"Botswana mobile tented safari"

A mobile Botswana safari offers a combination of privacy and flexibility that can be perfect for small groups and families, and individuals wanting the exclusive attention of their guide, who is usually an accomplished photographer as well experienced in the bush. The mobile safari can either be exclusively yours, or you can join a small band of like-minded adventurers on a set departure date .

Mobile camps allow flexibility in terms of the areas chosen to visit, as well as the campsite selection itself.   In conjunction with our guests’ requirements, we will design an itinerary that follows their dreams, whether it is gliding silently through the Okavango in a mokoro, ‘hunting’ with the Kalahari bushmen, walking in big game country or to simply enjoy Africa at its best!  

SHEDULED SAFARI BUDGED 9 NIGHTS / 10 Days
USD 1800 pp sharing.

ITINERARY:

Safaris are based on the following itinerary (Please note: there might be slight possible seasonal variations):

3 nights Chobe

2 nights Savuti

2 nights Moremi

2 nights Moremi/Okavango Delta

SCHEDULED DEPARTURE DATES - 2008

MOBILE SAFARIS RACK RATES

2008

Our rates for 2008 are as follows for private depatures.

Budget Botswana Safari: (Acacia level – similar to your trip with single vehicle and trailer with guide and camp hand, mattresses and sleeping bag) – US$200 per person per day sharing.  

Standard Botswana Safari:  (Mopane level – back-up vehicle and staff. 3mx3m tent, camp beds, external showers and toilets) -US$310 per person per day sharing.  

Middle of the Range Botswana Safari: (Morula level – 3.6m x 3.6m interior of tent with en-suite facilities and fully backed-up) – US$420 per person per day.  

Luxury Botswana Safari: (Ebony level – 6 x 4m meru tents, large mess tent, proper beds and all the whistles and bells) – US$528 per person per day.  Maximum four pax.

ALL PRICES, DATES AND ITINERARIES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DUE TO AIRFARE INCREASES, EXCHANGE RATES, FLIGHT CHANGES, AVAILABILITIES OR ANY OTHER UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES.

Just imagine you are gliding through the Okavango in a dug-out canoe surrounded by the sounds of fish eagles calling and hippos snorting in the distance … or driving through the Chobe and

having close-ups of hundreds of playful elephants as they move to the river to quench

their thirst and frolic in the water next to the spot where you are camping … or listening

to the nocturnal call of a lion while dining under the brilliant stars above. Is this your

kind of safari?

“Acacia mobile safaris” is a fun alternative to a lodge safari and designed for those who prefer to sleep under canvas and get away from the crowds.  On these safaris we offer a style of travel which is acceptably comfortable, yet allows our guests to get off the beaten track and away from the ‘main routes’.  The movement of game will determine our choice of campsite for each safari.

You travel in a vehicle with a guide a dn camp hand who will take care of the more onerous camp chores. You will be accommodated in comfortable 2m x 2m walk-in tents, with a comfortable bed roll.  Director-style camp chairs, tables, wash stands for each tent, a bush shower and toilet are also provided. 

Your guide and his assistant are experienced professionals who will prioritise your comfort and safety as well as ensuring optimal game-viewing opportunities throughout your safari with us.

The vehicles are open to allow the feel of Africa to permeate and are ideal for game-viewing and photography. Inside your roomy safari vehicle you will find a selection of reference books on Botswana’s parks, its history, flora and fauna, as well as a fridge with cold drinks. 

Scrumptious meals are prepared by our friendly safari assistant and are served under the stars.  The meals usually consist of a pre-dawn continental breakfast, three-course brunch, light lunch or high tea and a two-course dinner.  We supply filtered water throughout the day.  Should you require any additional drinks, we can provide beers, bottled wine or liquor for purchase during the safari or your guide will show you where best to purchase your own alcoholic beverages prior to departure or at convenient points along the way.

ITINERARY

DAY 1-3: KASANE – NORTHEASTERN CHOBE NATIONAL PARK - CAMPING – F/B

We meet you in Kasane on arrival and transfer by road to our private campsite in Chobe National Park (the trip takes about one hour). We spend the first two nights of the safari in a private campsite in the national park overlooking the Chobe river and adjacent floodplains. We will have a private campsite all to ourselves (campsites with zero development – we provide all ablution and other facilities). Camp will be set up in advance – the showers will be hot, the drinks will be cold, the fires crackling, the table will be laid, the beds turned back and dinner bubbling on the campfire.

TERRAIN: Along the Chobe riverfront the terrain is that of a typical riverine ecosystem. Away from the river we have mixed miombo and broadleaved woodland that harbours rich avifauna.

GAME: Northern Chobe is famous for its elephant & buffalo herds, puku, kudu, Chobe bushbuck and hippo. One could also hope to see: lion, leopard, wild dog, giraffe, waterbuck, zebra, impala, baboon, vervet monkeys, warthog, sable, roan, lechwe, banded mongoose, crocodile, leguan.

ACTIVITIES: Game drives, birding, boat trip on Chobe river, where with some luck we can drift alongside some elephants cooling off in the heat of the day.

DAY 3-4: SOUTHWESTERN CHOBE NATIONAL PARK – SAVUTI or ZWEI-ZWEI - CAMPING- F/B

While the camp staff break camp and load the supply vehicle, we head off on a game drive. When we meet up with the supply vehicle again we drive to Savuti. The drive lasts approx five hours with a picnic lunch en route. At Savuti the staff will set up camp in a private campsite on the banks of the now dry Savuti Channel while we explore our new environment.

TERRAIN: Savuti Marsh is typical open grassland surrounded by Acacia bush and stony outcrops reminiscent of Serengeti.

GAME: Savuti is famous for its lions and hyenas, lone elephant bulls, zebra and wildebeest migrations. Other game one can hope to see include: giraffe, tsessebe, warthog, black-backed jackal, leopard, cheetah, bat-eared fox, impala, wild dog, kudu, baboon, steenbok, dwarf, slender and banded mongoose.

ACTIVITIES: Game drives; birding, bushman paintings, elephants at waterhole.

DAY 5 – 9: SOUTHEASTERN MOREMI NATIONAL PARK & OKAVANGO DELTA - CAMPING -        F/B

Once again our back-up team will pack up and move camp while we do a leisurely game drive with a picnic lunch en route (approx 4 hours’ drive). The road takes us via the Khwai River on the outskirts of Moremi, which offers good opportunities for close-up game and raptor photography. We will spend the last four nights of our African encounter in one or two different camps in and around Moremi – depending on game movements and campsite availability. We normally try and incorporate a dryland as well as a more wetland campsite to give you the best of all that the beautiful Moremi has on offer.

TERRAIN: Moremi being an extension of the Okavango, offers a typical wetland system with grassy plains and pans surrounded by well-developed mopane forests and riverine woodland. While out on the mokoros the landscape will alter to typical Okavango Delta terrain with its grassy flood plains dotted with large termite mounds, small islands fringed with palms and larger islands with riparian forests of sausage and ebony trees. Water lilies adorn the bracken-lined watercourses and streams.

WILDLIFE: Elephant, impala, lechwe, waterbuck, tsessebe, wildebeest, zebra, kudu, warthog, squirrels, baboon, vervet monkeys and banded mongoose are common. One can also hope to see buffalo, giraffe, bushbuck, lion, wild dog, leopard, cheetah, black-backed and side-striped jackal, bush babies, fruit bats, sable, roan, steenbok, duiker, honey badger. The birdlife includes water birds as well as dry land birds.

ACTIVITIES: Game drives, birding, boat trip from Xakanaxa to explore the waterways of this part of the Okavango Delta.

DAY 10: TRANSFER TO AIRPORT FOR ONWARD FLIGHT           B/FAST ONLY

Transfer by road to Maun in time for your onward flight.

INCLUDED:

All transfers between destinations, accommodation, activities and meals as mentioned; drinks in mobile camp and on game drives; all camping equipment (walk-in tents with bed rolls and full set of linen (pillows, sheets, duvets, towels); shared hot bucket shower and bush toilet; mess tent with table and chairs; staff members to take care of camp chores; all park fees and permits; the services of a licensed professional guide.

EXCLUDED:

International flights; airport transfers; lodge accommodation; tips and gratuities for guides, camp staff and drivers; medical, travel, luggage and cancellation insurance (compulsory); items of a personal nature; visas, departure taxes and laundry.

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