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Right: Our mobile camping safari brings you incredible wildlife
experiences that you just won’t get on a lodge safari. PHOTO: MIKE WILKES
“UNDER CANVAS” IN MOREMI, OKAVANGO, & CHOBE, AND VISIT VICTORIA FALLS
“Truly the trip of a
lifetime. We saw so much
wildlife, up front and
personal—way beyond
our imagination.”
Ronnie G.
Las Vegas NV
QUESTIONS? 1.800.368.2794 OR EMAIL 28
Experience the untamed beauty of Botswana as few travelers ever
do—on an authentic mobile camping safari, far away from the lodges
and deep in the wildlife-rich habitats of Moremi Game Reserve,
Okavango Delta, and Chobe National Park. Our
mobile camps are set in perfect locations to give
you the best access to the wildlife—and in complete
comfort. Game drives bring you right into the action,
and by night, you’ll sleep in a comfy bed in your tent
with a private bathroom and shower, and drift asleep
to the sounds of the African night. Exploration by
4WD vehicle, private canoe and riverboat journeys,
and our combination of camps and lodges make this
a varied and active adventure, and our grand finale is
Victoria Falls. It’s pure safari magic!
Days 1-3 Maun / Moremi Game Reserve / Private
Mobile Camp Our scenic private charter flight whisks
us into the stunning Moremi Game Reserve, which
protects almost a third of the islands and lagoons that
make up the vast Okavango Delta. We head right out
to explore by 4WD vehicle and by boat, searching for
game such as tsessebe and Burchell’s zebra and tracking
predators including wild dog and cheetah. Moremi is
also an ornithologist’s delight, home to almost every
species of central-southern African bird. Our remote
mobile camp is set up for us at Xakanaxa in a beautiful
setting of secret pools, tall forest, and open grassland.
The camp is very comfortable (you’ll even have your
own tent steward!), and we are sometimes joined here
by hippo that come out at night to feed on the grass
near our tents. It’s not uncommon for grazing elephant
to pass through camp—you won’t see that at a lodge!
Days 4-5 Okavango Delta / Xugana Lodge A river
journey brings us to the remote western corner of the
Okavango Delta, where we stay at welcoming Xugana
Lodge, with its reed-and-thatch chalets overlooking a
tranquil lagoon. The lodge is the perfect place for exploring
on foot and by motorboat and mokoro (a dugout canoe
navigated by a skilled guide). During our excursions, we
should see bushbuck, a plethora of birds, the shy sitatunga
and semi-aquatic lechwe antelope, and perhaps even
buffalo and elephant. As we glide the water lily–filled
waterways aboard our mokoro, we enjoy the calm solitude
of this quintessential Delta setting.
Days 6-11 Chobe National Park / Private Mobile
Camp / Victoria Falls Our spectacular private flight
across the Okavango Delta sets us down in Chobe
National Park, a legendary elephant refuge and also
one of the best places to find lion, leopard, and other
predators and their prey—large herds of giraffe,
kudu, vervet monkey, and baboon. This park is truly
one of the greatest wildlife destinations on the
continent. At night, the park comes to life with
animal sounds—the “whooping” calls of wild dog, the
rumbles of elephant, and even the cackling cries of
hyena. Our mobile camps in Chobe are in the Savuti
and Serondella areas. From our Serondella camp, we
enjoy a memorable private cruise on the Chobe River
to see and photograph the big herds of tuskers who
amble down to the river at sunset. Our safari ends at
stunning Victoria Falls, where we can marvel at the
spectacle of the mile-wide Zambezi River’s thundering
cascade. Depart on Day 11.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Thrilling game tracking by 4WD vehicle in
the savannas and woodlands of Moremi,
Okavango, and Chobe
• Private boat excursions and game
viewing in the Okavango Delta, an
amazing miracle of water in an otherwise
arid landscape
• Comfortable mobile camps, including
en suite bathrooms with hot showers!
• Grand finale at Victoria Falls, one of the
natural wonders of the world
DETAILS
• 11-day trip begins in Maun, Botswana, and
ends in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
• 7 nights private camps, 3 nights hotels
and game lodges
• All meals included except 1 lunch
DATES
Apr 15-28, 2018 Kalahari Explorer
May 20-30, 2018
Jun 10-20
Jun 24-Jul 7, 2018 Okavango Explorer
Jul 15-25
Jul 29-Aug 11 Okavango Explorer
Aug 19-29
Sep 2-12
Sep 23-Oct 3
TRIP COST
$7595 (8-10 members)
$7995 (4-7 members)
Single supplement: $995
Internal airfare: $580 (subject to change)
Park fees: $270
Kalahari Explorer from: $8695
Okavango Explorer from: $8895
Cape Town extension: from $1195
TRIP LEVEL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Game viewing by 4WD vehicle, boat, and
mokoro (canoe)
JIM VARLEY
P. WEGNER