10 Day Northern Highlights Expedition Safari in Botswana
Botswana Safari
This nine-night mobile camping journey will take you through Botswana’s famous regions.
Key information
- Group safari
- Group size: 1-40 participants
- Starting and ending point: Maun
- English speaking guide
- All park fees are included
Highlights
- 10 game drives
- Chance to see lions, elephants, and other animals
- Ride in a pop up roof or open-sided 4X4 vehicle
- Visit Moremi Game Reserve, Khwai Concession, and Chobe National Park
- Mokoro excursion and boat cruise
- 9 nights accommodation
- Daily meals
- Transfers to and from the airport
Styles
Accommodation
During the safari, you will sleep in comfortable Sahara tents with full bedding, a bush toilet, and a hot shower.
Program
Days 1 - 2: Moremi Game
This nine-night mobile camping journey will take you through Botswana’s famous regions. During morning and late afternoon drives, your guide will alternate between Savute Marsh, the Savute Channel, and the Hills. Anything can happen on the Savute Marsh. The guide will explain to you how this complex ecosystem is so self-sustaining year after year. Your safari representative will be there to welcome you on arrival at Maun Airport. The exact departure time from Maun Airport will be advised closer to the time, as this depends on the commercial airline flight schedules. Expect to leave Maun and begin your journey around lunchtime, where you head to Moremi Game Reserve, stopping for a picnic lunch en route, and arriving at your campsite in time for sundowners.
Spending your first two nights camping in the Xakanaxa or third Bridge region, you explore the surrounding wilderness on game drives during the day. The Moremi Game Reserve forms part of the unique ecosystem called the Okavango Delta, and Moremi covers up to one-third of the Okavango. The total area of the Okavango covers up to 18,000 square kilometers, of which the Moremi Game Reserve is 5000 square kilometers.
Days 3 - 5: Khwai Concession - Okavango Delta
Following an early breakfast, you pack camp and continue your journey to Khwai, stopping for a picnic lunch en route. The Khwai River forms a boundary between the reserve and the community area. You spend the next three nights camping at a campsite in the community area, exploring the Khwai floodplains on game drives both during the day and at night. Here, you will also enjoy a two-and-a-half-hour Mokoro trip (dug-out canoe)exploring the waterways of Khwai, which is the most eastern reach of the Okavango river system.
Exploring after dark with spotlights offers you a unique opportunity to experience some of the nocturnal animals that are rarely encountered during the day. It is important to note that night drives are not permitted within the national parks and reserves. These activities are conducted outside the boundaries of the Moremi Game Reserve in the Khwai community area. The guide will explain to you how this complex ecosystem is so self-sustaining year after year.
Days 6 - 8: Savuti Chobe National Park
You head further north en route to Chobe National Park, where you spend the following three nights camping in a wilderness campsite in the Savute region, exploring the desert-like landscape on game drives. The Savute Channel and Marsh have a fickle water supply as the channel flows and stops for no visible reason, but the animals are either drawn to the channel or the waterholes around the region.
Savute has for the last 30 years been an extremely dry area, and lately its claim to fame has been the lion and elephant interaction as they come for the few drops of water that remain in the waterholes. These dynamics are ever-changing with the unpredictable supply of water, who knows what will happen.
Days 9 - 10: Chobe River Front, Chobe National Park
Leaving this parched landscape, you continue your journey north to the contrasting Chobe region of the park. You spend the last two nights camping in a wilderness campsite near the Chobe River, exploring the riverbanks and surrounding flood plains on game drives. On day 10, you will also enjoy an afternoon boat cruise on the Chobe River, which departs from Kasane. Departure will be at 5:00 p.m.
Location
The safari will take place in Botswana.
Moremi Game Reserve
Moremi Game Reserve is situated in the eastern corner of the Okavango Delta and is one of the most beautiful and varied reserves found on the African continent, with huge concentrations of wildlife and incredible scenery. The reserve consists of both swamp areas and dry-land areas. The Savute is characterised by the Savute Marsh, the Savute Channel, and the Hills.
Chobe National Park
Chobe National Park is one of Africa’s finest game sanctuaries. Situated in the far north of Botswana, Chobe encompasses a wide variety of diverse habitats offering extreme contrasts and is home to a breathtaking variety of animals and birds.
Food
You will be served daily meals, tea, coffee, and limited alcoholic beverages included in the price.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Snacks
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
- Alcoholic beverages
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Organic
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
- Seafood
- Other dietary requirements on request
What's included
- Game drives
- Activities as per the itinerary
- Mokoro excursion (dug-out canoe) in Khwai River
- Boat cruise on the Chobe River
- 9 nights accommodation in mobile tents
- 11 breakfasts, 10 lunches, and 10 dinners
- Tea and coffee
- A professional guide and camp assistants
- Transfers as per the itinerary
- Transport in a specialized safari vehicle
- Pick up and drop off at the hotel or airport
- Daily laundry
- Limited alcoholic beverages
What's not included
- Any increase in national park fees
- Curios
- Insurance cover for cancellations and curtailment
- Medical, baggage, and emergency evacuation
- Optional excursions
- Visa
- Airfare
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Maun Airport
87 km
Transfer included
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 15% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 30 days before arrival.
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