Clients will be welcomed at the OR Tambo International Airport by Andre van Vuuren qualified tour guide.

Clients will be transported to a guesthouse for accommodation.

(Accommodation, Breakfast not included in package)

Leave Pretoria early morning and drive on the N1 to Mokopane and then follow the N11 to Martin's Drift Border Post.  About 100km from the borderyou turn off towards Palapye.

At Palapye you turn towards Serowe where you turn right towards Letlhakane for about 25km to your first overnight stop at Khama Rhino Sanctuary.  Serowe, one of the largest traditional villages in Africa, is the birthplace of Botswana's first president, the late Sir Seretse Khama.  Covering approximately 4 300 hectares of Kalahari Sandveld, the sanctuary is centred around Serowe Pan - a large grass-covered depression with several natural water holes.

To date, 14 white rhinos and 2 black rhinos have been translocated into the sanctuary.

In February 1993, four rhinos were translocated from Northern Botswana. Other mammals include:  zebra, blue wildebeest, giraffe, eland, springbok, impala, gemsbok, kudu, steenbok, duiker, red hartebeest, waterbuck, warthog, leopard, ostrich, african wild cat, caracal, small spotted genet, black-backed jackal, bat-eared fox, brown hyena.  Over 230 bird species have also been identified here including abdim's stork and bearded woodpecker.

We will camp here for one night only.

(Camping, game drive, dinner and breakfast included in package)

Day 2

Early the next morning, we leave via Letlhakane and Orapa for Maun, situated at the gateway to the Okavango Delta.  Maun is the tourism capital of Botswana and the administrative centre of Ngamiland.  It is also the headquarters of countless safari and air-charter operations whose signs and offices dot almost every intersection, particularly towards the airport.  

Since the town's establishment in 1915 as the tribal capital of the Batawana people, Maun has had a rough and ready reputation as a hard-living "wild west" town, servicing the local cattle ranching and hunting operations.  But with the growth of the tourism industry and the completion of the tar road from  NATA in the early 1990's, Maun has developed rapidly, losing much of its old frontier town character.  It is now home to over 30 000 people.

Here you will overnight at the ISLAND SAFARI LODGE, situated along the banks of the Thamalakane River in Maun, the gateway to the Okavango Delta.

Here we will camp for one night only.  

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We will stay over at NGEPI CAMP for the next 2 days, our Okavango Swamp destination, built on an island in the northern reaches of the Okavango Delta - panhandle in the Caprivi Strip Namibia, offers private and overland campsites with all facilities & stunning en suite tree-houses where your feet are "in" nature - on the river.  Activities like the unique "floating swimming" pool in the river, mokoro safari's, boat cruises, fishing, bird/village walks, game drives, bushman art trip, visits to Popa Falls, lawn & shade awaits you.

We will stay here for 3 nights

(camping, sunset game drive, dinner and breakfast included in package)

Day 6 

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After a cup of coffee, we will depart for the small town of Bagani, fill up the vehicle and start our long drive through the Caprivi Strip to Katima Mulilo.  A total distance of 372km.  At Katima we will stock our food supplies and drinks (no bar facilities at lodge).  From here we will drive a few kilo's to the Zambia border and our next stopover at SAKAZIMA ISLAND LODGE.

To enter Zambia is a very time consuming process and we need to pay for things like: "3rd party insurance, carbon tax, and district council fees".  At the border post everything goes very slow and you will experience Africa at its best. Then the last 25km to Sakazima.(meaning: "fire on the water" - this you will understand better when standing on the deck at the lodge with a drink with sunset).

On the shore of the Zambezi we will unload everything from the vehicle that needs to go with us to the lodge, load everything on the ferry and we will be transported to the lodge, a few hundred meters away.

This will be the only lodge accommodation during our safari and everybody sleeps in a 2 bed en-suite chalet, each with a veranda facing the water.  

We make uese of the lodge kitchen facilities and the lodge staff will assist with cleaning etc.

For those interested in fishing, bring your own small fishing rod or hire at the lodge.  Try your hand at tiger fishing in the Zambezi River.  This is also an excellent birding area.  

Here we will stay for two nights.

(Lodge accommodation, dinner, breakfast, sunset boat ride on Zambezi included in package)

Day 8

Day 9

After our visit to the falls, its again time to drive back in the direction of Shesheke to Kazungula where we will leave Zambia with the ferry over the Zambezi River to Botswana.  This is also the only place in Africa where the borders of 4 different countries come together.

Through the border post we will drive to Kasane where we will stay at the CHOBE SAFARI LODGE for the next 2 days.  Chobe Safari Lodge is situated in Kasane on the banks of the Chobe River and sharing a border with Chobe National Park.  Right on our doorstep four African countries (Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia) meet.

(Camping, Dinner, Breakfast, Sunset boat cruise included in package)

From the small town of Pandamatenga down to Nata the road is in a very poor condition and it helps a lot if you can point out the difference between the ears of a kudu and that of a donkey. This will give you estimation on the depth of the potholes.

From Nata it is all good driving towards Francistown, our next campsite at WOODLANDS STOPOVER.  About 10km from Francistown you will see the turn off sign on your left.

Here we will stay only one night.

(Camping, dinner, breakfast included in package)

Here we will stay over for one night.

(Camping, Dinner, Breakfast included in package)

Day 12

After breakfast it is time to drive back to civilization.  We will enter South Africa at Martin's Drift Border Post. 

Our drive via the N1, back to Pretoria will take about 4 - 5 hours and we can expect to be back in Pretoria by 14:30.  Everybody will be returned safely to the guesthouses or to the airport if needed.

(Flights / Bus Transport, Accommodation, Breakfast NOT INCLUDED in package.) (Transport to Airport & bus depots included in package)