Botswana Deltas and Rivers

After clearing customs and immigration formalities in Maun, you will be met and transferred to your charter flight. This will take you into Moremi, where you will be met by your guide for a short transfer to the pre-erected, comfortable, secluded bush camp. A light lunch will be provided at a local restaurant. After a sunset game drive and a delicious three-course dinner in camp, you will be lulled to sleep by the sounds of the African night.

An overnight in Johannesburg is generally required in advance of this itinerary as there is only one flight to Maun per day, arriving midday. If you have additional time, consider arriving a day or two early for a tour of Soweto and other Johannesburg sights.

Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Lodging: Mobile Safari

One of the most exciting areas in Botswana is the Okavango Delta. Instead of flowing to the sea, the Okavango River fans inland, forming a seasonal network of islands, lagoons, and waterways flowing eventually into the Kalahari Desert, where the water evaporates. Located in the northeastern corner of the river delta, Moremi Wildlife Reserve provides a pure immersion in a wilderness of great beauty, rich green vegetation, and palm trees that teem with bird life and a vast population of animals. You will have the opportunity to view lions, leopards, hyenas, jackals, and giraffes, as well as other species and smaller game during your early morning and late afternoon game drives.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Lodging: Mobile Safari

As you leave for your early morning game viewing, exploring the channels and waterways in a mokoro, the safari crew moves the camp to another area of the Moremi Wildlife Reserve, the location of which varies depending on seasonal migration of game and water levels. The Moremi Wildlife Reserve was set aside in 1968 by an initiative of the Tawane tribe, and its 3,000 square kilometers encompass the most wildlife-rich part of the Okavango Delta. The reserve itself has no permanent structures, only reed chalets or tented sites, and is considered by many to be Africa’s finest game park. Spend the next two days enjoying game drives and overnights in the reserve, searching for the many species of animal and birdlife that make Moremi their home and taking in the changing colors of the African sunset.  Lunch these days is served either back at camp or picnic style.

Meals: 2 Breakfast, 2 Lunch, 2 Dinner
Lodging: Mobile Safari

The Savute Marsh is the deepest part of the Mababe Depression, a remnant of a large lake that once covered much of northern Botswana. It is the only part to have filled with water in recent history. The depression takes in most of Chobe National Park, including the Savute region. Today, the marsh is dry and attracts a large population of animals, particularly hyenas and lions. The Savute channel has a fascinating history of flooding and drying up independently of good, rainy seasons and flood levels elsewhere, a mystery that has intrigued geologists for many years. Spend your days on exciting game drives in the mornings and late afternoons.

Meals: 2 Breakfast, 2 Lunch, 2 Dinner
Lodging: Mobile Safari

After two nights at the Savute, you will travel north to a bush camp near the Chobe River, which runs along the border between Botswana and Namibia. As far as wildlife is concerned, the Chobe riverfront is the park’s most densely-inhabited area. Here you will find many of the 73,000 elephants that call Chobe National Park home, which you may witness either on an overland game drive or on a boat cruise down the Chobe River. You will also have an excellent chance of observing lions and cheetahs. By day, the water is full of hippos that enter the water at dawn and emerge at dusk. Buffaloes are present in the thousands, as well as giraffes and zebras. Besides the many endemic antelope species, other residents include jackals, warthogs, brown and spotted hyenas, baboons, and cape clawless otters.

Meals: 2x Breakfast, 2x Lunch, 2x Dinner
Lodging: Mobile Safari

Transfering out of Chobe, you cross the border to our final destination, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.  The town is named after the nearby falls, known as Mosi-oe-Tunya, or “the smoke that thunders,” which are without a doubt one of the greatest and most unforgettable spectacles on earth.   Over half a million cubic meters of water plummet over the edge every minute, a number that rises to five million cubic meters per minute during the flood season from March to May. You will have time to enjoy the many optional activities available in the area, including scenic flights over the falls, microlighting (basically, a hang-glider with a motor), elephant riding, a boat ride on the Zambezi, or a visit to the falls, just to name a few.  All activities these days are at own expense.

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Lodging: Llala Lodge (or similar)

After breakfast our safari culminates with a tour to Victoria Falls.  You will then be transferred to the airport for your onward flight.

Meals: Breakfast