Botswana Safari: From Delta To Desert

Botswana Safari: From Delta To Desert

10

DAYS

JUN - OCT

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$23,995 - $25,000

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From the winding waterways of the Okavango Delta to the Makgadikgadi salt pans, Botswana’s extraordinary natural spectacles never fail to amaze those seeking awe-inspiring wilderness combined with A&K’s outstanding accommodation.

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Tour Highlights

  • Experience the stark beauty of the Makgadikgadi salt pans, an ancient expanse of baobabs, curious species and cracked earth.
  • Learn how the San people, one of Southern Africa’s oldest surviving cultures, hunt, gather and preserve their traditions.
  • Glide over the Selinda Reserve in a small aircraft, the savannahs unfurling to the horizon in every direction.
  • Glide through rushes and waterlilies on a serene safari in a mokoro, a traditional dug-out canoe, paddled by your experienced guide during the Delta’s food season
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Selinda Concession, Botswana

ONE OF AFRICA'S MOST EXCLUSIVE SAFARI DESTINATIONS

Swoop over the unfenced Selinda Reserve in a private plane and it would be tempting to think that this expanse of grassy wilderness is untouched by humans. Bull elephants munch water lilies in the shallows of the Linyanti, lions lurk in islands of thicket, and when the Selinda Spillway connects with the Okavango Delta during heavier rainy seasons, its banks swell with game. Scattered among its 130,000-hectares are four exceptional safari camps, where a handful of discerning guests recharge with mud-massages and private plunge pools after a day spotting exceptional wildlife – and likely no other humans.

Your Hotel: Selinda Camp

Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana

THE PREDATOR CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

Named after the BaTawana tribal chief and his wife – who campaigned for the area to become a nature reserve in 1962 – this small but mighty reserve is located in the Okavango Delta’s central and eastern regions. Some of Africa’s most endangered species of large mammal can be seen in these savannahs and floodplains: cheetah, leopard, lion and African wild dog, making Moremi a must for those looking for the superstars of safari.

Your Hotel: Chief's Camp

Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, Botswana

SHIMMERING SALT PANS

In the middle of the blazing red of the Kalahari Desert is an incongruous expanse of what appears to be snow – if it wasn’t for the shimmering heat and baobab trees that force their way through its desiccated surface. Makgadikgadi Pans is the salty ghost of a vast network of lakes that once covered much of Botswana. For half the year you can crunch across it on foot with a Zu/'hoasi guide, marvelling at the eching emptiness and secretive desert creatures that call it home, such as aardwolves and bat-eared foxes. Between November and April it is transformed into an algae-rich soup where thousands of flamingos descend to feed.

Your Hotel: Jack's Camp

Inclusions and Offers

Inclusions & Offers

  • English-Speaking Resident Tour Director® and Local Guides
  • Airport Meet and Greet with Private Transfers
  • Travelling Bell Boy® Luggage Handling
  • Traveller’s Valet® Laundry Service
  • Internet Access
  • Entrance Fees, Taxes and All Gratuities Except Resident Tour Director
  • 24/7 A&K On-Call Support
  • Internal Air Included (Economy Class, $2,400 value) Johannesburg/Livingstone; Kasane/Camp to Camp/Maun/Johannesburg

Sample Itinerary

Arrive Selinda Reserve, Botswana

Swoop over the unfenced Selinda Reserve in a private plane and it would be tempting to think that this expanse of grassy wilderness is untouched by humans. Bull elephants munch water lilies in the shallows of the Linyanti, lions lurk in islands of thicket, and when the Selinda Spillway connects with the Okavango Delta during heavier rainy seasons, its banks swell with game.

LUNCH | DINNER

Selinda Reserve | Exploring Where Game Thrives

Predators start their day at dawn, and so do you, taking to the plains in a spacious safari vehicle to see what this extraordinary habitat has in store. Only four camps in total have access to the reserve, meaning the odds are good your drives will pass without seeing any other human visitors. Return to camp for lunch and rest, heading back out to the bush later in the afternoon, when nocturnal creatures are beginning to stir.

BREAKFAST | LUNCH | DINNER

Selinda Reserve | A New Day’s Offerings

The only constant on a safari is unpredictability — today’s game drives reveal another fascinating facet of life in the Selinda Reserve. With four of the Big Five present, along with wild dogs and the full complement of plains game, drama is all but guaranteed.

BREAKFAST | LUNCH | DINNER

Okavango Delta | Wildlife in a Watery Wonderland

Follow by helicopter along the Selinda Spillway to the Okavango Delta, with its network of lagoons, channels, palm islands and floodplains to your next camp, Chief's Camp, an A&K Sanctuary. This afternoon, make your first game drive into Moremi Game Reserve or enjoy the vistas from your own private viewing deck.

BREAKFAST | LUNCH | DINNER

Okavango Delta | Life in the Predators’ Capital

Like Selinda, very few camps occupy Moremi Game Reserve, which makes for a highly prized (and largely crowd-free) game viewing experience in a habitat often called the “Predator Capital of Africa.” Morning and afternoon game drives offer a panoply of hunters and plains dwellers, along with flocks of both resident and migratory birds.

BREAKFAST | LUNCH | DINNER

Okavango Delta | Island in the Delta

Your luxury safari lodge occupies a beautiful island amid the delta’s watery landscape, its natural height making it the ideal retreat as waters rise with the season. Set out over land and, conditions permitting, by dugout canoe, taking in the vast spectacle of wildlife all around you.

BREAKFAST | LUNCH | DINNER

Makgadikgadi Pans | Living Remnants of an Ancient Lake

Makgadikgadi Pans is the salty ghost of a vast network of lakes that once covered much of Botswana. For half the year you can crunch across it on foot with a Zu/'hoasi guide, marveling at the echoing emptiness and secretive desert creatures that call it home, such as aardwolves and bat-eared foxes. Between November and April, it is transformed into an algae-rich soup where thousands of flamingos descend to feed.

BREAKFAST | LUNCH | DINNER

Makgadikgadi Pans | Offroad Adventure

Leave the safari vehicles behind for a thrilling ATV adventure through this seemingly deserted wonderland that reveals Stone Age archaeological sites and communities of Zu/’hoasi Bushmen who have survived against all the odds in this arid landscape for thousands of years.

BREAKFAST | LUNCH | DINNER

Makgadikgadi Pans | Desert Denizens Up Close

Continue your extraordinary safari desert experience, focusing on species unique to the area such as aardvark, gemsbuck and springbuck. It is the only place where you are virtually guaranteed to see the rare and elusive brown hyena and interact with a gang of habituated but wild meerkats.

BREAKFAST | LUNCH | DINNER

Depart Makgadikgadi Pans

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