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Highlights
- Explore the waterways of the Okavango Panhandle by dugout canoe, and learn about the conservation work of National Geographic’s Okavango Wilderness Project.
- Visit Painted Dog Conservation to learn how African wild dogs impacted by poaching are rehabilitated.
- Listen to Botswanan folklore during a festive dinner with storytellers in Maun.
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- Accommodation: Hotels (2 nts), safari lodges/camp (6 nts), bush camp (1 nt).
- Transport: Private vehicle, 4x4, boat, mokoro, plane.
- Your Journeys Highlight Moment: Painted Dog Conservation, Hwange National Park
- Your Journeys Highlight Moment: Okavango Wilderness Project Experience, Okavango Delta
- Your Journeys Highlight Moment: Botswana Storytelling and Traditional Dinner, Maun
- Arrival transfer
- Open-vehicle wildlife safari drives in Hwange and Chobe National Parks
- Chobe boat safari
- Wildlife excursions by boat and foot in the Okavango Panhandle
- All transport between destinations and to/from included activities
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Itinerary
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Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
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Accommodations: Chobe Safari Lodge (or similar)
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Accommodations: Mopiri Camp (or similar)
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Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodations: Mopiri Camp (or similar)
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Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodations: Cresta Maun (or similar)
Fly to the frontier town of Maun for an evening of storytelling and traditional foods with celebrated local author Bonty Botumile. Born in Maun, Bonty’s work is dedicated to pr...
Meals: Breakfast
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