Botswana In Style
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Overview
Take a journey through some of Botswana’s most extraordinary landscapes whilst staying in lodges with a strong focus on working with local communities and giving guests a chance to interact with the local people. Such opportunities can be rare in Botswana as the focus is often on big game viewing, but this trip provides more of a cultural experience alongside your game viewing one.
Starting in the Khwai Community Area, you will be able to see ...
Take a journey through some of Botswana’s most extraordinary landscapes whilst staying in lodges with a strong focus on working with local communities and giving guests a chance to interact with the local people. Such opportunities can be rare in Botswana as the focus is often on big game viewing, but this trip provides more of a cultural experience alongside your game viewing one.
Starting in the Khwai Community Area, you will be able to see how the local communities manage this exceptional game viewing destination. Visit the villages where the staff live and learn how profit from the lodge helps with housing, education and healthcare; a unique way to spend your time in Botswana. Moving on to the Okavango Delta you will be able to enjoy fantastic big game viewing in the company of the warm and friendly lodge hospitality.
The final leg of your trip includes a stay in the Makgadikgadi Pans where your camp is model for sustainable tourism, working with the local San Bushmen people. Here you will have the exciting opportunity of meeting the resident meerkat population as they scurry around for their first meal of the day.
TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
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This is a suggested itinerary. Our experts have all travelled widely in the region and will be happy to tailor any of our itineraries to suit your tastes, or build a trip from scratch.
DAY 1: MAUN - KHWAI COMMUNITY RESERVE
DAY 1: MAUN - KHWAI COMMUNITY RESERVE
After arriving into Maun, you will be escorted to the charter area of the airport for your short flight to the Khwai Community Area. There, you will be met and transferred to Hyena Pan Camp overlooking a permanent water hole within a private reserve. Enjoy lunch and some time to relax before a late afternoon safari activity.
DAY 2: EXPLORE KHWAI COMMUNITY RESERVE
DAY 2: EXPLORE KHWAI COMMUNITY RESERVE
Enjoy a full day game drive through the reserve and private concession to take in the area’s fantastic game viewing and beautiful scenery. A picnic lunch will be taken along so you can enjoy a full day out. The guides will help you to make the most of the day, teaching you about the flora of the region and its uses in traditional medicine and modern-day architecture. This offers a bit of variety to your game viewing experience.
DAY 3: EXPLORE KHWAI COMMUNITY RESERVE
DAY 3: EXPLORE KHWAI COMMUNITY RESERVE
Today there is the opportunity to go on a guided walking safari from camp to get up close and personal with characteristic wildlife of the reserve. The camp also has an underground hide for a completely different vantage point.
DAY 4: KHWAI COMMUNITY RESERVE - OKAVANGO DELTA
DAY 4: KHWAI COMMUNITY RESERVE - OKAVANGO DELTA
Enjoy a final morning safari activity and breakfast at the lodge before being transferred to the airstrip for a light aircraft flight down to the Okavango Delta. From the airstrip, you will be transferred to Moremi Crossing situated on a small palm-fringed island surrounded by the Moremi's seasonal floodplain. Spend the afternoon relaxing and enjoying the tranquillity of the lodge or perhaps enjoying a mokoro canoe safari through the channels of the Delta.
DAY 5: EXPLORE THE OKAVANGO DELTA
DAY 5: EXPLORE THE OKAVANGO DELTA
Each day typically comprises two safari activities, and so with a full day in the delta there are a wealth of excursions to choose from including day and night game drives, guided walks, boat trips, mokoro canoe safaris and fishing trips. However you choose to spend your time, you will be accompanied by expert guides who will really help to make your time exploring the delta memorable.
DAY 6: EXPLORE THE OKAVANGO DELTA
DAY 6: EXPLORE THE OKAVANGO DELTA
Today will be a chance for you to slow your safari down a little bit, perhaps taking the opportunity to enjoy a lie-in before breakfast and a late morning game drive. Alternatively, you might like to grab your binoculars and a bird book and head out with your guide to spot some of the 450 bird species found in the Okavango Delta. In between activities, you will be able to relax in the lovely surroundings of the lodge and enjoy the superb food and hospitality for which it is renowned.
DAY 7: OKAVANGO DELTA - MAKGADIKGADI PANS
DAY 7: OKAVANGO DELTA - MAKGADIKGADI PANS
After a final morning spent exploring the Okavango Delta, enjoy breakfast at the lodge before being transferred back to the airstrip for your flight to Maun. Upon arrival you will be met and transferred by road down to the Makgadikgadi Pans, a drive of around two hours, where you will be spending the final leg of your trip. A relaxing afternoon in Camp Kalahari will be followed by a drive out onto the pans to enjoy sundowner drinks.
DAY 8: EXPLORE THE MAKGADIKGADI PANS
DAY 8: EXPLORE THE MAKGADIKGADI PANS
Camp Kalahari is known for its resident meerkat population. Depart camp before sunrise to see these little critters search for their breakfast. The meerkats are not shy and you can walk amongst them (no feeding or touching). Take a seat and you might be lucky enough to be investigated by a curious meerkat. Throughout the rest of the day, the camp offers horse and quad bike activities for an alternative mode of transport to get around the pans.
DAY 9: EXPLORE THE MAKGADIKGADI PANS
DAY 9: EXPLORE THE MAKGADIKGADI PANS
An early morning start allows you to spend some time with the intriguing San Bushmen who live in this harsh desert environment. Learn how they survive by digging for water in the ground, make poison for their arrows from bushes and how they track their prey through this harsh, unforgiving environment. A relaxing lunch and afternoon in camp can be followed by a late afternoon boat cruise.
DAY 10: MAKGADIKGADI PANS - MAUN
DAY 10: MAKGADIKGADI PANS - MAUN
After enjoying a final desert sunrise and breakfast in camp you will set off on your road transfer back to Maun where you will catch your onward flight. Your tour ends here.
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Camp Kalahari, Makgadikgadi Pans Region
Camp Kalahari is on the edge of the Makgadikgadi salt pans in the Kalahari Desert. The remote camp is laid out in traditional safari style with the library, lounge and dining area under thatch rooves. The 10 Meru-style tented rooms have classic, old safari-style interiors, with king or twin beds, crisp cotton sheets and traditional African blankets. The en-suite bathrooms are outdoors and have flush loos and refreshing showers. The family unit comprises two tents with an inter-leading bathroom and children of all ages are welcome. The field guides team up with local bushmen learning how to survive in the harsh environment. Go on morning walks and game drives; venture into the mysterious pans on quad bikes; visit the famous Chapman's Baobab tree; and track the gemsbok, springbok and meerkats with the chance to see the elusive aardvark and brown hyena. The landscape is transformed when the rains arrive in November, bringing with them huge migrations of zebra and wildebeest. The immensity of the Pans is overwhelming, being one of the world's largest super-lakes which dried up thousands of years ago as a result of the earth’s shifting crust.
Moremi Crossing, Okavango Delta
Found near the southern tip of Chief’s Island, overlooking the world-famous Moremi Game Reserve, Moremi Crossing offers tranquil views over the surrounding floodplains. The camp is made up of 16 classic, simple and comfortable safari tents. The small en-suite bathrooms have running water with flush toilets and outdoor showers. The large, open-sided, thatched roof main area of the lodge houses the dining area and bar, and its surrounding decking area is a lovely spot to relax. There are no safari vehicles at Moremi Crossing so guests can enjoy mokoro canoe safaris, birding trips, motorboat safaris and guided walks or a wilderness camp (at an additional cost).
Hyena Pan, Khwai Community Area
This tranquil tented camp in the Khwai Private Reserve is a hive of activity at any time of year as the lodge provides a constant water supply to the local wildlife year round. With only eight tents, Hyena Pan provides a near enough private game experience. Each tent offers simple, practical comfort. The camp is almost entirely generated by solar apart from the gas showers. The game viewing deck is perfect for an afternoon bush tea before taking a refreshing dip in the pool and the campfire often attracts curious elephants at sundown. Explore the 350,000-hectare concession is yours to explore through 4x4 safaris and guided bush walks as well as the nearby Moremi game Reserve Park.
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| Blue | More than 10,000 points | 2.5% discount |
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| Gold | More than 60,000 points | 10% discount |
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