With this itinerary you will be able to view the Victoria Falls, Chobe, Northern and
Southern Okavango Delta as well as the CentralKalahari (offering unique Bushman activities).
Day 1
Upon arrival at OR Tambo (Johannesburg) International Airport you will be met by an
Island-Safari.com representative who will hand your tickets to you and assist you with
check-in for your scheduled flight to Livingstone. Check-in time for International flights
is two hours prior to departure.
This 212 Resort Hotel is situated on the banks of The Zambezi with views towards the Falls
which are a short walk away. Part of the Sun International Group, renowned for their 'themed'
resorts, The Zambian Sun has the feel of a walled city; centuries old - despite the fact it
was only opened in 2001.
Rooms are low slung and airy overlooking onto a cool landscaped pool area, while the
restaurant and bar are focused around the central pool. The two-storey en-suite rooms have
private balconies that welcome the morning sun. Outside, the earth colors are soothing and
soft. Inside, the airy rooms are alive with ethnic reds, blues and oranges.
Amenities in the rooms include independent air-conditioning, satellite TV, fold-out couches,
safe and telephone. The central reception area houses a family-friendly, high quality buffet
restaurant, a pool bar and a lively alfresco grill and entertainment area.
The Zambezi Sun is a place where friends and family can relax and enjoy Africa's greatest
natural wonder in true African style. The Resort complex also features a Casino,
restaurants, and tourist shops and Business Centre for the Conference Delegates for whom
the Zambezi Sun and The Royal Livingstone Hotel are ideal destination.
2 x Overnights at the Zambezi Sun in a standard double room with private en-suite
facilities on a bed and breakfast basis.
http://www.island-safari.com/hotels/sun.htm
Day 2
Enjoy some of the many activities on offer. We can pre-book this for you or you can
book it upon arrival. Some activities like the Elephant Back Safaris and the Helicopter
flights is very popular and I would advise that we pre book this should these activities
be of interest to you.
http://www.victoria-falls-hotels.com/Victoria_Falls_Activities.asp
Day 3
You will be collected from the Zambezi Sun by your driver and transferred to Muchenje
Safari Lodge in Kasane. The transfer will take approximately two hours and will involve
customs and immigration formalities out of Zambia and into Botswana.
Situated on the Western side of The Chobe National Park, Muchenje Safari lodge offers
spectacular Game viewing away from the 'crowds' of kasane.
Privately owned and managed, this intimate Lodge accommodates a maximum of 20 Guests in
comfortable Chalets overlooking the Chobe floodplains. Each Chalet has its own en-suite
facilities with a shower, and mains electricity.
The Chobe National Park is renowned for its concentration of buffalo and elephant and
the late afternoon in particular, provides spectacular viewing.
Safari activities at Muchenje Safari Lodge include 4x4 Game Drives, Boat cruises along
the Chobe River enabling excellent Game and Bird viewing, Night Drives, and cultural visits
to local villages.
Muchenje Safari Lodge provides the most tranquil and hospitable atmosphere of all the
Chobe Lodges.
Facilities include a small swimming pool from which one can watch the wildlife grazing
along the Chobe River. A pleasant lounge and dining area and bar and a Camp fire around
which the tallest of stories are told over late evening drinks.
Muchenje Safari Lodge is our favourite Lodge in Chobe, and is in the medium price range.
3 x Overnights at Muchenje Safari Lodge in a standard double room with private en-suite
facilities inclusive of all meals, all local brand drinks, teas, coffees, snacks,
game-viewing and laundry.
You can read more about Muchenje Safari Lodge at:
http://www.island-safari.com/hotels/muchenje.htm
Day 6
This morning you will be transferred to Kasane Airport by your guide in time for your
scheduled light aircraft charter flight to Mapula.
Mapula Lodge is situated in the remote North Eastern area of the Okavango Delta, outside
the National Park. All the activities and adventure safaris at this Botswana safari lodge,
allow you to witness and experience the beauty of Africa.
Accommodation is in 10 well appointed luxury Chalets, each with en-suite facilities
(bath and shower) and each overlooking the lagoon in front of the Lodge. The attention
to detail and use of local craftsmanship in the construction of the Chalets is particularly
impressive and attractive.
Facilities in the Lodge include a small swimming pool and sun deck and a well stocked bar.
Game viewing is particularly good in this area. Hippos live in the lagoon opposite the
lodge, and the trees around the Lodge are home to a huge variety of birds.
Mapula Lodge is the first (and currently the only) Lodge in the Okavango owned by a
Batswanan named Modumo who runs the Guiding. A South African couple manages the
hospitality. This 'hands on' ownership and management makes Mapula Lodge one of the most
welcoming Lodges in the Okavango!
Being in a permanent water area, Mapula Lodge can offer year round water activities,
especially important during January - May when water levels in the Okavango can become
too low to allow the use of the traditional mokoro.
3 x Overnights at Mapula in a standard twin chalet with private en-suite facilities
inclusive of all meals, all local brand drinks, teas/coffees, snacks, game-viewing and
laundry.
You can read more about Mapula at:
http://www.okavango-delta-safaris.com/Mapula_Lodge_Okavango.asp
Day 9
A transfer today, to the airstrip in time for your scheduled light aircraft charter flight
to Delta Airstrip where you will be met by your guide and transferred by mokoro to the camp
for check-in.
This intimate and informal safari camp nestles on a small island close to the south-western
edge of Chief's Island, heart of the Okavango Delta - the vast oasis of the Kgalagadi
Desert, Botswana.
Accommodation is in spacious 'lethaka' (reed) chalets with en-suite facilities. The
amazing design of the Chalets is such that you enjoy the luxuries of a 'top rate' hotel,
but without affecting the environment; you will find you share your chalet with the trees
around which the chalets have been built rather than having been cut down during their
construction.
Delta Camp was voted the best Safari Lodge in Southern Africa by the prestigious South
African Getaway Magazine in its 2004 anniversary edition.
The Okavango Delta is a shifting web of crystal-clear channels, lagoons,sweeping
floodplains and palm-studded islands. Home to over 450 bird and 1,000 plant species,
crocodile, hippo, elephant, buffalo - in fact the full spectrum of African big-game and
several species of antelope that are amongst the world's rarest - the Okavango has earned
its reputation as one of the world's premier wilderness areas. Your chalet at Delta Camp
directly overlooks the waterways.
Delta Camp is on the banks of the Boro, one of the primary watercourses of the Okavango.
Excursions, by foot and mokoro - the tradional dug-out canoe - are conducted in the
renowned Moremi Game Reserve, with your own professional game-guide, a man of the swamps,
completely at one with his environment.
Dine in the elegant Dining Room overlooking the sweep of the Delta, or take a beautifully
prepared picnic onto one of the many nearby islands for a secluded and intimate experience.
This unusual Camp engenders in its staff and guests alike, an acute awareness of the
ecological sensitivity of this magnificent area.
Bio-degradable products have been sourced and are used, careful separation and treatment
of refuse ensures that nothing that is not fully bio-degradable stays on the island - light
aircraft remove cans, bottles and the like from the Okavango altogether.
The accent is on peace and tranquility (stalking game on foot provides all the excitement
one could wish for) and guests are actively encouraged to visit a local village, home to
our guides, and to interact, should they wish to, with the people there.
2 x Overnights at Delta Camp in a standard double chalet with private en-suite facilities
inclusive of all meals, all local brand drinks, teas/coffees, snacks, game-viewing and
laundry.
http://www.island-safari.com/hotels/deltacamp.htm
Day 11
You will be transferred to the airstrip in time for your scheduled light aircraft charter
flight to Deception Valley Lodge.
Discover an oasis in the Kalahari of Botswana not far from the famous Okavango Delta a
luxury safari lodge called Deception Valley Lodge. The best African - Kalahari
experience, with Bushman at hand, to share their knowledge, while you can relax in total
luxury at this unique safari lodge. Combining your visit of the Kalahari with the
well-known area of the Okavango Delta in the north and the famous Victoria Falls would
ensure that your safari to Africa would remain a treasured memory.
Interact with the Bushmen of the Kalahari on one of the Cultural walks with Bushmen
at Deception Valley Lodge. At Deception Valley Lodge you can experience the vastness
of the Kalahari while enjoying some of the most prolific bird life or do some star
gazing at night.
Comfort set in vibrant and rustic coloured interiors, Deception Valley Lodge
accommodates up to ten people on a sharing basis. The lodge is private and restful.
Attention has been given to every detail ensuring for a completely different experience,
in an arid Kalahari bush land stretching for miles. Each unit stands separately,
on stilts connected with the main lodge by wooden walkways.
6 of the 8 units consist of luxury twin bedded rooms with en-suite Victorian style
bathroom, an outside shower and a private spacious lounge. There are also 2
inter-leading rooms. For your convenience a hairdryer, shaving plugs and bathrobe is
standard.
All units are fitted with ceiling fans and mosquito nets.A private mini-bar will to
ensure your comfort during an afternoon siesta. After a night-cap, turn in for a
peaceful sleep nestled among the comfortable and safe surroundings of the lodge.
The main complex boasts a dining room, lounge and bar area decorated in warm Kalahari
colours making use of Bushmen and other African artifacts. From the deck you can view
activities at the nearby water hole. A curio shop and small library forms part of the
complex. The lodge has an ethnic African theme and was build to fit into the surrounding
bush without altering, damaging or detracting from its ambience and colour.
An inviting swimming pool situated close to the main complex, to enhance the enjoyment
of our guests, as well as a boma for night time meals, whilst gazing across a clear
night sky with its abundance of stars and listen to the enthralling night calls of the
wild completes the main complex area.
What makes Deception Valley Lodge unique is them rare opportunity to meet and explore
this remarkable environment with bushman Guides of the San peoples, one of the oldest
cultures in Africa. Experience a tour with real Bushmen. Exploring the bush on foot,
learning of the hunting and survival skills, the culture and crafts of these "little
yellow people" who over the centuries have adapted their lives to survive in the most
inhospitable environment of them all.
Other activities at Deception Valley Lodge include afternoon and night drives in custom
built game viewing vehicles with the chance to seethe rare Kalahari lion, cheetah,
leopard, giraffe, kudu and if lucky, the elusive brown hyena. The night drives in
particular will reveal a fascinating world of nocturnal species. Deception Valley is a
bird lover's paradise.
2 x Overnights at Deception Valley Lodge in a standard twin chalet with private en-suite
facilities inclusive of all meals, all local brand drinks, teas/coffees, snacks,
game-viewing and laundry.
You can read more about Deception Valley Lodge at:
http://www.kalahari-desert.com/Deception_valley_kalahari_desert.asp
Day 13
Your Safari finishes today with a scheduled light aircraft charter flight to Maun Airport
in time to connect with your Air Botswana flight to Johannesburg, scheduled to depart at
15:00 and arriving at 16:40.
** End of service **
Cost: from EUR 3341.00 per person sharing
Included in the cost:
Meet and greet at Johannesburg International (OR Tambo Airport)
Scheduled flight from Johannesburg to Livingstone
Road transfer from Livingstone Airport to the Zambezi Sun
Two overnights at the Zambezi Sun as per the itinerary
Road transfer from the Zambezi Sun to Muchenje Safari Lodge
Three overnights at Muchenje Safari Lodge as per the itinerary
Road transfer from Muchenje Safari Lodge to Kasane Airport
Scheduled light aircraft charter flight from Kasane Airport to Mapula
Three overnights at Mapula Lodge as per the itinerary
Scheduled light aircraft charter flight from Mapula to Delta Airstrip
Two overnights at Delta Camp as per the itinerary
Scheduled light aircraft charter flight from Delta Camp to Deception Valley Lodge
Two overnights at Deception Valley Lodge as per the itinerary
Scheduled light aircraft charter flight from Deception Valley Lodge to Maun Airport
Scheduled Air Botswana flight from Maun to Johannesburg
Not Included:
Visas
Gratuities
Items of personal nature
Travel and medical insurance
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