MDays 1-2 Maun, Botswana • Okavango Delta
Arrive Maun, Botswana, where you board a light aircraft to your camp in the heart of the Okavango Delta. On arrival, your guide meets you. Accommodation for two nights is in a Wilderness Classic Camp with en-suite facilities.
Botswana’s Okavango Delta is Africa’s most incredible wildlife and wilderness sanctuary. The Okavango rests between shallow fault lines at the end of the Great African Rift Valley. Each year floodwater flows into the Okavango from its source in the moist African highlands over 1000 km away. These floodwaters flow from their catchment southwards and into the Kalahari Desert to create a unique wetland that supports a huge diversity of wildlife. Apart from the beauty of the wetland habitat, game viewing is excellent year round. Wilderness Safaris operates several private concessions where guests are able to have exclusive experiences in the Okavango. To make the experience even more enjoyable, many activities are available. Safaris by boat and dugout canoe (mokoro) are the best way to see the water areas, while game drives and night drives by vehicle are best for tracking animals. Walks (at the discretion of the camp manager) give the best feel for being in touch with nature. Wildlife “hides” offer a great way to enjoy game viewing and birding, especially during those midday siesta hours. Choice of Classic Camps: Okavango Delta or Moremi (BLD)
Days 3-4 Okavango Delta / Moremi Wildlife Reserve
After breakfast, depart by light aircraft to another Wilderness Classic Camp within the Okavango Delta. The heart of the Delta is the Moremi Game Reserve. All the major habitats of the Okavango are preserved here. Around Moremi are large private reserves (locally known as concessions) that are leased out to safari companies under strict guidelines. These private reserves offer the very best safari experiences with massive tracts of pristine parkland and privacy encountered in very few places in Africa these days. One can go out all day in some areas and not see another soul, besides the animals on the savannah.
Choice of Classic Camps – Okavango Delta or Moremi (BLD)
Days 5-6 Okavango Delta / Linyanti Reserve
To the northeast of the Okavango Delta are the Chobe and Linyanti game reserves. These areas are renowned for their predators and large concentrations of game, particularly elephant. Dereck and Beverly Joubert made the region famous in their National Geographic films; "Eternal Enemies" is a classic, and chronicles the interaction between lion and hyena. There are many varied habitats within the Chobe and Linyanti parks: marshes, waterways, riverine forests, dry woodlands and the world famous Savuti Channel. The Savuti Channel is a "waterway" that connects the Linyanti River with the interior of the Chobe National Park at the Savuti Marsh. The Savuti has only ever flowed intermittently and dried up for the last time in 1980. Today the Savuti Channel is an open grassland and home to a variety of animals.
The Linyanti Wildlife Reserve is a 275,000-acre private reserve on Chobe's western boundary. This area is very different from the Okavango and should be included in every Botswana itinerary so that travelers have a more balanced experience of the country. This private reserve is an enormous area shared among four small camps: Duma Tau, Kings Pool, Linyanti Tented Camp and Savuti Camp. There are three main features of the Linyanti Wildlife Reserve: the Linyanti River, Savuti Channel and the woodlands of the interior. Two thirds of the famous Savuti Channel is in this private reserve and guests are able to view abundant wildlife in exclusivity. The last stretch of Africa's Great Rift Valley divides the forests of the interior with the rivers and floodplains of the Linyanti, and it is along this ridge that one sees the best wildlife. Choice of Classic Camps - Linyanti (BLD)
Day 7 Kasane - Depart or extend your journey to the Victoria Falls or…
After an early morning game drive and breakfast, we leave Linyanti for Kasane, where the safari ends. From here, it is a short distance over the Botswana border to Zambia or Zimbabwe, which share Victoria Falls, known by the locals as "Mosi-oa-Tunya" (The Smoke that Thunders). Consider an extension to the Victoria Falls or continue the safari excitement into Zambia –we’ll help you with options! Borton Overseas can assist you with transfers and flights for your onward plans, or consider adding a few days at the Falls. (B)
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Daily departures.
Single Supplment $1040-1200
Choice of luxury lodges & camps available.
Call for international airfare and optional extensions within Southern Africa.
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