This amazing tour starts in the adventure capital- The Victoria Falls and head to Botswana's Chobe National Park, salt Pans of Makgadikgadi in Nata before the final destination - the Okavango Delta. Chobe National Park hosts the largest herd of elephants and other animals including the cats. Okavango delta is known for its sprawling grassy plains, which flood seasonally, becoming a lush animal habitat.
The adventure starts with a transfer from your hotel in Victoria Falls to Kasane in Botswana. This transfer together with border crossing takes approximately 1hour 30 minutes. Kasane is the town that host the famous Chobe National Park. Chobe National Park is in northern Botswana near the vast, inland Okavango Delta. It's known for its large herds of elephants and Cape buffalo, which converge along the Chobe Riverfront in the dry months. Lions, antelopes and hippos inhabit the woods and lagoons around Linyanti Marsh. The floodable grasslands of the Savuti Marsh attract numerous bird species, plus migrating zebras.
We have two game dives today- morning and afternoon. We start our drive as early in the morning as possible at around 06:00, and continue until approximately 9am. Tea and coffee will be served in the middle of the wilderness with a full breakfast served around 09:30 after the morning game drive.The early morning and late afternoon trigger all kinds of activities in the African bush. This is when many animals are most active – the transition from dark to light finds nocturnal animals scurrying to their daytime hid- ing places, leopards doing their last rounds, hyena cubs playing outside their den and lions finishing off their night-time kill. Diurnal animals leave their sleeping places, sun and groom themselves or each other, and start foraging. The afternoon safari starts at 3pm to 6 pm.
We leave our lodge after breakfast at around 8 am and drive a 300km journey, takes us approximately 4 hours. Do not pack your cameras away, the route have some animals. The Makgadikgadi Pan, a salt pan situated in the middle of the dry savanna of north-eastern Botswana, is one of the largest salt flats in the world. The name Makgadikgadi means „vast, lifeless land”. For those who prefer solitude and silence this is paradise, as even during the high season people are scarce here.The pan is all that remains of the formerly enormous Lake Makgadikgadi, which once covered an area larger than Switzerland, but dried up tens of thousands of years ago.
After breakfast at 8 am, we take a 4-hour drive to Maun passing through Makgadikgadi National Park viewing more game. We get to Maun in time for Lunch. We well arrive at our hotel in the afternoon with enough time to embark on an optional activity (Flight over the Okavango delta).Cost approximately US 150 per person minimum 5 persons.
After an early breakfast today, we will leave the hotel for a 2-day 1 night Safari in the Okavango Delta. We get transferred to the Okavango river in a 4 x4 open sided vehicle enjoying the landscape and scenery. At the river we are met by our polas- local guides who will transfer us to the island where we are going to cam in a mokoro ( Dug out canoe). This silent transportation takes us through beautiful channels viewing hippos and other animals. We set up our camp upon arrival at the island and relax close to the rover enjoying the birds and beautiful scene. Around 16:00 hours, we take a walk with out professional local guide for 2 hours before going back for dinner and overnight. This night we overnight in movable tents and use made bush ablution.
Grab a cup of coffee with rusks this morning and embark for a morning walk. We have our full breakfast after the walk. Unpacking our tents and into the Mokoro for another 1:30 minutes to meet our 4x4 vehicle to take us back to Maun town. Our safari wraps up after lunch. Tour ends on arrival in Maun.
Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls