This authentic and less-traveled Botswana safari entices travelers with its big game, intimate experience, and over the top luxury. Mokoro on the Okavango Delta, feel the spray of Victoria Falls, interact with the elephants, and fall in love with the captivating landscapes and incredible game all the while returning to luxury game lodges each evening. Top-rated lodges on this itinerary include The Royal Livingstone Hotel, &Beyond Sandibe Okavango Safari Lodge, &Beyond Xaranna Okavango Delta Camp and Zarafa Camp. Travel from camp to camp on a private C208 aircraft and enjoy each area with use of a personal jeep and private guide.
Highlights
Visit Victoria Falls, classified as the largest waterfall in the world
Take a game drive through Linyanti Concession, home to a range of habitats
Mokoro on the Okavango Delta in search of wildlife
Involves minimal physical effort and is typically associated with leisurely activities. Activities are low-intensity or last less than a few hours each day.
Upon your arrival to the Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport, meet your Safari representative and head straight to The Royal Livingstone Hotel - your home for the next two nights. Take a guided tour of the Zambian side of Victoria Falls and feel for yourself the infamous thunder as the water cascades over the ragged rock edges and plummets 355 feet to the pools below. In the evening, after settling into your spacious room, enjoy a sunset river cruise and ponder your upcoming adventure.
*Please note that the falls are seasonal and almost completely disappear in November and December.
Today is yours to explore as you would like. Visit a local African Village, take your first game drive in the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, or try your hand at fishing. Enjoy a private guide and vehicle at your disposal to insure a truly unique and personal experience.
Transfer this morning to Kasane Airport, where you will board a light aircraft bound for the Chitabe Airstrip in the Okavango Delta.
The Okavango's perpetual waters attract herds of wildlife that walk well-worn game paths to quench their thirst in the dry season. Predators follow in their footsteps, providing diverse and exciting game viewing. The area’s range of habitat includes riverine, savannah, forest, and plains and offers travelers a diverse safari experience available in few other, if any, destinations. Spend time on traditional game drives and keep your eyes peeled for the rare roan and sable antelope, plains game and, of course, their predators: the lion, leopard, and endangered wild dog as an incredible bonus.
Take a scenic helicopter ride this morning to Xaranna Okavango Delta Camp, where your camp will explore yet another pristine private concession of the Okavango Delta. Watch from your suite as game meanders right in front of the lodge, take in a relaxing spa treatment at the renowned spa, or take a private game drive by boat or jeep to see what animals lurk nearby.
Xaranna Okavango Delta Camp offers an exceptional Botswana safari experience and features luxurious solitude on its own Delta island within a 272 000 hectare (672 125 acre) exclusive wildlife concession. Depending on the season you can float gently along clear, open channels and explore the myriad islands of the Delta or embark on exciting game drives in search of wildlife.
A birder’s paradise, some 450 species make their home here. In addition to the excellent Big 5 game viewing, you may encounter the rare and graceful red lechwe and semi-aquatic sitatunga antelope.
Today you will take another scenic helicopter ride to Zarafa Camp in northern Botswana for your last few nights on safari. Zarafa offers unparalleled access to the Selinda Reserve, where you can enjoy wildlife viewing both on foot and from the comfort of your safari vehicle. Elephants are a prolific sight at the lagoon and spillway around Zarafa Camp, and the area is also known for big predator viewing such as lions, leopard and the rare African Wild Dog. Spend your evenings relaxing over a drawn out dinner, admiring Botswana's famous night sky.
Day 12: Fly Maun | Home
1 Breakfast
At a time advised by the Zarafa Camp management, take your last flight from Camp to Maun, Botswana where you say goodbye to Botswana! Fly home or continue independent travels.
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Prices for are estimated based on inflation. Contact us to confirm pricing and availability for your desired departure date.
Initial deposit is 30% ($400 minimum) + internal flight cost, and most travelers will call our office and pay the deposit with a credit card.
Final payment is due 90 days prior to departure by bank transfer, check or credit card. All final payments by credit card may be subject to a surcharge and maximum of $20,000 charge
Beyond expectations! Then again we weren't sure what to expect. Lovely stay at the lodge, met other like-minded travelers (many had their trips planned by Adventure Life) and the owner was a gracious hostess. It felt like you were one happy family, visiting with a favorite aunt.
Cruse ship was great. Fantastic food and service. Cruise itinary got changed so not what we expected, but not an major issue. Japan portion was great. Drivers/guides arranged by 80 Days were great. Hotels were mostly ok. Did not know that most hotels outside of major cities do not allow shoes to be worn in the hotel. again a minor inconvenience. Overall a great trip. Adventure Life communications were timely and much appreciated as far as changes/requests.
Peter Goff
1 day ago
We were a group of three that initiated our research by independently searching for the best agency to help us in the somewhat complex experience of traveling to the Galapagos. We chose adventure life because they were the most responsive in the website provided the most comprehensive overview of the trip. Their reviews were also very good.
Adventure, life splits up its booking process in two parts. First Jeff, the booking agent helped us decide which experience best suited are interests. We chose a small 14 to 16 group sized yacht. Once the booking was made with Jeff, we were handed off to Coleene, who oversaw the complex process of assembling all of the necessary documents and making sure we had everything we needed to make the trip go smoothly. The adventure, life website, then becomes your personal place of reference for all things related to your trip from door to door. It’s a lot of information to assemble, especially for three travelers, but the website makes it easy and Colleen‘s gentle reminders kept us on track. In all, from the beginning, we had four months from the time we started our research till the time we departed. We felt that was, a good amount of preparation time and don’t think it would be wise to do it in less than four months. Mostly because I think you have more options with that amount of time. There were others on our trip that took six months and more from the time they started planning.
The trip itself was outstanding. We ended up on an excellent yacht (Galapagos Angel II) with a great group of guests that we were able to connect with and put together a really nice google photos album to share.
Jed
1 week ago
Mary was very helpful. Quick to reply with helpful information and closure on arrangements.
Nicola Maxwell
1 week ago
Mary Curry and Elma are always so responsive and nice to deal with.
Michael
1 week ago
I enjoyed working with Jess to put together a private N.Z. trip. Jess has been my go-to person at Adventure Life over the past several years. She listens to what my husband and I want in a trip, and is always responsive to questions. Nothing seems to be too much of a bother for Jess.
