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Botswana
From Desert to Delta

The Kalahari & Makgadikgadi Pans,The Okavango Delta & Beyond

Starting from between £6,725 to £10,735 per person for 11 days depending on the time of year, type of accomodation and activities

Itinerary Highlights

  • Get up close and personal with a resident group of meercats, watching them nibble on breakfast and following in their footsteps as they cross their salt pan home
  • Immerse yourself in the Zu'hoasi culture of the Western Kalahari bushpeople, spending a day with four generations of these incredible people
  • Explore the aquatic wonderland of the Okavango Delta in a mokoro dugout canoe with an expert guide, seeing hippos wallowing in the water and lions prowling on the shore
Unleash the intrepid explorer within you as you journey through the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans and Okavango Delta on this 11-day itinerary. On your first stop, spot elusive hyenas, long-nosed aardvarks and lone Kalahari lions on sunset safaris, tear through the salt pans on a hair-raising quad bike adventure and watch on in awe at Kubu Island’s shore where thousands of flamingos flock to lay their eggs. Immerse yourself into the lesser-known world of the Western Kalahari bushpeople and learn how they survive and thrive in this often-unforgiving landscape.



Next up is the water wonderland of the Okavango Delta. From the flushed pink-backed pelicans and egrets, which flock around the delta’s meandering waterways to sightings of buffalo, elephants and lions in swaying grasslands, you’ll understand why this country has earnt itself the nickname as the ‘Gem of Africa’.
Elephants - Chobe National Park  - Botswana © Nils Ackermann/iconimage/Fotolia
Elephants - Chobe National Park - Botswana © Nils Ackermann/iconimage/Fotolia
Men on a small boat - Okavango - Botswana © Grant Ryan/Fotolia
Men on a small boat - Okavango - Botswana © Grant Ryan/Fotolia
Elephant - Camp Okavango - Botswana © Camp Okavango/Desert & Delta Safaris
Elephant - Camp Okavango - Botswana © Camp Okavango/Desert & Delta Safaris
Little Machaba - Khwai - Botswana © Andrew Howard/Little Machaba
Little Machaba - Khwai - Botswana © Andrew Howard/Little Machaba
Luxury Lodge - Bostwana © Droits reservés
Luxury Lodge - Bostwana © Droits reservés
Ground view from the sky - Bostwana © Droits reservés
Ground view from the sky - Bostwana © Droits reservés
Ground view from the sky - Bostwana © Droits reservés
Ground view from the sky - Bostwana © Droits reservés
Lodge in the jungle - Bostwana © Droits reservés
Lodge in the jungle - Bostwana © Droits reservés
Nxai Pan National Park - Botswana © SibylleMohn / Fotolia.com
Nxai Pan National Park - Botswana © SibylleMohn / Fotolia.com

Itinerary

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Start your morning by visiting the camp's resident meerkats. The camp offers a habitation programme for these fascinating little critters, so getting up close and personal is a breeze. Meerkats are highly sociable animals and watching them interact with each other as you nibble on breakfast, and following their footsteps across the salt pans, offers a unique and utterly fascinating experience. You will also have chance to see the site of the largest baobab tree in Africa and the campsites of intrepid explorers Livingstone and Selous.

This afternoon you can go game watching to find some of the most interesting species in the Makgadikgadi. From elusive chattering brown hyenas to long-nosed aardvarks, bat-eared foxes, porcupines, and the midnight maned Kalahari lion.

An early breakfast amid the salt pans is an evocative experience to savour. Afterwards you will head to Kubu Island - a sacred site in a sea of salt. The ghostly rock is studded with baobab trees said to be older than Christ. To the local bushman it's a place of great power. Climb to the top to gaze out at the stripped back world before taking a picnic lunch on the rosy boulders.

Close by you can visit one of the largest breeding grounds for flamingos in the world. Over thirty thousand flamingos flood these parched shores. Unhatched eggs crackle in the sun and the petrified remains of chicks that didn't make it scatter the desolate land. This evening, you will sleep out under the stars again.

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A rough idea of the price

Depending on the time of year, type of accommodation and activities

The estimated cost for this trip starts from £6,725 to £10,735 per person. The final cost of the trip depends on the way we tailor it especially for you. The final cost varies according to several factors, which include the level of service, length of trip and advance booking time. The exact price will be provided on your personalised quote. The average starting price for this trip is £8,590 per person.

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