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| DAY 1
- MAUN / OKAVANGO DELTA – KWETSANI CONCESSION
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Upon arrival into Maun, you will be met and assisted onto your light aircraft and flown to a remote safari camp located on a vast private reserve in the Okavango Delta, the only way into the area. You will be met at the airstrip and driven to Kwetsani Camp, set on al large elongated island that is heavily wooded, cool and shady with Palm, Mangosteen and Fig trees and is one of the most remote camps in the entire Okavango Delta.
The 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.
Today after a scrumptious lunch, rest for while before setting out on a late afternoon game drive, stopping for sundowners and returning after dark to the camp for dinner.
Overnight
- Kwetsani Camp (L,D and activities) |
| DAY 2
- OKAVANGO DELTA – KWETSANI CONCESSION
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You have a full day of exciting wildlife viewing activities in this outstanding area and also time to enjoy the ambiance of this special camp.
Overnight
- Kwetsani Camp (all meals and activities) |
| DAYS 3/4
- OKAVANGO DELTA – JAO CONCESSION
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Today you fly deeper into the Okavango Delta where you will be met at the airstrip and transferred to the secluded Jacana Camp for two nights. Situated about 15 miles (25 km) west of Mombo, outside the Moremi Game reserve on the Jao flats. Jacana Camp is a true water camp and offers mokoro and walking safaris all year round. The camp is set in one of the most densely populated wetland areas for sitatunga and red lechwe. In the dry season wildebeest and zebra inhabit the floodplains and in the woodlands to the west elephant and buffalo can be found. Lions are regularly sited on the floodplains and occasionally cheetah, leopard and wild dog. Pels fishing owl is a favorite amongst birders as well as greater and lesser jacanas.
Jacana Camp has only 5 small meru-style tents accommodating a maximum of eight guests. Each tent is on a wooden deck overlooking the floodplains and has an en suite bathroom with flush toilet and shower. The main dining area is on the top floor of an elevated wooden deck between two magnificent sycamore figs and surrounded by dense wild date palms. Downstairs, there is a cozy pub and lounge with an area for an open fire under the stars.
After breakfast depart on a guided walk, returning for a snack then heading out again for a late afternoon game drive. On your next arise for tea and coffee heading out on an early morning game drive, returning to the camp for brunch. Later in the day you will depart on another wildlife activity.
Overnight
- Jacana Camp (all meals & activities)
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| DAY 5
- LINYANTI RERSERVE – SAVUTI CHANNEL
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From the Okavango Delta you will be taken to the airstrip and flown into the Linyanti Marshes to the private 125,000 acre Linyanti Reserve, which borders Chobe National Park. The area is famous for it’s huge elephant herds, and it’s lions which have learned out to prey on them. While in the reserve you will stay at DumaTau, a luxury permanent tented camp built under cool mangosteen trees overlooking an enormous lagoon. Accommodation is in nine luxurious, raised, tented rooms under thatch with en suite facilities with hot and cold running water, flush toilets and shower. Each room has an additional outdoor open air shower, for those who prefer to be closer to nature. There is a dining room, pub, lounge, a plunge pool and a guest "loo" with a fantastic view.
Elephants are one of the area's biggest attractions, especially in the dry winter months, along with the Red Lechwe, Zebra, Wildebeest, Impala, Waterbuck, Sable, Roan, Eland, Giraffe, Baboon, Monkey, Warthog, Crocodile and Buffalo. Then there are the predators ~ Lion, Leopard, Cheetah, Wild Dog and Hyena ~ and the nocturnal animals ~ Bush babies, Spring Hare, Aardwolf, Serval, Genet, Pangolin ~ and the smaller predators.
Duma Tau offers day and night game drives along the Linyanti and Savuti as well as short nature walks. The camp's boat allows guests access to the waterways to observe the Hippos at close range (water levels permitting). There are a number of ”blinds” in the area which give guests the opportunity to observe and photograph animals close up in their natural environment without disturbance.
Overnight
- Dum Tau (all meals & activities)
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| DAYS 6/7
- LINYANTI RERSERVE – SAVUTI CHANNEL
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You have two more days to explore the area spending time in both the Linyanti area and in Chobe National Park. On the Chobe floodplains, elephants can be viewed in numbers not found elsewhere on the continent, while water birds such as egrets, herons, ducks and storks occur in profusion.
Overnight
- Dum Tau (all meals & activities)
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| DAY 8
- VICTORIA FALLS - LIVINGSTONE ZAMBIA
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This morning after breakfast you will depart by road for Kasane and continue a short ways to Livingstone Zambia, located net to the famous Victoria Falls. When you arrive at the border you will be met and driven to the northern edge of the Mosi Oa Tunya National Park. This small parks name comes from the people who have lived here for eons and means “Smoke Which Thunders”, as it is situated next to the mighty Victoria Falls. Your stay here will be at Sussi & Chuma, a five star lodge set on a sweeping bend of the Zambezi River, just 10 minutes upstream from the Falls themselves. Since the lodge is located next to the park animals, including migrating Elephants, often wallowing in shallow pools near the banks of the Zambezi River here.
Guest accommodation consists of 10 luxury tree-houses, built into the living canopy of giant ebony trees lining the bank. Each unit has a private view of the Zambezi from its own deck set among the branches. The main lodge building features a spectacular raised bar and lounge deck, open air dining area, swimming pool and lawns sweeping down to the water’s edge where resident wildlife, such as hippopotamus and elephant often wander through on their way in and out of the park.
After lunch, you may depart on an afternoon game drive in the park, go for a swim, even try your hand at fishing, or relax on your deck watching the river with a cool drink. Dinner is served in the dining area or under the stars next to the bonfire.
Overnight
- Sussi Lodge (lunch & dinner, game drive)
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| DAY 9
- VICTORIA FALLS - LIVINGSTONE / END OF SAFARI
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Today after breakfast it’s time to go visit the falls with your guide accompanying you, returning to the lodge for lunch. Afterwards you will be transferred to the airport for your flight back to Johannesburg or on to your next safari destination.
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OKAVANGO DELTA: Chitabe, Chitabe Trails, Little Vumbura, Seba Camp, Tubu Tree, Xigera SAVUTI/CHOBE: Savuti Camp, Selinda Camp or Zibalianja Camp
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EXPERIENCE THE REMOTE WILDERNESS OF BOTSWANA AS YOU EXPLORE THE OKAVANGO DELTA, THE MOREMI GAME RESERVE, THE LINYANTI MARSHES AND CHOBE NATIONAL PARK BY OPEN 4WD SAFARI VEHICLE, ON FOOT, BY ELECTRIC BOAT AND MOKORO CANOE. ON THIS 9 DAY ADVENTURE. YOU WILL BE FLOWN BETWEEN SMALL LUXURY SAFARI CAMPS WHICH ARE SITUATED IN PRIVATE CONCESIONS BOARDING THE NATIONAL PARKS. YOUR WILDLIFE ACTIVITIES ARE LED BY CAMP GUIDES AND TRACKERS WHO HAVE INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE AREAS YOU WILL VISIT.
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US $ 5,530
