Days 1 & 2: Makgadikgadi Pans National Park

You depart from Maun at 8am to the unique and fascinating salt Pans of the Makgadikgadi. With its Palm trees and Riverine woodlands - view spectacular scenery and breathtaking sunsets. Game is richly diverse due to the fertile grasslands. The area is known for its abundant birdlife. Your 2 nights are spent camping near the Khumaga area.

Days 3 & 4: Kalahari Game Reserve

You continue to your campsite in Deception Valley, via Tsoe and Rakops. The Valley is an ancient riverbed meandering between wooded dunes across the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. The riverbed supports a great diversity of flora and fauna and you explore this fragile ecosystem along a great length of its course. View Oryx feeding along the way. 

You could also encounter Lion, Leopard, Brown Hyena, Giraffe, Wildebeest, Hartebeest, Jackal, Bat Eared Fox and various other species. Not really the quantity but rather the environment in which they are found is so intriguing.

Raptors such as Black Shouldered Kite, Kestrel and Eagle abound while the Marsh Owl are often seen after the rains. Many topics are discussed around the fire at night and comradeship forms an integral part of this unique experience.

Day 5: Deception Valley Lodge

Today you leave the Central Kalahari and travel to Deception Valley Lodge, which is situated on a private concession, bordering the Reserve. Your stay here allows you to enjoy a night drive, where you have a good chance of encountering some of the fascinating nocturnally active wildlife.

Days 6 & 7: Okavango Delta

This morning you enjoy an early morning activity, before returning overland to Maun, for your scenic flight into the Okavango Delta where you camp at your Afro Ventures campsite on a private concession (complete with camp staff) and explore the Okavango by mokoro (traditional dug-out canoe) and powerboat.

The evening meal is prepared under a canopy of trees while around you, the sounds of the night are now quite different - thousands of Frogs form a noisy, yet soothing backdrop.

You rise with the dawn and explore the floodplains on foot and by mokoro. Depending on game concentrations you could expect to find Lechwe, Kudu, Buffalo, Reedbuck and many other species. The flora too provides a fascinating glimpse into the intricate ecology of the Delta. During the hot hours of the day the possibility of a swim presents itself.