A premier wildlife experience combining both water and land safaris

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Every detail taken care of

  • Personalised journeys from start to finish

  • Every trip helps support Conservation

  • Every detail taken care of

Itinerary highlights

  • Walking with the bushmen of the Kalahari
  • Exploring the Okavango Delta by boat
  • Exhilarating game drives in the Moremi reserve
  • Incredible animal spotting in one of the world's best country's for safaris

What's included

  • Land and water based game drives lead by specialist guides on Safari
  • Luxury accommodation throughout
  • Meet and greet airport service
  • Full support from your Travel Designer and Concierge before, during and after your trip
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At a glance

Discover Botswana with a safari adventure across land and water. Start in a luxury camp in the Kalahari plains before moving onto the Okavango Delta and the Moremi Game Reserve.

We’ve handpicked the very best accommodation in each area and you’ll be in the careful hands of expert guides to ensure that this trip is your most memorable yet.

Start your trip in the semi-arid savannah of the Kalahari: a game drive to spot the elusive black-maned lion and an interpretive walk with the Bushmen in their ancestral home will make your stay an unforgettable experience.

Once you’ve reached the Okavango Delta, you will have the chance to explore it by boat. Enjoy zooming down the waterways in a motorboat, or a more tranquil floating experience by a mokoro – dugout canoe – allows you to get up close to nature. You will have the opportunity to see elephants, hippos, tiny coloured reed frogs and most importantly, the incredible birdlife that this area is known for.

Your final destination is the Moremi – proclaimed a game reserve in 1963 under the leadership of Chief Moremi III’s wife. Located in the eastern and central part of the Okavango Delta, the Moremi includes Chief’s Island and the Moremi tongue. This area has one of the most diverse ecosystems on the continent and is also the only officially protected part of the Delta, so has a special significance to scientists and environmentalists. Here you can enjoy exhilarating game drives, with lots of big game sightings; in particular, the lion versus buffalo interaction is a big draw.

Example trip itinerary

Days 1-4

Central Kalahari Game Reserve

Meet and greet at Johannesburg Airport Meet and greet at Johannesburg Airport

On arrival at Johannesburg airport you will be met airside by a Jacada representative as you enter the terminal building. You will be fast-tracked through immigration, assisted with baggage collection and assisted to your onward arrangements.

Flights & transfers

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Flight from Johannesburg to Maun

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Light aircraft flight from Maun to the Kalahari Plains airstrip

 
Three days in the Central Kalahari game reserve Three days in the Central Kalahari game reserve

Spend your days here in the remote wilderness of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve on amazing safari activities. Look out for unusual animals such as honey badgers, take a visit to Deception Valley and learn the traditions of the resident Bushmen.

Antelope seen on safari, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana
Kalahari game drive Kalahari game drive

Experience the astonishing wildlife of the Kalahari semi-arid sandy savannah with a game drive in an open 4x4 vehicle lead by an expert guide. You'll be on the look out for the area's star attraction, the legendary Kalahari black-maned lion and will have the chance to see black rhinos, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas, giraffes and warthogs as well as other smaller mammals and migratory birds.

Interpretive walk with Kalahari Bushmen Interpretive walk with Kalahari Bushmen

Start the day early for an exceptional experience: an interpretive Bushman walk. This unique excursion is lead by camp staff members who hail from an ancient Bushman clan and will give you an insight into their daily life with a fascinating walk in the immediate camp area, their tribal home. You'll come away with an understanding of traditional Bushman dress, hunting techniques using bows and poisoned arrows and explanations of the various uses of the plants and animals found in the area, revealing their long standing culture and connection with the wild bush.

Flights & transfers

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Light aircraft flight from Kalahari Plains airstrip to Maun

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Light aircraft flight from Maun to your next camp in the Okavango Delta

Days 4-6

The Okavango Delta

Lodges and Camps in the Okavango Delta

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Two days exploring the Okavango Delta Two days exploring the Okavango Delta

The Okavango Delta is rightly known as one of the premier wildlife habitats in the world, home to an enormous density and diversity of wildlife. There’s something quite magical about the Delta, with its amazing sunsets, the sound of the frogs at night, and the elephants wading through the reeds, all combining to make an unforgettable stay.

One of nature’s great spectacles, the flooding of the Delta, brings water from thousands of miles upstream in Angola, arriving into Botswana in the dry season where it spills out into the desert creating an incredible network of channels and lagoons. Huge herds of animals flock to take advantage of the ready supply of water and flourishing grasses, and their predators follow.

Okavango Delta Water-based safari Okavango Delta Water-based safari

The Okavango Delta is known as one of the premier wildlife habitats in the world, home to an enormous density and diversity of wildlife. The flooding of the Delta brings water from thousands of miles upstream on the Okavango river, arriving into Botswana in the dry season. Huge herds of animals flock to take advantage of the ready supply of water and nutrients, and their predators follow. You'll have the opportunity to witness this spectacle as you ride through the reeds as the sun goes down in a ‘mokoro’ - a traditional dug-out canoe - or in a speed boat. Your Okavango-born guide and poler will help you to spot tiny frogs, hippo, crocodile, the elusive sitatunga and colourful waterbirds such as Pel's Fishing-Owl, Slaty Egret, Wattled Crane and a host of raptors, other waterbirds and colourful kingfishers.

Flights & transfers

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Light aircraft flight to your next camp in Moremi Game Reserve

Days 6-9

Moremi Game Reserve

Lodges and Camps in the Moremi Reserve

Hippos in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Three days in the Moremi Game Reserve Three days in the Moremi Game Reserve

Although just under 5,000 square kilometres, Moremi is a surprisingly diverse reserve, combining a patchwork of lagoons, shallow flooded pans, plains and forests. It is one of Africa's finest areas for wildlife, with particularly high game densities. The reserve is a sanctuary for many animals and known for its large herds of plains game such as buffalo, zebra and wildebeest, as well as being home to many predators including lion, leopard, wild dog, cheetah and hyenas.

Moremi Khawi 4x4 game drive Moremi Khawi 4x4 game drive

Today, you'll go on a game drive in the game rich Khwai-Moremi area on the eastern tongue of the Okavango Delta in an open 4x4 vehicle lead by an expert guide. You'll be on the look out for big game such as elephants lions, leopards, cheetah, giraffe, hyaena, jackal, African Wild dog, impala and red lechwe.

Moremi Game Reserve safari Moremi Game Reserve safari

Enjoy your last day on a thrilling safari in the Moremi Game Reserve. This pristine wilderness is packed with more animal species than anywhere else in Africa. Your expert guide will bring you to the best locations within the reserve for spotting predators such as lion, leopard, cheetah, elephant, hippo and rare sitatunga.

Flights & transfers

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Light aircraft flight to Maun airport

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Flight from Maun to Johannesburg

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