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Botswana offers the visitor a complete African Safari or vacation. This wild and beautiful country is one of the few places in Africa that remains completely unspoilt and animals roam freely. The beautiful Okavango Delta is an inland waterway with a most unusual environment comprising of diverse habitats, where many species of mammals, birds and fish reside. On the eastern fringe of the Delta lies the Moremi Game Reserve, famous for its beauty and intensity of wildlife, including herds of elephant, buffalo, giraffe and antelope. Another most unusual area is the Linyanti Region, where in the dry season, you can see hundreds of buffalo with a pride of lion in pursuit.For adventure tours, accommodation, car hire, guided tours and safaris in Botswana and South Africa - in fact, for all your Africa Travel, Trust Thompsons.
DAY 1 – Arrive Maun / Okavango Delta
On arrival at Maun Airport, you will met and transferred by light aircraft to your camp within the Okavango Delta. The Okavango is a labyrinth of lagoons, lakes and hidden channels covering an area of over 17 000 square km and the largest inland delta in the world.
DAY 2 – Okavango Delta
Depending on the water levels in the Delta, activities vary from mokoro excursions, motorised boat trips, game drives in open safari vehicles or walking safaris. The Okavango Delta is famous for its aquatic wildlife and diversity of birds.
DAY 3 – Okavango Delta / Moremi or Linyanti
Transfer by light aircraft to your camp in the Moremi or Linyanti Region. Moremi is one of the leading wildlife areas and is mostly described as one of the most beautirul wildlfe reserves in Africa. Boasting dense concentrations of game at any time of the year, the game reserve supports a wide range of habitats. On the southern banks of the Linyanti River is the private Linyanti Wildlife Reserve. Here the marsh subsides into lagoons and steadily flowing rivers with riverine forests of jackalberry and sausage trees leading to open grasslands, and dry inland wooded areas.
DAY 4 – Moremi or Linyanti
Your day is spent game viewing in open safari vehicles. The area is highly populated with animals, particularly in the dry winter months when elephants concentrate in enormous numbers at the rivers and waterholes. The particularly beautiful sable and roan antelopes are found here and red lechwe and the aquatic sitatunga antelope inhabit the wetlands. The main predators are lion, leopard, cheetah, wild dog and hyena.
DAY 5 – Depart Moremi or Linyanti
This morning after your early morning game activity, you will be transferred by light aircraft to Kasane.
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