Summary
DAY 1 Maun to Moremi Game Reserve
DAY 2 – 4 Moremi Game Reserve
DAY 4 – 7 Khwai Concession
DAY 5 Khwai Concession
DAY 8 Khwai to Maun
Detailed Itinerary
Pick-up at Maun international airport/accommodation by your professional safari guide,short introduction and briefly on what to expect before you head out for Moremi Game Reserve through Shorobe. The drive will take you about 3-4 hours drive depending on what to see on the way. The game drive technically starts once we have passed the Buffalo fence. Packed lunch will be carried with us.
Arrive late afternoon at your designated camping ground in Moremi, where we will be camping for 2 nights. Find your camp already set by our camp staff. Time to relax and stretch your legs, pre-dinner refreshments, take dinner under the stars and later relax for a while around a blazing campfire listening to the calls of hyenas and lions. Guests interested in astronomy will be treated to one of the most expansive displays of stars on earth, before retiring in cosy tents for the night and drifting off to the sounds of the wild.
An early morning wake up call for tea and coffee with breakfast depending on clients food preferences. Depart camp just after sunrise, as we proceed through the beautiful scenery of the Moremi Game Reserve. Our game drive will take us to the park’s most beautiful areas such as Black Pools and Xini Area. These areas are in the south western part of Moremi. There is plenty of game in these areas with a very good chance of seeing elephant, buffalo, rhino, giraffe, lion, leopard, hyena, jackal, and many different antelopes, including red lechwe and sitatunga, the web-footed antelope perfectly adapted to life in the swamps, as well as a wide variety of birdlife. Wild dog whose numbers are so rapidly dwindling elsewhere, are regularly sighted in the Moremi Game Reserve.
Return to camp for brunch and a siesta before heading out for a late afternoon game drive.
A late afternoon game drive will take you to explore the Black Pools and Xini Area till sundown with drinks( G&T, beer, wine, bottled water & soft drink) . Catching up at the fire at dinner enjoying the animal calls. Good night sleep under canvas.
You have an early start this morning – leaving after breakfast we head out for our final game drive in the Moremi Game Reserve. Break camp and cross the Khwai River and enter Khwai Concession through North Gate. The Khwai Concession is a private game reserve comprising lagoons, channels and grassland adjacent to the stunning Moremi Game Reserve.
Upon arrival at your designated camping ground in Khwai, you will find your camp ready with tents erected. Time to relax and stretch your legs during which the safari guide will deliver a short briefing about Khwai Concession, where you will do your morning, afternoon, and sometimes night game drives, as well as other information regarding the safari, before heading out for an afternoon game drive through the beautiful scenery of the concession. There will be a good chance of seeing leopard, lion, African wild dog, hyena, kudu, waterbuck, giraffe, zebra, elephant, buffalo, rhino and impala – to name a few. Birdlife is quite amazing in the area with birds such as secretary bird, hornbill, lapwing, vulture, African jacana, African fish eagle, hamerkop, kori bastard, lilac breasted roller, and crested crane among-st many other species.
Return to camp for pre-dinner refreshments, take dinner under the stars and later relax for a while around a blazing campfire listening to the calls of the hyenas and lions. Guests interested in astronomy will be treated to one of the most expansive displays of stars on earth, before retiring in cosy tents for the night and drifting off to the sounds of the wild.
Early wake up call for breakfast, break the camp as we transit back to Maun.
End of Tour