Classic Best of Botswana and Vic Falls
Look at the Delta from both sides - land and water; go on safari in the world-renowned (and elephant-infested) Chobe National Park; finish it off with an exhilarating visit to Victoria Falls and you have the recipe for a classic Botswana safari.
Price: From US$4530 (Our pricing)
Duration: 9 days
Highlights: Botswana, Victoria Falls, Chobe National Park, Okavango Delta
Includes: 8 nights accommodation; meals and drinks as indicated in the itinerary; road, water and air transfers; safari and sight-seeing activities as indicated in the itinerary
Tour Brief
Look
at the
Okavango Delta
Okavango Delta
The Okavango Delta is a network of waterways and flood plains in Botswana
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from both sides - land and water; go on safari in the
world-renowned (and elephant-infested)
Chobe National Park
Chobe National Park
Chobe National Park has one of the highest concentrations of wildlife in Africa.
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; finish it off with
an exhilarating visit to
Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls - also called Mosi-oa-Tunya which means the smoke that thunders
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and you have the recipe for a classic
Botswana
Botswana
Botswana is all about wildlife safaris. From the Okavango Delta to Chobe River the action never stops.
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safari.
The Classic Best of Botswana and Vic Falls Safari offers effortless elegance with a choice selection of luxury lodges in exclusive locations and a superlative private game viewing experience.
The safari includes all air, boat and road transfers; most meals and activities and all accommodation. And you can easily chop and change this holiday to suit your budget and style by adding destinations, switching lodges and reversing the start and end points.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 and 2: Okavango Delta
Arrive in Maun and transfer directly by light aircraft over the delta to Kanana Camp deep in the Okavango Delta. Your aerial perspective of the delta provides a staggering sense of the Delta's scale - making your water-level view all the more stirring.
Kanana is a land and water camp offering the best of both worlds on safari in the Okavango Delta. The camp is also situated in a private concession which means they make the rules and the rules are you can enjoy guided walking safaris and night drives - one up on the folks in the National Parks.
Accommodation is in luxury tented suites with en suite bathrooms, hot running water and private viewing decks looking over the waterways and game-spotted plains. The living area turns the spectacular setting into a permanent feature.
Activities include game drives (day and night), water safaris on mekoro and delta boats in high water season, and guided walking safaris. The wildlife is prolific. From elephants to lions to rare birds and a staggering array of plains game.
Accommodation:
Kanana Camp
Kanana Camp
Kanana Camp is a water-based safari lodge in the Okavango Delta where life takes a gentle and sedate side road off the game viewing highway.
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Includes:
Transfers, full board (excluding premium branded drinks), all activities
Day 3 and 4: Okavango Delta
After your morning game viewing activity and your breakfast, transfer by light aircraft even deeper into the Delta to the Moremi Game Reserve. Okuti is a wonderful safari camp on the water's edge with luxurious dome-shaped chalets built from local reeds.
Game viewing in Moremi is consistently good year round making Okuti the perfect safari primer where you'll see a wide variety of plains game - lion, elephant, antelope, buffalo - riparian wildlife and an incredible array of birdlife.
Activities include game drives in specially adapted vehicles and water safaris on motor boats.
Accommodation: Okuti Camp
Includes:
Transfers, fully inclusive (excluding premium brand drinks), all activities
Day 5 and 6: Chobe National Park
The languid routine continues as you breakfast after your morning's game viewing activity and board a short charter flight to Kasane where you will be collected and driven to Muchenje Lodge on an embankment above the Chobe River.
Muchenje is a small owner-run lodge far from the busy tourist traffic around Kasane. The lodge has 11 rooms, large and well furnished, each with a private balcony and luxurious en suite bathrooms.
Muchenje offers the full range of safari activities and, being in Chobe National Park, that means you'll see plenty of wildlife and birds every day. Home to huge concentrations of elephant, your Chobe safari activities include game drives (night and day), bush walks, water safaris, visits to the village and its school, and sundowner river cruises.
Accommodation:
Muchenje Safari Lodge
Includes:
Transfers, fully inclusive accommodation (excluding premium brand drinks), game
viewing and safari activities
Day 7 and 8: Victoria Falls
When you think it can't get better it does. Breakfast follows your morning game viewing outing before you transfer by road to Victoria Falls for a romantic end to your magnificent Botswana safari.
Your accommodation remains intimate and luxurious with the 10-roomed Stanley Safari Lodge, overlooking the Zambezi River, your home for the next two nights.
The rooms at Stanely Safari Lodge are all unique. Some have open sides, others are cosy and secluded; the decor is eclectic African and the level of comfort is surpassed only by the endless views over the bush to the Zambezi River and Vic Falls' spray (that famous thundering smoke) in the distance setting up some of the finest sunsets your camera will ever see.
Activities include safari excursions, mandatory visits to Vic Falls and yet more mandatory sunset cruises on the Zambezi River.
Accommodation:
Stanley Safari Lodge
Stanley Safari Lodge
Stanley Safari Lodge is an intimate, tranquil and luxurious safari lodge set away from the hustle and bustle of Victoria Falls and overlooking the Zambezi Valley from the Zambian side.
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Includes: Transfers, full board (with the exception of premium brand drinks)
Day 9: Victoria Falls
Usually you will have enough time for a leisurely breakfast before your transfer to Livingstone International and the end of your classic luxury African safari extravaganza.
Tailor-make this holiday: add the eerie Makgadikgadi Pans National Park and the vast Central Kalahari Game Reserve - both in Botswana - to your already wonderful trip and make the most of your time in Africa's wildlife and wilderness hotspot.
You may also find it convenient to reverse the holiday starting in Victoria Falls (Livingstone International) and ending in Maun (Botswana); or starting and ending in Vic Falls… the options are limitless so talk to your Travel Expert now to start African Holiday.
Page last updated: 23 Jan 2012
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We would like to commend the high service received from Namibian Tours and Safaris especially taking into account the short length of time you had to arrange this holiday for us. The recommendations and itinerary were ideal with the majority of our stay in each location being the right duration. The whole process of booking this holiday was hassle free and we would not hesitate in recommending your services to others.
We would specifically like to thank you, Alison, for all of your hard work which resulted in a truly fabulous holiday for us. Also, it was great to meet up with you in Solitaire where you expressed so much love for your country and this was clearly mirrored in the schedule and service you presented to us allowing us to experience this fantastic country. It will not be the case of 'if' we return to Namibia, it is more the case of 'when' we will return as we enjoyed it so much.
A special mention for Edward he did a super job – vouchers and maps were with our car hire agency at the airport – book presentation of whole trip was clear, easy to follow and complete. He even gave us his mobile No in case we encounter some problems. Really to recommend as Tour Operator and will use them again next time.
Road – all went well and thanks to have recommended a 4Wheel Drive Car – due to rough road conditions we appreciated – you could do it with a normal car and met tourists with B type cars but they took much longer for the journeys – had more issues with flat tyres and most admitted next time they will take a 4Wheel Drive Car.
Would like to thank you for all your time spent and hard work to find best places, difficult tasks due to budget restrictions. I will recommend you and your agency whenever I can – actually already did in Joburg – hope brings you some new customers - and of course will come to you for my next trip this time to South Africa hopefully in 2012.
Dear Wilmari,
Back home and I wanted to take a moment to thank you again for planning a perfect vacation for us. I was especially pleased that for the accommodation with dinner all knew about my allergies and cooked accordingly. The Cheetah experience made my daughter very happy and they were so kind to not even charge me for taking pictures.
Highlight of our trip was the stay in
The Fort
The Fort
With a range of desert-adapted architectural styles, The Fort in Onguma Game Reserve is an award-winning safari lodge near Etosha National Park.
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and we are determined to return one day.
As pointed out before, the
Namib Desert Lodge
Namib Desert Lodge
The Namib Desert Lodge, inside a private concession, is on the edge of the Namib-Naukluft Park with great desert views and comfortable rooms.
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I cannot recommend to anybody (fined for driving on their property and below average dinner buffet) and also the Olivia Guesthouse was a letdown when it came to the food (lunch and breakfast).
I have posted some pictures on Flickr, maybe you want to have a look and I'm always happy to read comments.
Last but not least: Could you please send us the itinerary you prepared for us and we received at arrival electronically? Some of my friends are interested to book the same trip with you.


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