Botswana & Victoria Falls magic week

Welcome to Victoria Falls!

• Meet our representative at Victoria Falls International Airport [VFA]
• Road transfer from the airport to your lodge
• Stay  at Bayete Guest Lodge for 2 nights, in BB
• Sunset cruise on the mighty Zambesi River
• Enjoy the Falls!

Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls is, without a doubt, one of the world’s most remarkable sights. They occur where the enormous Zambezi (over a mile wide at this stage) plummets 350 feet into a steep gorge, sending up swirls of spray to a background of thunderous noise. With an average of 550,000 cubic meters of water passing over the falls every minute, it is the largest curtain of water in the world. The Falls are split into several separate waterfalls owing to the small islands dotted along the top of the Falls that interrupt the curtain of water. From west to east, they are called the Devil’s Cataract, the Main Falls, the Horseshoe Falls, the Rainbow Falls, and the Eastern Cataract. The higher water levels towards the end of the rainy season (around May) mean that the spray coming off the Falls is even greater than usual. The result is a dense, swirling mist that soaks everyone and everything beneath it. Wearing waterproof clothing is useless as the water is like a fine shower coming from every angle and will drench you in a matter of seconds. But once you catch your first glimpse of the Falls, this unceremonious dousing will be the last thing on your mind! The spray from the plunging water sustains a rich microclimate around the Falls. This essential and fascinating rainforest contains plant species rarely found anywhere else in Zambia or Zimbabwe. Beneath the bird-filled canopy of the forest, there are small antelope, monkeys, and baboons. Near the Falls, you will likely see fish eagles, Egyptian geese, kingfishers, many different kinds of bee-eaters, ibis and other storks, egrets, and herons. If you are fortunate, you may even glimpse the rare Taita falcon. Rock pratincoles are also very rare yet can often be seen dancing along the rocks at the water’s edge, looking for insects. The collared palm thrush is another rarity, occasionally spotted in the forest around the Falls.

• Road transfer from your lodge in Victoria Falls to Kazungula, Zimbabwe/Botswana border
• Clearing of the border procedures

Welcome to Botswana!

• Road transfer from Kazungula, Botswana border to Kasane airport
• Road transfer from Kazane to your lodge 

Welcome to Chobe National Park!

• Stay at Chobe Elephant Camp for 2 nights, in full-inclusive
• Enjoy the land and river safaris in Chobe NP!

Chobe National Park

Chobe National Park lies in the far north-eastern corner of Botswana. It is well-watered by the Chobe River and is home to a dense and varied population of game. The spectacular river runs through the northern part of the Chobe National Park and this perennial water supply attracts an abundance of birds and beasts, the river banks are teeming with thirsty creatures it is wonderful to park up and see what comes down to drink. The Savuti Marshes in the west and the Linyanti swamps in the northeast also attract a huge amount of wildlife, and particularly during the wet season extraordinary birdlife. A major feature of Chobe National Park is its elephant population, currently estimated to be approximately 120,000. These elephants are migratory as they journey on a seasonal basis from the Chobe and Linyanti rivers during the wet season to the pans in the southeast of the park where they go during the rains, a journey of up to 240 km.

• Road transfer from Chobe Elephant Camp to Kasane Airport [BBK]
• Light aircraft transfer from Kasane Airport [BBK] to Khwai Airstrip

Welcome to Khwai Community Area!

• Stay at Sango Safari Camp for 2 nights, in full inclusive
• Enjoy the wildlife safaris!

Khwai Community Area

On the outskirts of the beautifully preserved Moremi Game Reserve is a wildlife-prolific and varied ecosystem that provides a patchwork of lagoons, shallow flooded pans, open grass plains, and woodland forests. The Khwai area is, without a doubt, one of the most scenic regions in Botswana. The Khwai community, adjacent to the northern region of Moremi Game Reserve, has a population of just 400 people who are predominantly of either BaBukakhwe or River Bushmen descent. They are an inspirational example of a local community living peacefully with wildlife. The Khwai Concession is a 180,000 he area in the northeastern Okavango beside the Moremi Game Reserve. It was formed by the local Khwai villagers and is managed by the Khwai Development Trust. The area used to be a hunting concession but is now actively managed as a conservation area. The villagers took over the site when they moved out of the Moremi region when the Moremi Game Reserve was formed. The local community now runs eco-tourism initiatives, actively conserves the environment, and manages the concession wildlife.

• Road transfer and safari from Sango Safari Camp to Khwai Airstrip
• Light aircraft transfer from Khwai Airstrip to the airstrip in the Okavango 

Welcome to the Okavango Delta!

• Stay at Oddballs' Camp for 2 nights, in full inclusive
• Enjoy the wildlife water safaris!

Okavango Delta

We strongly recommend you to read a bit more about this fantastic place, an ecosystem unique in the World. The Okavango Delta is a vast inland river delta in northern Botswana. It's known for its sprawling grassy plains, which flood seasonally, becoming a lush animal habitat. The Moremi Game Reserve occupies the east and central areas of the region. Here, dugout canoes (called mokoro) are used to navigate past hippos, elephants, and crocodiles. On dry land, wildlife includes lions, leopards, giraffes, and rhinos.

The Okavango Delta is a unique pulsing wetland. More correctly an alluvial fan, the delta covers between 6 and 15 000 square miles of the Kalahari Desert in northern Botswana and owes its existence to the Okavango (Kavango) River which flows from the Angolan highlands, across Namibia’s Caprivi Strip, and into the harsh Kalahari Desert.

The 1000th site to be inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 2014, the Okavango Delta is an important wildlife area protected by both the Moremi Game Reserve, on its eastern edge, and the numerous wildlife concessions within Ngamiland.

• Light aircraft transfer from Okavango Airstrip to Maun International Airport [MUB]