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Bushbuck Safari

Discover three of Botswana’s best game-viewing regions with stays in the private Linyanti, Chitabe and Vumbura reserves. Intimate, smart camps offer a range of activities by which to discover these stunningly varied habitats.

Bushbuck Safari: Summary

Bushbuck Safari in a nutshell

This intimate safari includes stays within three of Botswana’s best game-viewing destinations, combining the game-rich Linyanti reserve with exploration of the Okavango Delta’s private Chitabe and Vumburu reserves.

Each of these small camps is impressively stylish, offering a considerable degree of comfort and luxury, as well as a superb standard of guiding and level of care throughout. Both DumaTau and Chitabe Lediba epitomise the definition of classic safari chic whilst the trip’s conclusive camp, Little Vumbura, provides an incomparably premier experience.

Guests will discover a stunningly diverse range of habitats throughout this safari, where boat trips and 4WD drives allow exploration of expansive dry floodplains, dappled riverine forests, winding waterways and deep-water lagoons.

Such a range of ecosystems leads to a similarly impressive variety of species, and endemic species and prolific big game allows for the potential of thrilling encounters: the areas are particularly good for wild dog sightings and the birdlife is consistently outstanding, both for the sheer magnitude and diversity of species.

Being situated on private reserves, each camp also offers a great range of activities through which to discover the surrounding regions: explore the bush during both day and night drives, guided bush walks, mokoro excursions and boat trips. Seasonal long-stay discounts add the finishing touch to this excellent-value safari.

At a glance

Starts: Maun Airport
3 nights DumaTau - Kwando-Linyanti area, Botswana Full Board & Activities
2 nights Chitabe Lediba - Okavango Delta Safari Reserves, Botswana Full Board & Activities
3 nights Little Vumbura - Okavango Delta Safari Reserves, Botswana Full Board & Activities
Ends: Maun Airport

DumaTau Camp

Days 1-4

Originally opened in 2000, Botswana's tented DumaTau Camp has been rebuilt and reinvested a number of times and is now a premier luxury camp sitting beside the Linyanti River, not far from the original camp. It overlooks a lagoon and expansive swamps within the extensive, private Linyanti Reserve, where wildlife safaris are possible year round.
We are in the process of updating this lodge page to reflect Duma Tau's latest upgrade.

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Chitabe Lediba

Days 4-6

Chitabe Lediba is situated on an elevated island within the private Chitabe Reserve, a fairly dry area towards the south of Botswana's Okavango Delta. Largely surrounded by the Moremi Game Reserve, it is generally regarded as good for game year-round – and the camp's focus is solely on drives rather than water activities.

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Little Vumbura

Days 6-9

Intimate, remote but eminently comfortable, Little Vumbura is built on a secluded island in the private Vumbura Reserve. The camp is surrounded by water, both permanent deep channels and seasonal shallower floodplains, with access to good tracts of dry open plains, woodland and riverine forests. It's an interesting reserve, with a particularly diverse set of environments within easy reach of the camp, and a high density of game.

Please note that in late 2024 this camp is expected to change locations, but we expect it to still offer the same fantastic wildlife opportunities.

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DumaTau Camp

DumaTau

Kwando-Linyanti area, Botswana

Chitabe Lediba

Chitabe Lediba

Okavango Delta Safari Reserves, Botswana

Little Vumbura

Little Vumbura

Okavango Delta Safari Reserves, Botswana

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Highlights

Our thoughts on five of the top experiences of this Bushbuck Safari.

  • Searching for predators in Chitabe's forests
  • Follow the calls of spotted hyenas on a night drive
  • Watch the reeds alive with birds on a sunset cruise
  • Discover the waterways of Little Vumbura by mokoro
  • Enjoy sundowners overlooking the Delta's lagoons

Activities

Some activities which can be included in the Bushbuck Safari: talk to us about those which interest you.

  • 4WD Safari

  • Birdwatching

  • Boat trip

  • Fishing

  • Guided walking safari

  • Helicopter

  • Mokoro

  • Night drive

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LITTLE VUMBURA in OKAVANGO DELTA

Key species to see on the Bushbuck Safari

Based on our travellers' observations, we’ve estimated the likelihood of seeing these species during the Bushbuck Safari. Click on the animals and our wildlife surveys page for more info.


Lion

100% chance

Elephant

100% chance

Giraffe

100% chance

Hippo

100% chance

Zebra

100% chance

Leopard

99% chance

Wildebeest

99% chance

Buffalo

98% chance

Spotted Hyena

92% chance

Wild dog

84% chance

Cheetah

80% chance

Sable antelope

71% chance

Roan antelope

14% chance

White Rhino

11% chance

Sitatunga

9% chance

Eland

5% chance

Pangolin

4% chance

Aardvark

0% chance

Black Rhino

0% chance

Brown Hyena

0% chance

Side-trips whilst on this safari

We may be able to build in some of these optional excursions from the Bushbuck Safari. Talk to us: they’re usually best arranged when you book.


Helicopter Flight - Botswana

Helicopter Flight - Botswana

Various: from 30 minutes to half a day.

Low-flying, agile and offering superb views, helicopters are an ideal way to move around the Okavango Delta.You can use them instead of fixed-wing inter-lodge transfers or as an addition to other wildlife watching activities, and of course, helicopters can hover to allow that perfect pic, whereas fixed-wings can’t.

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