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Okavango Delta Luxury Safari Tours
Okavango Delta luxury safaris are some of the most rewarding and exclusive tours offered in Africa. The world’s largest inland delta offers some of Africa’s best wildlife viewing. The map of this vast tangle of islands, channels and rivers changes with each passing year due to variable water levels. Small luxury outposts, often accessible only by plane, lie hidden from the outside world. Much of an accommodation’s surrounding area is only accessible to those staying there. It can be like wandering into a BBC Earth or National Geographic wildlife documentary, with fabulous accommodation to return to at the end of each day.
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Top Rated Operator
9-Day Victoria Falls, Chobe and Okavango Fly-in Safari
$4,553 to $6,944 pp (USD)
Botswana & Zimbabwe: Private tourLuxuryLodge & Tented Camp
You Visit: Victoria Falls (Start), Chobe NP, Okavango Delta, Maun Airport (End)
Wayfairer Travel
4.9/5 – 132 Reviews
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Top Rated Operator
5-Day Popular Botswana Safari Through the Delta
$3,140 to $6,030 pp (USD)
Botswana: Private tourLuxury+Tented Camp
You Visit: Maun (Start), Okavango Delta, Maun (End)
Discover Africa Safaris
5.0/5 – 270 Reviews
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Top Rated Operator
5-Day Botswana Boteti Delta Safari
$1,360 pp (USD)
Botswana: Private tourLuxuryLodge
You Visit: Maun (Start), Okavango Delta, Moremi GR (Okavango Delta), Maun (End)
Safari With Us
4.9/5 – 188 Reviews
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3-Day Okavango Delta & Boteti River Tented Safari
$570 to $615 pp (USD)
Botswana: Shared tour (max 10 people per group)LuxuryLodge
You Visit: Maun (Start), Boteti, Moremi GR (Okavango Delta), Maun (End)
The Mzansi Experience
4.6/5 – 32 Reviews
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11-Day Highlights of Botswana Safari
$6,115 to $9,780 pp (USD)
Botswana: Private tourLuxuryLodge & Tented Camp
You Visit: Maun (Start), Nxai Pan NP, Okavango Delta, Linyanti, Kasane (End)
Gondwana Tours & Safaris
5.0/5 – 75 Reviews
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8-Day Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe & Botswana Safari
$8,400 to $8,900 pp (USD)
Botswana & Zimbabwe: Private tourLuxuryLodge & Tented Camp
You Visit: Kasane (Start), Victoria Falls, Chobe NP, Okavango Delta, Maun (End)
Greatest Africa
5.0/5 – 27 Reviews
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Best Seller
7-Day 4-Star Okavango Delta, Chobe NP & Victoria Falls
$2,930 to $4,495 pp (USD)
Botswana & Zimbabwe: Private tourLuxuryLodge & Tented Camp
You Visit: Victoria Falls (Start), Chobe NP, Okavango Delta, Maun (End)
Off2Africa Travel
5.0/5 – 65 Reviews
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9-Day Botswana & Vic Falls Adventurous Safari Package
$9,600 pp (USD)
Botswana & Zimbabwe: Private tourLuxuryLodge
You Visit: Maun (Start), Okavango Delta, Chobe NP, Victoria Falls, Victoria Falls Airport (End)
Zambezi Expedition Travel and Tours
4.9/5 – 51 Reviews
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9-Day Botswana and Victoria Falls Safari
$5,580 pp (USD)
Botswana, Zambia & Zimbabwe: Shared tour (max 7 people per vehicle)LuxuryLodge
You Visit: Maun (Start), Okavango Delta, Chobe NP, Victoria Falls, Victoria Falls Airport (End)
Paramount Safaris
5.0/5 – 6 Reviews
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Best Seller
7-Day Vic Falls, Chobe, Okavango Delta (Land & Water)
$3,540 to $4,220 pp (USD)
Botswana & Zimbabwe: Private tourLuxuryLodge & Tented Camp
You Visit: Victoria Falls (Start), Chobe NP, Okavango Delta, Maun (End)
Roho Ya Chui
5.0/5 – 305 Reviews
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7-Day Okavango Delta Luxury Safari
$3,850 to $6,540 pp (USD)
Botswana: Private tourLuxury+Tented Camp
You Visit: Maun (Start), Moremi GR (Okavango Delta), Okavango Delta, Maun Airport (End)
Kingfisher Safaris
4.8/5 – 44 Reviews
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13-Day African Highlights - Namibia, Botswana & Vic Falls
$6,911 pp (USD)
Scheduled Start DatesBotswana, Namibia & Zimbabwe: Shared tour (max 7 people per vehicle)LuxuryLodge & Tented Camp
You Visit: Windhoek (Start), Etosha NP, Eastern Etosha, Kavango Region, Okavango River, Okavango Delta, Zambezi Region, Chobe NP, Victoria Falls Airport (Victoria Falls), Victoria Falls (End)
Blue Crane Safaris Namibia
5.0/5 – 94 Reviews
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Top Rated Operator
7-Day Luxury Botswana Safari Tour
$4,862 to $7,031 pp (USD)
Botswana: Private tourLuxuryLodge & Tented Bush Camp
You Visit: Maun (Start), Central Kalahari GR, Okavango Delta, Chobe NP, Kasane (End)
Wayfairer Travel
4.9/5 – 132 Reviews
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Top Rated Operator
9-Day Botswana: Chobe, Okavango & Makgadikgadi
$4,892 to $7,787 pp (USD)
Botswana: Private tourLuxuryLodge & Tented Camp
You Visit: Kasane (Start), Chobe NP, Okavango Delta, Moremi GR (Okavango Delta), Makgadikgadi Pans NP, Maun Airport (End)
Discover Africa Safaris
5.0/5 – 270 Reviews
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4-Day Okavango Delta & Boteti River Tented Safari
$970 to $1,050 pp (USD)
Botswana: Shared tour (max 10 people per group)LuxuryLodge
You Visit: Maun (Start), Moremi GR (Okavango Delta), Okavango Delta, Maun (End)
The Mzansi Experience
4.6/5 – 32 Reviews
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7-Day Best Value Luxury Victoria Falls and Botswana
$4,680 to $7,400 pp (USD)
Botswana & Zimbabwe: Private tourLuxuryTented Camp & Hotel
You Visit: Victoria Falls (Start), Kwando, Okavango Delta, Maun (End)
Off2Africa Travel
5.0/5 – 65 Reviews
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7-Day Delta Luxury Safari Special - 2 Free Nights
$3,600 to $4,425 pp (USD)
Botswana: Private tourLuxuryTented Camp
You Visit: Maun (Start), Khwai (Okavango Delta), Okavango Delta, Maun Airport (End)
Gondwana Tours & Safaris
5.0/5 – 75 Reviews
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4-Day Botswana Okavango Luxury Safari
$2,325 to $3,510 pp (USD)
Botswana: Private tourLuxuryChalet
You Visit: Maun (Start), Okavango Delta, Maun (End)
Kingfisher Safaris
4.8/5 – 44 Reviews
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Top Rated Operator
5-Day Botswana Luxury Tour
$5,598 pp (USD)
Botswana: Private tourLuxuryLodge & Tented Camp
You Visit: Kasane (Start), Chobe NP, Okavango Delta, Maun Airport (End)
Wayfairer Travel
4.9/5 – 132 Reviews
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5-Day Okavango Delta & Boteti River Tented Safari
$1,360 to $1,470 pp (USD)
Botswana: Shared tour (max 10 people per group)LuxuryLodge
You Visit: Maun (Start), Moremi GR (Okavango Delta), Khwai (Okavango Delta), Okavango Delta, Maun (End)
The Mzansi Experience
4.6/5 – 32 Reviews
8 Questions About Okavango Delta Luxury Safaris

Answered by
Anthony Ham
Anthony writes the Lonely Planet guide to Botswana and has written travel and feature articles about the country for various media worldwide. It’s quite possibly his favorite country on the planet and there are no corners of the country he hasn’t been to.
8 Questions About Okavango Delta Luxury Safaris

Why should I choose the Okavango Delta for a luxury safari?
“The delta’s lodges and tented camps have set the African standard when it comes to luxury accommodation. With designer style, supreme levels of comfort and very low visitor numbers, most places in the delta are as close as you’ll get to your own private African paradise. Plus, an Okavango luxury safari could just be the most wonderful wildlife experience it’s possible to have. The wildlife here is astonishing. By one estimate more than 200,000 large mammals roam the delta, with over 450 bird species here as well. There’s very little you can’t see in the delta, although rhinos are rare.”
1What is included in an Okavango luxury safari?
“Numerous packages are available for Okavango luxury safaris, but most operate on an all-inclusive basis. All meals, accommodation and most activities, including game drives, wildlife walks, village visits and mokoro (wooden dugout canoe) expeditions, will be included in the quoted price. But you should always ask any prospective safari operators to check what’s included and what isn’t. On standard game drives, you will share your guide and safari vehicle with other travelers. You’ll need to pay extra if you want them all to yourself. Tips (gratuities) to camp, lodge or safari staff, most spa treatments and massages, and other activities such as scenic flights will usually cost extra. Most accommodation in Okavango is accessible only via a small plane and these transfers usually cost extra. Again, always ask before booking. ”
2How long do I need for an Okavango luxury safari?
“Plan on a minimum of three days (although five to seven days would be much better), staying in one or two different lodges or camps and areas of the delta. Rather than trying to see too much, concentrate on seeing a handful of places well. Plan enough time in each place to allow for all of the activities on offer; a couple of mokoro rides, a few game drives in each place is a minimum. Also include downtime for relaxing in camp. After all, it’s a holiday, and rushing too much will diminish your enjoyment. This is a vast area that, at its peak, covers more than 18,000km2/6,950mi2. With dozens of lodges and camps scattered across this wilderness, you could easily spend weeks hopping from one to the other. Even then, you’ll almost certainly leave wanting more.”
3What is the difference between a drive-in or fly-in Okavango luxury safari?
“Most Okavango luxury safari tours operate on a fly-in basis. That means you’ll fly from either Maun or (less often) Kasane into one of the many remote airstrips across the delta. You’ll then be transferred to your lodge or camp by boat or 4x4 vehicle. While staying at the lodge or camp, you’ll also explore by boat, mokoro or 4x4. When it’s time to move on, you’ll fly on to the next airstrip, hopping your way through the delta by small plane. Drive-in safaris in the Okavango Delta are only possible in some areas, where transfers from Maun or Kasane, and between lodges, can take place in a 4x4 vehicle. This is often possible in the Moremi Game Reserve and the delta’s southern reaches, but rarely in the northern or inner delta where trails routinely disappear beneath rising waters.”
4What is the difference between a game reserve and a private concession?
“A game reserve is administered by the government whereas a private concession is leased by an organization and usually contains more exclusive accommodation. It surprises many first-time visitors to the delta that only a very small proportion is locked away under government protection. The Moremi Game Reserve occupies part of the southern, more accessible part of the delta and works like a national park, with entry gates, rangers and reserve fees that go into government revenues. Provided you pay to go in, anyone can visit. The remainder of the delta, which is most of it, is made up of private concessions, which are leased from the government and/or the local communities by safari operators and other tourism businesses. These are accessible only to those with a confirmed reservation in the lodges or camps that operate within these concessions, making for a more expensive, but also more exclusive experience. In the concessions, off-road and night driving is permitted, unlike in the reserves.”
5How does a typical day on an Okavango luxury safari unfold?
“In some ways, the Okavango is the true home of the luxury safari, thanks to the combination of blissful isolation, high levels of luxury, and a prevailing sense of utter exclusivity. Increasingly, too, culinary excellence across all meals is an essential part of the Okavango luxury experience. Pre-dawn wake-up calls out here take the form of a quiet African voice calling to you from the darkness. This is often accompanied with a tray of your favorite hot drink and a thoughtfully prepared breakfast snack. The morning game drive (or mokoro trip, or walk) begins around dawn. Depending on what’s happening with the wildlife, you should be back in camp by mid-morning for a larger breakfast, although gourmet bush breakfasts are also possible. From late morning until mid-afternoon, turning up for lunch is your only responsibility. Relax and discover what the camp or lodge has to offer in the heat of the day. Afternoon tea is one of numerous safari offerings that you’ll come to look forward to on your trip. It’s followed by the afternoon game drive/mokoro trip/wildlife walk. The fine old safari tradition of a sundowner (watching the sunset while enjoying a drink of your choice) is followed by the drive back to camp, watching for nocturnal animals along the way. Back in camp, dress for dinner, enjoy the main meal of the day, and relax by the campfire (unless you have a night drive planned).”
6What type of accommodation can I expect on an Okavango luxury safari?
“Deluxe tented camps are the main accommodation on an Okavango luxury safari. These consist of a small collection of large safari tents with no one but wildlife for neighbors. The tents vary in sophistication. Semi-permanent tented canvas camps are the most common. These have large living areas with beds, writing desks, wooden trunks, carpets and plenty of space to store your gear, with a bathroom, toilet and shower out the back. Mobile tented camps, though still extremely comfortable, tend to have more basic bathrooms and fewer furnishings to enable everything to be packed up and moved on to your next location. Solid-walled lodges are less common, but the better ones are architecturally very much a part of the delta environment, with a premium on light and space.”
7What are the typical costs of an Okavango luxury safari?
“As a general rule, per-person-per-day prices shouldn’t go higher than US$870, although some luxury camps can rise well beyond US$1,500 per person per day. The main exception is if you’re traveling on your own. If that’s the case, you will usually be required to pay a single supplement that is normally around 75% of the price for two people traveling together. These rates should be all-inclusive of meals, activities, accommodation and most transport, meaning that additional costs are few. Okavango luxury safaris don’t come cheap. However, the price will vary considerably depending upon the season, the number of people in your group and the level of luxury you require.”
8Okavango Delta Reviews

Brian is an award winning travel writer, author of safari books and regular contributor to magazines such as BBC Wildlife and Travel Africa.
Africa’s Magical Everglades
What an amazing river is the Okavango. It rises in the mountains of Angola and then flows across Africa for 1,000 miles, gathering strength as it goes. But once it has entered northern Botswana its mighty floodwaters falter. In vain they...

Sue is an award-winning writer who specializes in African travel and conservation. She writes for national newspapers, magazines, Rough Guides and Lonely Planet.
Living with Elephants in paradise
I came to the Okavango Delta to write a story on a brilliant project called Living with Elephants for World Elephant Day, a deeply moving experience that remains a highlight of my travel-writing career. The organization is based on the...

Great wildlife sightings (both predators and plains animals) and birdlife. Delta from the air is magical for photography, with sitatungas in the channel and same as kwando - focus of guiding on what we are there for - wildlife

A once in a lifetime trip that did not disappoint.
From the moment we arrived at Belmond Eagle Island Resort, we were made to feel like royalty. The entire staff greeted us at the entrance in song, followed by refreshments and tour. The accommodations redefine the term "glamping" with our...
A unique habitat
Really good boat trips, and meeting a bull Elephant in must, while in Mokoro dugout canoe was very exciting. Ranger guides on land less interesting. Excellent accommodation at Nguma lodge, in perfect setting. However a torrential downpour...

A river which fails to meet the sea
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