10 Day Okavango Delta Victoria Falls Safari
On this safari a complete range of land and water activities combine to give you a fantastic and memorable safari experience. You will experience Botswana’s iconic wilderness destinations from every angle – mokoros(canoes), open–sided 4×4 safari vehicles and motor boats. You will explore the tranquil, crystal–clear waterways and papyrus–fringed channels of the Okavango Delta, Moremi Game Reserve, the game-rich Khwai Concession, Savuti, the illustrious Chobe River and the mighty Victoria Falls.
Getting there
- This tour starts in Maun, Botswana and ends in Victoria Falls Town, Zimbabwe
- Book your own international flights
- Fly to Maun Airport (MUB)
- Fly back from Victoria Falls Airport (VFA)
- A transfer from and back to the airport is included
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost
Day 1: Maun – Moremi Game Reserve
Today, we will pick you up in the morning (around 5:00 am – 5:30 am) and journey with you northwards to Moremi Game Reserve for a (2) night stay.
Moremi is situated in the central and eastern areas of the Okavango Delta and covers about a third of the total land area of the Okavango Delta. At about 3900–square kilometres Moremi as a reserve is unfenced. This allows for free movement of animals within the Delta according to their seasonal migrations. Moremi boasts of diverse ecosystems ranging from floodplains, lagoons, grasslands and riverine to mophane woodland. Thus, with such a wide variety of vegetation comes a diverse spectrum of wildlife.
You will enjoy your breakfast at Moremi’s south gate. This breakfast typically consists of coffee, tea, juice, cereals, rusks, fruits, etc.
Thereafter, you will enter into game drive mode and spend the day searching for the wide variety of wildlife and birds that this area is famous for before being taken to your camp to spend the night.
Day 2: Exploring Moremi Game Reserve
Today you will wake up to enjoy an early breakfast. Shortly after breakfast you will go for a morning game drive. On this safari drive you should therefore, look out for the large herds of African elephants in the Mophane scrub, keep an eye on for the elusive African wild dogs, lions, leopards, etc.
You might also encounter birds of prey on this safari drive such as the mighty Martial Eagle, Tawny Eagle, the majestic African Fish Eagle and that incredible aviator–the Bateleur and many others.
We will return to our camp around noon for lunch and a much needed rest. In the afternoon we will set off once again in our safari vehicle for more birding and game viewing.
Come back to our camp just after sunset to have a shower and thereafter enjoy a campfire cooked dinner. We have two (2) nights at a wilderness campsite to marvel at this exceedingly diverse reserve that offers an untouched wildlife experience.
Day 3: Moremi Game Reserve – Khwai Concession
Today, after breakfast you will take a slow game drive through Moremi Game Reserve- a game drive that provides farewell to the area’s magnificent landscapes and mammals.
Finally, you will head northeast towards the Khwai Concession for a two (2) night stay.
At about 1800–square kilometres large, the Khwai is situated in the northeastern Okavango next to Moremi. It is a wildlife–prolific and varied ecosystem dominated by a patchwork of lagoons, grasslands, permanent flood plains and large areas of Mopane woodland forests. Khwai has a marvelous selection of predators such as lion, leopard, wild dog, cheetah, serval, African wild cat, etc.
In the afternoon you will go for your game drive and possibly watch the sunset unfold over the Khwai River.
Day 4: Exploring the Khwai Concession
Today, after an early breakfast you will go for your usual morning game drive. Your journey will follow the Khwai River’s watercourse weaving from the riverside and floodplains into the mophane veld and woodlands that make Khwai one of the most scenic areas of the Okavango.
The Khwai area boasts an excellent population of African Elephant, both solitary bulls and breeding herds. The swampy areas are home to Red Lechwe. Other resident species includes the Southern Giraffe, bufallo, Burchell’s Zebra, Tsessebe, the Greater Kudu, Impalas and various other nocturnal species. Khwai is also one of Botswana’s birding Mecca’s. As such the raptors and water birds are particularly abundant and make for some great photography.
Mokoro Excursion
The highlight today is a mokoro excursion along the Khwai River-part of the Okavango Delta system. During this mokoro excursion you should have some great encounters with aquatic birds and several species of mammals.
Day 5: Khwai Concession – Savuti
You will rise very early this morning and greet the fresh African morning with coffee and some light breakfast. Thereafter, you will head out on your last safari drive in the Khwai Concession.
Eventually, you will leave the Khwai Concession and travel northeastwards to Savuti for a two (2) night stay.
Savuti is best known for its predators, both big cats (lion, leopard and cheetah) and birds of prey–raptors, vultures and all manner of birds of prey that soar over Savuti’s landscape in search of food. Perhaps the strangest phenomenon of all about Savuti is the 100 kilometres of Savuti Channel. At times, it will stop flowing and remain dry for years at a stretch. When the channel recommences its flow, it changes the entire ecosystem, transforming the Savuti Marsh and Mababe Depression into wetlands. This creates an oasis that provides water for thirsty wildlife herds and acts as a magnet for a profusion of water birds.
Day 6: Exploring Savuti
You wake up early in the morning to freshen up with some hot water in the face basin. This is followed by a light breakfast of some coffee, tea, rusks, cereals, bread, etc.
After breakfast, you’ll head out for your morning game drive to explore the Savuti and its marsh. The Savuti Marsh is a vast expanse of grasslands dotted with dead acacia trees, creating an intriguing, almost ghost-like landscape. You will return to camp at around midday for lunch and some siesta time.
Another point of interest in Savuti is the Bushman rock paintings, thought to be well over a thousand years old. These are paintings of giraffes, elephants and elands. If time permits, we will pay these rock paintings a visit.
In the afternoon, you’ll head out again for your afternoon game drive and return to camp just before sunset. Dinner will follow before you turn in for the night to rest or as you hold some discussions about events of the day around the campfire.
Day 7: Savuti – Chobe National Park
Wake up early morning for some breakfast. Shortly thereafter you leave in a slow game drive around Savuti, and travel northeastwards to Chobe National Park for a two (2) night stay and more game drives.
Tucked up in Botswana’s far northeastern border with Namibia, Chobe National Park is one of the great wildlife destinations of Africa. At approximately 11 900 square–kilometers Chobe is made up of rich ecosystems and pristine landscapes consisting of savanna plains, river, swamp and scrub.
With such varied environments and habitats, Chobe provides a magnificent array of wildlife. It is the ultimate haven for vast herds of elephant – as many as 120,000 of the animals depend on the Chobe River’s life–sustaining waterways when the dry season kicks in. Other resident game species are large herds of buffalo, zebra, wildebeest, the rare puku, roan and sable antelopes. These are normally trailed by the notoriously fearless lions of the Chobe, leopard and cheetah.
Day 8: Exploring Chobe National Park
You wake up early in the morning to freshen up with some hot water in the face basin. This is followed by a light breakfast of some coffee, tea, rusks, cereals, bread, etc. before heading into Chobe National Park for your morning game drive.
Chobe is one of the best places to see and photograph Roan and Sable Antelopes. Puku Antelope occurs nowhere else in southern Africa, but only on the Chobe floodplains. On the other hand the massive herds of African Buffalo that inhabit Chobe are constantly flanked by the ever–hungry lions of the Chobe.
You will return to your camp around noon for lunch. If desired, this is also the time to take a nap or to just sit and relax, or perhaps read a book and ready yourself for an afternoon safari drive.
Head out again into Chobe National Park in the late afternoon for your game drive and return to your camp just after sunset.
Day 9: Chobe National Park – Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
This morning you wake up very early and enjoy a cooked breakfast prepared by your chef before heading out of Chobe National Park in the form of a game drive.
Chobe River boat cruise
The highlight today is a boat cruise in the Chobe River. This boat cruise gives you the chance to experience the animals of Chobe from a different perspective and therefore, you might get up close and personal with hippos, crocodiles and a mind–boggling array of water birds.
Transfer to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
We will pick you up after your river cruise and transfer you across the border to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe where you will spend the last one (1) night of your safari vacation.
Note: The rest of the afternoon today is left for you to spend at leisure or to participate in some of the numerous activities (own cost) on offer in Victoria Falls.
Day 10: Departure
Today, well rested and feeling refreshed, you wake up to enjoy breakfast at your lodge in Victoria Falls.
Included
- Park fees(For non-residents)
- All activities(Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation(Unless listed as upgrade)
- Camping equipment
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation(Unless labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Meals(As specified in the day-by-day section)
- Drinks(As specified in the day-by-day section)
Excluded
- International flights(From/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Sleeping bag
- Bath towels
- Tips(Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
- Personal items(Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
