Game-rich northern Botswana!
DATES AND RATES
22 August – 1 September 2024
R22 650 per adult; 50% per child under 10 Duration: 11 days, 10 nights Start: Khama Rhino Sanctuary End: Kasane
WHAT WE SUPPLY
• Tented accommodation
• Specialist guide
• Two-way radios in all vehicles
• Three meals per day
• Entry fees to all parks and activities
• 4x4 assistance if required
WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING
• Your own vehicle – a 4x4 is essential (fuel is for your own account)
• Your own travel insurance
• Cooldrinks, alcoholic drinks and snacks
• Personal items such as medication, sunblock, binoculars, camera etc.
• Bedding and camping chairs
This tour into Botswana introduces a few new destinations while keeping some firm favourites. Explore the country with Bhejane 4x4 Adventures on the journey of a lifetime and discover some of Africa’s wildest places.
Our northern Botswana tour begins at the community-based Khama Rhino Sanctuary in central Botswana, where we spend our first night before moving on to the spectacular Kubu Island, a granite rock outcrop on the Makgadikgadi Pans, for a night under the stars. The next morning after enjoying coffee and rusks against a backdrop of the iconic baobabs, we head north along the edge of the empty salt pans, testing our 4x4 driving on the sandy terrain.
We have a light picnic lunch en route to our next campsite. We will spend two days on the banks of the Boteti River, 30 km from Maun. There will be an opportunity to do a flight over the Okavango Delta (own expense), explore the local markets or simply chill in camp before a late afternoon cruise on the Boteti River.
Then we continue to the Khwai River, north of Moremi, for three days of camping. The area is renowned for prolific game, beautiful scenery and magnificent birdlife. Next on the itinerary is Chobe National Park, where there are excellent game-viewing opportunities. It’s one of the best places to see elephants, as well as lions, leopards, hyenas and wild dogs. (A mokoro experience is included in the tour package.)
Leaving Khwai behind, we traverse the Savuti section of Chobe National Park to our camp on the Chobe floodplain, close to Ngoma in northern Botswana. Our transit through the park is yet another chance to see game.
By the time we arrive at our camp in the late afternoon, the Bhejane team has dinner on the fire, so the only thing left is to wash off the Savuti dust before enjoying a sundowner.
You can do a self-drive tour along the Chobe River and explore at your own pace. The area is known for its large herds of elephant and buffalo. Our camp is situated near the Ngoma entrance to Chobe National Park, so you can easily do a drive along the riverfront and floodplains in the park – good places for birdwatching and game.
And finally, we’ll spend two nights on the Chobe near Kasane. There are no fences between the park and the town so it’s quite common to see wildlife wandering through town!
A visit to Chobe would not be complete without a sunset cruise on the river, watching the animals make their way to the water. What a fitting way to round off the adventure.
PLEASE NOTE: YOU WILL NEED A 4X4 FOR THIS TOUR DUE TO THE VERY SANDY TERRAIN. TRAVELLING TIMES PROVIDED ARE APPROXIMATE AND MAY VARY DUE TO THE STATE OF THE ROADS.