Botswana Untouched - 13 days
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- Marakele National Park - enjoy a sunset game drive in search of lions, elephants and the world's largest colony of Cape vultures
- Khama Rhino Sanctuary - visit this community-run sanctuary, which works to conserve endangered black and white rhinos
- Makgadikgadi Pans - wander through the impressive baobab groves and learn about the ecology of this spectacular salt pan
- Okavango Delta - cruise the waters of the Okavango aboard traditional mokoro canoes, keeping your eyes peeled for wildlife
- Moremi Game Reserve - spend a full day on safari in the reserve, which includes part of the Okavango Delta and is teeming with animals
- Chobe National Park - look out for some of the numerous elephants which inhabit the reserve whilst on a game drive in the park
- Chobe River - sail along the Chobe River in search of elephants, hippos and crocodiles, then watch a spectacular African sunset
- Victoria Falls - admire the thundering cascades and take the time to enjoy lots of optional excursions including helicopter rides and bungee jumping
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- 12 breakfasts, 9 lunches, 8 dinners
- 12 nights mid-range lodges andpermanent tented camps
- Airport arrival and departure transfer on day 1 and 13
- Transportation from Johannesburg to Maun and Kasane to Victoria Falls in a closed vehicle. Transportation from Maun to Kasane in a fully equipped open sided Land Cruiser or other appropriate vehicles
- Game drives in Marakele National Park, Khama Rhino Sanctuary, Khwai River Region, Chobe National Park and Moremi Game Reserve
- Chobe River Sunset Cruise
- Okavango Delta Mokoro Trip
- Entrance to Victoria Falls and Zambezi River Sunset Cruise
- All park entrance fees, government taxes and levies
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Welcome to South Africa. Included transfer from Johannesburg Airport to your pre tour accommodation where you can relax before tomorrow’s early departure. This evening you will meet your guide and the rest of the group for your pre-departure meeting at 18h00.
Johannesburg - Marakele National Park. An early morning departure from Johannesburg takes us via Pretoria, Thabazimbi and through the Limpopo Province to Marakele National Park in the heart of the Waterberg Mountains. All the large game species from Elephant and Rhino...
Marakele National Park - Khama Rhino Sanctuary. Our destination today is the Khama Rhino Sanctuary via the Martin’s Drift border post. The Khama Rhino Sanctuary Trust is a community based wildlife project, established in 1992 to assist in saving the vanishing white rh...
Khama Rhino Sanctuary - Makgadikgadi Pans. Today we travel towards the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park area of Botswana. After settling into our accommodation, we take a stroll with our guide through the surrounding baobab grove. He will explain the local ecology, geology and the unique biology of the baobabs, which are in fact not trees but the largest succulents in the world.
Makgadikgadi Pan - Maun. This morning we head off to Maun, the gateway to the Okavango Delta. En route we travel via Nxai Pan, a fossil lake that is part of the greater Makgadikgadi system. Covered in nutritious short grasses and small islands of acacia trees, Nxai Pa...
Maun - Greater Moremi. After breakfast we will be picked up by our local Botswana guides and take a short drive to the mokoro station. From here, we will float in these traditional dug-out canoes through the thick vegetation of the Okavango Delta discovering a variety...
We have the opportunity to spend the day on game drives. In our open 4x4 vehicle we will explore the western side of the Moremi Game Reserve on morning and afternoon game drives hopefully spotting a variety of game that frequent this region. Game viewing is seasonal; ...
Today we head back into the famous Moremi Game Reserve known as one of the most beautiful and varied reserves in Africa with an unprecedented concentration of wildlife. The full day is spent in the unspoiled nature of reserve which is home to a great diversity of plan...
Khwai River - Kasane. We have to get up early, as this will be the longest day of our safari with a full day ahead of us. We leave the camp in the Greater Moremi area and transit through the national parks of Moremi, Savuti and Chobe to Kasane, the gateway to the Chob...
We start the morning with an exciting game drive in the Chobe National Park, which along with many species of big game, boasts the largest concentration of elephant in Africa. We enjoy game viewing by boat on the Chobe River in the afternoon, watching elephants, hippo...
Kasane - Victoria Falls. Our journey takes us into Zimbabwe, home to one of the seven natural wonders of the world, the mighty Victoria Falls. In the afternoon we embark on a tour of the mighty Victoria Falls, known by the local Kololo tribe as Mosi oa Tunya- “the Smo...
Your journey ends today and you will be transferred to Victoria Falls Airport in time for your departing flight.
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18 and over.Overland Age Policy:To travel on one of our overland family departure safaris children need to be a minimum age of 6 for Southern Africa safaris (Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa) and a minimum of 8 years old for East Africa safaris (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia). If a safari includes both East and Southern Africa then the minimum age will be 8 years old. Please note that they will be travelling with the normal group. These are not separate family tours. For family dates look for the icon next to the tour date online. IMPORTANT: South Africa and Botswana regulations aimed at fighting child trafficking:'All parents travelling with children into or out of SA and/or Botswana may be asked to show the child’s unabridged (full) birth certificate, and where only one parent is accompanying, parental or legal consent for the child to travel (eg an affidavit from the other parent, a court order or – if applicable – a death certificate). You should travel with these documents in case you’re asked to provide them. There are other requirements for children travelling unaccompanied or with adults who are not their parents.' Tell pax to contact the South African High Commission, South African Department of Home Affairs and/or the Botswana High Commission for further information.
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