This Botswana safari visits two completely contrasting areas over 7 nights. Start with the only permanent camp within the Nxai Pan National Park before heading to the Kwara Reserve in the Okavango Delta. Both Kwara CampNxai Pan Camp use expert trackers as well as knowledgeable guides on their activities, and this itinerary has the potential to yield some particularly great summer game-viewing opportunities. Nxai Pan Camp is also well situated to visit the renowned Baines Baobabs.

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

The trip is an individual trip, and can be tailor-made and adapted to suit you.

Day 1

Begin with a convenient overnight flight from London Heathrow to Johannesburg.

Days 2-4 Kalahari's Salt Pans, Botswana

After a relatively short transit period in Jo'burg it's only a 2-hour flight with Air Botswana to Maun. Your safari starts when you board a light aircraft for 3 nights at Nxai Pan Camp, still the only permanent camp within the Nxai Pan National Park. In addition to game drives, the camp is well situated to visit the renowned Baines Baobabs and on a clear night the desert skies are a feast for star gazers. Click below for more details of the camp –

Nxai Pan Camp (full board & activities)

Days 5-8 Okavango Delta Safari Reserves, Botswana

You will be transferred back to Maun by light aircraft, to connect with a scenic flight transfer to the northern reaches of the delta. Here you'll find superb wildlife viewing through dry open areas surrounded by floodplains. A network of lagoons and deep water channels also offer the chance to explore by boat, its particularly worth visiting the nearby Gcodikwe Lagoon where the heronry is a real spectacle from Sept to Jan, during your 4-night stay at –

Kwara Camp (full board & activities)

Day 9

Leaving the lush delta behind you, you take a light aircraft transfer back to Maun. A 2-hour scheduled Air Botswana flight takes you to Johannesburg where you connect onto a scheduled overnight flight back to Heathrow.

Day 10

You'll arrive early at London Heathrow giving you plenty of time to travel home, hopefully with plenty of memories from a superb Botswana holiday.

Cost of this trip
From	To	Cost
1-Jan-2012	31-Mar-2012	£3,206
1-Apr-2012	30-Jun-2012	£3,517
1-Jul-2012	10-Oct-2012	£4,175
11-Oct-2012	28-Oct-2012	£4,295
29-Oct-2012	31-Oct-2012	£4,175
1-Nov-2012	30-Nov-2012	£3,517
1-Dec-2012	7-Dec-2012	£3,342
8-Dec-2012	13-Dec-2012	£3,462
Notes: This trip is good value throughout the year. However, by Botswana's relatively costly standards, it's spectacularly good value during the green season, in the first few months of the year. Prices are per person sharing; ask us for details of any single 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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