This exclusive camping safari takes you to three of the top wildlife areas in Botswana, as well as Victoria Falls in Zambia.
Departing from Maun we travel to Moremi Game Reserve and the Savuti Marsh - both renowned for some of the best game viewing in Africa. Game viewing in these two wilderness reserves will be done in open-sided 4x4 game viewing vehicles.
We then embark on a game drive and sunset boat cruise in Chobe National Park, home to some of the largest elephant herds in Africa, together with a rich array of other wildlife and birds. Then we cross into Zambia where we visit Victoria Falls, enjoy optional activities and spend two nights camping on the banks of the Zambezi River.
The Botswana Highlights & Victoria Falls Safari ends in Livingstone, on the Zambian side of the Falls.
Our Southern African adventure begins in Maun, a small town located on the south-eastern edge of the Okavango Delta. Maun serves as our access point to prime wilderness areas of Botswana.
For the more adventurous of heart there is a scenic flight over the Okavango Delta (own expense). The day ends with a relaxing sundowner drink at the pool, and a meal in the lodge restaurant (own expense), celebrating the start of our journey into game-rich Botswana.
(B=breakfast, L= lunch, D= dinner)
We spend the next 4 nights in the Moremi and Savuti game parks allowing plenty of time to explore their various wild habitats. We take game drives in search of the abundance of wildlife found in these top wilderness areas, including wild dog, elephant, hippo, buffalo, lion & other game.
Moremi Game Reserve rates as one of the leading wildlife areas of the world and we take our open 4x4 safari vehicle into Moremi for fantastic game viewing! Grasslands, floodplains, forests, lily lagoons and winding water channels combine to form a variety of rewarding game viewing habitats.
Moving north we cross a sandy ridge and make our way into the Mababe depression arriving at the Savuti Marsh. This open grassland area attracts herds of zebra and wildebeest, which in turn draw the large lion prides for which Savuti is famous.
In the Savuti area we camp at one of the accessible Savuti campsites or at the Zwei-Zwei Pans. The private campsite at Zwei-Zwei Pans lies about 20km north east of Savuti and offers a more wild bush camping experience than camping in the national park itself.
The Chobe River flows lazily along the northern boundary of the Chobe National Park attracting some of the largest herds of elephant in Africa.
We embark on an early morning game drive in search of wildlife in Chobe, returning to camp for brunch. In the late afternoon we set off on a game viewing sunset cruise on Chobe River. Chobe offers some of Africa's best water-based game viewing, as the Chobe River attracts large herds of elephants, as well as a various other wild animals and numerous birds.
We camp near Kasane along the Chobe River on night 7 of this Botswana Safari.
For our last 2 nights we stay in a lodge in Zambia, near Livingstone town on the banks of the mighty Zambezi River.
Walk through the tropical vegetation to the very edge of Victoria Falls, locally called “Mosi oa Tunya”, which means “the smoke that thunders”.
Here you have the option of participating in a variety of adventure activities, including white water rafting on the mighty Zambezi River, bungi jumping, or taking the scenic “flight of angels” over Vic Falls (own expense).
The Botswana Highlights & Victoria Falls Safari ends at 08:00 after breakfast. Transfers to local airports are available.
The 14-Day Botswana Wildlife and Victoria Falls Safari is a slightly longer alternative to this 10-day Botswana camping safari. A 13-Day Maun to Livingstone Tour option is also available. Please contact African Budget Safaris for more details.
If road conditions in the park prevent us visiting Savuti, then an alternative route will be run via Nxai Pan (it is possible that this may happen between January - April, but it is subject to rainfall, so only under special circumstances).
For up-to-date and confirmed pricing info for optional items, please drop us an enquiry.
This tour does take children.
Children between the ages of 12 and 17 years of age are accepted on group scheduled departures, travelling with an accompanying adult.
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