Tour Itinerary:
Days 1 - 2: Livingstone, Zambia.
Upon guests arrival into Livingstone Airport, they will be met and transferred to their Lodge where they will stay for 2 nights.
Situated on the Zambian bank of the Zambezi River, within the renowned Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park and just 15 kilometers upstream from the spectacular Victoria Falls.
With 6 twin rooms and 2 honeymoon suites, this lodge offers its guests a unique and personal African experience all year round. Each accommodation unit has its own en-suite facilities and all are beautifully appointed. The lodge blends naturally into the riverine vegetation and commands superb river views from its main deck and private verandas. The lodge's riverside location and its unique position within the National Park allows for a wide choice of activities, including sunset cruises, game-drives, cultural tours, fishing and of course visits to the Falls themselves.
Days 3 - 4: Chobe Forest Reserve.
Following breakfast, the guests will be transferred by road and boat to your lodge in Chobe (approximately 2 hour transfer), where they will stay for 2 nights. This lodge lies hidden in the bordering valley between Botswana and Zimbabwe, only a few kilometres outside Kasane. The Lodge is situated in the Lesoma Valley which lies in the heart of the Kasane Forest Reserve. The reserve is adjacent to the Chobe National Park.
The lodge offers 20 Meru-style safari tents, all with their private ensuite bathrooms. The public areas consist of a bar and a dining room as well as a beautiful terrace towards the waterhole.
Activities include game drives into Chobe National Park, boat cruises on the Chobe river and night drives in the Chobe Forest Reserve. A large waterhole in front of the lodge guarantees for regular visits of herds of Elephants.
Days 5 - 6: Moremi Game Reserve.
Following the morning activity (time permitting), guests will be transferred to Kasane airport for their onward air transfer to the Xakanaxa Airstrip in Moremi, followed by a road transfer / game drive en route to your camp. The camp is located alongside the Maunachira River, as it flows into the Xakanaxa Lagoon in the heart of the Okavango delta, within the Moremi Wildlife Reserve.
This camp can accommodate a maximum of eighteen guests and the chalets are rustic, insect-proof thatched, with en-suite bathrooms. Featuring a stunning partially open dining area. This camp is also extremely family friendly and boasts a family room that accommodates 4 people easily.
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. Guests 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 and kudus and much more.
Days 7 - 8: Okavango Delta.
After an early morning activity and breakfast, guests will be transferred to your camp by light aircraft, where they will stay for 2 nights. This camp is located in the heart of the Okavango Delta in a private concession to the west of the Moremi Game Reserve. The camp offers 9 traditional Meru safari tents, built and designed in the style of safari camps of old. The large walk-in tents have en suite showers and flush toilets. The bathrooms are enclosed, but roofless - for a true bush experience.
The camp has been recently renovated and offers a beautiful dining room and bar around the picturesque lagoon. The camp also has a nicely sized plunge pool to help guests escape the midday heat. Pom Pom offers game drives, night drives, walking safaris and mokoro excursions. All the big predators, and Buffalo, Giraffe, Zebra, Wildebeest can be seen. If you are lucky, some of the nocturnal animals such as Serval, Civet and Genet may be seen on night drives. Hippo and Crocodile are found in the deeper lagoons in the area. Birding enthusiasts will enjoy sighting Pells Fishing Owl, African Fish Eagle, Giant Eagle Owl and White Backed Vultures.
Days 9 - 10: Tented Camp, Makgadikgadi/Boteti.
Following the morning activity, the guests will be transferred to Maun by air and onward to your tented by road (approximately 1.5 hours drive from Maun). This camp is on the border with Makgadikgadi National Park not far from Nxai Pan National Park. The Camp is situated on tribal land and has kept the local name of the area, which translates as “teeth of the crocodile”. The camp has been built on a cliff edge overlooking the dry riverbed of the Boteti River, which last flowed in 1995.
This fully serviced authentic African safari camp maintains an atmosphere of the original safari experience. It is not a ‘bush hotel’ with all the modern luxuries of the developed world. The camp consists of safari tents and equipment from the owner’s former mobile safari days, combined with permanent fixtures, built by local craftspeople, with locally collected materials. There are, of course, the luxuries of flush toilets and a natural Boteti rock pool to wallow in on hot summer days.
Each of the seven fully serviced safari tents with semi-attached bathrooms, including a bucket shower and flush toilet, are set on the edge of the riverbank. A hundred feet below camp is the waterhole that attracts thousands of animals during the dry season. A lot of emphasis is placed on the theater view from camp. No matter where guests are they may watch the scenes played out, whether from the plunge pool, their tents, the verandahs, or the bathrooms. Activities at at this camp include game drives, nature walks, game viewing from the hide and cultural activities with a local community. Safari drives vary from short trips to the nearby Ngandi Community Trust area to full-day safaris with a picnic into the Makgadikgadi & Nxai Pan National Park depending on game movements. Meno A Kwena’s relaxed atmosphere makes for a very relaxing stay after the hectic round of activities at many camps.
Day 11: Safari ends in Maun.
Following the morning activity, the guests will be transferred to Maun by road, for their onward travel arrangements.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Price Includes:
- 2 Nights at a Livingstone (on Victoria Falls) lodge, Zambia;
- A road & boat transfer from Livingstone to Chobe Forest Reserve with 2 nights accommodation here (incl. meals & activities, excl. beverages);
- An air transfer from Kasane to Moremi Game Reserve with 2 nights accommodation here (fully inclusive);
- An air transfer from Moremi Game Reserve to Okavango Delta with 2 nights accommodation in the Delta (fully inclusive);
- An air transfer from the Okavango Delta to Maun, with an onward road transfer from Maun to Meno A Kwena with 2 nights accommodation at Makgadikgadi/Boteti (fully inclusive) and a road transfer from Makgadikgadi back to Maun where the safari ends.
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