DAY 1: MAUN

Lodge Accommodation [breakfast x 1]

Arrive in Maun international airport where Ratson Mobile Safaris guide will meet you. Maun is the gateway to one of the best wildlife experiences you will ever have - a safari in the unforgettable Okavango delta.

Maun has grown rapidly from its early days as a small, rural frontier good shopping centers town and has now spread along the wide, Thamalakane River. It now boasts, hotels and lodges as well as car and 4-wheel drive vehicle hire. However, it retains a rural atmosphere and, as befitting its role as the hub of the Delta's safari industry travelers pass through here on their way to the Okavango Delta. It is the southernmost part of the Delta and boasts a river tributary of the Okavango called the Thamalakane River. It is our home and this frontier “village” certainly puts things into perspective before travelling to the wilderness. Please look out for the board that says, “Ratson Mobile Safaris & Tours” Our guide will be waiting to transfer you to the lodge, on arrival your guide will give you a full safari briefing and take you shopping for your safari drinks.

You will be staying in a lodge for 1 night on bed & breakfast basis. Lunch & dinner at (own expense), after checking into the lodge that afternoon you may take a scenic flight over the Okavango delta (Own expense). Keep a look out for Hippos in the waterways and Elephant and Buffalo in the shade of the trees. Observe how the water channels meander their way through the Delta in ever changing paths as this Dynamic water system evolves. The vastness of this pristine wilderness is breathtaking.

 DAY 2: OKAVANGO DELTA

Camping [Lunch x 1, Breakfast x 1, Dinner x 1]

Wake up have your small bag ready packed before heaving breakfast you will only need small amount of luggage for the 1 night that you will be staying in the delta. Your big bag will be left in the storage for safe keeping to be collected when you come back from the delta. We depart to the Okavango delta where you will meet your local mokoro poler who will serve also as your guide. This activity is conducted by local mokoro community guides but our chef comes along. When we arrive the camp assistant will put up camp under a canopy of trees, have brunch after that is time for siesta you can also take a swim in   the delta clear waters tea coffee will be served before you take a walk on the island

 Travelling by mokoro is undeniably the best way to experience the Okavango delta you explore the waterways, and take nature walks where you have the opportunity to track game and get a close-up feel of this unique environment. Here bird life is spectacular, on foot you are able to have a much more intense experience of the bush, particularly the flora and fauna that might go unnoticed. Guides are experienced in tracking animals and are able to point out interesting sightings of various types of wildlife we camp wild in a remote campsite for 1 night.

DAY 3-4: MOREMI XAKANAXA (Third Bridge)

Camping [Lunch x2, Breakfast x 2, Dinner x 2]       

After breakfast, we return to mokoro station where we will find our vehicle waiting for us, first we have to make a stop in the office to collect your luggage, which we left when going to the delta.

We will be heading to Moremi game reserve. Set-aside in 1963 by the Batswana tribe, the Reserve is rated as Africa's most beautiful game reserve. Moremi game reserve is widely considered as one of the finest wildlife reserve in Africa with a diversity of habitats combining acacia forests and mophane woodlands with floodplains’ and lagoons, here we will be camping at an exclusive campsite.

Our drives will take us to the park’s most beautiful areas such as third bridge, bodumatau and dead tree island game is plentiful, sightings include elephant, buffalo, giraffe, lion, hyena, jackal and many different antelopes including red lechwe and shy sitatunga a web-footed antelope perfectly adapted to life in the swamps.

Wild dog, whose numbers are so rapidly dwindling elsewhere, are regularly sighted in the Moremi game reserve, It is the great diversity of plant and animal life that makes Moremi so well known. The reserve contains within its boundaries approximately twenty percent of the Okavango Delta. We will camp wild for 2 nights enjoying the activities on a day-to-day basis.

DAY 5-6: MOREMI KHWAI (North Gate)

Camping [Lunch x 2, Breakfast x 2, Dinner x 2]

We depart to Moremi Khwai, situated in the eastern part of the Okavango Delta, bordering the Chobe National Park on the southwestern part of the Park. The Moremi Game Reserve covers almost one third of the Delta. The Okavango Delta is the largest inland river delta in the world and consists of pans, floodplains, lily covered lagoons, grasslands, forests of acacia trees, savannahs and dense Mopane Woodlands. With such a wide variety of vegetation comes diverse spectrum of wild life. Huge herds of impala and tsessebe are found in the area, while in the dry season large herds of buffalo, wildebeest, elephant and zebra flock into the reserve from the Kalahari in search of food and water. The rare sitatunga and lechwe antelope live in the papyrus banks of the waterways. Lions, cheetahs and packs of wild dogs hunt in the open grassland. The reserve is home to over 400 species of birds, including the African Fish Eagle, the Crested Crane and the Sacred Ibis.

Moremi Game Reserve is a wilderness paradise with great game viewing throughout the year. We will camp wild for 2 nights at an exclusive campsite at khwai north Moremi Game Reserve. The magnificent Khwai river is the hub for some of the most outstanding wildlife viewing both on the Moremi and in the Khwai community area.

Day 7-8: SAVUTI

Camping [Lunch x 2, Breakfast x 2, Dinner x 2]

We depart to Savuti, which is part of Chobe national park. It is called Savuti because a certain chief called sauté used to live there with his tribe. On the way, we will see migration of zebras and wildebeest, which will be coming back from the Makgadikgadi saltpans after the rains. Tawny eagles can be seen soaring in the sky as we go. The drive is a bit longer from Moremi to Savuti; however, the drive is much enjoyable, as you will see lots of birds and animals on the way. The scenery is amazing and very African looking, with lots of umbrella thorn, acacia tortilis, with giraffe feeding and many more including the most photographed bird, lilac breasted roller a national bird of Botswana. You will not resist from taking a picture of it, it is the most beautiful bird in Africa. We arrive in time for lunch, our exclusive camp will be put up while you have lunch we wild camp for 2 nights. Depart for an afternoon game drive   to see vast herds of zebras and wildebeest and have an opportunity to see pairs of kori bastards, which are the heaviest flying birds. We get back to camp after sunset for a lovely dinner around the campfire.

 

An early morning tea/coffee, rusks then depart for a game drive along the Savuti channel. The area looks very beautiful there are beautiful tall trees along the river animals like to hang around for shade. We also drive to Savuti marsh where we have an opportunity to track cheetah a vast open grassland area, their mostly preferred habitat. Get back for brunch after a beautiful drive, have shower, launder your clothes during your siesta time or read a book. Depending on individuals, sometimes some people update their diaries. At 3:30 pm, we will have tea/coffee depart for game drive, which will be our last game drive in Savuti. We will be back from game drive after sun set which we will have been enjoyed under a baobab tree (adonsonia digitata) an indigenous tree found in Africa, it is nick named the upside down tree, because the branches look like roots when it is dry or doesn’t have leafs. Get back to the camp after a lovely game drive and have dinner at 20.00pm time of going to bed is determined by the last guest.

DAY 9: KASANE / CHOBE NATIONAL PARK

[Breakfast x 1

Wake up early to take a trip to Kasane where we will be staying in a lodge in Kasane for 1 night on bed & breakfast basis, lunch and dinner (own expense). The guides will also take you shopping for your safari drinks. The town of Kasane is situated on the banks of the Chobe River in the far north east of Botswana. It is the gateway to the Chobe National Park and also to 3 other countries, being located right at the "Four Corners. We arrive in at the lodge around lunch.

After that siesta, you may take a swim or take a rest in your room. 15:00pm we depart for a beautiful sunset boat cruise along the Chobe River. You will see a lot of animals you will also come very close to crocodiles and pods of hippos from the boat at times we see lions from the boat you will also see big herds of buffalos. We get back to the lodge after sunset dinner is at 20.00pm at a local restaurant (own expense). The last guest determines time of going to bed.

Day 10: Victoria Falls-Zimbabwe

Lodging [Breakfast x 1]

After breakfast we depart to Zimbabwe, Victoria falls our representative will transfer you to a lodge accommodation in Victoria Falls, you will be staying here for 1 night, on a bed and breakfast basis lunch and dinner at (own expense). After checking in the lodge you will be transferred to the falls. Victoria Falls is the largest single curtain of falling water on the planet. More than twice the size of Niagara Falls, this Natural Wonder and World Heritage Site has become one of Southern Africa's top tourist destinations. This spot on the Zambezi River, the natural border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, has been described as one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the world.

Our adventure begins in Victoria Falls besides the fantastic viewing of the falls, the Victoria Falls Bridge and David Livingstone’s Statue, the destination offers a wide range of activities:

All adventure activities in Victoria Falls are at own expense. They are not included in the quote

• For those seeking adrenaline buzz is, bungee jumping from the Zambezi Bridge, gorge swing into the gorge, or fly across the gorge on your stomach like a flying fox, and white water rafting trips downstream in the gorge. The Zambezi is a grade 5 river, grade 6 and over are totally unrunable, so the highest form of adventure.

• A number of operators offer flights over the mighty falls with microlights, light aeroplanes and helicopters.
• Other activities on offer are horse-riding, elephant-riding, walking with Lions, canoeing or visiting the crocodile farm. We will be staying here for 1 night.

DAY 11: TOUR ENDS

Have breakfast then you will be transferred to Victoria Falls airport for your flight.