Botswana Focus

This superb eight-night safari will enchant and delight you. Discover the Okavango Delta where permanent lagoons and deep channels have created a unique habitat for a multitude of animals and birds. Moremi is said to be one of the most beautiful reserves in Africa, and offers spectacular game viewing and bird watching.

The Chobe is one of Africa’s most stunning rivers, and supports a diversity and concentration of wildlife unparalleled anywhere else in the country. Finally, cross into Zimbabwe to Victoria Falls, where along with visiting the spectacular Falls, there is a host of activities for all to enjoy.

4* – Departs Daily

DAY 1 HEATHROW-MAUN
Overnight flight from Heathrow to Maun, via Johannesburg (plane change).

DAYS 2-3 OKAVANGO DELTA
Met on arrival at Maun Airport, and assisted for your flight to Camp where you will stay for two nights. Overnight: Kanana Camp. (b,l,d)

Activities at Kanana include day and night game drives in open 4×4 safari vehicles, game viewing on mokoro excursions, guided walks, fishing, motor boating and sunset cruises. The waterways are lined with reeds and dotted with papyrus and tree islands in this picturesque and tranquil part of the delta. Water levels vary throughout the year and therefore so does the focus of activities. The camp managers will advise the best options during your stay. A wide variety of game frequent the islands around Kanana Camp including impala, lechwe, leopard, lion and elephant and you may be lucky to see sitatunga whilst boating.

Birding all year round is exceptional with regular sightings of Pels Fishing Owl amongst many others. Kanana Camp is one of the few camps in the Delta to have access to a private heronry where many migratory water birds come to nest from July onwards. Birds you may encounter at the heronry include marabou, yellow-bill and open-bill storks. The sight of thousands of nesting birds is mesmerising and an experience you will not forget.

DAYS 4-5 MOREMI GAME RESERVE
After an early morning activity and breakfast (time permitting), you will fly by light aircraft from Kanana to Camp Okuti, where you will stay for two nights. Overnight: Camp Okuti. (b,l,d)

Activities offered are game drives in open safari vehicles exploring the diverse range of habitats within the reserve – from open floodplains to belts of mopane woodland. You can also venture out onto the open waters of the Okavango by motorboat, visiting the Xakanaxa Lagoon and beyond up to the seasonal heronry at Gadikwe. Moremi Game Reserve offers some of the most spectacular game viewing in Botswana and guests may encounter breeding herds of elephant, a hunting lioness or a sleeping pride of lion, grazing impalas, kudus and much more.

DAYS 6-7 CHOBE NATIONAL PARK
Following the morning activity (time permitting), you will be transferred by road to Xakanaxa Airstrip followed by a flight to Kasane Airport, followed by a road transfer to Muchenje Lodge where you will stay for two nights. Overnight: Muchenje Safari Lodge. (b,l,d)

Activities offered at Muchenje Lodge are walking safaris in the private reserve adjacent to Chobe National Park thus allowing guests to explore the intricacies of the bush, plants, insects and big game. Game drives, both in the reserve surrounding the lodge as well as in the Chobe National Park, are conducted in open 4×4 safari vehicles with qualified professional guides. Alternatively, you can experience game viewing by motorboat on the Chobe River past bathing herds of elephants, hippos, crocodiles and amazing bird life. For those on longer stays, fishing and interior drives to the remotest parts of central Chobe can be arranged through the lodge.

DAYS 8-9 VICTORIA FALLS
After breakfast drive to Ilala Lodge in Victoria Falls (approximately 2 hours) where you will stay for 2 nights. Overnight: Ilala Lodge. (b)

Ilala Lodge is situated close to the Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, as well as to the town centre. Wild animals are often seen grazing in the hotel lawns as the National Park borders the front of the property.

DAY 10 HEATHROW
Road transfer from Ilala Lodge to Victoria Falls Airport for your flight to Heathrow via Johannesburg. (b)

Kanana and Okuti Camps are closed for the months of January and February, during these months they will be substituted with Kwara Camp and Xakanaxa Camp.

This itinerary is also available as:

4*+ – Departs Daily
Days 2-3 Okavango Delta – Eagle Island Camp
Days 4-5 Khwai Community Area – Khwai River Lodge
Days 6-7 Chobe National Park – Savute Elephant Camp
Days 8-9 Victoria Falls – Elephant Camp

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