11 Nights Under Canvas

DETAILED SAMPLE  ITINERARY 11 Night Fully Mobile Safari (Min 4 people)

Moremi Game Reserve, Khwai / Mababe concessions, Savuti & Chobe

 

Moremi Game Reserve Days 1 - 3

Moremi Game Reserve offers spectacular game viewing and bird watching, elephants, giraffe, kudu, impala, hippo's to name a few- famous for it's predators lion, leopard and wild dog and with over 400 species of birds, many migratory and some endangered, on this safari you can truly immerse yourself in natures wonder.

 

Day 1 – (High tea & Dinner)

A scenic flight from Maun to Moremi is just the beginning. After meeting your “bush pilot” you will fly over the Okavango World Heritage site. Have your cameras ready. From the air there is a very good chance you will see larger animals, elephant, giraffe, hippo.

Your safari guide will be waiting for you on the remote Xaxanaka airfield, enjoy your first game drive to your private “classic” camp in the middle of the wilderness.

 

On your arrival in camp our friendly safari team will greet you, show you to your comfortable tent with en-suite. Your have time to settle in and enjoy a warm bucket shower. Your guide will go through your itinerary, answer any questions and brief you on the important safety of camp life whilst on safari.

Enjoy your first sundowner and later a delicious dinner and evening gathering around the campfire, whilst listening to the calls of the wild.

 

Day 2 & 3 (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Your mornings will start with a gentle “dumela” as your warm water arrives at your tent. Come through to the fireplace swiftly for a morning cup of tea, coffee, a light breakfast (porridge, toast & rusks). My personal favourite homemade rusk on the go, before heading out for your early morning game drive.  This is often a good time to spot lion, leopard, and some nocturnal animals before they go and find shelter for the day. During the morning you're guide will choose a suitable picturesque place to stop for tea, coffee, cold drinks and a morning snack.

Just ask if you need a “comfort stop” your guide will happily find a suitable area for you.

 

As you arrive back at camp – late morning, a delicious lunch will be ready for you.  After lunch, during the heat of the day enjoy a more leisurely time, this is your time to relax, read, siesta (this is a good time to shower as is the hottest part of the day)

For photographers – this is also a good time to charge batteries and clean equipment.

 

High tea is served late afternoon consisting of hot / cold drinks, home made iced tea, juice and delicious snacks.

 

Afternoon game drive – ready for more exciting wildlife encounters.

Sundowner drinks and snacks on all afternoon activities.

Ending each day with a delicious dinner, dining in style and laughing and more bush stories around the campfire in the evening.

 

Khwai Concession Days 4 - 6

The Khwai River forms a boundary between the reserve and the community area. You spend the next three nights camping in the amazing area of Khwai. Exploring the Khwai floodplains on game drives, evening game drives here offer occasionally a unique opportunity to experience some of the nocturnal animals that are rarely encountered during the day. It is important to note that night drives are not permitted within the national parks and reserves. These activities are occasionally permitted in areas of the Khwai community area.

 

Day 4 - (Breakfast, Picnic lunch, Dinner)

Moving day! As we bid farewell to the Moremi Nature Reserve, we head for the Khwai Community Concession area. Our team packs up the whole camp and moves ahead of us, while we enjoy a leisurely drive through big game country, stopping for tea break and a picnic lunch en-route in the wilderness.

 

You'll be greeted on your arrival (same camp just moved location)

This is the true essence of a mobile safari, following the game and moving camp. Settle in, orientate and relax around the camp fire, enjoy a sundowner in this new amazing location in Khwai.

 

Day 5 – (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Early wake up, head out before sunrise enjoy a full day exploring with morning and afternoon game drives taking in this area of natural wonder.

Lunch, siesta, high tea enjoyed in camp.

After enjoying a sundowner during your afternoon game drive before heading back to camp for more drinks by the fire and evening meal under the stars.

 

Day 6 – (Breakfast, Picnic lunch, Dinner)

Enjoy a early morning game drive exploring more of this truly amazing wildlife haven, down by the waters edge look out for the sly crocodiles and hippo's protecting their territories. Look out for the egrets, herons, waders at the waters edge and the majestic fish eagle sitting in nearby tree.

Stopping at a suitable spot for an enjoyable picnic lunch before making your way to the meeting place for a mokoro excursion.

Relax, sit back and enjoy, marvel at the myriads of channels and enjoy a 2 ½ hour Mokoro Trip exploring the water ways of Khwai which is the most eastern reach of the Okavango river system. Look out for the beautiful and dainty painted reed frogs, African Jacana birds darting between the lilly fonds.

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Savuti, (Chobe National Park) Days 7-9

Savuti, situated in the southwest of Chobe National Park, is a wildlife rich area with one of the highest concentrations of wildlife on the African continent, with year round opportunities to view all kinds of game. The Savuti channel is an unpredictable water source that has flowed and dried up many times over decades, from Linyanti to the heart of Chobe National Park and Savuti Marsh. Scattered with historical hills in the North with san art rock paintings, your see the vast Savuti channel that once flowed, watch elephants and other animals congregate around the waterholes of this spectacular landscape.

You're spend 2 amazing nights exploring this area abound with bird and animal life. Taking in it's striking scenery from the desert-like patches to the verdant grassy plains.

 

This area is a haven for predator's, Savuti's pride of lion have earned a fearsome reputation for their unparalleled skill in hunting elephant. Predator sightings in general are frequent with good sightings of leopard, African wild dog and the comical bat-eared fox, to name a few.

Bird sightings abound here and will not dissapoint.

These dynamics are ever-changing with the unpredictable supply of water …who knows what will happen.

 

Day 7 – (Breakfast, Picnic lunch, Dinner)

The camp is packed up early as you head further north en route to Chobe National Park, where you spend the following three nights camping in the wilderness in the Savuti region, exploring this beautiful landscape. Stopping for a tea and a picnic lunch en route.

 

Welcome party will meet you on your arrival to your wilderness camp now erected in Savuti. Settle in, enjoy a warm shower, take in your new surroundings and enjoy a Savuti sunset.

 

Day 8 - (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Early rising, for a full packed day exploring this beautiful wildlife rich area, take in the diversity of this area from it's resident birdlife to it's predator interaction.

Returning to camp for brunch, siesta and high tea.

Afternoon game drive, returning to camp after sundowner for more delicious cuisine. Ending the evening with chatter around the camp fire.

 

Day 9- (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Up early to enjoy the most of your last day in this magical area, exploring the Northern area, where you will see rocky out crops, particually “Leopard Rock” to see the San rock paintings and the beautiful Baobab trees.

Returning to camp for brunch, siesta and high tea.

 

Enjoy your last afternoon and sunset taking in the spectacle – whether watching the zebra herds on the marsh area or the elephants and other game interaction at the waterholes.

You will leave awe-inspired.

 

Chobe River Front, Chobe National Park Days 10 -12

Leaving this parched landscape, you continue your journey north to the contrasting Chobe region of the park. Spend your final three nights camping in a wilderness campsite near the Chobe River, exploring the riverbanks and surrounding flood plains on game drives. On your last afternoon you will enjoy a boat cruise on the Chobe River, a truly magical experience, opportunity to see animals on the waters edge, from a crocodiles perspective.

 

Day 10 – (Breakfast, Picnic, Dinner)

Moving day! An early start, while we leave our wonderful staff to dismantle the entire camp, we head off further into the Chobe National Park. Leaving behind in parts the arid dry Savuti for the Chobe River. The greener the vegetation will get the closer to the river we are.  Enjoy a picnic lunch en-route, keeping eyes peeled and cameras ready.  Here you will notice the animals are more habituated in Chobe National Park, so very likely to have an opportunity for more great photographs.

 

Welcome party will meet you at your Chobe camp in the wilderness, settle in, take a warm shower and enjoy a rest, read, cold drinks and snacks before enjoying a sundowner and another spectacular sunset and evening meal.

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Day 11 - (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Up early, usual routine, head out with excited anticipation what you might experience in this stunning area of natural beauty. Morning game drives here are usually packed with sightings. Full day ahead as in the afternoon you will enjoy a boat cruise on the Chobe River, have your cameras ready.  This is a Photographers dream – catching the essence of safari in the golden light of the late afternoon, often elephants are seen swimming, crocodiles resting on the banks, wader birds along the waters edge. Puku antelope (only place these are found) in the distance.

Sunsets to behold and memories made for a lifetime.

 

Final Day – (Breakfast)

This is your last morning with us. After breakfast, enjoy the final game drive through the park to Kasane.

Your safari will end in Kasane approximately around 09.00 am.

 

Every safari is unique, special moments are shared, spending quality time, surrounded by nature in the unique wilderness is an unforgettable experience.

We look forward to your return safari trip with us.