Botswana’s Bucket List and Authentic Victoria Falls
African Bushwalker Tours Botswana’s Bucket List and Authentic Victoria Falls
$2,855.00
per person
What we'll do
DETAILED ITINERARY
DAY 1: CAMPING IN THE MOGOTLHO AREA OF KHWAI CONCESSION AREA
Dumela / Hello! Welcome to Botswana!” We will be there to give you a warm Botswana welcome when you touch down at Maun Airport. The exact departure time from Maun Airport to Khwai Concession Area will be advised closer to the time, as this depends on commercial airlines flight schedules, while meeting our guide to discuss the safari.
We depart from Maun in our safari vehicle to Khwai, driving time varies a bit depending on the condition of the road, and it usually takes an hour before you start viewing game.
MAIN DESTINATION: Khwai Concession Area
ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: Landscape Photography, Animal Tracking, Bird Watching, Cultural Village Experience
ACCOMMODATION: En-suite Camping will be in private designated campsites with bush ablutions
MEAL PLAN: Dinner & Beverages non Alcoholic drinks i.e, soft drinks, Juice, bottled water & Alcoholic drinks include House wine, Local beer
DAY 2: EXPLORE KHWAI CONCESSION WILDLIFE & MOKORO EXCURSION
You will be woken up at about 5.30am to watch the sunrise; a continental breakfast will be ready for you in the main area. Today you will be guided by our expert driver guide who knows all the areas to find wildlife and birds on your full day adventure. Explore the bush until you find a spot you would like to have a picnic lunch while watching big cats. This can be truly exhilarating!
You will also experience a 2½-hour mokoro trip, discovering channels and lagoons at a relaxed pace in a traditional dug-out canoe.
MAIN DESTINATION: Khwai Concession Area
ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: Bird Watching, Landscape Photography, Animal Tracking
ACCOMMODATION: En-suite Camping will be in private designated campsites with bush ablutions
MEAL PLAN: Breakfast Lunch Dinner & Beverages non Alcoholic drinks i.e, soft drinks, Juice, bottled water & Alcoholic drinks include House wine, local beer
DAY 3: INTO THE WILD OF AN ACTION PACKED SAFARI TRIP IN XINI LAGOON
The sounds of the bush will wake you up as well as the smell of the freshly brewed coffee. While enjoying a cup of coffee and some biscuits, your guide and chef will prepare a delicious breakfast, to fuel you for the exciting day then head to the West onto the open plains of the "Black Pools" area for some hours game viewing drive en-route to camp. Our guide will choose a good shady place to stop and set up our picnic lunch. This area boasts some classic seasonal and permanent swamp landscapes and is a good area in which to view Cheetah, Buffalo and Wild dogs.
The Moremi/ Khwai Concession area covers much of the Okavango Delta and combines permanent water with drier areas, which create some startling and unexpected contrasts. Some prominent geographical features of the Reserve are Chiefs Island and the Moremi Tongue. Moremi is the home to nearly 500 species of birds ( from water birds to forest dwellers) and a vast array of other species of wildlife, including buffalo, giraffe, lion, cheetah, hyena, zebra, leopard, impalas, red lechwe and African Wild dog.
MAIN DESTINATION: Xini Lagoon
ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: Bird Watching, Landscape Photography, Animal Tracking
ACCOMMODATION: En-suite Camping will be in private designated campsites with bush ablutions
MEAL PLAN: Breakfast Lunch Dinner & Beverages non Alcoholic drinks i.e, bottled water, soft drinks, Juice, & Alcoholic drinks include House wine, local beer
DAY 4: INDULGE IN TRANSIT DAY GAME VIEWING SAFARI EN-ROUTE TO MAUN
We will pack up camp and leave Moremi and Khwai Concession behind. We head back to Maun where a picnic lunch will be served en-route. You will arrive in Maun around afternoon for optional Delta Helicopter flight and your guide will help you with booking arrangements.
MAIN DESTINATION: Maun
ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: Bird Watching, Landscape Photography, Animal Tracking
ACCOMMODATION: Affordable/ Mid-Range
MEAL PLAN: Breakfast Lunch Dinner & selected drinks i,e, soft drinks, fruit juice, bottled water only
DAY 5: SALT PANS OVERNIGHT/SLEEP UNDER THE STARS- MAKGADIKGADI SALT PAN & MEERKATS ADVENTURE
After breakfast we head off to Gweta and arrive in time for our next adventure of lifetime. In the morning around mid day we visit a primary school with our donations and later after lunch depart with our 4x4 Safari vehicles into Ntwetwe Salt Pan and our first stop is at colony of Meerkat, who live on the edge of the Ntwetwe salt pan. After interacting with yhe Meerkats we head off camp ground and dinner in the Pans, sitting around the camp fire and you sleep under the stars, bedding is provided. A real adventure!
MAIN DESTINATION: Makgadikgadi Salt Pan
ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: Landscape Photography, Animal Tracking, Meerkat Tour, Primary School Visit
OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES: Quad biking
ACCOMMODATION BUDGET LEVEL: Camping under the stars, bedrole only no tent
MEAL PLAN: Breakfast Lunch Dinner & selected drinks i.e, soft drinks, Juice, bottled water & Alcoholic drinks includes 1 bottled House Wine, 1x 6 pack local beer only
DAY 6: OFF TO MAKGADIKGADI SALT PAN AND INTERACT WITH PEACEFUL ELEPHANTS AT ELEPHANT SANDS
Full of impressions of African nature we depart Maun to Nata. From there we make our way to Elephant Sands, across Motopi, past the Nxai Pan Park, the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park and via Gweta. In the afternoon we will do a nature drive with a 4×4 vehicle across the surrounding pan area, with a magnificent view into the great distance. In the rainy season, when the pan holds water, this is an important breeding ground for birds.
MAIN DESTINATION: Makgadikgadi Salt Pan
ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: Birding and Cultural Village Tour/ Photography / Bush Braai / Walking Safari
ACCOMMODATION BUDGET Level: Affordable/ Mid-Range
MEAL PLAN: Breakfast Lunch Dinner & selected drinks i.e, soft drinks, fruit juice, bottled water only
DAY 7: BOAT SAFARI IN CHOBE NATIONAL PARK
This morning you get to do the morning bush walk with a professional guide. Learn about the fascinating uses of native plants and find out how to identify animal tracks. On foot you will smell, hear, feel and experience the bush in a unique way!
We travel further north through Kazuma Forest where you will likely see herds of elephants, rare antelopes and occasionally lion, hyena and wild dog.
You will have time to chill out and late afternoon you will go on an exciting sunset river safari that will take you into Chobe National Park and its rich and abundant wildlife.
MAIN DESTINATION: Chobe National Park
ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: Boat Safari , Morning Walking Safari, Bird Watching, Landscape Photography
ACCOMMODATION BUDGET LEVEL: Affordable/ Mid-Range
MEAL PLAN: Breakfast, Lunch Dinner & Beverages non Alcoholic drinks i.e Bottled water, Juice, soft drinks
DAY 8: MAGNIFICENT VICTORIA FALLS
We start with and early morning coffee or tea and biscuits followed by a riveting game drive into the Chobe National Park and then after our game drive we enjoy a hearty breakfast.
We then depart for Victoria Falls into Zimbabwe. It is a short drive to the border and your hotel in Victoria Falls. After lunch you will head off to the amazing Victoria Falls which is one of the seven natural wonders of the world. The waterfall is 1700 meters ( 1.1 mile) wide, of which 1300 meters is on the Zimbabwean side including the main falls.
MAIN DESTINATION: Victoria Falls National Park
ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: Visit the Falls, Morning game drive in Chobe, Animal Tracking, Landscape Photography
ACCOMMODATION BUDGET LEVEL: Affordable/ Mid-Range
MEAL PLAN: Breakfast & Bottled water , juice , soft drinks only
DAY 9: SMOKE THAT THUNDER & SUNSET DINNER CRUISE
In the morning, put your feet up and relax or you can make use of the hourly courtesy shuttle to Victoria Falls town down to the local craft market where you can bargain for the iconic local soapstone carvings, masks, jewellery, and Batik fabric or to take part in optional activities. You can enjoy adventures such as helicopter flights, micro lighting, Bungee Jump, White Water rafting and many more.
Late afternoon we will do a sunset dinner cruise on the 4th largest river in Africa ( Zambezi River), which has national parks on both the Zambian and Zimbabwean sides. All soft drinks, wine, beer and dinner are included in the cruise.
ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: Sunset Dinner Boat Cruise
ACCOMMODATION BUDGET LEVEL: Affordable/ Mid-Range
MEAL PLAN: Breakfast Sunet Dinner Boat Cruise, Wines, Beers, soft drinks
DAY 10: ON LAST SUNRISE & HOMEWARD BOUND
After a good night’s sleep you will awake to a vibrant, fresh breakfast with a freshly brewed pot of hot coffee and enjoy your last breakfast in Smoke That Thunder and enjoy the scenery surrounding the lodge one last time. You will squeeze in a morning sunrise photo over the falls before your transfer to the airport for your onwards travel arrangements. What an adventure. Let's do it! Ok maybe not right now, but we know will be back again. It gets everyone.
MEAL PLAN: Breakfast
Where we'll go
Meeting point
Maun International Airport in Botswana when you touch down
Good to know
Good to know
Accommodation: Serviced Camping in en-suite tents and lodges on a mobile safari
Safari Camp Life:
- On safari your camp staff attend to your comfort by erecting and dismantling the camp and preparing delicious meals cooked on an open fire.
A serviced safari has walk in ensuite meru style tents complete with your own bucket shower and bush loo, staff who prepare delicious meals throughout your safari and a camp assistant to take care of all camp duties.
What you will do on safari:
- This safari encompasses the diverse Okavango & Moremi eco-systems, Makgadikgadi Salt Pan and Chobe. Your days on safari are focused predominantly on game drives exploring amazing wildlife and birdlife areas however the safari will include a one hour scenic flight over the Okavango Delta. When in the Khwai area a 2 hour mekoro excursion is included.
Booking This Safari:
- Book this safari as part of a small group of maximum 6 guests or book the entire departure as a private safari for families, honeymooners or special interests.
A private vehicle and guide is available on any of our scheduled safaris subject to availability which enables you to share the camp with others but you have the exclusive use of your own private vehicle and guide.
When to Go: From June up to November
Tour Conditions: minimum 4 guests & maximum 7 per departure vehicle
Schedules: Tours are scheduled on departure dates and kindly email our reservation team for dates, rates and details
Weather:
- Weather will be mostly dry and pleasantly sunny. High temperatures will reach 25 - 30 Degrees Celsius during the day, while lows will be in 10 - 20 Degrees Celsius range during evening.
Routing:
- Departing from Maun through the Moremi Game Reserve, Makgadikgadi Salt Pan, Chobe National Park and ending in Victoria Falls, Zambia or Zimbabwe.
What is included?
- 2 Nights Comfortable walk-in tented accommodation in Meru style tent’s with built in floors and mosquito gauze at windows and entrance. Beds are comfortable camp full size metal single beds including all bed linen 2 x pillows and a towel in Khwai Concession
- 1 Night Comfortable walk-in tented accommodation in Meru style tent’s with built in floors and mosquito gauze at windows and entrance. Beds are comfortable camp full size metal single beds including all bed linen 2 x pillows and a towel in Moremi Game Reserve
- 1 x Night en-suite Hotel accommodation in Maun
- All entrance and camping fees within the National Parks & Game Reserves. Private campsites
- 1 Night en-suite tented Camp accommodation in Nata
- 1 Night en-suite Tented Camp accommodation in Kasane
- 2 Night en-suite Hotel accommodation in Victoria Falls
- 3 Course Meals & Beverages as per itinerary
- Private guide and 4x4 game viewing vehicle for Moremi, Khwai Concession, & Chobe
- All guided morning and afternoon game and birding in all parks
- All ground transfers
- All park & conservation fees
- Dedicated safari team including cook, camp assistant and back up driver during 3 Nights in Khwai and Moremi
- En-suite bathrooms with a bucket shower and bush loo during 4 Nights in Khwai, Moremi and Ntwetwe Salt Pan
- 1 Night camping in Ntwetwe Salt Pan
What is not included?
- Items of a personal nature
- Toiletries such as toothpaste, lotion & shampoo ( soap only provided at some camps)
- Meals & Beverages not specified
- Optional activities
- Flights not specified
- Personal travel insurance
- Tips and gratuities
- Visas
What to bring
- Safari Packing Guide: - When travelling on a mobile safari, luggage must be compact, light and easy to pack into the trailer. Each guest is strictly limited to 20kg of luggage in a soft carrier bag and an additional small day bag plus limited camera equipment. We suggest you bring the following: - Good quality flashlight and spare batteries/bulbs - Camera with spare batteries, film or memory cards - Good quality pair of binoculars (8×30 or better) - Fleece or sweater and a warm jacket for colder winter nights (July – Aug) - Beanies, scarf and gloves for the cold early morning game drives in winter – it can reach 0˚C - Sun block, lip balm, sunglasses, hat, swimsuit, insect repellent and mala ria prophylaxis - Toiletries and any medications
Cancellation and refund
The booking fee ($45.00 p.p. included in the displayed price) is non-refundable if you cancel your booking. If a local cancels a booking or does not show up at the agreed time and place, you receive a full refund of the booking fee.
You are buying a unique experience that also empowers local communities and people to improve their lives by sharing their knowledge and lifestyle.
We give space for creativity. The locals themselves decide and develop the activity idea and design it in a way they find interesting.
Locals get 100% of the price they want. The booking fee is added separately.
Meet the Local
Our Duty in the Wilderness! Ours is not just guiding you from one place of interest to another. It is passionate love of what we do and sharing our culture as well as passing on the history passed to us by forefathers through story telling. The next coming months we will be leading a number of Safari trips through Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe,Zambia, Rwanda ,Uganda and Tanzania . Lucky are those who will seat at the campfire with us . But we will try taking you along with us in our Story telling. Follow us or contact us for your next African Adventure!
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