The Okavango to Chobe Safari

Okavango Delta

Day 1: To the Okavango Delta (Mokoro Excursions)   We will pick you up in Maun at 07h00 at a pre-arranged meeting point and head for the southern tip of the Okavango Delta–a landscape that is unique and an ever–changing web of crystal clear waterways. On arrival at the Mokoro Station you will meet with experienced mokoro polers.   Boarding your mokoro around 0800 hrs, you are silently poled along the Okavango Delta's quiet waterways to one of its many islands where you will set up camp for one (1) night. On your way expect to be rewarded with splendid sightings of a variety of bird life among the more than 400 species that occur in this watery wonderland.   You will set off on foot at this island as soon as the heat of the day relents, on your first guided safari walk within the Okavango Delta. Expect to encounter a fantastic variety of large game during these safari walks such as elephants, hippos, giraffes, zebras, etc.   Arrive back from your safari walk shortly before dark to a warm bucket shower and a hearty campfire cooked dinner.  

Moremi

Day 3: Moremi Exploration   Wake up this morning to a very early breakfast before heading into Moremi for your morning game drive.   In the mophane scrub, look out for large herds of African elephants while in the waterways you should look out for pods of hippopotami. On the open plains you should keep an eye on for large herds of the Cape buffalo.   You will also be looking out for the elusive African wild dogs, lions and the elusive leopard as well as the raptors such as the mighty Martial Eagle, Tawny Eagle, the majestic African Fish Eagle and that incredible aviator–the Bateleur and many others.   In the afternoon you will set off once again in your safari vehicle for more birding and game viewing. Return to camp just before sunset to have a shower and thereafter enjoy a campfire cooked dinner.   You have 2 nights at a wilderness campsite to marvel at this exceedingly diverse reserve that offers an untouched wildlife experience.  

Day 5: To Savuti   Today, following an early breakfast, you will go for your morning game drive and follow the Khwai River’s watercourse weaving from the riverside and floodplains into the mophane veld and woodlands that make Khwai one of the most scenic areas of the Okavango.   Eventually you will leave the Khwai Concession and travel northeastwards to Savuti for a two (2) night stay.   Savuti is known for its predators, both big cats (lion, leopard and cheetah) and birds of prey–raptors, vultures and all manner of birds of prey that soar over Savuti’ landscape in search of food.   Perhaps the strangest phenomenon of all about Savuti is the 100–kilometres Savuti Channel. At times it will stop flowing and remain dry for years at a stretch. When the Savuti Channel recommences its flow, it changes the entire ecosystem, transforming the Savuti Marsh and Mababe Depression into wetlands and thus creating an oasis that provides water for thirsty wildlife herds and acts as a magnet for a profusion of water birds.  

Chobe | Zambezi

Day 7: To Chobe   Wake up early morning for a light breakfast and shortly thereafter you leave, in a slow game drive around Savuti, and travel northeastwards to Chobe National Park for a one (1) night stay.   Your journey to Chobe will take you through the mophane scrub of the Goha clay basin, across some sand ridge country and through the Zambezi teak woodlands of the Chobe Forest Reserve. You will arrive at your campsite in the early afternoon.   The Chobe National Park covers approximately 11900 square kilometers and encompasses floodplains, swamps and woodland.   Chobe is one of the best places to see and photograph Roan and Sable Antelopes. Puku Antelope occurs nowhere else in southern Africa, but only on the Chobe floodplains. On the other hand the massive herds of African Buffalo that inhabit Chobe are constantly flanked by the ever–hungry lions of the Chobe.   Throughout your stay morning game drives as the sun rises and afternoon game drives will be the order of the day.