13 Days Botswana Wildside – Maun Departure
This 13 Days Botswana Wildside – Maun Departure is an adventure tour taking on a tour in Africa’s iconic destinations. This tour starts in Maun in Botswana before heading for a safari in the wilderness in the Okavango Delta by traditional dug-outs and the abundant wildlife of the mesmerizing, explore the iconic Chobe National Park by boat and have the best time of your wildlife at the Victoria Falls.
On this 13-Day Botswana Wildside – Maun Departure you will take part in Mokoro excursion in the Okavango Delta, game drives in Moremi Game Reserve, Savuti on game drives and game viewing and river cruise on Chobe National Park. Lastly visit the mesmerizing Victoria Falls where you will indulge in several water and adrenaline activities.
Highlights of 13-Day Botswana Wildside – Maun Departure
Day 1: Maun
Day 2 – 4: Okavango Delta
Day 5 – 8: Moremi & Savuti
Day 9 – 10: Chobe National Park
Day 11 – 12: Victoria Falls / Livingstone
Day 13: Livingstone – Tour Ends
Detailed Itinerary of 13-Day Botswana Wildside – Maun Departure
Day 1: Maun
On arrival in Maun, you will meet up with our African Vacation Safari Guide and drive to your lodge, situated on the banks of the Thamalakane River.
Maun is a busting frontier town and after checking in your lodge, you will enjoy a delicious lunch and spend the afternoon at relaxation at a swimming pool.
Accommodation: Boteti Tented Safari
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Main Destination: Maun
Day 2 – 4: Okavango Delta
Spend these three days exploring the magnificent Okavango Delta on an immersive exploration adventure. With our local guides you will head deep into the heart of the Okavango Delta on Mokoro (Dougout Canoes).
The Okavango Delta is a stunning inland delta in Botswana, it is a world’s largest and a vibrant ecosystem teeming with wildlife and unique features. The delta is famous known for its vast size, incredible biodiversity, and the way it dramatically changes in size throughout the year. The Delta is formed as water flows from the Angolan highlands out over the Botswanan flat Kalahari Desert Sands creating a delicate, green oasis for birds and wildlife.
With your local guide, you will explore the Delta, enjoy sightings of several wildlife species, and visit the local people and more about their lifestyle and culture.
Accommodation: Thamalakane River
Meal Plan: Break, Lunch and Dinner
Main Destination: Okavango Delta (Botswana)
Day 5 – 8: Moremi & Savuti
After breakfast, you will return to Main on a light flight over the Okavango Delta, this flight will reveal a different aspect of the delta.
Spend 4 days exploring Moremi and Savuti and their various habitants on game drives watching the plentiful wildlife including herds of elephants, hippos, buffaloes, lion and other game.
Moremi Game Reserve ranks as one of the leading wildlife areas of the world and in your open 4WD vehicle, head into Moremi for fantastic game viewing. Grasslands, floodplains, forest, lily lagoons and winding water channels combine to form a variety of game viewing habitats. Moving north over the sand ridge and into the Mababe depression we arrive at the Savuti Marsha.
This open grassland area attracts helds of zebras and wildebeests, which in turn attract large lion prides for which Savuti is famous for. Spend the night in Central Chobe National Park.
Accommodation: Chobe Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Break, Lunch and Dinner
Main Destination: Moremi & Savuti (Botswana)
Day 9 – 10: Chobe National Park
Along the northern boundary of Chobe National Park flows the Chobe River, attracting some of the largest herds of elephants in Africa. In the early morning, we search for game on the floodplains of the Chobe River, the late afternoon game viewing sundowner cruise is a highlight as we see the might elephant herds returning to Chobe River to quench their thirst.
Accommodation: Chobe Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Break, Lunch and Dinner
Main Destination: Chobe National Park (Botswana)
Day 11 – 12: Victoria Falls / Livingstone
Spend two nights near Livingstone Town on the banks of the Zambezi River. On these days you will enjoy a spectacular walk through tropical vegetation to the very edge of the Victoria Falls local known as “Mosi Oa Tunya” meaning the “Smoke that thunders”. Here you will have opportunities to white water raft on the might Zambezi River, bungee jump or take a light flight over the Victoria Falls (on your own expense).
Accommodation: Bayete Guest Lodge
Meal Plan: Break, Lunch and Dinner
Main Destination: Victoria Falls (Zambia)
Day 13: Livingstone – Tour Ends
Today marks the end of your Botswana Safari, after a leisure breakfast your guide will drop you off at the airport to catch your international flight.
End of 13-Day Botswana Wildside – Maun Departure
