11 Nights Nxai & Northern Exploration
Your guide will pick you from Maun and transfer you for about 136km on the tar road before turning off and driving 32km to Nxai Pan, on a very sandy road to Nxai National park where you will be staying for 2 nights. Part of the great Makgadikgadi complex, Nxai Pan National Park covers an area of 2,100 km2, and comprises several larger pans which were once ancient salt lakes. These larger pans are now grassed, and are scattered with islands of acacia trees, and smaller pans that fill with water during the rainy season - thus providing rich resources for wildlife such as Zebras, elephants, Wildebeest not forgetting large predators such as lions, brown hyenas and cheetahs. We spend a night, in an exclusive BOGA (Botswana Guides Association) site, away from other people.
The day begins with a wakeup call and then breakfast served and then head on for a game drive to experience the natural habitat, beautiful landscape as well as the wildlife. When we come back from the morning drive lunch will be served at the camping area. Later in the day we will sit at the Waterhole, the only one for miles around and very busy, if the rains haven't started. Sunsets at the Waterhole can be spectacular, with animals silhouetted against the setting sun. We return to our camp after sunset, and enjoy great food and drinks around a fire.
We start with a game drive in the area before we start our trip to Maun where we will overnight to break up the distance between Nxai National Park and Moremi Game Reserve. There will be an option for a scenic flight this afternoon.
After your breakfast you will depart from Maun to Moremi Game reserve where you will spend 3 nights. We will go through elephant heavens which is an elephant orphanage to have a better feeling about elephants, before we proceed with our trip to Moremi. Moremi game reserve is concentrated with vast of wildlife and vegetation species. Every type of mopane habitat is well represented in this drive from the towering cathedral woodlands Xakanaxa to the classic climax mopane woodland. It is also a good birding area.
After our continental breakfast we will set out to experience the famous Moremi game reserve. On this day we will have an early morning and a late afternoon drive with a siesta in between after our lunch. There is an optional boat excursion along Moanachira channel which is part of the mighty Okavango delta. This will give us enough time to explore the abundance of game and to have an unforgettable bush experience.
After our morning breakfast, we will further explore the park since Moremi Game Reserve is roughly five thousand square kilometers, so we have more area to cover. We can do a morning and afternoon drive or we will do a full day trip.
For another wildlife experience you will take a morning drive from Moremi game reserve to Khwai concession for another campsite. Khwai concession is located on the northern boundary of the Moremi game reserve and eastern edge of the Okavango delta. This area is reach in wildlife, sighting of large predators such as Lions and Leopards is very good in the area. Birding is also good in the area such as Kingfishers and wattled cranes amongst many. This area is encompassing of wetlands where water activities such as mokoro/canoe are the best to experience the flood plains formed by the presently listed heritage site, the Okavango Delta.
We rise early and after our healthy breakfast we set out to explore and experience the abundance of wildlife in this pristine area. We aim to be back in camp by noon but if we are lucky with game viewing we will take our time out there. After our lunch there is time for shower and siesta before we set out for our afternoon activity till sundown. Mokoro/canoe trip will be an option for this afternoon.
An interesting game drive takes us away from Khwai Concession traveling via the Khwai River to Mababe Depression where we will be staying for 3 nights. We will enjoy a picnic lunch in the bush and arrive in camp mid-afternoon in time to still make a short sundown drive. A superb bush-dinner will be ready when we get to camp and the campfire will welcome us. We will do morning and afternoon drive for our stay here.
For this two nights here we will be doing both morning and afternoon drives in the area. We will also have an option of a full day trip to Savute. Savuti is a suitable place that no one would like to miss in a holiday trip. It is popularly known for its unique experience of abundance in wildlife species and beautiful landscape covered with mash of grass and scattered rocky outcrops. Amazing sighting of cats such as lions and leopards has been a memorable experience since the place existed.
After our breakfast we will start with a morning driving as we going back to Maun where we will be dropping you.
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