At
the beginning of each year when the Kalahari
Desert is looking it's best, we schedule this
very special Safari. After the first rains,
the Kalahari blooms and herds of antelope and
wildebeest congregate in the fossil river valleys
and vegetated pans where the grass is the sweetest.
The Central Kalahari Desert is one of Africa's
largest Reserves with huge open spaces and endless
horizons. After spending time exploring the
Desert, we visit the Okavango Delta which is
unique in many ways too. Firstly you will have
the opportunity to see if from the air when
we fly over it on a scenic flight from Maun,
then from your game drive vehicle and from a
boat, when we spend the day cruising it's channels
and lagoons.
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Day
1. Arrive in Maun where we will meet
you. Overnight in Town. |
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Day
2. Drive down to Deception Valley in
the Central Kalahari Desert. Picnic lunch
en-route, getting to camp in time for a
rest before the evening game drive to see
where the Valley got it's name. |
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Day
3. Early morning game drive in the Valley.
Brunch in camp and siesta. Afternoon game
drive. Camp the same. |
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Day
4. Early morning game drive to Sunday's
Pan, via Leopard Pan. Brunch in camp and
siesta. Afternoon game drive and camp the
same. |
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Day
5. Drive to either Passarge Valley or
Tau Pan, depending on where the rains have
most recently fallen. Lunch in camp, siesta
and afternoon game drive. Camp at Passarge
or Tau Pan. |
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Day
6. Early morning game drive to explore
the valley and surrounding Pans. Brunch
in camp and siesta. Afternoon game drive.
Camp the same. |
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Day
7. Drive back into Maun. Lunch in town
and an afternoon scenic flight over the
Okavango Delta. Overnight in town. |
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Days
8. After breakfast, drive into Moremi
Game Reserve and camp on the edge of the
Delta. Picnic lunch en-route. Get to camp
for a rest and the afternoon game drive. |
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Days
9 . Drive to the Boat Station and
go out in a power boat for a full day's
exploring the Okavango Delta. Picnic lunch
on an island where you will have a chance
to walk. Drive back to camp at sunset.
Camp the same. |
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10. Early morning game drive to Xakanaka
or Third Bridge. Brunch in camp and siesta.
Afternoon game drive. Camp the same. |
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Days
11. Drive through Moremi Game Reserve
to the Khwai River. Picnic lunch en-route.
Camp in a private concession near the Khwai
River. Afternoon game drive coming back
after sunset for a night drive, looking
for nocturnal animals and birds. |
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12. Early morning game drive. Brunch
in camp and siesta. Afternoon game drive
and night drive. Camp the same. |
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13. After breakfast, drive back
into Maun to connect with your outward flight. |
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email us for dates and prices.
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RIVERS-
PAST & PRESENT
| This
Safari introduces you to four unique geographical
features and the birds, animals and plants associated
with each. It also allows you to walk, do night
drives, boat or mekoro excursions and gamedrives.
Deception
Valley is an ancient fossil river in the Kalahari
where desert animals and birds congregate during
the wet season.
Khwai River is the furthest, eastern finger of
the Okavango Delta with a constantly changing
end, as flood waters come and go. Known for it's
Raptors, the plains on either side are frequented
by herds of game using this essential water source.
The Savuti Channel has flowed and dried up three
times in the last 175 years, leaving vast grasslands
which are famous for their zebra migration and
the big cats, at this time of year.
The Okavango Delta is a major river system which
allows water, collected in the Angolan Highlands,
to fan out across the Kalahari transforming it
into a paradise for wildlife.
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Day
1. Meet your guide and drive down
to Deception Valley. Here camp will
be set up. Afternoon gamedrive to see
where the valley got it's name. |
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Day
2. Explore this desert area with
gamedrives morning and afternoon when
we look for the elusive Brown Hyena
and the amusing Suricates, amongst herds
of Springbok and Oryx. |
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Day
3. Spend time in Deception Valley
and visit other ancient valleys and
pans nearby. Camp the Same. |
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Day
4. Drive into Maun for lunch and
onto a Lodge for the night. |
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Day
5. Drive to the Khwai River where
we will be camping in the Khwai Community
Area. This will enable us to do game-drives,
night-drives and short walks. |
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Day
6. The same. |
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Day
7. Drive through the Mababe Depression,
into Chobe National Park and onto Savuti,
where camp will be set up. |
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Days
8+9. Game drives around the grasslands
with a visit to an earlyman site with
rock art. |
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10. Drive to Moremi Game Reserve
and camp on the edge of the Okavango
Delta. Afternoon game drive. |
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Days
11,12+13. Exploring this wonderland,
gamedrives morning and evening, with
an excursion by boat or mekoro. |
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14. Drive into Maun to connect with
outward flight. |
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SALT PANS AND THE WATERWAYS.
| This
Safari shows you the great contrast between the
Kalahari Desert which receives the Okavango flood
waters and an area that does not. In Nxai Pan National
Park you will see harsh white salt pans and vegetated
pans where desert game live. Species such as Oryx,
Springbok, Bat-eared Fox, Kalahari Lion and Cheetah,
roam these ancient pans and drink at the waterhole.
Moremi Game Reserve reveals Papyrus lined Channels,
Lagoons and Riverine forests.Aquatic animals and
water birds abound as well as herds of plains game
and predators. There are also 2 cultural elements
on this safari, time spent in Maun reveals a modern
urban environment and later a visit to the Khwai
Village which has retained most of it's traditional
rural charm. |
| Day
1. You arrive in Maun and will be met
by your guide, who will drive you down to
Nxai Pan National Park. Here you will camp. |
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2+3. Explore this ancient lake with morning
and afternoon game drives. Sundowners at the
waterhole. Camp the Same. |
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4. Drive to Baines's Baobabs and camp
on the edge of a Saltpan. Sunset amongst the
Baobabs. |
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5. Sunrise with the Baobabs. Drive into
Maun, here you will have an opportunity to
do some shopping and to visit some local craft
shops and the museum. An optional scenic flight
over the Okavango Delta can be arranged. Overnight
in a Lodge near town. |
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6 . Drive to Moremi Game Reserve where
you will be able to explore the area where
the desert meets the water. The Okavango Delta
fans out into thousands of channels which
provide food and water to an abundance of
wildlife. Camp on the edge of the Okavango. |
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7. Morning game drive with a chance to
go out on the Delta in mokoros ( dug-out canoes).
Afternoon game drive and camp the same. |
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8. Morning and afternoon game drives with
a visit to Bodamatua, 3rd Bridge or Xakanaka.
Camp the same. |
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9. Drive through Moremi Game reserve to
the Khwai Village, here you will be able to
see the rural way of life and some local curios.
We will continue to drive down the River which
you will camp nearby. This area is famous
for it's plain games and raptors. Afternoon
game drive and night drive to find nocturnal
animals and birds. |
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10. Early morning game drive, afternoon
and night drives. Camp the same. |
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11. Drive back into Maun to connect with
your onward flight. |
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DISCOVER NORTHERN BOTSWANA.
| This
short and affordable Safari is a great introduction
to Northern Botswana and the very best, that it
has to offer. It shows you the Chobe River and adjacent
Chobe National Park, which is famed for it's vast
herds of buffalo and elephant and is known for it's
healthy lion population. Our time spent at Savuti
shows you the Kalahari Desert with dryland species
of plants, animals and birds. The Khwai River is
renown for it's raptors and plains game and here
we do night drives, looking for leopard, serval
and bushbabies, amongst other nocturnal species.
The Okavango Delta provide another wonderful contrast,
with riverine forest, water channels and lagoons.
Red Lechwe, Kudu, Giraffe, Tsessebe abound and Cheetah
and Wilddog are found here too. |
| Day
1. Meet your guide at Maun airport and
drive into Moremi Game Reserve. Here we will
camp on the edge of the Okavango Delta. |
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2. Game drives morning and afternoon to
explore this wonderland. Camp the same. |
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3. Early morning game drive to the boat
station, in Northern Moremi. A morning spent
on mokoro's (dug-out canoes.) Picnic lunch
and afternoon game drive back. Camp the same. |
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4. Drive through Moremi Game Reserve,
passed Hippo Pools and onto the Khwai River,
camp besides the Khwai River. Afternoon game
drive and night drive. |
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5+6. Explore this area
with it's very productive flood-plains and
the wildlife associated with these. Camp the
same with a night drive. |
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7. Drive along the Khwai River and onto
Savuti, in the Chobe National Park. Camp near
the Savuti Channel. Sun-downers at the famous
waterhole. |
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8. Game drives to explore the now dry
Savuti Marsh and a short walk to see some
earlyman rock paintings. Camp the same. |
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9. Drive to the Chobe River and camp nearby.
Afternoon game drive to explore the River. |
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10. Morning and afternoon game drives
along the River. Camp the same. |
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11. Morning game drive through the National
Park to Kasane Town to meet your road transfer
or to the Airport for your flight out. |
TThe
Safaris which start in Kasane are the reserve
order of the above. An extension to see the Victoria
falls can easily be added on, either as a day-trip
or for longer.
Please
email us for dates and prices |
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