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8 Days from$3850 p/p in USD -
DeparturesYear Round
Destinations
Botswana,
Tour Type
Guided, Small Group
Safari Standard
Camping, Mid Range
Tour Overview
This is a photographic, non-participation, private camping safari that commences and ends in Maun. This safari is undertaken in customized safari vehicles, and you will stay in luxury, comfortable 3.5m x 3.5m tented accommodation that includes a private veranda, beds, bed linen and towels. Enjoy a 2.1m x 3.5m private bathroom with a bush toilet, shower and sink. You will be accompanied by a professional guide, safari chef, and camp assistants who will cater to your needs.
General Information
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Safari types:Camping Safari, Family Safari, Guided Safari, Wildlife Safari
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You will visit:Moremi Game Reserve, Maun, Khwai Concession
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Wildlife:Birds, Elephant, Giraffe, Hippo, Buffalo, Zebra, Wildebeest, Lion, Leopard, Cheetah, Hyena, Wild Dog, Sitatunga, Red Lechwe, Puku, Tsessebe, Impala, Serval, African Wildcat, Antelope, Waterbuck
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Activities:Game Drive, Mokoro, Birding, UNESCO Site
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Getting around:Game Viewing Vehicle, Light Aircraft
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Start/end:Start in Maun, end in Maun
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Minimum age:12
Price Per Person – USD
From USD 3,850 per person
What's Included
- Luxury, comfortable tented accommodation (with beds, bed linen and towels, private ensuite bathroom)
- Services of a professional guide, safari chef & camp assistants, supply vehicle
- Exclusive camping in private campsites within the national parks & game reserves
- Game drives & local transfers in customized safari vehicles, with a charging system
- All entrance & camping fees within the national parks & game reserves
- All meals, snacks, tea, coffee, other beverages (water, soft drinks, local beers, choice imported wines, and a small menu of mixed drinks) during the safari
- All activities as specified in the itinerary
- Camera mounts and bean bags are available on each safari vehicle, for the avid photographer
- Charter flights within Botswana
- Laundry services
- 14% government tax
What's Excluded
- International flights & visas
- Items of a personal nature
- Staff gratuities
- Optional safari extension
- Any drinks, food or accommodation outside of Wild For Game Safaris’ tented camps
- Travel insurance, personal assistance & cancellation insurance
Disclaimer
- This itinerary is owned and delivered by ‘Wild For Game Safaris‘
- All prices are ‘From’ and may vary at the time of booking
- Display price is usually based on two people sharing
- ‘Wild For Game Safaris‘ reserves the right to change the content and price of the itinerary
- All itineraries and services are subject to availability
Day by Day Overview
Your trip begins as you fly over herds of elephants while on your short charter flight from Maun International Airport to Moremi Game Reserve. We are there to meet you as you step off the plane in the game reserve, located inside the famous Okavango Delta, the largest inland delta in the world. The Okavango Delta has more animal diversity than any other part of Botswana!
You will stay in luxury tented accommodation and be accompanied by a professional guide, safari chef, and camp assistants who will cater to your needs. You will be treated to three meals daily, skillfully prepared by the safari chef, who possesses the remarkable ability to create sophisticated and delectable meals even in the midst of the wilderness.
You will spend several days exploring the Moremi Game Reserve and camping in the Xakanaxa region on the northeastern side of the Moremi Game Reserve. The reserve is considered to have some of the best wildlife viewing areas. You will quickly fall under the enchantment of the seasonal flood plains, extensive lagoons, wooded islands, riverine forests, and, most of all, the wildlife!
Keep your camera close as Moremi is Africa’s best game reserve for viewing the endangered African wild dog, not to mention at least four lion prides and multiple herds of elephants. Lechwe antelopes are also commonly found in the area.
Today, you have another early start. We will leave camp just after sunrise and head for the morning game drive. The Xakanaxa area offers a very interesting and varying habitat for wildlife – gigantic mopane forest opening up to wide open spaces of floodplains and seasonal and permanent swamps. This area’s wildlife is spoilt for habitat, from islands to woodlands and floodplains to permanent swamps. With such diverse habitats, time spent in this area is quite rewarding. After an adventurous day, spend the evening enjoying delicious cuisine and then retire to your cosy tents for a good night’s sleep.
The fifth day is a day filled with adventure! Following an early morning breakfast, you will take a slow drive through Moremi Game Reserve northeast towards the Khwai Community Area, complete with an open-air picnic. The day’s journey follows the Manuchira Channel, known as the Khwai River at its easternmost extremity. The path weaves from the riverside and floodplains into the mopane tree woodlands that make Khwai one of the most scenic areas in the Okavango Delta.
Keep your hand on your camera because, on our way to the Khwai Community Area, you pass the magnificent Dombo hippo pools in the morning, stopping to enjoy the scenery and the antics of the resident hippos. The eastern mopane forest is also home to breeding herds of elephants. Bull elephants hang along the riverside most of the year and revel in the cool water of the Khwai. While drinking and bathing, they are far more approachable here than among the breeding herds.
You will spend your time between the leadwood and camel thorn woodlands, savannahs, the riverside, and the marshy backwater of the Khwai. Khwai is a predator-rich area known for having a high concentration of all types of wildlife and is one of the best places in the Okavango Delta for elephant sightings. Along the river is a high density of hippos and crocodiles, leopards, lions, and cheetahs. Both Xakanaxa and Khwai are included in the home ranges of different packs of wild dogs. You may also notice southern giraffes, Burchell zebras, greater kudus, tsessebe, waterbuck, and sable antelope.
The Khwai is also ideal for a mokoro (shallow canoe) safari. On day seven only, you can explore the Okavango and go to places only accessible by mokoro. You can photograph aquatic birds, plants, and water lilies at eye level as you will be low to the water. During this excursion, you will be guided by an expert “poler” (a guide at the rear of the boat that moves it along with a long pole) through the bulrushes (plants) and marshes.
Note: Mokoro excursions are dependent on the water level of the channel. If the water is not high enough, all our activities will be game drives.
Today is a travel day. You will work your way back to the airstrip and your charter flight back to Maun International Airport (or another destination).
But it is not over yet…
After breakfast, you will take one final game drive to allow you to photograph whatever you wish on the open-air drive back to the airstrip. You will have one last chance to snap as many pictures as possible of elephants, hippos, zebras, and other wildlife around the delta. At the airstrip, we will help you load and settle for your short charter back to Maun.
