A Botswana sojourn
This safari takes in both the Okavango Delta / Moremi area and the Chobe National Park, and offers the opportunity to interact with elephants and experience spectacular game viewing from the renowned Chief’s Island.
Migration routes – from the Okavango Delta to Victoria falls
From the broad vistas of the Linyanti with its wooded deciduous forests, the crystal-clear waterways and fertile green islands of the Okavango Delta, to the roaring cascades of the Victoria Falls, this is an unforgettable trip.
Authentic Botswana – luxury private mobile camping expedition
This itinerary will place you in the heart of nature in the greatest comfort. Go from the water-based Delta to the desert landscape of the Pans.
More nights in the wilderness
A safari that includes incredible game viewing in the most pristine wildlife concessions that Botswana has to offer.
A Botswana sojourn
Please note that this is a suggested itinerary only … if this does not suit your needs, then we can create an itinerary that does.
Day 1
Arrive at Maun Airport, the ‘Gateway to the Okavango Delta’, where you will be met by your pilot and escorted to the plane for your shared flight to Stanley’s Camp, a small luxury tented camp raised on wooden decking.
During the days, your guide will take you on a discovery of Stanley’s private concession. Game viewing in the area is extremely good with excellent numbers of predators and plains game on offer.
Game drives are conducted in open 4×4 vehicles that offer unencumbered views. Other activities at Stanley’s Camp include the elephant interaction, where you will walk with your guide and a herd of semi-tame elephant; walking safaris with an armed professional guide; and mokoro (dug-out canoe) excursions (subject to water levels).
Please note: the elephant activity is an optional activity and is excluded from the nightly camp rate.
Day 3
After your morning activity (if time permits), you will transfer to the airstrip for your light aircraft transfer to Chief’s Camp, located in the Moremi Game Reserve on Chief’s Island, known for its high concentration of game.
Activities at Chiefs Camp include mokoro (dug-out canoe) trips into the waterways of the Delta (subject to water levels) or alternatively a game drive in open 4×4 vehicles.
Day 5
You will transfer to the airstrip for your light aircraft flight north to the Chobe National Park. The Chobe floodplain is renowned for its concentrations of buffalo and elephant.
Arrive at Kasane Airport where a representative will welcome you and transfer you to Chobe Chilwero lodge, overlooking looking the lush flood plains towards Namibia.
Safari activities at Chobe Chilwero are diverse - game drives are conducted in open 4×4 vehicles, normally in the early morning and late afternoon; game viewing and fishing from small boats is a special Chobe experience; and there is a sunset cruise, which provides spectacular wildlife viewing and glorious African sunsets.
Day 7
Depending on time, you may be able to do a short morning game drive, then you are transferred back to Kasane Airport for your transfer to your onward destination.
Migration routes – from the Okavango Delta to Victoria falls
Please note that this is a suggested itinerary only … if this does not suit your needs, then we can create an itinerary that does.
Day 1
After arrival in Livingstone you will be met by a representative and transferred directly for a guided tour of Victoria Falls, one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
This evening, we will stay at Chundukwa River Lodge, situated on the grassy banks of the Zambezi River just 25km upstream from the mighty Victoria Falls.
Day 2
After a full breakfast, we leave Zambia and enter the Chobe National Park in Botswana, famous for its vast herds of elephant and unique species such as the elusive puku and Chobe bushbuck. Enjoy a light lunch served during a cruise on the river, after which we depart by light aircraft for the Linyanti region.
From the airstrip enjoy a game drive to our pre-erected Adventurer campsite. The north-eastern corner of the Linyanti is famed for its changing landscapes and its perennial waters attract herds of wildlife. Predators follow in their footsteps making for exciting game viewing.
Day 3
We travel west into private concessions, stopping en-route for game sightings through parts of the area. This can be a full-day game drive, with lunch at a shady spot in the Savuti Channel.
We arrive at our pre-erected Adventurer campsite in the mid-afternoon, in time for a short sunset game drive.
Lechwe Island Camp is located in the south-western sector of the Selinda private concession, in a seasonally flooded portion of the Okavango Delta where it joins into the Selinda Spillway.
Activities concentrate around the bushy and wooded islands, open plains and the seasonally flooded channels surrounding the camp. In this area local populations of plains game allow for game drives by day and night.
Experiences are magnified on nature walks, where the guide is able to delve into interesting topics such as tracking, medicinal and traditional uses of plants and a full array of smaller invertebrates and other species not usually noticed from a vehicle. Canoeing is also seasonally offered.
Day 7
We fly by light aircraft to the water-filled paradise of the private Xigera area, within the Moremi Game Reserve. Xigera is the ultimate Delta experience, with serene waters flowing through channels around remote islands and a profusion of plant and animal life.
There is no better way to experience the Okavango than to travel through it by mokoro, walking and camping on a vegetated island - all essential elements of the Xigera Mokoro Trails experience.
Activities enable encounters with an excellent diversity of birdlife (including Pel’s Fishing Owl), frogs and a variety of game species, some specially adapted to water such as the rare sitatunga and the familiar red lechwe.
Day 10
Bid farewell to the adventure as we transfer by light aircraft to Maun Airport.
Authentic Botswana – luxury private mobile camping expedition
Please note that this is a suggested itinerary only … if this does not suit your needs, then we can create an itinerary that does.
Day 1
On arrival you will be met by your Zoologist/Biologist Guide and private vehicle at Maun airport and transferred by road into the Moremi Game Reserve.
Once in the Moremi, enjoy a slow game drive to familiarise yourselves with the area and then into your first camp in good time to shower and unpack before sundowners and dinner.
The Uncharted Africa Mobile Camp tents are large and are equipped in a luxurious fashion - real beds, down pillows, pure cotton sheets, Persian rugs, bone-handled silver cutlery, damask table. The only concessions to roughing it are the bucket showers and bush loos, but they are still private and en-suite.
Day 2
Have breakfast in the first light of day before heading out for your introduction to some of the animals of the dry floodplain environment, looking for zebra, wildebeest, impala and predators such as wild dog and cheetah.
Return to camp for lunch and a siesta. Head out for sundowners after tea and cakes. Park at the edge of a lagoon and watch herds of elephants and plenty of birds coming down to drink whilst the sun sets and you are given an informal talk on the geological history of the area.
Return to camp for a sumptuous dinner.
Day 3
After a hearty breakfast, head out for the whole day to explore the wider area around your first camp. Search out the creatures and plants typical of the ecosystem and explore the relationships of species and the systems in which they live.
Seek out the elusive predators such as lion, cheetah and leopard and observe and interpret their behaviour.
Return to camp for dinner.
Day 4
After breakfast take a slow drive to the lagoon’s edge and board a boat to explore the waters of the Delta. The deep open lagoons provide a wonderful contrast in habitat after the dry forest areas and floodplains of your first camp.
Explore the maze of channels, stopping to admire rare birds and the diversity of aquatic life. Spot small crocodiles basking in the sun on sparkling white sandbanks and hippos jousting for territories, with spectacular splashes and clashes of jaws.
Have a picnic lunch on a sandy bank in the river and cool off at a safe swimming spot. Arrive at your private, twinkling, lantern-lit camp on an island, deep in the Delta - just after sunset to shower and relax around the fire before dinner under the stars. Sleep in a mosquito net tent and enjoy the freedom of a night in the open, surrounded by nature at her very best.
Day 5
Rise early and after a short walk around the island, hop back into your boat for a meander through the waterways, absorbing the tranquility of the lagoons and narrow, papyrus-fringed hippo trails and immersing yourself completely in the incredible spectacles that the Delta has to offer.
Drift back to the vehicles. Picnic and siesta in the arms of a giant shady baobab. Spend the afternoon seeking out hyaena dens and, as the day cools down, watch for hunting cats.
Head on to your third and final camp for a refreshing shower and delectable dinner.
Day 6
An all day predator hunt. Spend the last day indulging yourself completely in seeking out your favourite species. Leopard spotting, lion tracking, cheetah chasing and dog discovering. Return to camp for your last night in this incredible Eden.
Day 7
Say your farewells to the camp and transfer out of the Delta. Arrive at Jack’s Camp, in the Makgadikgadi Pans, surely one of the most romantic camps on earth.
After tea, drive into the grasslands and the beautiful evening light. Stop to watch the sun set and listen to an explanation of how the Makgadikgadi Pans, the remnants of the world’s largest ever superlake, were formed.
Return to camp for a lavish dinner in the elegant mess tent.
Day 8
Set off in the morning to visit some of the Kalahari’s meerkats. Get up close and personal with these captivating creatures. On chilly mornings, you might well find a meerkat snuggling up to you for warmth.
By spending time with these incredibly social, superbly adapted animals, you will be able to see how they interact with each other and their environment. Definitely one of the most special and memorable game experiences you will encounter in Botswana.
After a picnic breakfast, visit a remote cattle-post to learn about the traditional culture of the Batswana people. Close by is the famous Chapman’s Baobab (Also known as the Seven Sisters) which is acknowledged to be the third largest tree in Africa, and was the campsite of early explorers like Livingstone and Selous when they pioneered the area. This gives you an opportunity to gain a fascinating insight into the history of the early explorers.
Return to camp for a rest and refreshing lunch.
After tea, travel down to the pans where you will be given a brief safety talk before mounting your quad bike to head off across the Makgadikgadi Pans. Watch the sun set and the stars appear.
Day 9
Early in the morning, comb the edge of the extinct lake shore to find some of the many stone tools and fossils that litter the pan surface and learn of the origins of early man. Return to camp for a huge brunch.
After another decadent tea, head off to see one of Africa’s rarest carnivores – the brown hyaena. Due to a PhD research programme on this cleverly adapted desert species, the cubs are used to humans and allow us to observe their social behaviour without disturbance.
Back to the camp for dinner by candlelight.
Day 10
Transfer back to the airstrip for your light aircraft flight to Maun.
More nights in the wilderness – 7 nights in the wilderness at some of Botswana’s top properties
Please note that this is a suggested itinerary only … if this does not suit your needs, then we can create an itinerary that does.
Day 1
Board your light aircraft transfer from Maun Airport to Savuti Camp in the Linyanti region in northern Botswana.
Savuti Camp lies on the Savuti Channel, a famous waterway in a thrilling state of flux.
For a quarter of a century, the channel was dry, creating wide-open grassland, home to both quantities and varieties of wildlife and a legendary predator’s enclave. In 2008, the waters returned, and Savuti Camp now has front-row seats to the abundant game that has congregated and adapted in its wake.
Spend two nights at Savuti Camp exploring the channel and its environs, with an experienced guide, on day and night game drives and nature walks (on request), and from several well-positioned hides for safe, up-close animal viewing.
Day 3
A light aircraft transfer takes you from Savuti Camp to Duba Plains Camp.
In the furthermost remote reaches of the Okavango Delta lies Duba Plains, an unobtrusive camp surrounded by expansive seasonally flooded plains and shaded by tall ebony, sycamore fig and mangosteen trees. It is in an area famed for lion prides and buffalo herds.
Spend two nights here enjoying a variety of activities including day and night game drives, often tracking the buffalo herd or various lion prides around the concession; and leisurely nature walks. Mokoro trips are also possible in times of good rains.
Day 5
From Duba Plains you will fly to the Moremi Game Reserve and spend three nights at Mombo Camp. Renowned for having what is arguably the best big game viewing in Botswana - Mombo Camp lies on the northern tip of Chief’s Island, the largest landmass in the Okavango Delta.
Activities at Mombo Camp comprise of morning and afternoon game drives in open 4×4 vehicles. These drives explore the savannah and floodplains and are exciting with prolific sightings of lion, leopard, cheetah, wild dog, elephant, spotted hyaena, southern giraffe, blue wildebeest, Burchell’s zebra and large buffalo herds.
Day 8
A light aircraft transfer takes you from Mombo Camp to Maun Airport for your onward arrangements.
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