8 Day Wilderness & Desert Trail: Okavango & Kalahari - Wild Camping Safari

You arrive in Maun, Botswana, a typical African village, the oasis in the Kalahari Desert and the touristic centre for safaris in southern Africa. At the airport you are warmly welcomed by the Kalahari Breeze Safaris-Team. Explore the town and take in all the impressions.

Accommodation: midrange lodge: double/twin chalet or room

Meals: excluded

Drinks: excluded

In the early morning we pick you at your hotel or lodge or the airport in Maun. The tour starts at 07:30h with a 1h speedboat cruise to the Buffalo Fence. Because of dryseason or other circumstances we might drive you in a 4x4 vehicle. At the buffalo fence you meet your poler, who will take you on an unforgettable journey through the channels of the Okavango. Born and raised in the Okavango Delta, our polers and guides show you their home which they are very pationate and knowledgable about. Our experienced polers take you on a journey deep in the watersystem. Enjoy the peace of the delta in a Mokoro, the traditional onetree-canoe. In camp on an island our team awaits you with lunch. After your meal you can freshen up before your guide takes you on an afternoon nature walk where we hope to see more animals and learn about the delta its plants, animals and the tribes living here. For dinner we return to camp. In the evening you sit around the campfire sharing the stories of the day.
Accommodation: camping (stretcher bed, duvet and pillow)

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner

Drinks: water, fruit juice, sodas (alcohol can be prebooked on surcharge)

Spend the whole day deep inside the Okavango. Explore the channels by Mokoro (traditional DugOut Canoe) and go on guided bushwalks and gamewalks with an experienced guide on the islands of the Okavango Delta.

You are woken up with a warm “Dumela“ (setswana = Hello) and a light breakfast waiting for you. After coffee, tea and breakfast you go on your first game viewing activity (either a nature walk or a canoe excursion). When returning to camp you have the opportunity to shower. Afterwards you will be served brunch. In the afternoon you enjoy a second game viewing activity.

Enjoy delicious meals cooked over the bushfire by our experienced bush chef and share the experiences of the day in the evening sitting around the bushfire before falling asleep in your comfortable tent with the noises of animals and the bush around you.

Accommodation: camping (stretcher bed, duvet and pillow)

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner

Drinks: water, fruit juice, sodas (alcohol can be prebooked on surcharge)

Enjoy a last DugOut Canoe tour and a last bush walk before heading back to town. For lunch you will rest by the riverside. Before sunset you will be back in Maun. This is the best way of exploring the Okavango Delta!

Accommodation: midrage lodge: double/twin room

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner

Drinks during camping: water, fruit juice, sodas (alcohol can be prebooked on surcharge)

Drinks during dinner: excluded

In the early morning we pick you at your accommodation in Maun or Ghanzi or Gweta and in a 4x4 safari vehicle we head to CKGR where the camp is set up in the Deception Valley. During and shortly after good summer rains (September to January), the flat grasslands of the reserve’s northern reaches teem with wildlife, which gather at the best grazing areas. These include springbok and gemsbok, as well as wildebeest, hartebeest, eland and giraffe.

At other times of the year, when the animals are more sparsely distributed, the experience of travelling through truly untouched wilderness, of seemingly unending dimensions, is amazing.

Upon arrival in the Kalahari you start your gameviewing on your transfer game drive with a picnic lunch in the bush. Enjoy the sunset within the Deception Valley. Upon arrival to the camp, you enjoy a hot camp shower before dinner. Afterwards you can relax around the campfire.

Accommodation: camping (stretcher bed, duvet and pillow)

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner

Drinks: water, fruit juice, sodas (alcohol can be prebooked on surcharge)

Rise and shine and say hello to a fresh morning over coffee/tea and rusks for an early morning game drive to Sunday Pan waterhole, and have brunch at Passage Valley. Under the dense umbrella thorn Acacia tortillis thickets cheetah and lion rest up in the mid-day heat.

CKGR boasts an amazing variety of birds, believe: Secretary bird, Kori Bustard and Ostrich are the most prominent of the species to be spotted, with good chances of seeing Lapped-faced Vulture and White-backed Vulture too.

We will continue to explore this amazing landscape in search of its beauties. Our final leg of the morning drive will take us back through Leopard Pan to arrive at camp for lunch and enjoy an afternoon siesta.

After a well deserved rest we will depart for an evening game drive to Deception Pan where we will enjoy a great sunset. Once the sun goes down we will head back to camp.

Accommodation: camping (stretcher bed, duvet and pillow)

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner

Drinks: water, fruit juice, sodas (alcohol can be prebooked on surcharge)

Rise and shine and say hello to a fresh early morning over coffee/tea and light breakfast! We will head out for a game drive at the crack of dawn with the hopes of spotting cheetah, a resident pride of lion or several leopards whose territories include parts of the pan.

We maximize on the last game drive in the Kalahari on the way back to civilization and have a last picnic lunch in the bush before heading back to Maun.

The reserve might have little farewell surprises as we drive back “home” so keep those cameras ready to capture the last memories of the Kalahari. We will enjoy the drive as we continue our learning about this reserve and its beauties, mostly very unique.

We anticipate to arrive in Maun mid afternoon, depending on what we spot along the way.

Accommodation: lodge: double/twin room

Meals: breakfast, lunch

Drinks during camping: water, fruit juice, sodas (alcohol can be prebooked on surcharge)

Drinks during dinner: excluded

After breakfast we transfer you to the airport in Maun for your departure flight back home.

Accommodation: excluded

Meals: breakfast

Drinks: excluded