3 Days Boat Safari in Okavango Delta, Botswana
Okavango Delta, Botswana
Boat Safari in Botswana
Venture through Okavango Delta with Shipungo Safari & Tours, to Chief’s Island (70 kilometers long and 15 kilometers wide), which is named because it was once the sole hunting preserve of the local chief. Raised above the water level by tectonic activity, it is here that so much of the delta’s wildlife retreats as water levels rise. As such, the island is home to what could be the richest concentration of wildlife in Botswana. It is the Okavango Delta as you always imagined it.
Overview
- Group size: Maximum of 10 people
- Starting point and ending point: Maun
- Main wildlife to be viewed: Birds
- Children policy: Children under 12 years old are charged half price
- Vaccines required: Several vaccines are sensible (typhoid, polio, and tetanus), though none are required. Anti-malarial tablets are usually recommended. Always check the latest recommendations with your doctor or clinic before traveling.
Meet the guides
Salepito
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Highlights
- 3 boat game drives
- Nature walk in the delta
- See various of wonderful birdlife
- See Okavango Delta and Chief's Island
- Daily breakfast, lunch, dinner, and bottled water
- Park entry and camping fees included
- 2 nights accommodation
- Airport transfers
Skill level
- Advanced
Styles
3 activity days
Group size: Maximum of 10 participants
Airport transfer included:
Maun Airport
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
08:00
Check-out Time:
16:00
Facilities
- Environmentally friendly
- Outdoor shower
You will stay for two nights in a 3X3 tented camp during your safari in Chief's Island, Okavango Delta. You will be facilitated with bedrolls, blankets, sheets, external toilet, and an external shower.
Program
Day 1: Maun to Okavango Delta
Depart Maun around 9:00 a.m. in the morning to Chiefs Island. Upon arrival, the staff will set up your camp and you can relax around camp with your good book and pair of binoculars. A professional guide will decide depending on the time that you have for a sunset cruise, and then dinner will be prepared and served by a well-trained chef in the evening after sunset boat cruise.
Day 2: Okavango Delta
Wake up in the morning with tea / coffee before going for a boat ride to experience the combination of reed-fringed waters, grasslands, and light woodlands make for game viewing that can feel like a BBC wildlife documentary brought to life. Not surprisingly, the island is home to some of the most animals and birds. Return back to the camp where dinner is served, you will rest for about two hours before sunset cruise.
Day 3: Okavango Delta to Maun
In the morning, you will have breakfast. While the staff takes down the camp, you will board a boat to Maun. Upon arrival, a game drive vehicle will pick you from boat station to the hotel or Maun Airport (MUB).
Included excursions
- Boat cruise
- Nature walk
- Sunset cruise
Guides
Salepito Sp Xhaate
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Salepito is a tour guide at Shipungo Safari & Tours the big guy who always smile respectful when it comes to guiding, since we hire Sp our clients recommend him as one of the good guide in Maun he is always in point.
Location
This safari will take you from Maun to Okavango Delta (Chief's island) in Botswana.
Okavango Delta
The Okavango Delta is a large low gradient alluvial fan or ‘Inland Delta’ located in north-western Botswana. The area includes permanent swamps which cover approximately 600,000 ha along with up to 1.2-meter hectares of seasonally flooded grassland.
The inscribed World Heritage property encompasses an area of 2,023,590 hectares with a buffer zone of 2,286,630 hectares. The Okavango Delta is one of a very few large inland delta systems without an outlet to the sea, known as an endorheic delta, its waters drain instead into the desert sands of the Kalahari Basin.
It is Africa’s third largest alluvial fan and the continent’s largest endorheic delta. Furthermore, it is in a nearly pristine state being a largely untransformed wetland system. The biota has uniquely adapted their growth and reproductive behavior, particularly the flooded grassland biota, to be timed with the arrival of floodwater in the dry, winter season of Botswana.
Food
Daily breakfast, lunch, dinner and bottled water are included in the price.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Brunch
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
- Alcoholic beverages
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
What's included
- Nature walks
- 4 boat cruises to see the wildlife
- Park entry and camping fees
- Transfer from the lodge to the boat station
- Camping equipment
- Services of a professional guide and a camp assistant
- 2 nights accommodation
- Airport transfers to and from Maun Airport (MUB)
- Bottled water
- Daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner
What's not included
- Airfare
- Personal expenses
- Toiletries
- Travel insurance
- Visa
How to get there
Recommended Airports
MUB
Maun Airport
65 km
Transfer included
Airport: Maun Airport
Airport transfer included: Maun Airport
No additional charges. You can request this in the next step.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 60% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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