On arrival into Kasane Airport, a local representative holding a signboard with your name will meet and welcome you to Botswana. After collecting your luggage, you will be transferred to an open safari vehicle to lodge. - On arrival at the lodge, check-in whilst enjoying a delicious welcome drink, and depending on the time of arrival, lunch will be served at 13h00.
Spend some time at leisure and depart on a game drive at 15h30 which is conducted in the Chobe National Park. The safari game drive offers opportunities to see and photograph the stunning range and concentration of wildlife that the Chobe National Park and is famous for. As you drive along the river bank looking for fresh tracks, our experienced guides are able to interpret the bush signs and track the animals that left them. Being the first observers at a special sighting is very exciting
On arrival back at camp at about 19h00, you will have a chance to freshen up before dinner which is at about 20h00
On day 2, you would kick start the day with breakfast, which is served between 07h00 to 08h30, following which you will then depart for a boat cruise at 08h30 to be on the Chobe River a wonderful way to experience close encounters with an abundance of riverine birds and animals. The game viewing while cruising the Chobe River is epic. You can enjoy watching elephants playing in the river or going for a swim. Hippos can be viewed wallowing in the shallow waters or munching grass on the lush islands. Giraffe and antelope make their way to the water edge and sightings of predators along the river bank are common.
After lunch and some time at leisure relaxing by the pool, you would venture back into the Chobe National Park on a safari game drive, followed by dinner upon arrival back at the lodge
After breakfast, you will be escorted to the light charter aircraft to meet your pilot for a short flight over the Okavango Delta to the camp airstrip where on arrival you will be met by your guide who will transfer you on an open safari vehicle to camp.
Once settled in at the lodge, high tea is served at 15h30 followed by either a game drive, mokoro trip, or village tour at 16h00. On arrival back at camp between 18h30 and 19h00, you will have a chance to freshen up before dinner which is at about 19h30.
Activities included at Saguni Safari Lodge:
Open Vehicle Safaris: Game Drives in an open safari vehicle allow you to explore some of the varied vegetation this World Heritage site has to offer. Our exceptional Safari guides will take you to areas of outstanding game viewing and explain intricacies of the bush wilderness.
Mokoro's
Experience a tranquil mokoro (traditional dugout canoe) trip with the best and carefully trained specialist guides. Travel along the fascinating Mbudi water channels of Khwai. This stunning area is known as the Sable Alley system of the Khwai River.
After breakfast is a morning transfer back to the airstrip to board the light aircraft and enjoy a scenic flight across the Okavango Delta to Kadizora Camp which is situated between the Vumbura River and Selinda Spillway. It lies in the remote northern part of the Okavango Delta over-looking a panoramic seasonal floodplain. Giant Marulas, Sycamore figs, Jackalberries, and Rain trees provide a canopy of shade throughout the camp. The bar, lounge, reception, and dining area form a horse-shoe shape around the sandy fire pit. From there, a decked walkway leads you to an inviting swimming pool with a view over the floodplain.
For the next three days, activities included at Kadizora Camp:
Safaris: Game Drives in an open safari vehicle allows you to explore some of the varied vegetation this World Heritage site has to offer. Drive through semi-desert sands, dense Mopani woodlands, and marshy floodplains. The area is home to a vast species of game including elephant, buffalo, lion, leopard, cheetah, wild dogs, hyena, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, kudu, red lechwe, impala, honey badgers, hippos and crocodile, to name a few.
Water Safaris: Kadizora Camp is fortunate to have traditional mokoros (dug-out canoes) that glide through the Delta water channels and provide an opportunity to view the aquatic wildlife from a close vantage point. The crystal, clear waters are filtered by large papyrus reed beds and are clean enough to drink.
Air Ballooning: This is the only area in the Okavango Delta to offer hot air ballooning. Your Hot Air Balloon Safari begins with an early morning departure from Kadizora Camp, driving through the floodplains to the balloon launch site. On this pre-dawn safari, you may be fortunate enough to see sightings of nocturnal wildlife. On arrival at the launch site, you will be served tea or coffee, while the balloon is being rigged and inflated ready for your flight. Hot air ballooning is available during the peak season for 15 April – end August.
After breakfast and a morning activity (time permitting) you will transfer by plane to Maun Airport for your onward flight.
