DAY 1 : ARRIVAL IN MAUN (-)
We welcome you at Maun Airport and take you to your accommodation where you unwind and prepare for your safari starting the next day
No meals included on this day. Accommodation included: good midrange accommodation in Maun, double / twin rooms (en-suite bathroom)
DAY 2: IN THE CHANNELS OF THE OKAVANGO DELTA
In the early morning we pick you at your hotel or lodge or the airport in Maun. The tour starts at 07:30h with a 1h speedboat cruise to the Buffalo Fence. Because of dry season or other circumstances we might drive you in a 4×4 vehicle. At the buffalo fence you meet your poler, who will take you on an unforgettable journey through the channels of the Okavango. Born and raised in the Okavango Delta, our polers and guides show you their home which they are very passionate and knowledgeable about. Our experienced polers take you on a journey deep in the water system. Enjoy the peace of the delta in a Mokoro, the traditional one tree-canoe. In camp on an island our team awaits you with lunch. After your meal you can freshen up before your guide takes you on an afternoon nature walk where we hope to see more animals and learn about the delta its plants, animals and the tribes living here. For dinner we return to camp. In the evening you sit around the campfire sharing the stories of the day.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner drinks included: water, juice, soft drinks Accommodation included: Camping: Our team sets up camp in the bush, wild camping, no fences. Twin tents with bush-bathroom and stretcher beds.
DAY 3: ON THE ISLANDS OF THE OKAVANGO DELTA
Spend the whole day deep inside the Okavango. Explore the channels by Mokoro (traditional DugOut Canoe) and go on guided bushwalks and gamewalks with an experienced guide on the islands of the Okavango Delta.
You are woken up with a warm “Dumela“ (setswana = Hello) and a light breakfast waiting for you. After coffee, tea and breakfast you go on your first game viewing activity (either a nature walk or a canoe excursion). When returning to camp you have the opportunity to shower. Afterwards you will be served brunch. In the afternoon you enjoy a second game viewing activity.
Enjoy delicious meals cooked over the bushfire by our experienced bush chef and share the experiences of the day in the evening sitting around the bushfire before falling asleep in your comfortable tent with the noises of animals and the bush around you.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner drinks included: water, juice, soft drinks Accommodation included: Camping: Our team sets up camp in the bush, wild camping, no fences. Twin tents with bush-bathroom and stretcher beds.
DAY 4: LEAVING THE OKAVANGO DELTA
Enjoy a last Dug-Out Canoe tour and a last bush walk before heading back to town. For lunch you will rest by the riverside. Before sunset you will be back in Maun.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, drinks included (up to afternoon): water, juice, soft drinks
Accommodation included: good midrange accommodation in Maun, double / twin rooms (en-suite bathroom)
DAY 5: INTO THE WILD OF MOREMI GAME RESERVE
In the early morning at we pick you at your hotel or lodge in Maun. You meet your highly trained and experienced guide that will take show you our beautiful wildlife and nature in the next days. In a 4×4 open-sided safari vehicle you drive to Moremi Game Reserve, where you will spend the day on game drives in the floodplains – seasonally or perennially wet, waterways, lagoons, pools, pans, grasslands and riparian, riverine and mopane forests. This terrain makes driving Moremi’s many loops and trails both delightful and, at times, totally inspiring. Both Black and White Rhino recently been re-introduced, now making the reserve a ‘Big Five’ destination. Inside the bush you enjoy a picnic lunch. Before the sun sets you arrive in your camp in where you enjoy a bush shower. After a delicious dinner you can sit around the campfire sharing your experiences of the day.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner drinks included: water, juice, soft drinks Accommodation included: Camping: Our team sets up camp in the bush, wild camping, no fences. Twin tents with bush-bathroom and stretcher beds.
DAY 6: WILDLIFE TRACKING IN MOREMI
An early morning wake up with a fast breakfast allows you to go on an early game drive as this is the time when the predators are on the hunt. After the game drive you return to camp where you have the chance to freshen up with a delightful bush shower. The team is already awaiting you with brunch so that you can go on your next game drive as soon as the hot midday sun is over and the animals come out of their hiding places again. Evening programme once again is dinner and story-telling around the campfire and the unforgettable experience of being during night deep inside the bush.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner drinks included: water, juice, soft drinks Accommodation included: Camping: Our team sets up camp in the bush, wild camping, no fences. Twin tents with bush-bathroom and stretcher beds.
DAY 7: FROM BUSH TO SAVANNAH
Today you are moving the camp from Moremi to Savute National Park. In the morning our team breaks down the camp while you have a light breakfast and then start your cross-park transfer.
Around lunch time you stop for a picknick meal and a short siesta in Khwai Concession before continuing the drive. You stop for animals on the way and enjoy the change of scenery from green bush to savanna.
In Savute our team puts up the camp and while we prepare a delicious dinner for you, you can have a shower and wash off the dust of the sandy roads. Sit around the campfire and listen to the bush while the sun sets.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner drinks included: water, juice, soft drinks Accommodation included: Camping: Our team sets up camp in the bush, wild camping, no fences. Twin tents with bush-bathroom and stretcher beds.
DAY 8: CLOSE UP WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS IN SAVUTE
An early morning wake up with a fast breakfast allows you to go on an early game drive as this is the time when the predators are on the hunt. After the game drive you return to camp where you have the chance to freshen up with a delightful bush shower. The team is already awaiting you with brunch so that you can go on your next game drive as soon as the hot midday sun has set and the animals come out of their hiding places again. Evening programme once again is dinner and story-telling around the campfire and the unforgettable experience of being during night deep inside the bush.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner drinks included: water, juice, soft drinks Accommodation included: Camping: Our team sets up camp in the bush, wild camping, no fences. Twin tents with bush-bathroom and stretcher beds.
DAY 9: SAVANNAH TO RIVERFRONT
Again you are woken up in the early morning with a warm “Dumela” so that after a fast coffee, tea and breakfast snack you can rush on an early morning game drive. Today we are moving to Chobe Riverfront with a lunch picknick in the bush on the way.
You arrive around lunchtime in Kasane with plenty of pictures and unforgettable memories. You will be accommodated in double/twin chalets at a lodge. After check in you have short time to refresh and then we take you on a 3hr boating safari in the Chobe River.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, drinks included (up to afternoon): water, juice, soft drinks
Accommodation included: midrange accommodation in Kasane/Chobe, double or twin chalets with en-suite bathrooms.
DAY 10: VICTORIA FALLS ZIMBABWE
After breakfast we transfer you to the Victoria Falls. The transfer takes about 1.5-2h if there is no delay at the border.
We take you on a guided walk through the Vicoria Falls Rainforest in Zimbabwe and in the evening you go on a sunset cruise in Zambezi River.
Any other activities can be organised on surcharge.
Meals included: breakfast
Accommodation included: good midrange accommodation in Victoria Falls, double / twin rooms with en-suite bathroom
DAY 11 : END OF TOUR – VICTORIA FALLS
End of Tour after breakfast in Zimbabwe
Meals included: breakfast
Botswana: Inclusions: 3 meals a day, drinking water, juice, soft drinks, tented accommodation, towels, activities, transfers, parkfees in Botswana
Exclusions: visas, international flights (to Maun/from Livinsgtone), accomodation in Livingstone after the tour, inssurances, gratuities, personal expenses (such as souvenirs), alcoholic drinks during camping, all drinks during lodging, 1x lunch, 4x dinner, parkfees in Victoria Falls
Accommodation: 6 nights: Camping in 2.5×2.5m² dome tents with twin stretcher beds, pillows and duvet blankets and private en-suite bush-bathroom with longdrop toilet and bucket shower 4 nights: double room with en-suite bathroom in the towns.
Optional extras:
Alcohol package 1 (beer& wine): USD 20 per person per camping day
Alcohol package 2 (beer, wine, spirits such as gin, rum, whiskey): USD 40 per person per day
COST: USD 2750 PER PERSON ( Min 8 pax)
For more information contact : res@rufaro.co.za
