The Okavango Delta Botswana Safari
This 7-day safari tour of the Okavango Delta and Moremi Game Reserve in northern Botswana features wildlife watching around two of the country’s ‘miracle rivers’, the Okavango and the Khwai.
On this small-group Botswana safari tour, you travel in all-terrain vehicles and stay in well-appointed tented camps, with the same skilled local crew and experienced professional wildlife guides with you for the week.
The adventure begins on a scenic charter flight from Botswana’s touring hub of Maun for a bird’s-eye view of the larger wildlife roaming the Okavango Delta. Elephants, Buffalos, and Lechwe graze the open plains of mopane scrub, and Hippos wallow in the channels that radiate across the Delta.
The first three days are spent exploring the Xakanaxa region of Moremi Game Reserve, departing each morning on game drives across floodplains and savannah, marshes and woodland, seeking out Lions and African wild dogs for which Moremi is famous.
The Xakanaxa area also offers great birding opportunities, with special sightings of a variety of wetland species such as Slaty Egrets and Coppery-tailed Coucals. African Fish Eagles and other birds of prey abound, too, alongside Saddle-billed Storks and Wattled Cranes.
The drive from Moremi Game Reserve takes you through one of the most scenic areas of the Okavango Delta, following the course of the Khwai River and stopping to view the Dombo Hippo Pools.
This part of the Okavango Delta Botswana Safari is not only big cat heaven, with regular sightings of Leopard, Cheetah, Serval, and Lions, but also a good opportunity for Crocodiles, Giraffes, Zebra and many species of antelope. Here you can go for night drives to experience the animals of the African bush after dark.
Birding in the Khwai Community Area yields abundant raptors including Shikra and African Harrier Hawks, as well as breeding Rosy-throated Longclaws, Black Coucals and African Crakes.
Your last day on this magical Okavango Delta Botswana safari includes the opportunity to take a dug-out canoe trip on the Khwai River for close-up views of the animals that depend on its waters. Then you once more enjoy a charter flight over the northern Botswana landscape back to Maun.
Top 5 highlights
- The chance to see the full beauty and abundant animal life of the famous Okavango Delta from the air.
- Visiting the Khwai region, Botswana’s birding Mecca, to add an abundance of top wetland species and birds of prey to your life list.
- Combining the experience of the true wilderness of Africa with the comfort of a cosy tented camp and good food cooked over an open fire.
- Night drives to catch sightings of the more elusive nocturnal creatures that inhabit the African bush.
- Travelling along the Khwai River in a traditional dug-out canoe, called a mokoro, for a relaxing nature-filled adventure
If you'd prefer taking a longer tour, why not have a look at The Three Rivers Safari?
Alternative Tour Name: Miracle Rivers Tour
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