Porcupine Safari: Summary
Porcupine Safari in a nutshell
This comprehensive safari includes a selection of Botswana’s best game-viewing destinations. Featuring the Savute, Khwai and Okavanago regions, as well as the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, the trip encompasses a vast spectrum of ecosystems and wildlife, combining richly varied species with contrasting landscapes.
Savuti Safari Lodge in the heart of Chobe National Park, beside the famous Savuti Channel, just before it spills out across the Savuti Marshes. Historically this has been an amazing area for game: a wild area and a name to conjure with. The dry, harsh scenery here contrasts greatly with the lush vegetation of the Okavango’s Khwai and Kwara reserves, where guests then respectively stay at Machaba and Splash Camp. Both Khwai and Kwara consist of a patchwork of lagoons, shallow flood pans, plains and forests where the birdlife is plentiful, wild-dog sightings increasingly frequent and mokoro and boating activities are possible.
In a further contrast, the area around last stop is different again. In the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Tau Pan stands beside a large, open pan surrounded by vegetated dunes. Here you'll find a very different ecosystem, with some different carnivores considerably fewer visitors. Yet despite its severe climate, summer in this region provides some of the Kalahari’s best game viewing, when herds of plain’s game congregate on the pans in their thousands, attracting an equally impressive number of predators.
The trip’s contrast of habitats, combined with its variation of national parks and private reserves, makes for a thoroughly well-rounded safari: the opportunity for bush walks, day and night drives, off-roading and boating provide further immersion during an unforgettable experience.
At a glance
| Starts: | Maun Airport | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 nights | Savute Safari Lodge - Chobe National Park, Botswana | Full Board & Activities |
| 3 nights | Machaba Camp - Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana | Full Board & Activities |
| 3 nights | Splash Camp - Okavango Delta Safari Reserves, Botswana | Full Board & Activities |
| 3 nights | Tau Pan Camp - Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana | Full Board & Activities |
| Ends: | Maun Airport |
Savute Safari Lodge
Chobe National Park, Botswana
Machaba Camp
Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Splash Camp
Okavango Delta Safari Reserves, Botswana
Tau Pan Camp
Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana
Highlights
Our thoughts on five of the top experiences of this Porcupine Safari.
- Dine at eye level with elephants at Savuti Safari Lodge
- Identifying some of the 400 bird species in Khwai
- Get off the beaten track, with off-road driving at Machaba
- Enjoying utter seclusion in Central Kalahari
- Watch black-maned lions on the expansive plains of CKGR
Activities
Some activities which can be included in the Porcupine Safari: talk to us about those which interest you.
4WD Safari
Birdwatching
Boat trip
Cultural excursion
Fishing
Guided walking safari
Helicopter
Mokoro
Night drive
Sleeping under the stars
Key species to see on the Porcupine Safari
Based on our travellers' observations, we’ve estimated the likelihood of seeing these species during the Porcupine Safari. Click on the animals and our wildlife surveys page for more info.
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Let us help you customise your trip
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