Dumela Botswana
Botswana Mobile Tented Scheduled and Tailor Made Safaris
Botswana Standard Mobile Tented Scheduled Safari rates
SGS9S
Scheduled Standard Level Mobile Safari
9 Days: US$2299.00
Start from Kasane and end in Maun.
- 2 Nights Chobe National Park
- 2 Nights Savute
- 4 Nights Moremi Game Reserve
Please note: the above itinerary could change due to seasonal variations.
DAY 1–2: Chobe National Park-Camping-F/B
We meet in Kasane on your arrival and transfer by road to our private campsite in Chobe National Park. The drive to the Chobe River takes about one hour.
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.
DAY 3 – 4: CHOBE NATIONAL PARK - SAVUTI - 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 in convoy. The drive lasts approx five hours with a picnic lunch en route. At Savuti the staff will set up camp 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 – 8: MOREMI AND OKAVANGO DELTA - CAMPING – F/B
We transfer by road to our private campsite in Moremi (approx 5 hours’ drive with a picnic lunch en route). The road leads via the Khwai River, which offers good opportunities for close-up game and raptor photography.
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.
WILDLIFE: Elephant, lechwe, waterbuck, impala, hippo, warthog, squirrels, baboon, vervet monkeys and banded mongoose are common. So are crocodiles and leguan. One can also hope to see buffalo, giraffe, bushbuck, lion, wild dog, leopard, cheetah, black-backed and side-striped jackal, zebra, wildebeest, tsessebe, bush babies, fruit bats, sable, kudu, roan, steenbok, duiker, honey badger. The birdlife includes water birds as well as dry land birds.
ACTIVITIES: game drives; birding
DAY 9: TRANSFER TO MAUN - B/FAST ONLY
Transfer to Maun in time for your onward flight.
Included
- TWO COURSE MEALS
- PARK FEES
- 4 X 4 GAME DRIVES
- DOME TENTS
- CAMP BEDS AND SLEEPING BAG
- SHARED ABLUTION FACILITIES
-
QUALIFIED GUIDE
Excluded
- DRINKS AND MEALS NOT MENTIONED,
- VISAS AND TRAVEL INSURANCE,
- ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
Departure dates:
- 24 April - 02 May
- 15 - 23 May
- 04 - 12 June
- 20 - 28 July
- 17 - 25 August
- 15 - 23 September
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