Guided safari's with a personal touch
Ulinda Safari Trails is a small personalised company that has been operating in Botswana since 1997.
We specialise in small groups (normally up to 8 clients) and customise our trips according to our guests special interests – bird watching, game viewing and serious wildlife photography.
Each of our specially adapted Landcruisers carry only 4 people, or we recommend you pay more if you have big lenses so that only 2 photographers are in each vehicle and have a row each.
We believe your time should be spent relaxing and being out in the bush – we have a great team who do all the camp work and cooking.
Equipment used includes luxury Sahara tents, sleeping only two people comfortable queen sized beds (with cotton sheets, 4 pillows, duvets and bath towel).
Family groups with children are welcome but must book an exclusive safari. Children must be a minimum of 12 years old to safely come on one of our safari's, and children under 16 must share a tent with an adult.
You have your own toilet and shower en suite, a shade (or rain) tent a dining area and comfortable chairs for around the fire in the evening.
Vehicles
Two specially converted game viewing landcruisers (with pop up roof top hatches) are used on our safari’s, they are very comfortable and relatively dust free compared to open vehicles. This is important with digital equipment which is very sensitive to the dusty conditions encountered in Botswana from April until the rains start mid November
We limit the number of people per vehicle to 4, except for larger family groups.
Game viewing
The accent is on game viewing and we try to spend as much time as possible doing that. We like to wake you in the dark and get out as early as is legally possible and we are often the first vehicle to find a special sighting, early in the morning.
Our guides have years of experience and a passion for the bush that enhances your safari experience.
We have a large number of reference books available for your perusal.
All you need to bring is yourself, lots of camera memory, a 12 v charger for your equipment (though an Inverter is available for charging laptops etc), binoculars, a good torch or head lamp and your clothes and toiletries.
On our longer safari's (over 4 days) a laundry service is offered, so that you do not need to bring a lot of safari clothes.
We offer itineraries with set departures of up to 30 days length.
Itineraries
Are customised to suit needs and interests of individual groups and seasonal conditions. They depend on site availability which is limited in Botswana and for peak season must be booked a year or more in advance.
We recommend a stay of 3 nights in each site, which can include Chobe, Savuti, The Panhandle, Khwai Concession area’s Moremi, Okavango, Nxai and Makgadikgadi Pans National Parks and the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.
Short Safari’s of 4 days can be done from Maun to Moremi, Khwai, Makgadikgadi Pans, Nxai Pan and the CKGR.
