After arriving in Johannesburg this morning you will connect with the 10:00am Air Botswana flight to Maun arriving at 11:40am. After clearing customs you will be met and assisted aboard your light aircraft flight into the heart of the Okavango Delta.

This unique flood plain, is the largest inland delta in the world, formed by the rains in Angola and the Okavango River which flows into what was once part of the Kalahari Desert. The Okavango is a wildlife paradise, which you will explore by vehicle, on foot, mokoro (dugout canoe) and boat for some of the best wildlife viewing anywhere. Depending on game concentrations you could expect to find giraffe, hippo, crocodile, lion, leopard, elephant, zebra, lechwe, kudu, buffalo, reedbuck and many other species, plus over 600 types of birds visit the area. The flora too provides a fascinating glimpse into the intricate ecology of the Delta.

After you land at the nearby airstrip, you will be met by your guide and a member of the staff and driven to your campsite, spotting wildlife on the way. The camp is set up in advance of your arrival on a private wildlife concession – which allows for off-road driving and hiking, things not allowed in National Parks. After lunch at camp, depart on an afternoon game drive, stopping at sunset for sundowners before returning to camp for a wonderful three course dinner. After dinner enjoy a drink around the campfire with the vast African sky overhead.
Overnight - Private Camping in Sandibe Concession (L, D & activities)

After lunch, set out on an afternoon game drive, returning to camp before dark. The next day you will go on extensive game drives in this fabulous area. Overnight - Private camp in the Savute area (all meals &activities)

This morning after breakfast you drive north to the heart of Chobe National park. Chobe, is the second largest national park in Botswana, covers over 6,700 square miles. It’s constant water supply supports great concentrations of wildlife. The park covers a wide variety of country, from riverine forest, flood plains and periodic marsh to the sporadic rocky outcrops such a diversity of habitats implies a wide variety of wildlife from water animals. In the southern area of the park lies the Mababe depression where early in the year the Zebra migration takes place.

The park is also famous for its elephants, which are part of what is the largest surviving continuous elephant population on earth. The elephants cover most of northern Botswana and north-western Zimbabwe, and it is estimated that there are over 100,000 of them in the Chobe-Kasane area alone. The Chobe elephants are migratory, making seasonal movements of up to 200 miles from the Chobe and Linyanti rivers, where they concentrate in the dry season, to the pans in the south-east of the park.

During your days here you will have an opportunity to spend many hours watching the huge herds in and around the waters of the Chobe River. Northern Chobe has beautiful scenery and magnificent sunsets, with a large variety of bird and animal life. Overnight - Private camping in Chobe National Park (all meals & activities)