Best of Botswana & Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls * Chobe National Park * Savute Marsh * Okavango Delta (2 different camps)

Best of Botswana is a luxurious safari with varied game-viewing experience in three prime wildlife areas,: Chobe Riverfront, Savute Channel in southern Chobe and two different areas of the Okavango Delta as well as Victoria Falls.

By staying at different camps and areas within Botswana you experience both a variety of terrain and wildlife. You also enjoy a range of game activities including 4 x 4 game drives, boating, bush walks and mokoro trips - flood water levels permitting of course!

We've decided to change the routing so that you start with a relaxing night in a safari lodge near Maun, to allow you to recover from your international flight, and also to get on the first charter flight into the Delta so that you arrive refreshed and ready to go!

Then you fly into the Okavango Delta where you first spend three nights at the newly redone Baines Camp. Here where you mainly enjoy land-based game-viewing (with some water activities in the peak flood). Then you continue your safari with the magnificent seasonal camp, Chiefs Camp on the game-rich Chiefs island private concession. Chief's island is on the western edge of the Moremi Game Reserve. So here you can enjoy game-viewing by vehicle as well as mekoro trips and boating in peak flood season (July to September).

Then you fly by light aircraft to the magnificent Savute Channel in the southern Chobe. Next you spend two nights at the ever-appealing Chobe Chilwero on the Chobe riverfront. Here you enjoy both game drives and game-viewing on the river by boat.

You now end at a beautiful country lodge - the riverside Victoria Falls River Lodge - for a couple of nights R&R at the end.

Best of Botswana & Victoria Falls at a glance (12 nights):

• 1 night Grays Eden, safari lodge near Maun, Bed & Breakfast with optional activities
• 3 nights Sanctuary Baines Camp, Okavango Delta, Fully Inclusive
• 2 nights Sanctuary Chiefs Island, Private Moremi concession, Fully Inclusive
• 2 nights Savute Safari Lodge, Fully Inclusive
• 2 nights Chobe Chilwero Lodge, Fully Inclusive
• 2 nights Victoria Falls River Lodge, Fully Inclusive of activities

This itinerary can be done in reverse, starting in Victoria Falls and ending in Maun

Value Adds: A complimentary night in the Green and Shoulder season, as well as lower rates due to the longer stay.

Alternative/Upgrade Option:

Just to indicate that prices can be upwards of $2000 per person per night in Peak Season, we show an even more luxurious option as well. Please note that this option heads to the Makgadikgadi Pans instead of the Savute channel.

• 1 night Tlamo Tehele safari lodge near Maun, Fully Inclusive
• 2 nights San Camp (or Jacks Camp when San Camp is closed), Fully Inclusive
• 3 nights Tuludi Camp, Khwai Private Reserve, Fully Inclusive
• 2 nights North Island Okavango, Fully Inclusive
• 2 nights Ngoma Island Lodge, Fully Inclusive
• 2 nights Victoria Falls River Lodge, Fully Inclusive of activities

Tailor-make this safari

The purpose of this sample safari is to show what a Botswana safari costs at the TOP end of the scale. If you do want to have a 10-13 night itinerary in Botswana (and Victoria Falls), there are other options. Such options start from $800-$850 per person per night and head up to the prices above (eg $1950-$2150 per night in peak season.)

We would say for a longer Botswana safari, you should aim to spend at least between $1000 and $1250 per person per night.