Day 1-2: Livingstone – Stanley Safari Lodge
Your safari begins in Livingstone, Zambia, where you will be met on arrival at the airport and transferred to Stanley Safari Lodge for two nights, B&B basis.
Stanley Safari Lodge
Perched on a high hill overlooking the Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park, 3kms from the Victoria Falls, Stanley Safari Lodge enjoys perhaps the best location of any lodge in Livingstone. It’s a small, intimate lodge, with 10 private cottages decorated in traditional African style. The rooms are open-sided so as to make the most of the marvellous views of the Zambezi Valley, and to allow in the sights and sounds of the surrounding bush. The interiors are furnished in lavish colonial style but with all the modern conveniences and comforts you’d expect from a lodge of this category.A guided tour of the Victoria Falls is included in your stay at Stanley Safari Lodge, as is an evening cruise on the Zambezi.
Day 3-4: Livingstone to Kasane – Lebala Camp
Depart Livingstone this morning by private vehicle to Kasane, Botswana, from where you take a light aircraft transfer to Lebala Camp, in the Linyanti region, where you stay two nights on fully-inclusive basis incl. activities.
Lebala Camp
Kwando Lebala Camp is set in the extensive grasslands and seasonal floodplains of the Linyanti marshes. It is one of only two camps – the other being its sister camp, Kwando Lagoon – within the Kwando Game Reserve, Botswana's largest private concession.Situated between Chobe and the Okavango Delta, this is a region famous for its superb game-viewing. Lebala, which roughly translated means "wide open plains" in Setswana, overlooks a vast wilderness teeming with game. The region is particularly noted for its huge elephant and buffalo populations, which appear in their greatest numbers during the dry season (June to Oct), as well as its wild dog, which den in the area during June and July.
You sleep in one of nine spacious tents, each of which has been elegantly furnished in teak. The en-suite bathrooms have his & her basins, clawfoot bathtubs, and outdoor showers. Each tent has a large deck, with a superb view over the expansive tracts of African plains and wetland that form the Kwando-Linyanti flood plain system.
Guest facilities at Lebala include lounge, bar, swimming pool, and game viewing hide. Activities available include day and night game drives and seasonal bush walks.
Day 5-7: Lebala to Kwara Camp
After breakfast, transfer by light aircraft to Kwara Camp in the Okavango Delta, where you stay two nights on fully-inclusive basis incl. activities.
Kwara Camp
Kwara is situated on the edge of a secluded lagoon in the northern Okavango Delta, a privileged position from where it enjoys access to the permanent waterways of the Delta as well as the surrounding floodplains.Kwara accommodates a maximum of 16 guests in eight traditionally styled tents positioned on raised decks, each with a superb view of the lagoon. Towering African ebony and mangosteen trees provide shade and ensure that the camp is always cool, while attracting plentiful birdlife – adding to the feeling of serenity in what is one of the Okavango's best kept secrets!
Kwara is located in a private concession, and offers activities including day and night game drives, game walks, mokoro safaris and fishing (spinning equipment is provided).
Day 8: Okavango Delta to Maun; International departure
After breakfast at camp transfer to the airstrip for your flight to Maun, where you can connect with your international flight home.
NB. We can quote for your international flights to/from Botswana & Zambia. If flying from the UK, we recommend flying via Johannesburg, South Africa, from where there are regular regional flights to Livingstone and Maun.
Botswana Green Season Special
Gain a unique perspective on the Okavango Delta and see the Victoria Falls at their peak on this green season safari special, available Nov-Apr
Botswana Green Season Special
Visit the most exclusive wildlife areas of Botswana - Linyanti and the Okavango Delta - on this 7-night Green Season safari. You’ll experience superb game viewing with knowledgeable guides, and will be accommodated in fully-inclusive luxury safari camps while in the Okavango Delta and Linyanti regions.
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