Kalahari Desert, Central Kalahari Game Reserve

Botswana Kalahari Desert

The Kalahari Game Reserve, Central Botswana, is the largest sand basin in the world. Although called a desert, the Kalahari is covered with a wide variety of habitats and is home of the San bushmen and the Big-5 animals. On this private luxury tour experience three of Botswana’s most noted landscapes and safari experiences—water, land and desert. These are Okavango Delta, Moremi Game Reserve and Kalahari Desert.

Botswana is literally an oasis in the desert – the desert being the Kalahari, cut into jigsaw shapes by the tributaries that vitalize the Okavango Delta. And where there is water there is life, lush and green and teeming with animals and birds. This safari destination is recommended only for those who are well-organized self-sufficient groups of adventurers who can confront the remoteness, wilderness, harsh terrain and unforgiving climate.

TRAVEL UNTAMED ON THIS 10-DAY ESSENCE OF KALAHARI RESERVE SAFARI…
And, experience the renowned Mombo Camp on the delta’s Chief’s Island.

What We Love

In Okavango Delta, experience best of both worlds; land and water-based camps
Stay at a private game reserve renowned for its wildlife, including the Big Five.
Designed with the best luxury resorts and services available
Travel any day – shorten or lengthen the tour to suite your wishes
This safari is designed to provide maximum outdoor experience

Need to Know

This trip may require walking and 4x4 drive on rough surfaces.
We carefully select the world's best safari operators in each destination.
We offer 24/7 support to give you complete peace of mind during your holiday.
We can arrange other preferred luxury safari properties of your choice.

Botswana Kalahari Desert

Okavango Delta, Moremi Game Reserve, Kalahari Desert

(10 Days – Travel Any Day)

Day 01 – Arrive
Okavango Delta Arrive Johannesburg. Transfer and flights to the Okavango Delta for three nights at the luxury Vumbura Plains, water-based camp, or Abu Camp, elephant-back safari camp for three nights. Vumbura Plains Camp comprises two separate seven-roomed satellite camps, tucked beneath a canopy of cool, shady, indigenous trees.

The main activity is game viewing in wonderful and varied countryside, but what Vumbura Plains offers in abundance is privacy. The private suites offer secluded areas to relax, so guests can escape into a room with a part of the Okavango all to themselves.

Or stay at the luxury Abu Camp that offers an African experience with a difference: you can take walk or ride the Abu elephants and see the wild environs through their eyes. The vast, exclusive Abu Concession is set within the unspoilt Okavango Delta. As the largest inland delta on the planet, the Okavango and surrounding areas of northern Botswana hold more elephants than any other area in Africa.

Overnight Camp

Day 02 & 03 – Safari
Okavango Delta Daily game drives and on request, we can arrange private bird watching, bush walks or night safari.

In Abu Camp you can enjoy elephant-back safaris.

Overnight Camp (B, L, D)

Day 04 – Transfer & Safari
Moremi Game Reserve Transfer and flight to Mombo Camp in the delta’s Moremi Reserve for three nights. Maun is the gateway to the Okavango Delta and is accessed by a short 30 min flight on a light aircraft. The Mombo Camp is located in Central Okavango Delta. It is at the northern tip of Chief’s Island Moremi Game Reserve on Mombo Island.

Overnight Camp (B, L, D)

Day 05 – Safari
Moremi Game Reserve Morning and afternoon land-based game drives. The Mombo Camp is located in an area of pristine wilderness and is one of the world’s top wildlife viewing regions. Spot the Big Five during daily game drives with an expert ranger.

Overnight Camp (B, L, D)

Day 06 – Safari
Moremi Game Reserve Continue twice-daily game drives

Overnight Camp (B, L, D)

Day 07 & 09 – Transfer & Safari
Kalahari Desert Transfer and flights to the Kalahari for three nights at Jack’s Camp in the Makgadikgadi Pans. Morning and afternoon excursions, including options for quad biking, wildlife safaris, and walks with San Bushmen guides

Overnight Camp (B, L, D)

Day 10 – Depart
Botswana

Transfer and flights to Johannesburg

Botswana Kalahari Desert Botswana

Make this your holiday

Exclusive Tour: your own private multilingual guide throughout the trip
Price Guarantee: costing 25-30% less than similar tours of the same flexibility & quality
Tailor Made: customised itinerary to create your dream holiday
Duration: shorten or lengthen the tour to suit your wishes
Dates: depart and return whenever you choose
Hotels: change hotel grade to suit your budget
Group Discounts: call 020 8350 6199

When to go Botswana’s winter is during our British summer, and the weather is hot during the day, but it isn't a stifling heat, and cold at night.

The summer months (British winter) can be hot and humid and there is a chance of rain. Botswana has one rainy season which runs between mid-December and runs through to mid-March.

Visa All visitors to Botswana need a valid passport for at least six months, but no visas are required by citizens of most Commonwealth countries, EU countries, USA and other selected countries. A valid return ticket is required. On arrival you’ll get a 30-day entrance stamp.