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| GABORONE, KHAMA SANCTUARY 14 DAYS TOUR |
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The Journey Starts in Gaborone and Ends in Victoria Falls |
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You spend 14 nights in the care of an experienced professional guide, with a minimum of just 6 guests, visiting some of the best wildlife areas in Botswana and experiencing a truly traditional safari |
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7 nights hotel and lodge accommodation plus breakfast, 5 nights camping in game reserves. |
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Camping equipment e.g. tents, foam mattresses and sleeping bags. |
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Transport in 4WD vehicle. |
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Professional guides. |
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Game drives. |
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Chefs. |
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Camp crew. |
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12% value added tax |
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Food as per itinerary |
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Transport to the lodge from the airport. |
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2 drinks per person per day and 5 liters of mineral water per person per day. (Additional water and drinks are at your own expense). |
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Camp Assistant |
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Park and reserve fees. |
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Air charters and airport taxes |
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Travel insurance |
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Boat activities |
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Staff gratuities (at client discretion) $10 per person per day |
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Game/scenic flights over the delta |
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Scenic helicopter |
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All adventure activities in Zambia |
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Arrive in Gaborone Sir Seretse Khama International Airport Off Air Botswana from Johannesburg. You will be met at the Airport by Mosu safari tours Guides. Look out for a sign board that reads; “MOSU SAFARI TOURS” The guides will take you to your Hotel (Grand Palm Hotel) located 5 kilometers from the airport. Check in and Freshen up for you next activity. Depending on your arrival time, the appropriate meal will be served or just a snack before departing for a refreshing village tour at Gabane.
Gaborone is the capital city of Botswana, the city is commonly known for its diversity and home of the popular No.1 Ladies Detective Agency (Mma Ramotswe). You will have an opportunity to visit Gabane village about 6 kilometers from the hotel where the famous movie the no 1 ladies Detective Agency is being filmed directed by McCall Smith.
Return back to your hotel after 2 hours village tour. Relax in your room, read a book or a walk in the beautiful hotel surroundings and catch some beautiful birds and before dinner is served at 7:30pm. There are numerous activities within the hotel; you could choose any of the activities provided you don’t tire yourself up for the next day |
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| DAY 2 (TWO) THE RHINO TRAIL KHAMA RHINO SANCTUARY |
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Wake up at 6:00 am, have breakfast at 6:30am. Settle any extras and depart from the hotel at 7:30 am. Your Nice comfortable, air conditioned Minibus will be waiting at the hotel receiving bay to transport you to Khama Rhino Sanctuary. Its roughly 4 hours drive from Gaborone to Khama rhino sanctuary. The drive will be relaxed with a stop to have brunch in palaphye and stretch your legs.
Arrive in Khama rhino sanctuary at 1:00pm. You will be ushered in into your chalets by friendly staff of the sanctuary upon arrival. Freshen up and take a small siesta. Afternoon tea/coffee will be served at 3:00pm. Before departing for your afternoon activity at 3:30 which might be a game drive or Rhino tracking. Game drives will be conducted on an open 4x4 game drive vehicle. We recommend you do Rhino tracking, it’s a beautiful experience. On game drive you will see a variety of animals. You have an opportunity here of seeing some of the animals you will not see elsewhere on safari because they are adapted to arid areas i.e. gemsbok/Oryx gazelle, Springbok, Red hartebeest, Eland although rhinos can live in wet areas they can also be found there, both black and white species. Return to the camp at 6:30pm, refresh and enjoy a cold drink at the bar before dinner at 7:30. Time of going to bed will be determined by the last guest. |
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| DAY 3 (THREE) MAKGADIKGADI |
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Wake up 6:00am and get ready for breakfast at 6:30am. Depart 7:30 to Makgadikgadi National Park. It takes about 4 hours from Khama Rhino Sanctuary to Makgadikgadi National Park. On the way we will pass through a town called Orapa where there is one of the diamond mines, we will have a quick stop at Letlhakane village to have a drink and stretch our legs. On the way there is nothing much to see but beautiful landscaping. We arrive at the park at 12.00 noon; this is where we start camping briefly because we stay here for one night. We will find the camp already set up by our crew. Lunch will also be served at 1300 pm, after lunch enjoy a siesta as you update your diaries or take hot showers in the beautiful ablution block or take a nap. Be advised that Makgadikgadi National Park is one of the parks of Botswana and all the National Parks and Game.
Reserves of Botswana are not fenced, so animals roam as freely as they want so this is where we interact with animals and some of the animals will actually come to the camp during the night or at times during the day. However we will give you safety precautions in every camp. 1530 pm tea/coffee time, 1600 pm we depart for game drive on an open 4x4 safari vehicle you will have an opportunity to see a lot of Zebras , Wildebeests, Giraffes and many more including the prides of Makgadikgadi. We will stop for sunset over a relaxing drink watching the African sunset as it goes down. 1900 pm we get back to the camp, dinner at 1930 pm which will be prepared by our professional chef, during dinner you will also be told interesting stories by your guides. Time of going to bed will be determined by the last guest |
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| DAY 4 (FOUR) MAKGADIKGADI |
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| Wake up 6:00 am freshen up, breakfast at 6:30 am depart for Maun at 7:30 am in our comfortable mini bus. It is about 2 hours from Makgadikgadi National Park to Maun, so roughly we will arrive in Maun at 10:00 am, check in at Thamalakane Safari Lodge. Freshen up and choose from the list of activities what you’d like to do. Activities include scenic flight over the Delta, village cultural tour and many others. There are also curio shops if you want to buy some souvenirs, 12:00 pm lunch. The scenic flight activity starts at 16:00 pm for 16:30 pm take off , is quite an interesting experience, you will view the Delta from above and also you will see a lot of animals however be advised that the scenic flight is at own expense but we do arrange and transfer you to the airport.
Relax at the lodge as you watch beautiful African sundown with a glass of red wine or a refreshing Botswana special Gin and tonic. Dinner will be served at 7:30 pm with entertainment from local traditional dancers. Sleeping time will be determined by last guest |
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| DAY 5 (FIVE) THAMALAKANE OKAVANGO DELTA |
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Depart from Thamalakane Safari lodge at 06:00 am; arrive at Boro mokoro station at 07:00am on an open 4WD Safari Vehicle en route to the Delta where we will meet the mokoro poolers. Mokoro meaning (the traditional Aquatic mode of transport, dug out canoe) who will take you through the water channels listening to bird’s calls. Bird life is quite spectacular; Hippos and crocodiles are also a usual sight. It takes about 2 hours to reach the island. Roughly you will arrive at the Island between 9 and 10 am depending on what you see on the way. When you arrive you take a rest and stretch your legs and then you take a three hour walk on the Island where you will see lots of animals, for example Zebras, Elephant, Buffalos, Impalas, Giraffes and many more. At times we encounter lions. Guides are very brilliant; they will explain lot of things to you about the animals and the entire environment. We then return to the camp for brunch which will be prepared by our professional chef. After eating you learn how to Poole the mokoro. From there we Poole back to the mokoro station where we find our vehicle waiting for us. We drive back to Thamalakane Safari Lodge where we arrive between 6 and 7pm.
Dinner is served at 7:30 pm. sleeping time will be determined by the last guest. |
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Depart Maun 0700hrs to Moremi Game Reserve in our open 4WD vehicle. This spectacular drive takes you through Shorobe village and Moremi Game Reserve. Set-aside in 1963 by the Batawana tribe, the Reserve is rated as Africa's most beautiful game reserve.
This drive takes about 4 – 5 hours, we arrive at the campsite around lunch time and find our camp already set up, freshen up and have enjoy a delicious lunch. Relax for siesta and leave for game drive at 1600hrs.
Here the grasslands, floodplains, forests and winding waters combine to form a variety of game viewing habitats attracting amongst others; elephants, lion, hippo, leopard and wild dog. We enjoy our game drive until sun set where we watch the African sunset, at times with some form of animals behind the magnificent setting sun. Enjoy a cocktail or a drink of your choice as you watch the sun set, getting back to the camp for dinner around the fire place. |
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| DAY 7 (SEVEN) MOREMI GAME RESERVE |
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5:00 am wake up for a quick cup of tea/coffee, with rusks or cereals and leave for a beautiful long game drive. This is where we spend long hours with animals other than taking pictures you need to observe the animals and learn their behavior; we will have the opportunity to track the prides of Moremi. We then get back to camp between 11- 1200 midday; we enjoy brunch which will be prepared by our qualified chef. After that it will be time to take a rest, take a shower which will be at the ablution blocks. The ablution blocks are clean and well maintained with hot and cold showers. If you have some laundry you may give it out to our laundry ladies, depending on weather you will get back your laundry same day, laundry service is complimentary. This is also a good time to update your diaries. Then tea time 3:30pm before departing for game drive at 4pm which will be our last afternoon game drive in Moremi. |
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| Wake up 5:30 am, for a quick cup of tea/coffee, glass of juice with rusks or cereals. Depart to Savuti which is part of Chobe National Park. It is called Savuti because a certain chief called Savute used to live there with his tribe. On the way we will see the migration of zebras and wildebeest which will be coming back from the Makgadikgadi salt pans after the rains. Tawny eagles can be seen soaring in the sky as we go. The drive is a bit longer from Moremi to Savuti, which is about 6 hours to the campsite; however the drive is much enjoyable as you will see lots of birds and animals on the way. The scenery is amazing and very African looking, with lots of acacia tortillas (mosu in Setswana) with giraffe feeding and many more including the most photographed bird, lilac breasted roller a national bird of Botswana. You will not resist from taking a picture of it, it’s the most beautiful bird in Africa. We arrive in time for lunch; we then set up camp, then siesta. We depart for game drive at 1600hrs, enjoy the beautiful savuti marsh where we see vast herds of zebras and wildebeest and also have an opportunity to see pairs of kori bastards which are the heaviest flying birds. We get back to camp after sunset for a lovely dinner around the camp fire. |
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Wake up at 05:30am, have tea/coffee, rusks then depart for game drive at 06:00am along the savuti channel. Although the channel is dry there is a lot of game to see because there are lots of tall trees along the river bed, animals like to hang around. We also drive to savuti marsh where we have an opportunity to track the cheetah because of the vast open grassland, their mostly preferred habitat. Get back for brunch after a long drive, take a hot shower from the ablution blocks, and have a siesta. Depending on individuals, sometimes some people update their diaries. 15:30pm tea and depart 4pm for game drive, which will be our last game drive in savuti. We will be back from game drive after sun set which will have been enjoyed under the baobab tree (adonsonia digitata) an indigenous tree found in Africa, it is nick named the upside down tree, because the branches look like roots when it is dry or doesn’t have leafs.
Arrive at the camp at 19:00pm for 19:30 dinner which will be braai and this will be your last dinner in the bush cooked by mosu Safari Tours chef, and this will be our last day of camping experience because in Chobe and Victoria falls we will be staying in the lodges. |
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Wake up early to take a long trip to the famous Chobe National Park. It takes about 4-5hours to get to Kasane, we will be staying in Water Lily Safari Lodge. It is one of the luxurious lodges in Chobe. You will notice when we drive the vegetation changes from time to time. Along the way you get mophane woodland, acacia (mosu). The Chobe is mostly dominated by the Zimbabwe teak, very good for making furniture. On the way we will see lots of animals until we get to Chobe enclave which incorporates five villages, Parakarungu, Kachikau, Kavimba, Mabele, and Mochenje Then we enter the park, we arrive at the lodge around lunch time, check in and have lunch. After that siesta, there is also swimming pool, if anybody would like to swim, there are also some internet cafés within the town, and you can also use your mobile phones because there is reception. Leave for game drive at 16oohrs along the Chobe River, actually Chobe is the land of plenty where we will see big herds of buffalos, elephants, pods of hippos, and prides of lions. This is where the four countries share boarders, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Chobe is a unique park because; during dry season big herds of animals congregate along the river. You will see elephants swimming from one bank to the other, buffalos crossing to the island, escaping from the prides of chobe.. |
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Wake up 05:30am having a continental breakfast at the Lodge; depart for game drive at 06:00am. Having started the game drive early will help us to track the prides of Chobe since their tracks will still be visible. Along the flood plains we will also see puku, antelope which is only found in the Chobe, we will also see troops of baboons and monkeys playing with their babies early in the morning. We will also see Chobe bush buck, the species only found in Chobe and many many more Get back to the lodge at 10:00am for brunch which will be served at the lodge, from there is siesta time. 15:30pm tea/coffee served at the lodge, 16:00pm we depart for a river cruise where we see crocodiles and hippos at close quarters. Bird life is magnificent, elephant swimming close by, African fish eagle feeding, watching the African sunset as it goes down over a glass of wine or a drink of your choice served by the friendly staff of the river cruise. After sunset we get back to the lodge to freshen up.
Dinner at 19:30pm, it will be a buffet dinner served at the lodge. Buffet contains a variety of dishes including vinosin and also a variety of dessert. Time of going to bed is determined by the last guest. |
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| DAY 12 (TWELVE -THIRTEEN) VICTORIA FALLS |
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Wake up at 06:00am, freshen up, and breakfast at 06:30am. Depart at 07:30am to the boarder to cross Zambezi River with a pontoon to Zambia. This is where the four countries meet. We will clear our customs and immigration which will take us a while because there is an influx of trucks on the Zambian side therefore it takes one to two hours.
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After custom clearance we leave the boarder to Livingstone town which is about 60km, we will arrive at Zambezi Sun Hotel around 11am, check in and leave to see the famous Victoria falls. There are a lot of activities in Zambia i.e. water rafting, bungi jumping, helicopter flight, micro light flight, elephant ride, lion walk, rhino walk and many more. It depends on what activities you want to do until the day you depart. There is also river cruise along the Zambezi river, (we arrange all the activities in Zambia for you although it’s on own expense) |
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We will be waiting for you to do your activities and taking you around town. During this time we shall also be confirming your flights. |
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| DAY 12 (TWELVE) DEPARTURE |
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| Tour ends at 08:00 after breakfast. We will transfer you to the airport for your international flight. |
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