This is a great trip for the adventurous! You'll start with 2 nights in luxury in a beautiful area in the middle of the Okavango, at Kanana Camp; continue with 2 nights on the Kanana Mokoro Trail exploring the Delta by mokoro in the day and setting up camp at one of the islands at night; finally the last part of your trip is 3 nights at the specialist walking camp, Footsteps in the game-rich Shinde Reserve, where your activities will focus purely on walking safaris.

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.

Day 1

Starting from London Heathrow, your scheduled overnight flight takes you to Johannesburg.

Days 2-3 Okavango Delta Safari Reserves, Botswana

In Jo'burg you connect to a scheduled Air Botswana flight to Maun, where you are met and swiftly flown by light aircraft (about 35 minutes) to the Kanana Reserve, in the heart of the Okavango Delta. You usually arrive in time for a late lunch, and start your safari with 2 nights here. You'll stay at the very comfortable …

Kanana (full board & activities)

Days 4-5 Okavango Delta Safari Reserves, Botswana

After your morning activity, you will leave the camp at Kanana with your guide to board your mokoro (locally-made canoe), from where you'll glide into some of the more remote coroners of this lovely reserve. For 2 nights you'll stay in tiny, simple camps whilst you explore the surrounding wilderness by mokoro in the company of an armed, expert guide Each evening you'll find, on a secluded island, a rustic bush camp where friendly staff waits ready to welcome you with a refreshing cool drink –

Kanana Mokoro Trail (full board & activities)

Days 6-8 Okavango Delta Safari Reserves, Botswana

Arriving back at Kanana, you'll transfer to the airstrip for a short (20 minute) flight to the Shinde Reserve, on the east side of the Okavango Delta. This is a drier reserve and you will be based here for a further 3 nights to enjoy the interaction of walking safaris with a great guide, and to discover more of the excellent game and birdlife in the beautiful Okavango Delta. You'll be based at the simple, tented camp of –

Footsteps (full board & activities)

Day 9

After a short (typically 30 minutes) light aircraft flight back to Maun, you'll connect with your Air Botswana flight to Jo'burg, and subsequently to a scheduled overnight flight back to London Heathrow.

Day 10

Arrive back in London Heathrow, early in the morning - you've the whole day to get yourself home, and to reflect on your game-filled break in Botswana.

Cost of this trip
From	To	Cost
1-Mar-2010	16-Mar-2010	£3,163
17-Mar-2010	31-Mar-2010	£3,033
1-Apr-2010	31-May-2010	£3,221
1-Jun-2010	30-Jun-2010	£3,221
1-Jul-2010	31-Oct-2010	£3,642
Notes: • Note that the Kanana and Footsteps are both closed January–February; Kanana Mokoro Trail is closed from November to February. • Prices are per person sharing; ask us for details of any single supplements. • From 18 September to 31 October 2010 there's a flight supplement of £78 per person

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 new edition 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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