Travel to Botswana: Wild Botswana Safari

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Wild Botswana Safari

			DAYS: 10 GRADE: I-II, Some camps with unattached bath define PRICE: $3650 per person (Includes Local Air) HIGHLIGHTS: Okavango Delta Safari Savuti Channel Chobe Safari Linyanti Victoria Falls Livingstone Zambia ACCOMMODATIONS: Hotels/Lodges Wilderness Camp MEALS: As noted  [B-Breakfast, L-Lunch,   D-Dinner] SEASON: Year-round Prices, Departure Dates and Included Services Send to a Friend Print this Itinerary

This adventure camping expedition allows you to experience Botswana's Okavango Delta with its vast system of interlocking waterways and reed-filled channels offering a proliferation of wildlife to be discovered. Explore further wonders in Chobe National Park and along the Savuti Channel, home to elephants and large prides of lions. This safari takes you to one of the seven natural wonders of the world, Victoria Falls or "The Smoke That Thunders", created when the mighty Zambezi River crashes over an expanse higher and wider than Niagara Falls. This adventure camping expedition allows you to experience Botswana's wildest areas in a small group setting of eight people or less.

DAY 1 :  ARRIVE VICTORIA FALLS, ZAMBIA
Arrive into Livingstone Airport where you'll be met after passing through customs. Your first night in Africa is spent at Shackleton's Lodge, ideally situated on the banks of the Zambezi River. Enjoy a guided tour of the Victoria Falls, considered one of the seven natural wonders of the world. The National Park is situated across the river from the lodge and you can regularly see elephants and hear the hippos while relaxing at the lodge. Overnight at Shackleton's in Zambia. [D]

Chobe National Park is host to the worlds largest elephant population.

DAY 2 :  CHOBE NATIONAL PARK

Depart Zambia and enter Botswana by way of the Kazangula border, where the four countries of Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe meet. A light aircraft takes us to the northern region of Chobe National Park.  This area is famous for vast herds of elephant and unique species such as puku or Chobe bushbuck.  A cruise along the Chobe River in a catamaran-style shaded boat fills the afternoon and we will camp overnight at the Linyanti Trails Camp. [BLD]

DAYS 3-4 :  LINYANTI

The next two days are spent enjoying the wide range of game viewing activities the Linyanti area has to offer. Game drives in the Linyanti private concession offer fantastic opportunities to see a wide variety of animals but especially elephants. Time is flexible so that we can follow the movement of the game, including the elusive puku and bushbuck that are always followed by predators. Depending on the movements of local hippo pods well spend one afternoon canoeing.  Overnight at the Linyanti Trails Camp.  [BLD]

	Set out on foot with expert guides and trackers.

DAY 5 :  SAVUTI AND LECHWE ISLAND

Today we set off on a game drive along the Savuti Channel, stopping en-route at a private game-viewing hide for lunch. This is a long but interesting drive giving the perfect introduction to the varying habitats of Northern Botswana, from the open savannahs of the Savuti Channel to lagoons in the Selinda Spillway. We arrive at our Adventurer campsite in mid-afternoon, in time for a short sunset game drive. Our Private Adventurer Camp is usually set up on a wooded island overlooking a floodplain, which is alternately flooded or dry, depending on the season. [BLD]

DAYS 6-7 :  LECHWE ISLAND

We spend two days exploring the areas around Lechwe Island in the northeastern corner of the Okavango Delta. This area has large numbers of bull elephants as well as lion prides and clans of Spotted Hyenas that are resident in the area and are frequently seen. Enjoy game drives by day and night along with bush walks where your guide delves into interesting topics such as tracking, medicinal and traditional uses of plants, and a full array of small invertebrates. Overnights at our Private Adventurer Camp. [BLD]

DAYS 8-9 :  OKAVANGO DELTA

This morning we fly into the heart of the Okavango Delta to Xigera Mokoro Trails Camp where you will spend the next two nights. The Okavango Delta is a mutual blending of water and forested islands, joined by thousands of waterways that alter each year with the flood. Here you travel by means of mokoros (dugout canoes) to the various islands. Activities include walking on the islands, swimming in the crystal clear waters, bird watching, game viewing, and if you're lucky, sighting the rare sitatunga antelope. [BLD]

DAY 10 :  END OF SAFARI
This morning we fly directly to Maun to connect with our international flights or begin your extension. [B]

Note: Starting May 2008 we're offering a 3 night extension to the Kalahari on a scheduled basis. Please call for details.

Questions? Ask Our Program Directors.

. C o n t a c t Rachael Garrett 1(800)345-4453 C o n t a c t Lyndsay Harshman 1(800)345-4453