Kalahari Mobile Migration Safari - Botswana

This exclusive guided safari to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve and Makgadikgadi will give you the opportunity to explore this vast landscape with your personal guide in search of the rarely seen creatures that make Botswana their home.

A Typical Day on a Mobile Safari

The safari day starts as the sun rises. Your wake-up call will be between 5am and 6am - a gentle “koko” (knock-knock in Setswana) at the entrance to your tent. A camp assistant will be on hand to fill your wash basin with steaming hot water, and freshly made tea and coffee will be served around the campfire.
Before the early morning game drive, a light breakfast will be offered. This will include tea, plunger coffee, juice, rusks, fruit, cereal, toast and jams – just enough to boost your energy without using up too much of the golden hours of early morning, which is one of the best times of the day to see animals. Later on, as the temperature rises, many of them will retreat to the shade before becoming active again in the late afternoon.

Having spent the morning exploring the surrounding wilderness in search of Botswana’s hidden treasures, you will return to camp for lunch under a shady tree (if the elephants have not pushed them all over!). Lunch typically consists of salads, bread (freshly baked over the campfire), cold meats and pickles. Just as the animals retreat to escape the heat of midday, we recommend that you do too. This is your chance to catch up on your reading, write about your adventures in your journal, take a siesta – or all three! 

Later in the afternoon you will head out into the wilderness once more as the animals begin to feed and drink again. As the sun dips below the horizon, marvel at the sheer splendour of an African sunset and toast the beauty of Nature. This is best done with the traditional sundowner choice: a G&T. On your return to camp, enjoy a starlit hot shower and then gather around the warmth of the campfire to relive the day’s events with your fellow adventurers.

A three-course dinner accompanied by South African wines is served beneath the magical canopy of the African night sky. Listen carefully and you may hear lions roaring, hyaenas whooping – or smaller creatures rustling in the leaves nearby.