Botswana
Wildlife Breakaway Safari
14-day Livingstone, (Victoria Falls)
Gateway
African Safaris offers you this Botswana Safari tour, enjoy this
Botswana Wildlife Breakaway Safari on one of our quality African
Safaris.
Our safari starts and ends in Livingstone, Zambia and shows you
amazing places like the Victoria Falls, Chobe Game Reserve,
Magkadigkadi Pans, Okavango Delta, Western Caprivi... Just to mention
a few of the highlights you'll experience.
Highlights:
Chobe Game Reserve, Makgadikgadi pans, Bush walk, Moremi National
Park, Maun, Khwai River Game Drive, Okavango Delta, Mahangu National
Park, Popa Falls, Western Caprivi, Kwando River, Linyati River, Mudumo
National Park, Victoria Falls.
Group Size: maximum
10 people
Type of Safari: Semi-participation camping safari
Vehicle: 4x4 Land Cruiser
Accommodation: Value for money fully equipped camping
Departure Dates &
Availability
Availability is updated every 2 weeks, please contact
us for a up-date.
Includes:
13 nights camping, all transport in fully kitted 4x4 safari vehicle,
use of full camping equipment, game drives as mentioned, meals and
activities as mentioned in itinerary, tea/coffee with the meals,
camping and park entrance fees, experienced local guide.
Excludes:
Optional scenic flight over delta, visit to Victoria Falls, travel
insurance, flights, pre and post tour accommodation, all other drinks,
tips and curios.
Extra Information:
We also offer this tour as an Upgraded option which includes 8
nights in lodges, 5 nights in tented camps and 1 night camping.
The Botswana Classic Safari is part of the Botswana Wildlife Breakaway
and finishes in Maun.
Tailor-Made Travel:
This safari runs on scheduled dates throughout the year. We can
tailor-make a private safari to meet your departure date, time period,
group size and budget. Contact the office for further information.
Day
1
Livingstone to Chobe National Park, Botswana. A morning departure
takes you from Livingstone, Zambia and into Botswana. We’ll cross
the Zambezi River by ferry and make our way to Toro Camp on the Chobe
River. Once we’ve reached the Lodge we’ll set up camp and enjoy
the rest of the afternoon on a sunset cruise on the Chobe River. Here
we can watch elephants, hippos, crocodiles and a variety of birds and
more without having to reach for our binoculars – You’ll be close
enough for close-up photographs. [LD]
DAY
2
Makgadikgadi
Pans, Botswana. We need to get up early, as today is our longest drive
of the safari. We’ll head south to Planet Baobab and stop at the
Magkadigkadi Pans to have a closer look. If the conditions allow
we’ll take a drive onto the Pans. After appreciating the wide-open,
uninhabited spaces under the endless canopy of blue sky, we step off
for our final stop of the day, Planet Baobab. The rest of the
afternoon we spend with a hike to the elephant hole and relaxing at
Planet Baobab’s facilities. [BLD]
DAY
3
Maun and the
Khwai River, Botswana. After breakfast we head out for a Bush Walk
with our local guide, learning about the history, flora and fauna of
the area and use of various plants in traditional life. We then head
off for Maun and onto a private concession and Mankwe lodge. Once
we’ve set up camp – we go on a night game drive in the concession.
This area lies between Moremi and Chobe and we’ll have the
opportunity to spot a variety of nocturnal animals. [BLD]
Day
4
Khwai River, Botswana . Today we spend a full day in the bush on a
game drive. Departing after breakfast we take our 4x4 and drive
through the wilderness area of the Khwai region spotting a variety of
game that frequent this region that borders Moremi and Chobe.
Picnic-lunch will be in the wilderness area. With some luck we’ll
see many animal species that are at home in this area and maybe even a
few members of the Big Five. [BLD]
Day
5
Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana. After having explored the Khwai area we
now head into the famous Moremi game reserve known as one of the most
beautiful and varied reserves in Africa with an unprecedented
concentration of wildlife. The full day is spent in the unspoiled
nature of the Moremi Game Reserve. [BLD]
Day
6
Maun, Botswana.After our game experience’s we head back to Maun.
Here we have the option of a scenic flight over the Delta or we can
spend the afternoon relaxing next to the pool at our Camp. [BLD]
DAY
7 – 8:
Okavango Delta,
Botswana. Early in the morning we leave Maun and drive to the Western
Delta and onto Etsha 13. From here we head into the largest inland
delta in the world, another highlight of Botswana, the Okavango Delta.
We will be transferred to our Camp in the Delta where we’ll spend
the next two nights listening to the sounds of the wilderness. Unlike
other Delta’s in the world, it flows into the Kalahari Desert
without reaching the coast, which makes it unique. We’ll float in
Mokoros through the thick vegetation of the Delta discovering a
variety of birds and wildlife and will stop at a secluded island to
take a 1½ hour guided walk hoping to spot elephants, waterbuck or
other animals living in this water filled paradise. [BLD, BLD]
DAY
9-10:
Mahangu National Park and Popa Falls, Namibia. Today we leave the lush
verdant wetlands of the Delta, Botswana and enter Namibia. We visit
Popa falls on our way to Mahangu Lodge where we spend the night.
The next day we visit Mahango National Park which lies on the western
banks of the Okavango River and is one of Namibia's most captivating
and species-rich conservation areas. Main features of the Mahango are
enormous baobab trees, flood plains with large herds of elephant,
buffalo and red lechwe. We spend the day on a game drive through
this National Park hoping to spot some of its highlights. [BLD,
BLD]
DAY
11 – 12
Kwando River and
Mudumu Park, Namibia. Today we drive along the Caprivi Strip to our
camp on the Kwando River. En-route we’ll spend the afternoon on a
game drive through Susuwe National Park, before heading to our
overnight camp on the Kwando River. The rest of the day we can relax
and use the facilities of our camp. On day 12 we make our way to
Mudumu National Park, (1010 km2) which has the Kwando river as its
western border and the Linyati swamp to the South. In contrast
to the rest of Namibia, the area is lush with riverine forest,
marshes, dense savannah and mopane woodland. [BLD, BLD]
DAY
13:
Livingstone and Victoria Falls, Zambia. Today we leave Namibia behind
us and come to the place where we started this trip full of real
African experiences – Livingstone. The rest of the day is for
leisure and we have the option to visit the Victoria Falls or to
partake in optional activities like white water rafting, bungee
jumping etc. (all at own expense) [BL]
DAY
14:
Livingstone
and Victoria Falls, Zambia. Our safari ends after Breakfast and we
hope we can welcome you again one day on another of our African
Adventures. [B]
