Group Size: maximum 10 people

Type of Safari: Semi-participation accommodated safari

Vehicle: 4x4 Land Cruiser

Accommodation: Mid range lodges and fully equipped camping

Includes: All transport in fully kitted out 4x4 safari vehicle, use of full cooking equipment, game drives as mentioned, meals and activities as mentioned in itinerary, accommodation and park entrance fees, experienced local guide.

Excludes: Meals not mentioned in the itinerary, all personal expenses, insurance for luggage, tips, drinks, laundry.

On our Botswana Wildlife Breakaway Upgraded Safari you will experience the beauty and hospitality of the land of great water - Botswana. Our safari starts and ends in Livingstone, Zambia and shows you amazing places like the Victoria Falls, Chobe Game Reserve, Magkadigkadi Pans, Okavango Delta, Western Caprivi... Just to mention a few of the highlights you'll experience.
 

Day 1: Livingstone to Chobe National Park, Botswana. A morning departure takes you from Livingstone, Zambia and into Botswana. We'll cross the Zambezi River by ferry and make our way to Toro Camp on the Chobe River. Once we've reached the Lodge we'll set up camp and enjoy the rest of the afternoon on a sunset cruise on the Chobe River. Here we can watch elephants, hippos, lions, crocodiles and a variety of birds and more without having to reach for our binoculars - You'll be close enough for close-up photographs. [LD]

Day 2: Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana. We need to get up early, as today is our longest drive of the safari. We’ll head south to Planet Baobab and stop at the Magkadigkadi Pans to have a closer look. If the conditions allow we’ll take a drive onto the Pans. After appreciating the wide-open, uninhabited spaces under the endless canopy of blue sky, we step off for our final stop of the day, Planet Baobab. The rest of the afternoon we spend with a hike to the elephant hole and relaxing at Planet Baobab’s facilities.  [BLD]

Day 3: Maun and the Khwai River, Botswana. After breakfast we head out for a Bush Walk with our local guide, learning about the history, flora and fauna of the area and use of various plants in traditional life. We then head off for Maun and onto a private concession and Mankwe lodge. Once we’ve set up camp – we go on a night game drive in the concession. This area lies between Moremi and Chobe and we’ll have the opportunity to spot a variety of nocturnal animals. [BLD]

Day 4: Khwai River, Botswana . Today we spend a full day in the bush on a game drive. Departing after breakfast we take our 4x4 and drive through the wilderness area of the Khwai region spotting a variety of game that frequent this region that borders Moremi and Chobe. Picnic-lunch will be in the wilderness area. With some luck we'll see the Big Five. [BLD]

Day 5: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana. After having explored the Khwai area, we'll now head into the famous Moremi game reserve, known as one of the most beautiful and varied reserves in Africa with an unprecedented concentration of wildlife. The full day is spent in the unspoiled nature of the Moremi Game Reserve. [BLD]

Day 6: Maun, Botswana. After our game experience, we'll head back to Maun. Here you have the option of a scenic flight over the Delta. You have the afternoon to relax next to the pool at our Camp. [BLD]

Day 7 – 8: Okavango Delta, Botswana. Early in the morning we leave Maun and drive to the Western Delta and onto Etsha 13. From here we head into the largest inland delta in the world, another highlight of Botswana, the Okavango Delta. We will be transferred to our Camp in the Delta where we’ll spend the next two nights listening to the sounds of the wilderness. Unlike other Delta’s in the world, it flows into the Kalahari Desert without reaching the coast, which makes it unique. We’ll float in Mokoros through the thick vegetation of the Delta discovering a variety of birds and wildlife and will stop at a secluded island to take a 1½ hour guided walk hoping to spot elephants, waterbuck or other animals living in this water filled paradise. [BLD, BLD]

Day 9: Tsodilo Hills, Botswana. Today you'll experience real adventure and real Africa. After we've left the lush verdant wetlands of the Delta we head north to the Tsodilo Hills (God's Hills) whose rocky cliffs rise up about 400m above the surrounding plane and can be seen from the Okavango Delta. These hills are one of the most significant historical rock art sites in the world with as many as 3500. We'll explore this site by foot. After this we'll set up camp and spend the night in the African wilderness - camping with bush facilities, the real African adventure. [BLD]

Day 10: Mahangu National Park and Popa Falls, Namibia. Today we leave Botswana and enter Namibia. We'll visit Mahango National Park, which lies on the western banks of the Okavango River and is one of Namibia's most captivating and species-rich conservation areas. Main features of the Mahango are enormous baobab trees, flood plains with large herds of elephant, buffalo and red lechwe. We'll spend the afternoon on a game drive through this National Park hoping to spot some of its highlights. We then visit Popa falls on our way to Mahangu Lodge, where we spend the night. [BLD]

Day 11 – 12: Kwando River and Mudumu Park, Namibia. Today we drive along the Caprivi Strip to our camp on the Kwando River. En-route we’ll spend the afternoon on a game drive through Susuwe National Park, before heading to our overnight camp on the Kwando River. The rest of the day we can relax and use the facilities of our camp.
On day 12 we make our way to Mudumu National Park, (1010 km2) which has the Kwando river as its western border and the Linyati swamp to the South. We experience its remoteness, beauty and wildness, spotting some of the animals it is famous for like elephant,  buffalo, giraffe, rare sitatunga and red lechwe, crocodile, hippo and spotted necked otters. [BLD, BLD]

Day 13: Livingstone and Victoria Falls, Zambia. Today we leave Namibia behind us and come to the place where we started this trip full of real African experiences - Livingstone. The rest of the day is for your leisure and you can go and visit the Victoria Falls or do optional activities like white water rafting, bungee jumping etc. (all on own expense). [BL]

Day 14: Livingstone and Victoria Falls, Zambia. Our safari ends after Breakfast and we hope we can welcome you again one day on another of our African Adventures. [B]