African Safari Consultants

"Vintage Botswana dmAfrica Style"
(9 Days / 8 Nights)

This safari explores three contrasting areas in the Okavango and Linyanti and finishes with two nights in Victoria Falls. All accommodation, twice daily game activities at the camps, all inter camp transfers by air and the road transfer from Kasane to Victoria Falls are included.

All meals at the camps and breakfast in Victoria Falls are included. Please note this program must be operated in the order quoted.  If we change the camps around then the cost will change accordingly. Departures are daily.

DAY 1

On arrival in Maun, you are met by a company representative and assisted onto you light aircraft transfer to Xakanaxa Camp. (Pronounced Ka-Kan-A-Ka).

Set in the heart of the Moremi Wildlife Reserve which is rated as being one of the finest game-viewing areas in Africa, incorporating most of the Delta water and a vast selection of exotic wildlife.

Overnight Xakanaxa Camp in a twin bedded tent with en suite facilities on a full board basis

Xakanaxa is one of the few Okavango lodges which can offer comprehensive year-round boating trips as well as extensive nature drives into good game country.

To the north and west of the lodge are the permanent lagoons and waterways of the Okavango, and to the south and east are the dry woodlands.

The camp consists of 12  luxury, spacious safari tents with en-suite facilities. They are fully equipped and tastefully furnished.

DAY 2

Morning and afternoon safari activities which may include a boat cruise, mokoro excursion or game drive. Overnight Xakanaxa Camp in a twin bedded tent with en suite facilities on a full board basis

DAY 3

Early morning transfer by boat to Kwara Camp.
Afternoon safari activity. Overnight Kwara Camp in a twin bedded tent with en suite facilities on a full board basis

Kwara Camp is located in the remote northern part of the stunning Okavango Delta within the private Kwara concession. The camp fronts onto a huge floodplain, adjacent to the permanent water of the Delta and is backed by extensive bush. It is a magnificent wilderness area in excess of 1,700 square kilometers, bordering the Moremi Reserve.
Here our guests can enjoy a diverse wildlife experience all year-round, but the focus is definitely on the water. Whether gliding along in the special silence of a mokoro dug out canoe through crystal-clear waters or visiting the famous Godikwe lagoon, where you can stand on a boat literally eye to eye with thousands of herons, storks and other nesting birds.

The birds of the Delta are both colorful and melodious and the guides will reveal them to you from close range. Godikwe Lagoon is one of the largest bird breeding colonies in Botswana. From September to December thousands of birds and their young may be viewed in their nesting grounds from Kwara's double decker pontoon boat. Fishing for bream, catfish and pike is excellent!

The staff at Kwara Camp subscribe to Kwando Safaris' core values of delivering a personal service in an intimate camp within a stunning private concession area offering a host of activities.

DAY 4

Morning and afternoon safari activities which are exploring the channels of the Okavango Delta by boat or mokoro, walking with a professional guide, birding and game drives by vehicle.

Overnight Kwara Camp in a twin bedded tent with en suite facilities on a full board basis

 

DAY 5 

Transfer by light aircraft to Kwando Lagoon or Kwando Lebala Camp. Afternoon safari activity.
Overnight Kwando Lebala OR Kwando Lagoon in a twin bedded tent with en suite facilities on a full board basis.

Open grasslands scattered with Illala Palms stretch to the south and west of Lebala. The perennial and southerly flowing Kwando river disappears into the vast marshes before emerging as the Linyanti river, flowing in a north easterly direction. The triangle formed in Namibia by this direction change is home to the Mamili National Park.

Excellent general game abounds on the broad plains creating spectacular scenery, adorned with herds of plains game and the ever-attendant predators. Lebala offers regular and reliable sightings of elephant, lion, wild dog, leopard, cheetah, giraffe, zebra, tsessebe, kudu, lechwe, impala, wildebeest and waterbuck in stunning settings.

Lebala is famous for elephant sightings as is neighbouring Lagoon camp 2 hours drive north.  In fact the Kwando concession is home to more elephant than the entire country of South Africa.

DAY 6
 
Morning and afternoon safari activities which are game drives, walking and boating at Kwando Lagoon. Overnight Kwando Lebala or Kwando Lagoon in a twin bedded tent with en suite facilities on a full board basis

DAY 7

Transfer by light aircraft to Kasane Airport. Met on arrival and transfer by road to Victoria Falls.

DAY 8

Day at leisure. Overnight ILALA LODGE in a standard twin bedded room on a bed and breakfast basis.

DAY 9

Transfer by road from Ilala Lodge to Victoria Falls Airport for onward arrangements.

2008 COSTS

 October 2007 until end May + November 2008
 USD 5160 per person sharing
 USD 1200 single supplement

 June to end October, 2008
 USD 7020 per person sharing
 USD 2280 single supplement

INCLUDES:

• Meet and greet upon arrival in Maun
• Twin or single accommodation
• Scheduled air transfer Maun to Xakanaxa // Kwara to Kwando Lebala or Lagoon //Kwando Lagoon or Lebala to Kasane
• Scheduled boat transfer Xakanaxa to Kwara
• Meal Basis Full Board
• Laundry, local brand drinks at Xakanaxa / Kwara / Lebala or Lagoon Camps (premium brand drinks for own account)
• Two safari activities per day
• National park entrance fees
• Domestic airport departure tax
• Emergency medical evacuation insurance

EXCLUDES:

• All items of a personal nature
• Gratuities and porterage
• Premium brand drinks
• Visa fees if required
• Scheduled flights and international airport departure taxes to Maun on Day 01 and from Victoria Falls on Day 07 or 09
• OPTIONAL SERVICES : Scheduled road transfer from Kasane Airport to Ilala or Victoria Falls Airport which is quoted as an extra


VICTORIA FALLS - INCLUDES:

• Twin or single accommodation
• Meal Basis Breakfast
• Scheduled road transfer Ilala Lodge to Victoria Falls Airport

EXCLUDES:

• All items of a personal nature
• Porterage and gratuities
• Additional meals as quoted as an extra PER dinner
• Sightseeing and optional activities
• Visa fees if required

African Safari Consultants
1042 Willow Creek Road # A101 - 240
Prescott, AZ 86301

  

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