants of a large inland lake that dried up thousands of years ago. It is home to a variety of wildlife including large herds of zebra and wildebeest and migratory birds. You will enjoy an evening under the stars.
- Main Destination:
- Makgadikgadi Pans National Park (Botswana)
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Overnight in Maun
Overnight in Maun
You will have a slow morning allowing time for the optional (own-expense) meerkat activity. The meerkat adventure gets you into the middle of the comical antics of the meerkats. The meerkats live in family groups along the edge of the salt pans, and you have the opportunity to get close to observing and engaging with habituated meerkats in the habitat.
You'll make your way towards Maun arriving mid-afternoon where you'll have time to resupply in preparation for your next few days in the Okavango. An optional (own expense) game flight over the Okavango, which will reveal a different aspect of the delta. You'll set up camp and enjoy an evening meal at a local restaurant (own expense).
- Main Destination:
- Maun (City, Botswana)
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5-7
Moremi Game Reserve
Moremi Game Reserve
We head north to the wilderness of Moremi Game Reserve, a world renowned conservation area. The Moremi encompasses a portion of the Okavango Delta, and as such has an amazingly varied landscape of floodplains, forests, lagoons and winding water channels. Have your camera at the ready for the fantastic photographic possibilities including colourful birdlife and plentiful big game animals including wild dogs, elephant, hippo, buffalo and lion and hopefully leopard.
We set up camp for three nights on a secluded private campsite in the wild, giving us a rare opportunity to break free from civilization and experience the pristine African wilderness. Explore the game reserve in open 4WD game vehicle during the day and enjoy evenings around the campfire giving us one of the best wildlife camping experiences in Southern Africa.
- Main Destination:
- Moremi Game Reserve (Okavango Delta, Botswana)
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
Wildlife in Moremi GR
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8-10
Okavango Delta
Okavango Delta
Our local guides will take us deep into the heart of the Okavango Delta on mekoro (dugout canoes). The delta forms as water flows from the Angolan highlands out over the Botswanan flat Kalahari Desert sands creating a delicate, green oasis for birds & wildlife. We will camp wild on remote islands in this amazingly dynamic environment & enjoy bush walks, bird watching & swimming in the clear water. Camping with our local guides we learn more about their lifestyle & culture. We return to Maun in the late afternoon of day 10 and overnight in the campsite with good, comfortable facilities.
- Main Destination:
- Okavango Delta (Botswana)
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
Wildlife in Okavango Delta
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 11-13
Central Kalahari Game Reserve
Central Kalahari Game Reserve
The name ‘Kalahari” conjures up images of wide-open grassy plains, dry river beds, hardy wildlife and of course the famed black-maned Kalahari Lions. The Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) is the largest, most remotely situated reserve in Southern Africa, and the second-largest wildlife reserve in the world, encompassing 52 800 sq kms. Nothing prepares you for the immensity of this reserve or its wild, mysterious beauty. There is an impression of unending space, and having the entire reserve to yourself.
We journey to the northern section of the CKGR, spending three days exploring this remote wilderness of rolling grasslands, occasional sand dunes and fossilized river valleys. Including the iconic areas of Deception Valley and Leopard Pan. These areas offer good game viewing. The roads are sandy and heavy going, so be prepared for some long travelling days, but this is more than worthwhile because of the amazing environment that you are travelling through.
- Main Destination:
- Central Kalahari Game Reserve (Botswana)
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
Wildlife in Central Kalahari GR
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 14
Khama Rhino Sanctuary
Khama Rhino Sanctuary
The Khama Rhino Sanctuary Trust is a community based wildlife project established in 1992 to assist in saving the vanishing rhino, restore an area formerly teeming with wildlife to its previous natural state and provide economic benefits to the local Botswana community through tourism and the sustainable use of natural resources. This reserve situated on the Kalahari sandveld, has several natural waterholes and provides prime habitat for white rhino, zebra and wildebeest.
- Main Destination:
- Khama Rhino Sanctuary (Rhino Sanctuary, Botswana)
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 15
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
After breakfast, we say goodbye to our Motswana guides, and beloved 4WD safari vehicles and swop over to our more comfortable minibus for the last day drive back towards civilization. A short stop for border formalities and lunch enroute (own expense) before the tour ends in Johannesburg at the airport at 17:00 on day 15.
- Main Destination:
- No major destination visited
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
