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The Okavango Delta - Your Itinerary
10 days
From: £3285
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What's included:
- Scheduled flights, including all U.K. and overseas airport taxes and applicable fuel surcharges
- English-speaking naturalist guides at all camps
- Shared transfers by road and light aircraft
- Game viewing Full game viewing programme at each location
- Accommodation and meals Deluxe permanent tented camps.
- 7 breakfasts, 8 lunches and 7 dinners. Complimentary open bar (excluding champagne) at the camps
- Minimum participation 2 passengers
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Day 1
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 Day 1
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Depart London Heathrow this evening on your British Airways flight to Johannesburg (10 hours 55 minutes).
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Day 2
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 Day 2
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Arriving this morning you will connect with your Air Botswana flight to Maun (2 hours) where, on arrival, you will be met by a Ker & Downey representative and transferred by road to Edo’s Camp (approximately 3 hours) with a picnic lunch en route, in the western Kalahari for a 2 nights stay. This transfer is made in a closed vehicle. The road is tar for the bulk of the journey with the last 20 minutes on dirt road. This remote camp overlooks an active waterhole and accommodates guests in four two-bedded luxury tents set on decks and under thatch, which provide welcome protection from the desert sun, each tent is en-suite with shower, flush toilet and bath for additional comfort.
Meals: L & D
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Day 3
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 Day 3
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This spectacular camp affords the perfect combination of exclusivity and luxury and we spend our time today exploring this fascinating region. The reserve boasts rhino, wildebeest, giraffe, kudu and gemsbok, all of which have adapted perfectly to the harsh landscapes of their desert environments.
Daily game drives, together with a personal guide in specially designed vehicles, provide guests the chance of viewing many species of mammal only found in this desert environment. Other activities include walks with San bushman tracking white rhino on foot as well as joining the women and children of the village in gathering edible roots and plants – a fascinating insight into their traditional life. It is also possible just to relax in front of the waterhole as a steady parade of antelope quench their thirst, the best way to enjoy sundowners in the Kalahari!
Meals: B, L & D
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Day 4
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 Day 4
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Leaving Edo’s Camp behind this morning, fly by light aircraft (1 hour 30 minutes) and head deep into the lush grasslands and island oases of the Okavango Delta, where you will spend the next 2 nights at Kanana Camp, a deluxe permanent tented camp close to the Xudum River. Kanana is actually Setswana for ‘paradise’. The area encompasses a necklace of islands dotted with palms, figs, ebony and knobthorn, and is home to a myriad of birds, plants and animals. The nature of the habitat means it is the perfect place to experience the diversity of species found within the Okavango Delta.
Meals: B, L & D
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Day 5
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 Day 5
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Being in a private concession a wide variety of activities are available at Kanana Camp and the focus of activities varies with the rising and falling levels of the Okavango Delta, your professional guide will assist you in planning your days to best explore the area. At sunrise you are woken with a pot of tea or coffee brought to your accommodation so you can enjoy the luxury of tea/coffee in bed as you watch and listen to the camp and natural surrounds come to life. We meet together for a cooked or light breakfast before heading out on a morning activity. You return to camp before lunch, after which it is siesta time and this daily routine settles in throughout your safari. Activity times vary with the seasons, summer days are longer so you will be up earlier and out later and meal times adjust accordingly than during the winter months.
Alternatively you may explore the crystal clear waterways by mokoro (traditional dugout canoe) or powerboats, and enjoy the magnificent variety of birds, plant and reptile species found in the area. Of special note is the birding in the area, Kanana hosting a seasonal heronry that teems with activity from August through to the summer months, a true highlight at Kanana which converts all visitors to avid 'twitchers' at first sight. Guided walks are highly recommended in this pretty area as well as fly or spin fishing for tilapia, African pike and sharptooth catfish.
Meals: B, L & D
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Day 6
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 Day 6
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Transferring back to Kanana’s private airstrip you will fly to Shinde Camp (30 minutes) where you will stay for 3 nights. Shinde Island is nestled on a lush palm island in the heart of the northern Okavango Delta. Spectacularly located at the edge of a lagoon, it is surrounded by clear waterways which flow over yellow sands and past palm-fringed islands teeming with bird life and game.
Meals: B, L & D
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Day 7
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 Day 7
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During your stay, days are planned with the guide and the camp managers, taking into account your preferences and areas of interest as well as the recommendations of the guides, who have expert knowledge of wildlife movements and are aware of the best options available. With two full days to explore the rich wildlife of this remote region, our camp is ideally situated to make full use of our time here. Shinde offers a diverse range of activities, having the ideal location affording both water and land activities throughout the year.
Meals: B, L & D
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Day 8
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 Day 8
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Powerboats or mokoro provide a chance to experience the incredible bird, plant and reptile species found in the aquatic habitat of the Delta. Game drives are conducted in comfortable, specially designed vehicles together with a personal guide. Guided walks are also available for the more adventurous. For the fly fishing enthusiast, Shinde offers fishing for a variety of species such as tilapia and tiger fish.
Meals: B, L & D
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Day 9
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Day 9
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Flying back to Maun today (30 minutes) you will continue on to Johannesburg, where we connect with the British Airways flight back to London.
Meals: B & L
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Day 10
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 Day 10
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Arrive London Heathrow early this morning.
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