An excellent value, comfortable, fully serviced, mobile camping experience, and a perfect introduction to Botswana's great central parks - Kalahari Game Reserve, Moremi and Chobe. This is a classic Botswana experience and one that we highly recommend. It is also a great summer expereince
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This is perfect for a group of friends or family - private departures can be booked in advance!
Minimum age is 12 for safety reasons.

In brief

4 Nights camping in Deception Valley (Central Kalahari Game Reserve)
1 Night Lodge / Chalet Accommodation in Maun en-route to Khwai
3 Nights camping in the Khwai Community Area bordering Moremi Game Reserve
2 Nights camping in Savute, Chobe National Park

Day 1, 2, 3, 4 - Central Kalahari Game Reserve

Upon arrival into Maun Airport, you will be met and transferred to Deception Valley by your guide. The drive into CKGR will take approx 5-6 hrs. Enjoy a picnic lunch en-route.

Central Kalahari Game Reserve is an extensive national park in the Kalahari desert of Botswana. Established in 1961 it covers an area of 52,800 km² (about twice the size of Massachusetts, and 1/11 of Botswana's total land area) making it the second largest game reserve in the world.

The park contains wildlife such as giraffe, brown hyena, warthog, cheetah, wild dog, leopard, lion, blue wildebeest, eland, gemsbok, kudu and red hartebeest. The land is mostly flat, and gently undulating covered with bush and grasses covering the sand dunes, and areas of larger trees. Many of the river valleys are fossilized with salt pans. Four fossilized rivers meander through the reserve including Deception Valley which began to form around 16,000 years ago.

The Bushmen, or San, have inhabited the lands for thousands of years since they roamed the area as nomadic hunters.

Days 5 - Maun

After breakfast and a short morning game drive we pack camp and return to Maun by road where a picnic lunch will be enjoyed en-route to Maun. You will arrive in Maun in the afternoon where you can enjoy dinner and a night in Maun before continuing your adventure the following morning.

Days 6, 7, 8 - Khwai River Community

Following an early breakfast we leave Maun and journey to Khwai, stopping for a picnic lunch en-route. The Khwai River forms a boundary between the reserve and the community area. We spend the next three nights camping at a campsite in the community area, exploring the Khwai floodplains on game drives both during the day and at night. You will also enjoy a 2.5 hour mekoro trip. Exploring after dark with spotlights offers you an opportunity to experience some of the nocturnal animals that are rarely encountered during the day. It is important to note that night drives are not permitted within the national parks and reserves. These activities are conducted outside the boundaries of the Moremi Game Reserve in the Khwai community area.

Day 9, 10 - Savute

We head further north en-route to Chobe National Park, where we spend the last two nights camping in a wilderness campsite in the Savute region, exploring the desert-like landscape of game drives. Never has there been a better time to visit Savute than now! The water from the Savute Channel reached the marsh for the first time in 30 years in 2010 winding its way from the North. Savute has for the last 30 years been an extremely dry area and lately its claim to fame has been lions killing elephants and they come for the few drops of water that remain in the waterholes. The dynamics have all changed with the arrival of the water Éwho knows what will happen. Savute is characterised by the Savute Marsh, the Savute Channel and the Hills. During morning and late afternoon drives our guides will alternate between these areas. Anything can happen on the Savute Marsh and itÕs best to get there early in the morning. A dominant feature of Savute is the Hills, one of which has a few perfectly preserved bushmen paintings which are easily accessible. Savute has a very healthy population of leopard who live on these hills and the best time to see them is either first or last light as they leave their stony refuge to hunt in the surrounding bush.

Day 11 - Depart

Your tour ends in Kasane, where you can either fly out to South Africa or continue onwards to Vic Falls, Zimbabwe or Zambia.