Arrive at Maun Airport where a warm welcome awaits you by our representative. Board the small charter plane that is waiting for you and catch your first glimpse of the Okavango Delta from the air.
Land at the airstrip near Okuti and arrive at your home for the next 2 nights. Okuti draws its influence from the Maunachira River which flows in front of the camp, with its abundant birdlife, fish and sandy river banks, it remains an oasis of serenity and peacefulness. Okuti is built amidst the wilderness of one of Botswana’s prime game viewing regions, Moremi Game Reserve.
- Enjoy game drives with unhindered views in specially-designed safari vehicles. When out on game drives our window seat guarantee ensures no more than four guests per vehicle and individual use of a camera mount. You can stay out for half a day, or request a picnic and enjoy a full day game drive!
- You can also explore the Okavango Delta waterways by motorboat.
- Okuti is also ideal for families with two family units – Okuti accepts children from 7 yrs old all year round.
Shinde is situated on a private concession which allows guided walks, Mokoro excursions and night drives in addition to game drives and motorboat trips. Shinde’s excellent location in the Okavango Delta ensures a combination of permanent water access for year-round water activities and large dry areas for game drive routes. This blend of environments provides the habitat for a consistently wide variety of wildlife, including the elusive sitatunga antelope and a healthy population of leopards.
- Motorboats or Mokoro provide a chance to experience the incredible bird, plant and reptile species found in the aquatic habitat of the Okavango Delta.
- Game drives are conducted by a personal guide in comfortable, specially designed game drive vehicles. When out on game drives our window seat guarantee ensures no more than four guests per vehicle and individual use of a camera mount.
- For the more adventurous, guided walks are also available. Walking safaris accompanied by expertly trained and armed guides
- Fishing is available throughout the year (with exception of January and February), with excellent bream fishing from May to September and superb chances of landing tigerfish during September to mid-November.
Add a Helicopter Flip to your stay!
A helicopter safari in Botswana is a sure way to be rendered awestruck; watching giant herds kick-up dust as they walk, admiring the delta’s twisting waterways, and seeing the scenery disappear into the horizon line from above may be the most surreal experience Botswana has to offer.
Dinaka is an exclusive private reserve that hugs the northern edge of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, which is host to one of the most fascinating biodiversity's in Southern Africa. This ever-changing desert landscape is home to the Kalahari lion, cheetah, leopard, springbok, oryx and brown hyena. This private reserve enables you to experience guided walks in the bush and night game drives. Take a peak into the world of the San, the local Kalahari Bushmen, by going on a memorable bush walk with them.
- The Sleep Out Deck offers guests a panoramic view and the opportunity to spend the night under the magnificent African night sky.
- Explore the Kalahari experience with wildlife ranging from giraffe to the antelope, small mammals like the honey badger, bat eared fox and porcupine to predators including the Kalahari lion, cheetah, leopard and brown hyena.
- morning and afternoon game drives in open safari vehicles, with afternoon game drives often continuing into the evening. Our window seat guarantee ensures no more than four guests per vehicle when out on game drives. Stargazing.
- Alternatively, you may get more up close and personal with nature on foot with guided bush walks.
- Birding is particularly spectacular as Dinaka hosts over 200 different bird species including the Kori Bustard and Crimson Breasted Shrike and a high concentration of Pale Chanting Goshawks.
- Dinaka’s tents are well spaced and raised up on wooden decks giving the perfect vantage point over a permanent water hole.
- While at Dinaka we can highly recommend a night at the Sleep Out Deck and spend a night under the stars.
- During the day you can not miss out on the opportunity to take your photo camera and sit at the Underground Photographic Bunker! Be at eye-level with the most dangerous predator's, or with the smallest creatures is an amazing experience and affords very unique photo moments.
Time to say goodbye to your wonderful hosts in the Kalahari desert.
Wake up early to spend some last moments in the Underground Photographic Bunker at the lodge to capture spectacular shots of the wildlife at the year-round waterhole. Enjoy another lovely breakfast, before the staff assists you with your luggage to the awaiting plane.
You have a comfortable flight to Maun, where you arrive at the international airport and can connect to your flight home, or your next destination in Africa....
This trip is also ideal for families. There is a wonderful program called the Young Explorers safari which is a specially designed safari offering families the opportunity to discover the wonders of the African wilderness - together. The emphasis is on learning how to track game – both on foot and in 4×4 safari vehicles. They also teach children how to make small animal traps and how to start a fire from nothing more than two sticks. The children learn how to: recognize different animal spoor; identify a range of birds; try their hand at poling a Mokoro (subject to water levels); drive a game drive vehicle; fish; and shoot an air rifle at tin cans. On completion of the safari children receive a Young Explorers certificate, t-shirt and cap. (Children from 7 years and older are allowed at these camps)
