The Best of Botswana + Victoria Falls

Arrive independently to Victoria Falls International Airport and join your included transfer to the beautiful Victoria Falls Hotel. The hotel is situated close to the Victoria Falls, with a private path leading to the Falls. Overlooking the Victoria Falls Bridge and gorge, it is one of the most famous hotels in Africa and is renowned for its elegance and charm.

At Victoria Falls, the earth splits open and swallows one of Africa’s greatest rivers, the mighty Zambezi, creating the largest sheet of falling water on earth. Various activities are available here (not included in your package), including guided falls visits, white water rafting, bungee jumping, river cruises, helicopter flights and much more.

Your hotel is located on the Zimbabwean side of the Falls and exploring from this side you get a full-frontal view of three quarters of the falls’ 1.7km wide curtain of water from viewpoints and footpaths meandering through a rainforest kept hot and humid by the spray of the falls.

2 nights’ accommodation at Victoria Falls Hotel with breakfast included.

After breakfast this morning you will join your transfer to the Chobe National Park area where you will check into the beautiful Chobe Game Lodge, the only permanent lodge within the boundaries of the park. This well-established lodge is the perfect spot from which to explore the wonders of the park and its remarkable wildlife. The Park and the Chobe River Front are famous for an abundance of elephants, a variety of predators including lions and leopards, and other iconic species such as Zebra, buffalo, antelope, giraffe and much more.

During your time here you can enjoy front-seat access to the prolific wildlife, abundant birdlife and incredible scenery, including the famous Chobe sunsets. Scheduled game drives will see you set off in open 4X4 safari vehicles led by professional guides to search for up-close wildlife experiences, and guided cruises on specially designed riverboats will allow you to enjoy the wild beauty of the Chobe River whilst searching for sightings of wildlife along the river’s edge. Guided birdwatching experiences are also available.

2 nights’ accommodation at Chobe Game Lodge on a fully-inclusive basis with all meals, local drinks (excl. spirits) and park fees included.

Scheduled Activities Included: Game drives and River Safaris.

It’s now time to fly into the world-famous Okavango Delta. Nestled on Nxaragha Island in the heart of the perennial Okavango Delta, Camp Okavango offers an immersive water wilderness experience year-round. This is the quintessential Okavango water safari, featuring traditional mokoro rides, boating, and guided walks in a pristine natural environment.

Guided by experienced professionals, embark on water-based adventures, navigating the meandering, reed-lined waterways either in a modern motorboat for a comfortable journey or the traditional mokoro, providing a serene, old-fashioned exploration.

For those seeking a closer connection with nature, guided bush walks are available on nearby islands, offering opportunities to track land-based wildlife. The birdwatching here is exceptional, and fishing enthusiasts can test their skills against bream and tiger fish.

To ensure a peaceful and genuine safari experience, Camp Okavango accommodates just twenty-four guests.  There are eleven intimate Safari suites and one Family suite consisting of two bedrooms each with an en-suite bathroom. Each of the guest suites have been built on individual raised wooden platforms and set beneath the thick Okavango Delta vegetation and the stack away sliding doors open onto a private open-air viewing deck offering beautiful views over the Okavango Delta.

Your next adventure will take you to the iconic Moremi Game reserve as you take another charter flight, this time to the Xakanaxa Airstrip close to the Moremi Game Reserve in the eastern extremity of the Delta. Your accommodation here will be the welcoming Camp Moremi which is situated on the picturesque Xakanaxa Lagoon within the Moremi Game Reserve and is a wildlife haven, with incredible game viewing opportunities year-round.

The Moremi Game Reserve is all about searching for big game; where the habitats are as diverse as the wildlife itself. Water-adapted antelopes and wary-eyed buffaloes spill out into floodplains, behind towering woodlands where leopards hide on the high branches. Dead trees cast silhouettes over elephant-filled savannas a stone’s throw from papyrus-fringed channels stretching out to the delta beyond. When you arrive in the Moremi Game Reserve, it’s anyone’s guess what you’ll find lurking in the long grass. From wild dogs stalking waterbucks to long sunsets by a hippo-filled lagoon, the scenes will live on in memory long after the journey home.

The activities on offer here are designed to bring you up-close to this, with game drives in open safari vehicles allowing you to explore the diverse range of habitats within the reserve – from open floodplains to belts of mopane woodland. For a different perspective, you can venture out onto the open waters of the Okavango by motorboat, visiting the Xakanaxa Lagoon and beyond up to the seasonal heronry at Gadikwe.

2 nights’ accommodation at Camp Moremi on a fully-inclusive basis with all meals, local drinks (excl. spirits) and park fees included.

Scheduled Activities Included: Morning & afternoon game drives / Guided motorised boating trips.

On day 9 it’s time to make your way to the final destination of your safari tour as you transfer back to the airstrip for your included charter flight to the Leroo La Tau Airstrip to start your exploration of the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park. The Leroo La Tau lodge sits above the Boteti River which stretches across the western border of the Park, where the Okavango Delta finally fades into desert. The Boteti River draws a line in the sand, separating the dry Makgadikgadi from the thirst lands of the Kalahari beyond.

Game drives in the park, populated by up to 30,000 zebra and wildebeest closely accompanied by predators, offer guests the chance to experience the exhilaration of seeing large concentrations of game and the resultant predator interaction. Having explored the area and enjoyed a spectacular wildlife phenomenon on guided day and night game drives, guests can retire after dinner to a splendid fireplace overlooking the river. The lodge also offers a raised hide above the river where guests can enjoy the spectacular wildlife sightings that we’ve come to expect in this part of Botswana.

Optional cultural excursions can be arranged to Khumaga Village, as can guided nature walks in the area surrounding the lodge. Please note: Owing to their remote location within the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, the Makgadikgadi Pans themselves are not visited during 2 day stays here. Extensions to your safari trip are available should you wish to stay longer to allow for time to visit the Pans.

2 nights’ accommodation at Leroo La Tau on a fully-inclusive basis with all meals, local drinks and park fees included.

Scheduled Activities Included: Game drives and cultural excursions.

As your Botswana safari tour sadly comes to an end, you will transfer back to the airstrip for an included charter flight to Maun Airport where your itinerary will conclude. Please get in touch if you would like any advice or help with organising onward or homeward flights.