You will be met at Maun airport in the arrivals hall after clearing the entry formalities. We then fly up to the North West areas of Moremi called North Gate. The flight will take about 30 mins in a light aircraft which generally flies quite low so you can see some of the features and wildlife of this prime safari area.
As soon as we land we then begin our safari in Botswana with a game drive into camp.
Our days here around North Gate will give us the chance to explore the beautiful wide open grassland areas of this part of Moremi along with the mature Mopane forests and the small pans and lagoons inside the woodland and along the Khwai River which forms the boundary between this area and the Khwai Community area. We will only be doing game drives here and each day starting at the very first light in the morning and ending at last light in the day when we will return to camp and enjoy the starlight skies and night sounds.
Today we will move camp and travel further East closer to the main Okavango Delta. This will be done on our open safari vehicle so you wont lose any safari time waiting for planes or flying. The plan would be to move the camp to either the Xakanaxa or Third Bridge areas which will be dependant on your request and campsite availability at time of booking.
These areas have a nice combination of riverine woodland, waterways and lagoons of the Okavango Delta, and some open seasonal floodplains. We will explore all these different areas by vehicle, doing the same plan as we did before, the key is to be flexible enough to decide on which areas we want to game view and our focus for that session or day depending on what is happening each day, and your interests.
Today a charter flight will take you over the Okavango Delta and then down to the green Kalahari. We will be on the boundary of the vast Central Kalahari Game Reserve on one of Botswana's largest privately owned wildlife ranches. This flight will take about 1 hour from the Delta in a light aircraft.
During our time here we will be able to enjoy this beautiful and harsh area of Botswana which will be at its best now that the rains have arrived. We will be doing morning and afternoon game drives and have the privilege of accompanying San Bushman into the bush on foot so we can learn a little of their ways in this very harsh environment. Herds of Oryx and Springbok are common here and we will always be on the look out for Cheetah, Bat Eared Fox and the beautiful Black Maned Lions.
We will also be able to do night drives to try and find some of the creatures that are rarely seen elsewhere, that operate predominantly at night like Brown Hyena, Aardvark and Aardwolf.
We fly today from the lodge back to Maun and this flight will be timed to suit your onward flight connections out of Maun.
