$2,965 to $4,930 pp (USD)
2 travelers on Start dateMoremi Game Reserve
Your safari begins with a light aircraft flight from Maun into the Xakanaxa area of the Okavango Delta. Your guide will meet you on arrival and take you to your set-up camp. You will spend three nights here exploring the vast wildlife-rich wetland of the Moremi Game Reserve.
The tents are 4 x 3m Sahara-style tents with high roofs, a 2 x 3m en-suite bathroom, and a 2 x 3m covered area in front of the tent. The tents are fitted with solid base camp beds made up of mattresses, sheets, duvets, and pillows. The tents have en-suite long-drop toilet facilities and a bucket shower at the rear of the tent. Showers can be ordered as hot, cold, or warm and the water is heated in a bucket on the fire. Each tent has an oil/paraffin lamp on the veranda and in the bathroom and within the tent itself, a LED rechargeable camp light is supplied along with a side table in the sleeping area and the bathroom.
- Main Destination:
- Moremi Game Reserve (Okavango Delta)
- Accommodation:
- Mid-range camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Moremi Game Reserve Exploration
Enjoy two days to explore the Moremi Game Reserve with game drives. Moremi lies on the eastern extremity of the Okavango Delta. Habitats here range from wide-open floodplains, marshes, lagoons, papyrus fringed channels, woodland, and savannahs, therefore offering diverse wildlife and birdlife viewing opportunities. Moremi is amongst the best game reserves in Africa for viewing the endangered African wild dog. Xakanaxa is home to a resident herd of several hundred buffalo whose range covers the territories of at least 4 pride of lion which may often be seen flanking the ever-moving herd. Breeding herds of elephants move between their browsing areas in the mopane forests and the fresh water of the Okavango. Red lechwe are one of the more unusual antelope species and are commonly found here.
- Main Destination:
- Moremi Game Reserve (Okavango Delta)
- Accommodation:
- Mid-range camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Drive to Khwai and Mababe Region
Following an early morning breakfast, you will take a slow drive through Moremi Game Reserve northeast towards the Khwai and Mababe Areas. On this moving day, you will do a mokoro excursion in the calmer backwaters of the Khwai and Mbudi channels. The Manuchira Channel is known as the Khwai River at its easternmost extremity. The day’s journey follows this water course, with the track weaving from the riverside and floodplains into the mopane veld and the woodlands that to the Mababe Private Reserve where you will camp on the banks of the Khwai River before it flows out and into the Mababe Depression. You will pass the magnificent Dombo Hippo Pools in the morning stopping to enjoy the scenery and the antics of the resident hippo and enjoy a game drive through Khwai until you reach Mababe.
- Main Destination:
- Mababe Concession (Okavango Delta)
- Accommodation:
- Mid-range camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Game Viewing in Mababe Region
Your stay at this exclusive campsite in the Mababe concession allows you to explore the area on game drives both during the day and at night. Exploring after dark with spotlights, you will experience some of the nocturnal animals that are rarely encountered during the day. You will also have the opportunity to explore the surrounding wilderness on foot (this activity is seasonal based on rains and grass height, your guide will determine the safety of walking) to enjoy an up close and personal encounter with Botswana’s flora and fauna. Night drives and guided walks are not permitted within the national parks and reserves and will be conducted in the Mababe Private Reserve. The Mababe region boasts excellent populations of elephants, while lion, leopard, serval, and African wildcat are common predators of the region.
- Main Destination:
- Mababe Concession (Okavango Delta)
- Accommodation:
- Mid-range camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Farewell
After breakfast, you will take a game drive to the airstrip where you will be met by your charter flight back to Maun.
- Main Destination:
- Maun Airport (Maun)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks: