“Get lost in Botswana’s natural beauty!”
4 Day Wildlife Exploration Safari Holiday in Okavango Delta and Khwai
Okavango Delta, Botswana
Short Safari Botswana
Rise and shine and let Shipungo Safari & Tours do the rest! This safari will let you enjoy the panoramic view of the Okavango Delta with its amazing wildlife experience. Get close to the wildlife by riding a mokoro and let the guide show you what Okavango Delta is about and venture through Moremi Game Reserve to Khwai for an unlimited safari experience.
Overview
- Group safari
- Maximum group size: 1 to 10 persons
- Starting point and ending point: Starts in Okavango Delta and ends in Khwai
- Children from the age of 8 years old are allowed to participate under the supervision of a parent or guardian.
- Languages: English and German
- All park and camping fees are included.
Meet the guides
Salepito & Slan
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Highlights
- 2 game drives
- Exploration of Maun and Khwai
- Sunrise and sunset Mokoro rides
- Main wildlife to be viewed: Elephants, birds, wildebeest, zebras, and lions
- Professional guide and camp assistant
- 3 nights accommodation
- Airport transfers
- Daily meals
Styles
3 activity days in English
The organizer also speaks: German
Group size: Maximum of 10 participants
Airport transfer included:
Maun Airport
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
09:00
Check-out Time:
13:00
Facilities
- Environmentally friendly
- Outdoor shower
In this safari holiday, you will be provided three nights of accommodation in mobile tents. You will be facilitated with bedroll, external toilets, and external shower.
Program
Day 1: Maun - Okavango Delta
In the morning our guide will pick you up from the hotel/ Maun Airport then lead you to Mokoro Station which is about 45 minutes’ drive. Transfer by motor boat or 4X4 transfer to Mokoro Station where you will be met by a professional guide and a polar.
A short briefing about your trip will be conducted before boarding your Mokoro and travel along the channels of the Okavango Delta to camp on one of the many Islands of the Delta, before reaching your camping destination, you would have spent some hours seeing the beauty and vastness of the Delta.
Upon the arrival staff set up the camp while your chef is preparing lunch for before afternoon game walk or Mokoro cruise, note that you will decide with your professional whether you do game walk or Mokoro cruise. Return back to the camp where dinner is served.
Day 2: Okavango Delta - Khwai
Woke up early in the morning, breakfast will be served well staff is breaking down the camp. Immediately after breakfast, you will board on your Mokoro to Mokoro Station, then back to Maun to continue our safari to Khwai.
Upon your arrival the campsite will be set by staff and direct you to your tents, and then you will be allowed to rest while before game drive activity in Khwai one of the best place to spot lion, leopard and many other animals. Return to the campsite where dinner is served, and dinner you go for night game drive in Khwai, and then return to the camp to spend a night.
Day 3: Khwai Concession
Wake up early morning, have a quick shower and have breakfast then resume your game drive within the park. Come back to the camp. After a short while you will have lunch and then go for a siesta. After a siesta, you can have a tea and resume your afternoon game drive within the park. Drive back to the camp after your afternoon game drive, enjoy a fresh shower and then dinner will be served.
Day 4: Khwai-Maun
In the morning after breakfast, you will board on a game drive to explore Khwai and its environment driving slowly in park back to Maun where you will be dropped in a lodge or hotel or airport.
Included excursions
This safari includes a Mokoro excursion, game walk in the Delta, and a game drive in Khwai.
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.
Slan Bafana
Slan "Bush Doctor" is a tour guide for Shipungo Safari & Tours one of the best tour guide in Botswana he once worked in big companies like Wilderness Safari Kwando, many people call him Bush Doctor because he know what his job.
Location
This safari will be held in Maun and Khwai in Okavango Delta, 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 hectares along with up to 1.2 million 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 near 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.
The Khwai Concession is a large area dominated by Mopane forests on the north eastern edge of the Okavango Delta.
This vast area belongs to the local community and they now offer wonderful Botswana safaris in the region. Migrating herds of elephant favor the Mopane forests in this area and there are usually good wildlife sightings.
The Khwai Concession is a 1,800 kilometer (180,000 hectare) area which is situated in the north eastern Okavango next to the Moremi Game Reserve. It was formed by the local Khwai villagers and is managed by the Khwai Development Trust. The area used to be a hunting concession, but is now actively managed as a conservation area.
The villagers took over the area when they moved out of the Moremi region when the Moremi Game Reserve was formed. The local community now runs eco-tourism initiatives, actively conserve the environment, and manage the wildlife in the concession.
The Khwai River flows through the concession, and it is the first major water source that animals migrating down from the Linyanti concession encounter and there is always a high concentration of game along the river. The area is made up of sweeping grasslands, riparian forests, and floodplains.
The floodplains are flooded most of the year and there are lagoons covered in blue and white water lilies. The area also has large tracts of Mopane forests. The riverine woodland consists of Camelthorn, Knobthorn, Appleleaf and great stands of Leadwood trees.
The Khwai Concession is a good area to see Roan and Sable Antelope which are relatively rare. On your Botswana safari you might see kudu, tsessebe, wildebeest, and zebra. Huge herds of migrating elephants enjoy the Mopane woodlands of the interior of the Khwai area.
There are fairly stable populations of large predators such as lion, spotted hyena, and African wild dogs found here and if you are lucky, you may also spot leopards.The area has a good mix of habitats and you will see a good mix of wetland and Kalahari species. During the summer months, migratory birds also come through. You might see Verreaux's eagle owl, Senegal coucals, and long-toed lapwings.
As this area is mostly dry, you can visit at any time of the year. There are not many activities that take place in this part of the Delta with the camps focusing on game drives and game viewing. The region is mostly made up of Kalahari sand veldt, and the Mopane forests are home to numerous elephant.
Features
General
- River
Services
- Free bottled water
Food
During this safari, you will be served daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner. If you have special dietary requirements, it is a good idea to communicate it to the organizer when making a reservation.
Botswana's safari camps provide very high-quality food and drinks. Most serve international-style cuisine, alongside the local lager St. Louis, imported beers (Amstel or Windhoek), wines, and spirits. In Botswana's villages and towns, meats, particularly beef and goat, are very popular; millet and sorghum porridge are staples.
National specialities include Morama (an underground tuber), Morogo (wild spinach), Kalahari truffle, all sorts of beans, and Mopane worms, grubs, which are served boiled, deep-fried or cooked. Drinks include the cider-like bojalwa, or homemade ginger beer.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
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
- 3 nights accommodation
- Airport transfers
- Bottled water
- Daily meals
- Nature walks
- Park and camping fees
- Safari vehicle and camping equipment
- Services of a professional guide and camp assistant
- Sunset and sunrise ride
- Services of a professional guide and camp assistant
What's not included
- Airfare
- Personal expenses
- Toiletries
- Travel insurance
- Visa
How to get there
Recommended Airports
MUB
Maun Airport
65 km
Transfer included
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Maun Airport (MUB). Transfer from and to the airport is included. Shipungo Safari & Tours will pick you up from the airport.
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 30 days before arrival.
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