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The Delta Discoverer - Your Itinerary
13 days
From: £5150
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What's included:
- Scheduled flights, including all U.K. and overseas airport taxes and applicable fuel surcharge
- English-speaking naturalist guides at all camps
- Shared transfers by light aircraft within Botswana
- Full game viewing programme at each location
- Accommodation and meals Luxury lodge, tented Wilderness Safaris campsite accommodation according to destination.
- 10 breakfasts, 10 lunches and 10 dinners. Complimentary open bar (excluding premium brands) during the safari
- Minimum participation 2 passengers (maximum 8 passengers)
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Day 1
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 Day 1
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Depart London Heathrow this evening, flying British Airways to Johannesburg (10 hours 55 minutes).
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Day 2
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 Day 2
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Arrive in Johannesburg and connect with your Air Botswana flight to Maun (2 hours). After arrival in Maun, you will be met by a Wilderness Safaris representative and fly by light aircraft to the Jacana Camp (30 minutes), overlooking the expansive floodplains of the Jao Concession in the Okavango Delta. The Delta represents life at its most fertile: abundant water, sunlight and soil combine to form a paradise bursting with life. Over the coming days you will utilise a range of transport, affording a unique and in-depth insight into the contrasting wonders of Botswana. Stay at Jacana Camp for 3 nights.
Meals: L & D
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Day 3
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 Day 3
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This captivating setting represents the true essence of the Okavango, with year round mokoro (traditional dugout canoe) safaris, island bush walks and motorboat cruises. The next two days see you enjoy game spotting around the wooded islands, open plains and meandering channels of the area.
Meals: B, L & D
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Day 4
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 Day 4
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On one of the full days, you will also enjoy game drives around the productive Jao flats region to the north of camp. Wildlife concentrations depend on the water flow and volume, thus changing from season to season, but all the large animals can be found in the area including elephant, lion, leopard and buffalo. Pel’s fishing owl is a favourite amongst birders as well as Greater and Lesser Jacanas.
Meals: B, L & D
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Day 5
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 Day 5
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Depart this morning by aircraft to Ketumetse Trails Camp located in the south western sector of the Selinda Private Concession (40 minutes) (north east Okavango Delta), in the seasonally flooded portion of the Okavango Delta where it joins into the Selinda Spillway. Stay at Ketumetse Trails Camp for 3 nights.
Meals: B, L & D
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Day 6
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 Day 6
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Recapturing the nostalgia of yesteryear, these exceptional camps aim to recreate the halcyon days of Africa’s pioneering explorers, combining luxurious ambience with a true sense of nature. Spacious walk-in tents and atmospheric campfires create the feel of the open plains, whilst pure linens and cottons, flush toilets, showers and a range of comfortable amenities help to invoke a timeless sense of grandeur and style. Set amidst some of the most remote and captivating landscapes in Africa, the Discoverer Camps are ‘out-fitted’ to ensure that old-style camping feel with a clear emphasis on elegant comfort, to create a peerless wilderness experience.
Meals: B, L & D
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Day 7
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 Day 7
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The area in which the camp is located is scenic with generous shade provided by leadwood and russet bushwillow trees. Open floodplains and woodlands spread out in front of camp. Activities concentrate on nature walks and canoeing, providing a superb view from the canoe of big game coming to the water’s edge to drink. Game drives (by day and night) are possible and often reveal sightings of the rare roan and stately sable antelopes, in addition to an array of other general game species. Seasonally, “catch and release” fishing is offered as an alternative activity.
Meals: B, L & D
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Day 8
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 Day 8
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After a light breakfast, you will fly north-eastwards to the private Linyanti Concession (30 minutes): after a short game drive we arrive at your private Discoverer camp, which is elegantly set up under African ebony and knobthorn acacia trees overlooking panoramic vistas of the Linyanti Swamps. The landscape of the Linyanti varies from floodplains to open dry land savannah and forest with sweeping views, creating a paradise for a high diversity of wildlife and bird species. Stay for 3 nights at the Linyanti Discoverer Camp.
Meals: B, L & D
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Day 9
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 Day 9
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Activities include game drives in the private northern sector of the concession, exploring a range of habitats, from riverbanks to scrub and forest, which reveal a myriad of wildlife en route to slake their thirst from the river. The seldom-seen sitatunga can also be spotted in the waterways, as well as rare plains game, such as roan and sable antelope and of course their predators, the lion and leopard – with the endangered wild dog as an incredible bonus.
There’s also a game drive to a private area for lunch, then a siesta in hammocks and the possibility of an afternoon canoe trip, before returning to camp at dusk. (This activity is not always possible, as it is dependent on whether there are hippo pods moving in and out of the areas in which we canoe.)
Meals: B, L & D
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Day 10
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 Day 10
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Another possible activity is an all-day game drive to the Savuti Channel, with lunch en route at a shady place. This game drive is specifically designed to gain an introduction to the “Stolen River” as well as enjoying a part of the Selinda Spillway with its rich floodplains.
To complete the experience, in the rainy season and on day 10 it is possible to enjoy a full-day activity to the Savute Channel, with lunch at a scenic setting under a shade tree. The spectacular but seasonal (rain dependant) zebra migration moves between Linyanti and the Savute Marsh between end November and March, the area also boasting an impressive diversity of mammals, including large elephant herds. When undertaken and during the correct season, this day is specifically tailored to enjoy the seasonal and migratory movements of wildlife, although sighting the zebra migration is not guaranteed.
Meals: B, L & D
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Day 11
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 Day 11
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After a short morning drive and breakfast, depart by light aircraft to Kasane in the northern region of the Chobe National Park (35 minutes). This area is famous for its vast herds of elephants in the dry season and other unique species such as the elusive puku and Chobe bushbuck that move to the river in the hottest hours of the day. Enjoy a light lunch on the boat cruise in a catamaran-style shaded boat.
After lunch fly to Livingstone International Airport (1 hour). On leaving Botswana, you will fly over the Kazangula border, a point where the four countries of Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Namibia meet. On arrival you will be transferred to Toka Leya in the late afternoon.
Meals: B, L & D
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Day 12
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 Day 12
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The grand finale is a guided tour of the Victoria Falls, one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. At 1,708 metres wide, it is the largest curtain of water in the world and drops more than 100 metres into the sheer Zambezi Gorge. After a guided tour, transfer to Livingstone airport for your British Airways flight (operated by Comair) to Johannesburg (1 hour 40 minutes), where you connect with the overnight British Airways flight to London.
Meals: B
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Day 13
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 Day 13
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Arrive at London Heathrow early this morning.
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