Okavango & Chobe Trail - Overland Safari

Today marks the arrival in the town of Victoria Falls, home to the spectacular Victoria Falls. With the many activities offered in Victoria Falls, today is the perfect day for the adventure that best suits your style. Whether it's rafting on the mighty Zambezi River or a flight over the falls - today is the day to enjoy the many attractions in Victoria Falls. Meals: Breakfast. Optional activities: Visit to Victoria Falls, Zambezi sunset cruise, bungee jump, helicopter flights, white-water rafting.

This morning there is another opportunity to participate in the many optional activities offered in the town of Victoria Falls. After lunch, we take the short drive to the border to Botswana and cross over. In the late afternoon, we reach our accommodation to set up camp on the banks of the Chobe River. Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Optional activity: Visit to Victoria Falls, bungee jump, helicopter flight, white-water rafting.

Our Africa journey continues from the Kahari sands to Kasane, arriving in time for lunch and a short siesta. In the afternoon, we make our way to Chobe National Park and explore it from the river. Chobe National Park is one of the best-known wildlife reserves in Botswana, located near the town of Kasane. It covers an area of about 12,000 square kilometers and includes cool landscapes, including savanna, river valleys, and forests. The park is famous for its rich wildlife and stunning landscapes. We enjoy a leisurely boat ride, providing us with a close-up, unforgettable experience with elephants that gather by the river in the afternoon. It is estimated that there are over 50,000 elephants in the park, making it one of the best places in Africa to observe these magnificent animals. Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Included highlight: Chobe National Park boat cruise. Optional activity: Chobe National Park safari.

Pack up your camp and depart at dawn with the open 4x4 safari vehicles. You will be picked up by the overlander truck in Maun. Enjoy the long drive to Maun, through Botswana's incredibly beautiful landscapes and keep your eyes peeled, as you may encounter some wildlife. Today's drive takes us past Botswana's salt pans. The Botswana salt pans are not only an impressively cool landscape, but they also have ecological significance. They provide habitat for many plant and animal species, including some rare and endangered species adapted to extreme conditions. During the rainy season, the salt pans can be flooded, creating ideal conditions for flamingos, which use the lakes to find food and breed. Zebras roam the fringes of the salt pans in search of food and water. They are adapted to dry conditions and can survive near water sources. Wildebeests, springboks, kudu, and other ungulates inhabit the savannas and open grasslands near the salt pans, looking for food like grass and other plants. Predators such as lions, leopards, cheetahs, and hyenas are found in the dry areas, hunting ungulates. They utilize the open plains for hunting.

Today is a full-day game drive. We will spend the majority of our day on safari in the Moremi Game Reserve. Expect bumpy roads as we traverse this area in our 4x4 vehicles. The Moremi Game Reserve spans about 5,000 square kilometers and includes both dry and wet habitats. The landscape varies from floodplains, channels, lagoons, forests, and open grasslands. This creates perfect habitats for animals and plants. Wildlife here includes elephants, predators such as lions, cheetahs, hyenas, or wild dogs, antelope species like impalas, kudus, lechwes, and pukus, buffaloes, and over 500 bird species such as African fish eagles, pelicans, storks, cranes, and many wading and water birds. Notable plant species in the Moremi Game Reserve include water lilies and fig trees, which provide shade and food for various animals and are often vital food sources for elephants and monkeys.

We will be separated from our overlander truck for the next 2 days, so it's important that you pack your personal belongings before we travel to Maun. In Maun, we will have little time for repacking and storing, so take only the essentials. This morning, we rise early and set off to continue our African journey to Maun. Early risers will have the option to take a scenic flight over the delta (weather permitting). After the optional flight, you will be picked up in Maun and taken to the Khwai Conservation Area in smaller safari vehicles. That evening, our guide will prepare us for what to expect on our afternoon mokoro outing in the Okavango Delta and our game drive in Khwai. The Okavango Delta is one of the largest inland deltas in the world and is an interesting ecological area home to an incredible variety of habitats and animal species.

Today we make our way north through the harsh landscapes of the central Kalahari Desert to the gateway of the Okavango Delta. On the way, you will pass through several smaller towns and villages, giving us a glimpse of daily life in Botswana. One of the cool attractions along our route is the Orapa diamond mine. The Orapa diamond mine is one of the largest diamond mines in the world and was discovered in the 1960s, becoming a significant source of high-quality diamonds since then. We continue on, passing by the southern end of Makgadikgadi Pans National Park. Keep an eye out for wildlife between the waterholes, as a variety of wildlife could encounter you here, such as elephants, zebras, wildebeests, lions, cheetahs, and many bird species.

Today marks the end of an unforgettable journey full of experiences and adventures in southern Africa. After breakfast, we take the highway to Johannesburg, where we will arrive in the afternoon. Here, the journey ends.