Naga Safaris

What makes the difference between a good and an excellent safari?

Both of them put security first. As very occasional tourists in the bush, we have an incorrect perception of danger and a safari can quickly turn into a tragedy. So better avoid lightly trained or too confident guides that might put your life at risk without you realizing it: ask for the staff experience before signing in.

Nature gives you what it wants to, but it takes more than luck to be at the right place at the right time. Sometimes you have to go off-track. The flair and experience from your guide will make the difference if you want to see what other groups will miss. This can turn a good into an excellent safari.

This is where Naga Safari differs from the others.
Guides with a lot of experience, fully trained to capture the messages that animals are sending and to react accordingly in order to bring you to the right spot at the right time while keeping you on the safe side. Knowledgeable guides willing to share with you their experience in full openness when others just accompany you. Add a cheerful staff, a top notch service and a wonderful cooking and you have the recipe for a memorable trip.

Enjoy the bush camping experience, with them!

The cherry on the cake during our 30 days Namibia/Botswana trip

A charming, dedicated and professional staff (thank you Kenson, Mavis and Lesley) has provided us with a four days safari in the Okavanga/Moremi area we will never forget. A tailored programme, excellent guides, a logistic team who did miracles on the cooking fire and in the camp, in sum a fantastic expierence, flavoured with détails which really make the difference between Naga Safaris and other companies. I can highly recommend Naga Safari and I will take all opportunities to forward this message to others as the Naga Safari team really deserve this. WELL DONE

Very outstanding experience we had!!

These was the best safari trip experience we had, the food, staff and the camping equipment were first class, the guide was so good, he knows everything about nature! Would definitely use them again and will recommended some Clients to use them!!

Magnificent mobile safari due to excellent staff and authentic experiences for a fair price.

Our family of four including two young adult sons, aged 19 and 21, thoroughly enjoyed our brief immersion in the Botswana bush. Naga Safaris accommodated our scheduling needs taking full advantage of our six day excursion with morning and afternoon game drives that provided close encounters with a wide variety of wildlife. KG was a most excellent guide as he is terribly knowledgeable and fully prepared for any challenge. He is a wonderfully gregarious personality who tells a great story. He also read our family well and was comfortable with quiet time for reflection and recuperation. The rest of the staff was professional and hard working and made our experience completely enjoyable.

Wonderful Experience

We spent 8 nights in 5-star camping safari: Nxai Pan, Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta and Savuti.
We had a wonderful experience. Our guide "Matambo" was very prepared and we ever stay very safe. Food is fantastic!!! Strongly reccomended!

Unforgetable 9 Day Mobile Camping Safari with Naga - Botswana at its best

A friend and I organised as customised 9 day mobile camping safari from Kasane to Maun via Chobe Waterfront, Savuti, Moremi Game Reserve and the Okavango Delta. We had looked around at other operators (including larger group tours), and Naga offered us the best value.

Mavis and Leslie were responsive during the booking process.
Our guide Moscow was knowledgeable and enthusiastic throughout the trip.
Our cook Rose was amazing - somehow able to cook incredible breakfasts, lunches and dinners on a camp fire whilst we moved from location to location.
Kando (mechanic) and Kay (waitress/general assistant) were hardworking and friendly.
The team even helped organised to get my luggage to me after it was lost in transit through Johannesburg.

The trip was all inclusive (except for tips) and was well organised but there were a few small hitches. Our tour included a transfer from our hotel in Livingstone (Zambia), but there was some miscommunication between Naga and their Zambian transfer agency which left us waiting at our hotel for a few hours. On the fifth day we had a number of issues with our vehicle, including the wheel of our trailer falling off. On both occasions the Naga staff worked hard to make the best of the situation.

Highlights of the trip included:
- incredible wildlife (we saw lions on three occasions, 1 leopard, wild dogs, buffalo, a lot of elephant, giraffe, antelope, hippos, crocs and far too many others to name).
- camping out in the open, Naga have access to some amazing unfenced campsites in the various national parks and game reserves through BOGA (Botswana Guiding Association)
- Mokoro (canoe) rides through the Okavango Delta

I would recommend Naga Safaris to anyone looking for a mobile camping experience in Botswana!

In making the plans, we were given wrong banking information from them via email, so we had to investigate lost $ with our banks and send again. They didn't seem apologetic at all at the hoops we had to then jump through. Once we arrived there were changes to our emailed plans and we had to really stay on top of them to get what we were told we'd get (guides, etc.). As we left, the owner told us that they were graciously adding staff to our large group and we could tip them all. When we booked it, they said they'd have staff appropriate for our group size, so this addition seemed odd, as it should have been appropriate staff to begin with. What was amazing, was the guide they ended up giving us, as he is what made the safari trip what it was. What they did best was get us Dennis Pheto. Other than that, I didn't see much special about the company- nor anything too objectionable. I'd use them again, but would definitely shop around first.

Wonderful safari with a wonderful crew!

We (a group of 7) had a wonderful safari experience with Naga Safaris: KG turned out to be an outstanding guide, with good knowledge of the wild mammals and birds. The cooks and camp assistants did a great job too: excellent food and very comfortable tents (with 'en-suite' toilets and bush showers) added to an unforgettable experience.
Mavis and Lesley answered to all e-mails very quickly and did a great job in making a tailor-made safari according to our wishes and demands.
A lot of value for your money! I will certainly choose for Naga Safaris again if I make a second visit to Botswana. A special 'thank you' to our guide KG: a warm person with good sense of humour, and with a passion for wildlife and nature. He lifted the wonderful safari to an even higher level!

Camping in Botswana = Adventure!

Recently we had the pleasure of having a participation camping safari with Naga in July. During out planning months in advance, we had a very hard time finding the safari that would cater to what we wanted to do and experience. Short of doing a self driven tour, we knew we wanted to be camping in the bush without all the luxury of a catered service or a lodge, and with a knowledgeable guide. We finally came across Naga which had exactly what we were looking for.

Communication up to the actual safari was great and punctual. We had a lot of questions in regards to logistics and they were answered. They were even able to customize the route we needed from Maun to Kasane. They even helped with a transfer we needed from Kasane to Victoria Falls.

Our guide was KG who quite literally was the best. Easy to talk to, very knowledgeable of everything we asked, and his timing and sense of where to find wild life were precise. Every other group we ran across seemed to know KG and respect his experience. Mpho was a helper with the supplies, and KB was a guide in training along for the safari as well. The type of safari we did had us camping and preparing our own meals. No cook, no waiter...just sitting on a chair, under the light of the moon, near the heat of the fire...camping.

Our 7 day trip was mapped out after we had told Naga the sites we wanted to see and the places we wanted to go. We went through the Okavango delta for the mokoro ride, Moremi game reserve, Khwai concession, Savuti in Chobe, Ihaha in Chobe, then dropped off in Kasane. There were some non-scheduled encounters along the way, but that is part of the experience of camping in the bush and I do not for one second regret the decision. Our truck along with others was stuck in a deep sandy area and needed to be towed out by another truck. Our last camp site was occupied by another safari who "mistakenly" took our better site for their own. KG handled every situation masterfully and we felt completely assured under his tutelage.

From beginning to end, the safari was an experience of a lifetime and I thank Naga for being able to share this experience with me. I would definitely use again and recommend friends.

A very nice experience

I used Naga Safari last year for a 9 day mobile safari to Nxai Pans, Moremi and Khwai reserve and had such a nice experience that decided to use them again this year to go to Tsodilo Hills and a day Mokoro trip. The experience was good again and the staff provided during the trip (guide, assistants and cook) very hardworking, even if things went less smooth than last year. The guide didn't seem to have fully correct information on our itinenary, in particular the arrangements for the Mokoro trip, but we managed to sort this out with some explanation. For some reason this year we were not provided the ensuite toilets and nobody bothered to offer an explanation so it is worth getting the confirmation in writing that you will get them before so finalise your booking.