Botswana, Sea of Land, Land of Water

BOTSWANA – SEA of LAND….LAND of WATER

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Start & End Maun Airport

DAY ONE & TWO -CENTRAL KALAHARI GAME RESERVE, BOTSWANA
You are met at Maun Airport and transferred by air to the Kalahari Plains Camp in the Central Kalahari.
Two nights at the Kalahari Plains Camp including all meals, scheduled activities, and local brand beverages

DAY THREE , FOUR & FIVE – OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA
After your morning safari and breakfast you will be transferred by air to Kwetsani Camp in the Okavango Delta.
Three Nights at Kwetsani, including all meals, scheduled activities, and local brand beverages

Kwetsani Camp is raised on stilts beneath a shady canopy. Five wonderful, spacious tree-house chalets are built under thatch roofs, with wood, glass and a little canvas. All have en-suite facilities including a shower, flush toilet, twin basins and an additional outdoor shower for those who like showering in the open air. The camp overlooks an enormous floodplain dotted with Lechwe and Wildebeest. Guests can lie in their rooms, or in the pool, and watch the animals in front of the camp. All the Okavango’s large predators are found here.

Activities include mokoroing, walking on palm-fringed islands and game drives during the day and night. Due to high flood water levels, the night drives are currently restricted to an hour’s drive around the camp island. In the height of the Okavango’s annual floods, boats are used to get around the area and also to transfer to the islands where the game viewing vehicles are located. Lion, Leopard, Cheetah, Wild Dog, Buffalo and Elephant are all found in this area, as well as good concentrations of Zebra, Wildebeest, Giraffe, and all the plains game.

DAY SIX & SEVEN – MOREMI, BOTSWANA
Air transfer to Chitabe Camp
Two nights at Chitabe, including all meals, scheduled activities, and local brand beverages

Chitabe Camp is a luxurious eight-roomed, tented camp built on one of the most beautiful islands in the Okavango Delta. It is situated in a private area in the south east of the Okavango Delta, which borders the Moremi Game Reserve. The Chitabe area is a combination of open floodplains, wooded islands and lagoons – which sets the scene for a wide variety of wildlife.

Accommodation consists of eight spacious East African style tents built on elevated wooden decks, beneath a lush tree canopy. Each tented room has en-suite facilities with flush toilets and both outdoor and indoor showers. Hot showers are guaranteed anytime of day or night. The thatched dining area, lounge and pub are also raised on decks overlooking the surrounding flood plains.
Activities consist of day and night game drives in open 4×4 vehicles accompanied by an experienced guide. Nature walks, tailor made to suit the guests, are also offered. Game viewing is good, and includes Elephant, Lion, Leopard, Cheetah, Reedbuck, Giraffe, Impala, Zebra, Buffalo and Hippo. Depending on the time of year, Wild Dogs are also resident in the area. Night drives can be very rewarding, with good sightings of the rarer nocturnal animals.

DAY EIGHT & NINE – SAVUTI, BOTSWANA
Air transfer to Savuti
Two nights at Savut1 Camp, including all meals, scheduled activities, and local brand beverages
Savuti Camp is situated in the Linyanti Reserve along the Savuti Channel in northern Botswana. The camp is built about 17 kilometres “downstream” from the source of the Savuti. The channel stopped flowing in 1980 and what was a Hippo-filled river, is now wide, open grasslands.

Savuti Camp is a comfortable camp providing accommodation in 7 large walk-in tented rooms with en-suite facilities. Five of the bathrooms are within the tents and two tents have bathrooms with wonderful open fronts facing onto the Savuti Channel.

Each room is raised off the ground on wooden decks. The camp has a thatched dining area, pub and plunge pool, all on raised wooden decks. There is a waterhole close to camp and this attracts large numbers of animals that guests can view from the camp.

Activities include game drives in open 4×4 Land Rovers, hides, night drives and walks with an armed guard. Game in the area includes all of Botswana’s big game, and is one of the best areas in the country to see predators.

There are also good concentrations of plains game in the area.
DAY EIGHT & NINE – MAUN, BOTSWANA
Air transfer to Maun Airport