Sunway Safaris Botswana Wildside (Maun Start) - 13 days • Indafrica Travel

The best Botswana Camping Safari in Africa is one that is wild and free!

Starting in Maun this Botswana Camping Safari starts on the afternoon of Day 2 of the Botswana Wildside Safari.

Sunway Safaris’s licenses mean travellers will be wild camping for 7 nights inside the national parks, the balance of the time (5 nights) are spent camping at camps with hot showers and flush toilets.

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Tour Details

Tour Code: BT13
Tour Name: Botswana Wildside (Maun Start) - Camping
Duration: 13 days
Touring Style: Small Group
Grade: Camping - Adventure

Price From: NZ$2,895 per person (twin share)
Local Payment? Yes. US$300pp payable on Day 1 of your safari
Starts: Maun, Botswana
Ends: Livingstone, Zambia
Includes: Entrance fees, use of camping equipment (except sleeping bag/pillow), transport in safari truck/minibus & 4WD, meals as per itinerary, professional guides

Highlights:
Chobe National Park, Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Savute, Victoria Falls

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Itinerary

DAY 1 | MAUN

We will meet up with the group at 17:00 at the camp. Situated on the banks of the Thamalakane River, Maun is a bustling frontier town where we prepare for the delta excursion. After setting up camp we have a relaxing afternoon at the swimming pool.

DAY 2 - 4 | OKAVANGO DELTA

Our local guides will take us deep into the heart of the Okavango Delta on mekoro (dugout canoes). The delta forms as water flows from the Angolan highlands out over the Botswanan flat Kalahari Desert sands creating a delicate, green oasis for birds & wildlife. We will camp wild on remote islands in this amazingly dynamic environment & enjoy bush walks, bird watching & swimming in the clear water. Camping with our local guides we learn more about their lifestyle & culture. We return to Maun in the late afternoon of day 5 and have time for an optional (own expense) game flight over the Okavango, which will reveal a different aspect of the delta.

DAY 5 - 8 | MOREMI & SAVUTI

We have 4 nights in these conservation areas with time to explore the various habitats. We spend our time on game drives watching the plentiful wildlife including wild dog, elephant, hippo, buffalo, lion & other game.

Moremi Game Reserve rates as one of the leading wildlife areas of the world and we take our open 4WD vehicle into Moremi for fantastic game viewing! Grasslands, floodplains, forests, lily lagoons and winding water channels combine to form a variety of game viewing habitats.

Moving north over the sand ridge and into the Mababe depression we arrive at the Savuti Marsh. This open grassland area attracts herds of zebra and wildebeest, which in turn draw the large lion prides for which Savuti is famous. We camp wild in the central Chobe National Park at either Savuti or Zwei-Zwei.

DAY 9 - 10 | CHOBE NATIONAL PARK

The Chobe River flows lazily along the northern boundary of the Chobe National Park attracting some of the largest herds of elephant in Africa. In the early morning we search for game on the flood plains of the Chobe River. The late afternoon game viewing “sundowner” cruise is a highlight as we see the mighty elephant herds returning to the Chobe River to quench their thirst. We camp at Kasane on the Chobe River for night 10.

DAY 11 - 12 | VICTORIA FALLS/LIVINGSTONE ZAMBIA

Overnight for 2 nights in Zambia near Livingstone town on the banks of the Zambezi River. Enjoy a spectacular walk through tropical vegetation to the very edge of the “Mosi oa Tunya” or “the smoke that thunders” – Victoria Falls. Opportunities to white water raft on the mighty Zambezi River, bungi jump, or take a “flight of angels” (own expense).

DAY 13 | LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA

Tour ends at 08:00 after breakfast. Transfers to local airports are available.