8 night Maun to Kasane safari
2 nights Okavango
2 nights Moremi
2 nights Khwai
2 nights Savuti
Day 1: Pick up in Maun
Departure from Maun at 3pm for a 2 hour drive to the Daonara area on the
edge of the Okavango arriving at your riverside campsite in the late afternoon.
Your tents will be set up before your arrival and the cooking of a campfire
dinner preparations will be underway.
After enjoying a fire warmed shower you may sit back and watch the sun
setting over a lagoon full of hippos and crocodiles. As the sun has finished
setting you are served a 2 course dinner under the stars.
Day 2: Mokoro excursion and island game walk
The first of the 5am wake up calls that will become part of your safari.
After a full cooked breakfast you depart at 6:00am in a safari vehicle bound for
a mokoro station deep inside the Okavango Delta. Arrival at the mokoro
station is a little before 8am. You then go out for a couple of hours on the
mekoro followed by a game walk of a couple of hours.
After the game walk enjoy a nice picnic spread back at the mekoro and a bit of
relaxation in a nice shady location. At around 2pm set off on a 1 hour
downstream mokoro ride back to the mokoro station for an hour game drive
to your riverside camp for a warm shower and wonderful Okavango sunset.
A campfire dinner is served at 7:30pm.
Day 3: Drive to Moremi game reserve
A wake up call at 5am for an early breakfast and then you embark on the safari vehicle at 6am for Moremi Game Reserve. You will arrive at Moremi South Gate at around 8am and from there head off on a slow game drive past Black Pools and through the wildlife rich Western flood plains of the Moremi Game Reserve. A picnic lunch in the 3rd Bridge area offers a break, you then head Northwards to our campsite in the Xakanaxa area.
Arrival at the campsite is at around 5:30pm here you find your tented camp se up ahead of you and dinner preparations underway.
Our staff will have heated water on the fire to fill your bucket shower for you to enjoy at your leisure.
Each dome tent will have an enclosure attached at the rear of the tent with a bush toilet and shower
Day 4: Full day in Moremi Game Reserve with boating
After an early breakfast we will go out for a full day game viewing with a packed picnic lunch. At around 3:30pm we will go out on a 2 hour boat cruise from the Xakanaxa boat station. The boat ride arrives back at sunset for a short drive back to camp.
Day 5: From Moremi to Khwai river
After breakfast departure will be at around 7:30am. Our camp staff will remain
to pack up camp and prepare the move to Khwai while you proceed for a full
day game viewing with your packed picnic.
You arrive at your new campsite in Khwai shortly before sunset to find our staff
busying themselves as usual.
Day 6: Full day in Khwai with mokoro
On your full day in Khwai you will wake early as usual, have a quick light
breakfast and go out as early as possible for a game drive. Late morning you
head back to camp for a full cooked brunch and several hours of relaxation in
camp. At around 4pm tea and snacks are served before heading out for a game
drive that includes sunset and a little night driving to give you a chance to view
some of the nocturnal wildlife. You arrive back at camp around 8:30pm for
dinner.
Day 7: From Khwai to Savuti
After breakfast you leave at around 7:30am. The camp staff will remain to pack
up camp and prepare the move to Savuti while you proceed for a full day game
viewing with your packed picnic.
Arrival in your new campsite in Savuti will be shortly before sunset to find
another mouth-watering fire cooked dinner being prepared.
Day 8: Full day in Savuti
On the full day in Savuti you will wake early, have a quick light breakfast and go out as early as possible for a game drive arriving back in camp around 11am for
a full cooked brunch and few hours of relaxation in camp. At around 3:30pm we serve tea and snacks and head out for a game drive until sunset.
Day 9: From Savuti to Kasane
After enjoying our last cooked breakfast together we depart camp at around
7am. We start our 5 hour drive to Kasane with a last look around the Savuti
area on the way.
We end our safari in downtown Kasane at “The Coffee Buzz” at midday.
If you wish us to book accommodation in Kasane, a safari in northern Chobe or
a transfer over to Livingstone/Victoria Falls we will be happy to do so.
2023/4 Price:
$2950.00 per person sharing.
Minimum 2 people.
20% single supplement
(Shangana Safaris reserves the right to add to this safari to take numbers to a maximum of 6 pax).
Safaris of 7 to 14 pax will be kept as private.