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| Viewing: Botswana, Namibia & Victoria Falls - 9 days |
Package ID: 1852 |
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| Botswana, Namibia & Victoria Falls - 9 days |
This focused ‘’Summer Season Spectacular’’, valid between 01 December 2008 and 31 March 2009, boasts
diverse habitats through the Kalahari Desert, Okavango Delta, Kwando River and the thundering Victoria Falls,
showcasing the highlights of this amazing
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DAYS 1, 2 & 3: KALAHARI PLAINS CAMP, CENTRAL KALAHARI GAME RESERVE
After arrival in Maun, you are met and assisted with your air transfer to the Kalahari Desert to our newest camp, Kalahari Plains. Kalahari Plains Camp is located in a new concession within the productive and diverse area of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR).
This tented camp, set to open on 01 December 2008, has 10 Meru-style tents (9 twin and 1 family) each with en-suite bathroom. Especially during the summer months the landscape here teems with a multitude of antelope species and large predators. This area is characterised by vast open grassy plains, seasonal pans, wooded acacia islands, prehistoric scrub-covered dunes and fossil riverbeds.During the summer months the northern part of the CKGR, where the camp is situated, offers some of the best wildlife viewing in Botswana. At this time of year these verdant flatlands are alive with aggregations of gemsbok, springbok and blue wildebeest. Predator concentrations are also high and sightings of the legendary black-maned Kalahari lions are complemented with some of the best cheetah viewing in Africa.
DAYS 4 & 5: JACANA OR XIGERA CAMP, OKAVANGO DELTAThe Okavango Delta represents the extreme contrast of a water-filled world in an otherwise arid desert: abundant water, sunlight and soil combine to form a paradise bursting with life. The difference between the Kalahari and the Okavango becomes amazingly clear even as we fly from the one to the other. Accommodation on this leg of the trip is at either Jacana or Xigera Camp, both of which are situated in the heart of the Okavango Delta’s myriad waterways.
This is the ultimate Delta experience, with serene waters flowing through innumerable channels around remote islands and a profusion of plant and animal life. The experience focuses on the permanently flooded inner Delta, the serene waterways and the islands of trees and bush.
Jacana Camp is situated just west of the Moremi Game Reserve and consists of 5 Merustyle tents nestled discreetly into lush vegetation on a seasonal island. Each tent is on a wooden deck overlooking the floodplains and has an en-suite bathroom with flush toilet and shower. The bathroom is enclosed but roofless allowing for showers by starlight. The camp has a plunge pool for cooling off from the midday sun. The main dining area is on an elevated wooden deck between two magnificent sycamore fig trees and surrounded by dense wild date palms. Downstairs, there is a cosy bar and lounge with an area for an open fire under the stars.
Xigera Camp (pronounced Keejera) is a private luxury tented camp situated in the Moremi Game Reserve and consists of consists of 10 luxuriously furnished tented rooms with en-suite facilities and outdoor shower. Each room is raised on a wooden deck offering superb views of the seasonal floodplain and lagoon. Meals are enjoyed under the thatch of the raised lounge, pub and dining area overlooking a permanently flowing channel. The wooden footbridge, a unique feature to Xigera, connects Xigera Island to the next one and is often used by hyaena and leopard moving between the islands allowing guests great viewing opportunities.
DAYS 6 & 7: LIANSHULU CAMP, KWANDO RIVER, MUDUMU NATIONAL PARK, NAMIBIAWe depart by aircraft to the Kwando airstrip from where we enjoy a boat ride on the magnificent Kwando River to scenic Lianshulu Lodge situated inside Namibia’s Mudumu National Park.Lianshulu Lodge accommodates guests in 9 twin rooms and 1 family room, each individually styled and tastefully furnished, with en-suite bathroom and secluded viewing deck. The camp is shaded by a fringe of dense riparian forest and overlooks the tranquil Kwando RIver. The airy thatched dining, lounge and bar areas open onto spacious, split-level wooden decks, affording sweeping views over the Lianshulu Lagoon. Breakfast, brunch and congenial dinners by candlelight are served on the deck.
Two indulgent fireplaces, scenic outlooks and a secluded swimming pool create idyllic places to relax in the natural surroundings.
DAY 8: TOKA LEYA CAMP, MOSI-OA-TUNYA NATIONAL PARK, LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIAAfter a light breakfast, we depart by road to Livingstone, Zambia. This interesting 5-hour drive takes us across the Caprivi Strip and into Zambia via the border town of Katima Mulilo in Namibia. After crossing into Zambia, we drive through beautiful teak forests and African villages, stopping to visit the old cathedral of Mwandi.
We arrive in the early afternoon at the new Toka Leya Camp, situated on the banks of the Zambezi River in the eastern sector of the Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park, some 12km up from the Victoria Falls. This is an area of spectacular scenic beauty: from the Falls themselves to the broad, picturesque course of the Zambezi River upstream, the rainforest adjacent and the stark jagged gorge downstream. The power and timelessness of nature’s forces are evident throughout.
DAY 9: VICTORIA FALLS, TRANSFER TO LIVINGSTONE AIRPORTThe grand finale is a guided tour of the Victoria Falls, one of the seven Natural Wonders of the World. Later, we transfer to Livingstone Airport and bid farewell to the adventure.
Package is valid from 1 December 2008 to 31 March 2009. Does NOT include 23 - 3 January 2009
Price subject to change without prior notice.
NO FLIGHTS TO BOTSWANA OR OUT OF LIVINGSTONE ARE INCLUDED.
Inter-camp transfers are included:
Seamlessly linked with Sefofane Botswana, our package begins in Maun and ends in Livingstone or begins in Livingstone and ends in Maun.
Road transfers link Livingstone airport to Toka Leya Camp.
Lianshulu Lodge is reached by an interesting boat transfer to or from the Okavango and a road transfer to or from Livingstone.
Brief Itinerary (also operates in reverse direction):Arrive Maun and fly to the game-rich Kalahari Plains Camp x 3 nights
Fly to Xigera Camp or Jacana Camp (or similar) x 2 nights
Fly to Kwando airstrip and boat cruise to Lianshulu Lodge x 2 nights
Road transfer to new Toka Leya Camp or The River Club x 1 night
Road transfer to Livingstone airport
All meals and local drinks are included in this package, as well as the above transfers by road and plane.
Taxes are not included and will be quoted on booking.
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