This excellent Botswana safari concentrates on two great game areas: the dry Kwando Reserve, and the much lusher Okavango Delta, where you will stay for a total of 9 nights in three top safari game camps: Nxabega Camp, Sandibe Safari Lodge, and Lagoon Camp. Although the bird-watching is first-rate in these reserves, the trip really focuses more on big game – in areas which have excellent populations of lion, leopard, cheetah and, especially, wild dog. The trip is an individual trip – not a group trip – so talk to us to tailor-make a similar holiday for you.

This Botswana safari can also easily be combined with a visit to Zambia to see the Victoria Falls. See our trips to Livingstone for examples of the add-on options, and the costs.

Day 1

A scheduled overnight flight takes you from London Heathrow to Johannesburg.

Days 2-4 Okavango Delta Safari Reserves, Botswana

Departing Johannesburg, a 2-hour scheduled Air Botswana flight takes you to Maun, where you transfer to a light aircraft flight to Pom Pom Airstrip. From the airstrip, it is about a 2-hour game drive transfer, with a stop en-route for a picnic lunch in the pretty Nxabega Reserve. You will be based for 3 nights at the lovely -

Nxabega Safari Camp (full board & activities)

Days 5-7 Okavango Delta Safari Reserves, Botswana

After your morning activity at Nxabega, you will board a small plane for a short hop to your next camp. The Sandibe Reserve includes a variety of landscapes where you will search for wildlife with your knowledgeable guide. We recommend that you also take a ride on the unique electrical boat which cruises silently along the Santantadibe River during your 3-night stay at –

Sandibe Safari Lodge (full board & activities)

Days 8-10 Kwando-Linyanti area, Botswana

From Sandibe, you take a light aircraft flight north to the Kwando Reserve. The open savannah, woodlands and shallow lagoons that make up this landscape are home to a wide variety of bird and wild life. It is a particularly good area for predators which you and your guide search out during your 3 night stay at –

Lagoon Camp (full board & activities)

Day 11

After a light aircraft flight back to Maun, you'll connect with your Air Botswana flight to Johannesburg, where you board a scheduled overnight flight back to the UK.

Day 12

Arrive back in London Heathrow, early in the morning. You've the whole day to get yourself home – and reflect on your super holiday to Botswana.

Cost of this trip
From	To	Cost
1-Jan-2012	29-Feb-2012	£3,714
1-Mar-2012	31-Mar-2012	£4,347
1-Apr-2012	31-May-2012	£4,639
1-Jun-2012	14-Jun-2012	£4,853
15-Jun-2012	20-Jun-2012	£4,852
21-Jun-2012	30-Jun-2012	£5,831
1-Jul-2012	31-Aug-2012	£7,087
1-Sep-2012	10-Oct-2012	£6,548
11-Oct-2012	15-Oct-2012	£6,668
16-Oct-2012	28-Oct-2012	£5,570
29-Oct-2012	31-Oct-2012	£5,450
1-Nov-2012	10-Nov-2012	£4,866
11-Nov-2012	30-Nov-2012	£4,147
1-Dec-2012	7-Dec-2012	£4,019
8-Dec-2012	13-Dec-2012	£4,139
Notes: The prices shown are per person sharing; call us for single person supplements. Flight upgrades to premium economy and business class seats for the intercontinental flights are usually possible; check with us for details.

This itinerary includes:

• Economy flights plus UK, South Africa and Botswana airport departure taxes.
  
• Your meals and laundry at all the camps
  
• All game activities – walks, drives (all in open 4WD vehicles) and boating
  
• All transfers in Africa
  
• Park fees at all the camps
  
• Most drinks whilst on safari (including all soft drinks, house wines and local beers & spirits)
  
• A complimentary copy of the Bradt Botswana safari guide

This itinerary excludes:

• Champagne, specially imported spirits, fine vintage wines and similarly exotic alcoholic drinks (for which all safari camps & hotels will charge extra)
  
• Tips and gratuities (which are optional)

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