Best of Kalahari

1 day—a combination of Bushman culture and wild Kalahari

$3685-5015 USD

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Safari summary

HIGHLIGHTS: Nxai Pan National Park│ Makgadikgadi Pans National Park │ Central Kalahari Game Reserve│ bush walks │ The Bushman culture.

About this tour

	Tour type	Set-date, set-itinerary, group
	Main focus	Game drives
	Activity level	Easy activity
	Best months	January, February, March, April, November, December
	Countries	Botswana
	Parks	Central Kalahari Makgadikgadi Pans Nxai Pan

Itinerary

Day 1

Nxai Pan

Day 1 & 2 Maun – Nxai Pan – Makgadigadi National Park Your guide will meet you at the Maun International Airport or your hotel and transfer you to our base in Maun. After a briefing by your guide we head for the bush to Nxai Pan or Kumaga area, this depending on where the game is concentrated that specific time of year. There we put up camp for the next 2 nights. A visit to the famous Baines Baobabs is a feature of our program here. The early mornings and late afternoons are set aside for game viewing in the Park which is well known for its lion pride feeding around the waterholes.

Day 3

Central Kalahari

Day 3, 4 & 5 Central Kalahari Game Reserve We make an early start with coffee/tea and a healthy snack before boarding our game viewing vehicle to head off to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve following the Makgadigadi National Park’s border. Once inside the Park a game drive takes us to our camp for the night. Lunch is served during the day and dinner is around the campfire at our exclusive camp site. The days are spent game viewing in and around the renown Deception Valley area where we set up camp in the northern section of the Park. Relax at our exclusive wilderness camp during the afternoons.

Day 6

Central Kalahari

Day 6 & 7 Ghanzi area - Lodge We leave the Central Kalahari Game Reserve to the middle of Bushmen country deep into the Kalahari where we overnight in a lodge on a private game farm close to a San (Bushman) Village. We spend 2 nights in this area walking with the bushman into the Kalahari and getting to know the traditional survival skills for which the Bushman are famous. The area is authentic African Kalahari bush; expect encounters with game on our walks In the evenings, pre-dinner drinks are served and after dinner drinks are enjoyed around the camp fire.

Day 8

Day 8 After breakfast, we pack up and ease our way back to the main road and we head North. Arrival in Maun and transfer to the airport or your hotel in town. Please note: This day is also :