ROUTE: (WINDHOEK – WINDHOEK)

DAY 1
After an early collection of your fully equipped 4×4 rental vehicle in Windhoek we go through a short introduction of the camping gear and accessories. We depart to the Botswana border without delay and travel on to the small town called Ghanzi for our first evening under the African sky and we set up camp at THAKADU BUSH CAMP.
Dinner is prepared over campfire and tonight we discuss the great adventure lying ahead.

DAY 2
Today we have an exciting day ahead as we aim to arrive at our campsite in the Moremi game reserve by late afternoon.
As we approach the reserve we look out for elephant, wild dog and leopard, all of which are often spotted along the way.
After setting up camp it’s time to prepare our first dinner over our campfire in the real African bush.

DAY 3
A 3 hour morning game drive is followed by a lovely picnic brunch once we arrive back at camp.
The campsite is under big trees and you are free to have a well deserved rest while we wait until it’s a little cooler before we embark on a 2 hr afternoon game drive.
Another campfire dinner follows and we might have some guests in camp too, as hyenas and elephant are known to pass through camp while on their feeding rounds.

DAY 4
After morning coffee we say goodbye to Moremi and head back to Maun to stock up on supplies as well as provide you with some time to partake in an optional scenic flight over the Okavango Delta, a must do if you would like to get an aerial picture of this amazing wildlife haven.
The Makgadikgadi pans is our destination tonight and we set up camp in Khumaga, another unfenced camp in wild Botswana.
Like Moremi, all the big ones are found here; lion, leopard, elahant, hyena, giraffe, zebra and many more.
We enjoy a late afternoon game drive followed by our customary campfire dinner.

DAY 5
After a 2 hour game drive in the Makgadikgadi Nature Reserve we depart to Elephant Sands, our next destination.
This private lodge is a must visit and the campsite is positioned in such a way that elephants on their way to the watering hole passes within meters from your tent.
What an amazing experience this is, you will remember it for life!

DAY 6
A good breakfast is prepared after which we take a long haul to Kasane, a good few hundred kilometers to the north.
We have a mid day arrival at our campsite on the banks of the Chobe river and you have the afternoon to relax at the pool, read a book, or catch up on some much needed sleep.
We enjoy a marvelous dinner around the campfire and tonight you will hear the sound of hippos until deep into the night as the campsite is right on waters edge.

DAY 7
Chobe Game Reserve is one of the very best in Botswana and we are spending 3 hours there this morning looking out for animals and birds, big and small.
You will be blown away by the huge numbers of elephants that occur here and we hope to have some close encounters with these beasts as they cross over to the mighty Chobe down below.
Back at camp we enjoy a light lunch before embarking on a 3 hour sundowner cruise on the Chobe in a large river boat, enabling us to get close to many hippo, crocodile, buffalo and many more.

DAY 8
Excitement mounts as we depart to the mighty Victoria Falls this morning.
Soon after departure we cross into Zimbabwe and not more than an hour later we arrive at the falls, struggling to hear each other through the thunder of the water cascading over the edge of the cliffs and landing down below before being swept away en route to the Indian ocean.
After exploring the falls for the next couple of hours, we enjoy a tasty pizza in town before being given an opportunity to view the falls from above in a helicopter on a 15 minute fly over.
This is an optional activity for your own account and it is highly recommended. The scenery is too spectacular to describe.

DAY 9
An early morning coffee with biscuits is enjoyed in camp after which we depart to our next destination today, which is on the banks of the Okavango river in the Caprivi region of Namibia.
The drive is one of the longest ones of our adventure, but it’s scenic and we pass through many small villages along the way.
Our campsite at Mahangu Safari Lodge is on waters edge and we enjoy a relaxing late afternoon at camp and perhaps we spot hippos in the water and elephant as they come down to the water to drink.

DAY 10
Today we travel further west and reach Ghaub, our campsite during the early afternoon.
Here they have a number of free roaming rhinoceros in their large reserve and with some luck we might see them as they come down to the watering hole to drink.

DAY 11, 12 & 13
Our next destination is Etosha National Park and we spend the next blissful evenings camping under a large Camel thorn tree and doing 2 full game drives on days 12 and 13.
Etosha is Namibia’s flagship national park and the numbers of animals roaming this enormous park is astounding.
Keep your cameras ready, you will have the opportunity to take as many wildlife photos as you wish!

DAY 14
After 3 marvelous days at Etosha it’s finally time to pack up and head back to Windhoek where our adventure started.
Arrival is at around 14h00 and after returning your rental vehicles we enjoy a last snack in town before heading to the Windhoek International Airport for your return flight home.