Botswana Wildlife Safari

CODE - BW | BOTSWANA,

AU$6220 per person, trip only. (15 days)

NZ$6460

AT A GLANCE

TRIP PACE: Full On

ACCOMMODATION:

3 nights comfortable boat

7 nights simple camping

2 nights comfortable hotel

2 nights comfortable lodge

Optional single rooms available

TRANSPORT:

4WD | Boat | Minibus

MEALS: Breakfast: 14 | Lunch: 11 | Dinner: 10

1182kg of CO²e Average carbon footprint pp

MONTHS OF TRAVEL:

The camping in the desert was amazing. The elephants and hyenas ambling round the camp at night made it very exciting.

Beatrix, October 2019.

Looping through Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe this epic trip has you sleeping beneath canvas or on a houseboat in some of Africa’s most jaw-dropping wildlife hotspots. Explore ancient San bushman rock paintings, Moremi and Savuti Game Reserves, and Victoria Falls.

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

Game viewing | Explore Botswana’s finest game reserves during seven days of safari

Okavango Delta Panhandle | Search for waterdwelling wildlife and exotic birds

Chobe National Park | A wildlife sanctuary, world famous for its huge elephant population

CHOBE RIVER AREAS

DAYS 1–2: Join trip in Maun. Scenic journey to private houseboat in the Okavango Delta Panhandle region.

DAY 3: Take boat trips around the Okavango Delta Panhandle, for fantastic bird and hippo sightings.

DAY 4: Discover San Bushman art in Tsodilo Hills, viewing 24,000 year-old paintings at a UNESCO Site.

DAY 5: Journey from Botswana to Zimbabwe, via Namibia, in one day through the Caprivi Strip.

DAY 6: Explore Victoria Falls, one of the seven natural Wonders of the World.

DAYS 7–8: Take game drives in Chobe National Park, famous for its huge numbers of elephant.

DAY 9: Safari through the wetlands of Savuti Marsh, a region known for large lion prides.

DAYS 10–11: Explore the pans, floodplains, lagoons and deep mopane forest of Moremi Game Reserve.

DAY 12: Venture deeper into the delta to Xakanaxa hoping to see the herds of lechwe and big cats.

DAY 13: Full day safari. The area is home to many different birds including fish eagle and bee-eater.

DAY 14: Return to Maun. Afternoon opportunity to take a flight over the Okavango Delta.

DAY 15: Trip ends in Maun.