Botswana Wild Parks

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  13-May
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Highlights

• Khama Rhino Sanctuary – game viewing
• Okavango Delta – mokoro excursion and bush walks
• Moremi Game Reserve – 3 day 4WD game viewing
• Chobe National Park – 4WD game viewing and river cruise
• Victoria Falls – adventure activities

Includes
• Small Group Safari: Max 12 people
• Professional Safari Guides
• Transport in minibus / safari truck & 4WD
• Incl Meals: Bx13 Lx11 Dx6
• Entrance Fees
• 11 nights lodges / tented lodge or chalets and 2 nights tented camp
• Use of camping equipment (including sleeping bags in the Delta)
• Okavango Delta excursion & Moremi 4WD excursion

Day 1 JOHANNESBURG to KHAMA RHINO SANCTUARY  
Departing Johannesburg at 06:30am we head north into Botswana and the 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.[chalets - LD](B=breakfast, L=lunch D=dinner)

Day 2 MAUN
We drive through the Kalahari to Maun, the gateway to the Okavango Delta. Since Maun’s founding in 1915 as the capital of the Batawana people, it has had a reputation as a hard-living ‘Wild West’ town helping the local cattle ranching and safari operations. The name Maun is derived from the San word ‘maung’, which translates as ‘the place of short reeds’.[lodge BL-]

Day 3 - 4 OKAVANGO DELTA
We drive into the Okavango Delta to our remote tented camp in the heart of the largest inland delta in the world. This amazing environment has large numbers of red lechwe, buffalo, elephant and birds, particularly kingfishers! One of the best experiences in the Okavango Delta is to be poled along reed lined channels in a mokoro (dug out canoe). Sit back and relax as the water gurgles gently under the mokoro while your skilled poker points out the fauna and flora.[tented camp x2 BLD]
For the ultimate Okavango wilderness experience, you can fly into the Okavango Delta to an area of permanent water for a two night stay at a rustic tented camp. Flying over the Okavango gives a different perspective of the delta. Light aircraft flights from Maun to the lodge and back are included. This itinerary is available on specific dates only. Please see the
price and dates below on right.

Day 5, 6, 7, 8 MOREMI  
We take an open 4WD into Moremi Game Reserve for fantastic game viewing! Chief’s Island is the largest landmass within Moremi and was the Batswana tribe’s richest hunting ground, before being declared a game reserve by the tribe. We spend 4 days on game drives watching the abundant wildlife including elephant, hippo, buffalo, lion & other game, both in Moremi Game Reserve and in private concession reserves surrounding the park. We return to Maun midday on day 8 for an evening restaurant meal (own expense). [3x tented bushcamp, 1x lodge Bx4 Lx4 Dx3]

Day 9 MAKGADIKGADI PANS
We have time for an optional game flight over the Okavango before we head to Nata. The shimmering saltpans of Makgadikgadi appear as a glaring white, endless plain. When the rain comes a dramatic change takes place as thousands of wildebeest and zebra migrate to the sweet nutritious grasslands and clouds of flamingo feed in its algae rich waters. It is an area of low rainfall so this spectacle only lasts a short while. [tented lodge or chalets BL -]

Day 10 – 11 CHOBE NATIONAL PARK 
The Chobe River is a stunning feature of Botswana and will be the focus of our lodge stay. The Chobe River flows lazily along the northern boundary of the Chobe National Park attracting some of the largest herds of elephant in Africa. Early morning 4WD game drive in the Chobe National Park and an afternoon game viewing “sundowner” cruise to see the mighty elephant herds return to the Chobe River to quench their thirst. [lodge BL -]

Day 12 – 13 VICTORIA FALLS/LIVINGSTONE
We visit “Mosi oa Tunya” or “the smoke that thunders” - Victoria Falls. These magnificent falls are one of the seven natural wonders of the world. The Victoria Falls Bridge was commissioned by Cecil John Rhodes in 1900, and was completed by 1905, although Rhodes never lived to see it. It spans the impressive gorge and the famous adrenalin pumping Victoria Falls bungi jump is done from this bridge, with a terrifying drop of 360ft (111m). Opportunities to white water raft on the mighty Zambezi River, bungi jump, or take a “flight of angels” (own expense). [chalets Bx2 - -]

Day 14 LIVINGSTONE – TOUR ENDS
Tour ends after breakfast.[- B - -]

  Okavango fly in option

  € 2,555 pps + $ 300 local
  payment. Available on
  following dates.

    start
  18-Jul
  29-Aug
  26-Sep
  17-Oct
  25-Nov

finish

26-May <4 seats
02-Jun
23-Jun full
07-Jul <4 seats
14-Jul
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21-Jul
28-Jul full
04-Aug full
07-Aug
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18-Aug <4 seats
21-Aug
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08-Sep
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18-Sep
22-Sep <4 seats
29-Sep full
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23-Oct <4 seats
27-Oct
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