8 Day Okavango Safari - Wilderness Trail (Inner Delta & Moremi)

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1Warm welcome in Maun⌄

   Upon your arrival in Maun, we welcome you at the airport and transfer you to your accomodation in Maun (included), where you can recover from the journey and prepare for the next day`s adventure.

   Overnight: en-suite double or twin room in hotel in Maun

2. 2In The Channels Of The Okavango Delta⌄

   In the early morning we pick you at your hotel or lodge or the airport in Maun. The tour starts at 07:30h with a 1h-1.5h transfer to the Buffalo Fence. At the buffalo fence you meet your poler guide from the local community trust, who will take you on an unforgettable journey through the channels of the Okavango. Born and raised in the Okavango Delta, our polers and guides show you their home which they are very pationate and knowledgable about. Our experienced polers take you on a journey deep in the watersystem. Enjoy the peace of the delta in a Mokoro, the traditional onetree-canoe. In camp on an island our team awaits you with lunch. After your meal you can freshen up before your guide takes you on an afternoon nature walk where we hope to see more animals and learn about the delta its plants, animals and the tribes living here. For dinner we return to camp. In the evening you sit around the campfire sharing the stories of the day.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch: basic packed lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Camping our team sets up camp in the wilderness, no fences private ensuite bushbathroom upgrade: family or deluxe tents

3. 3On The Islands Of The Okavango Delta⌄

   Spend the whole day deep inside the Okavango. Explore the channels by Mokoro (traditional DugOut Canoe) and go on a guided bushwalk with an experienced guide on the islands of the Okavango Delta. You are woken up with a warm “Dumela“ (setswana = Hello) and a light breakfast waiting for you. After coffee, tea and breakfast you go on your first gameviewing activity (either a nature walk or a canoe excursion). When returning to camp you have the opportunity to shower. Afterwards you will be served brunch. In the afternoon you enjoy a second gameviewing activity. Enjoy delicious meals cooked over the bushfire by our experienced bush chef and share the experiences of the day in the evening sitting around the bushfire before falling asleep in your comfortable tent with the noises of animals and the bush around you.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Camping our team sets up camp in the wilderness, no fences private ensuite bushbathroom upgrade: family or deluxe tents

4. 4Leaving The Inner Okavango Delta⌄

   Enjoy a last morning activity and lunch in the Okavango before heading back to town. Around 15:30h you are back in Maun for an overnight in a good midrange lodge or hotel with en-suite room and a sunset view over Thamalakane River

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch

   Overnight: en-suite double or twin room in hotel in Maun

5. 5Into The Wild Of Moremi Game Reserve⌄

   In the morning at we pick you at your accommodation in Maun. You meet your highly-trained and experienced guide, who shows you our beautiful wildlife and nature in the next 5 days. In a 4x4 open-sided safari vehicle you drive to Moremi Game Reserve (3hrs on a dusty sandroad in the open gameviewing car), where you will spend the day on gamedrives in the floodplains - seasonally or perennially wet, waterways, lagoons, pools, pans, grasslands and riparian, riverine and mophane forests. This terrain makes driving Moremi’s many loops and trails both delightful and, at times, totally inspiring. Inside the bush you enjoy a packed lunch. Before the sun sets you arrive in your camp where you enjoy a bush shower. After a delicious dinner you can sit around the campfire sharing your experiences of the day. This is offgrid wildcamping with no fences, no wifi, no electricity, no running water. We bring in everything, pitch the tents and cook for you.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Camping our team sets up camp in the wilderness, no fences private ensuite bushbathroom upgrade: family or deluxe tents

6. 6CloseUp Wildlife Encounters In Moremi⌄

   An early morning wake up with a light breakfast allows you to go on an early gamedrive as this is the time when the predators are on the hunt. After the game drive you return to camp where you have the chance to freshen up with a delightful bush shower. The team is already awaiting you with brunch so that you can go on your next game drive as soon as the hot midday sun is over and the animals come out of their hiding places again. Evening programme once again is dinner and story telling around the campfire and the unforgettable experience of being during night deep inside the bush.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Camping our team sets up camp in the wilderness, no fences private ensuite bushbathroom upgrade: family or deluxe tents

7. 7Gameviewing In Moremi⌄

   And again you are woken up in the early morning with a warm "Dumela" so that after a fast coffee, tea and breakfast snack you can rush on an early morning game drive. You spend the day in Moremi on a transfer gamedrive and return to Maun in the late afternoon/early evening with plenty of pictures and unforgettable memories. You are accommodated in a good midrange lodge or hotel with en-suite rooms.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch: basic packed lunch

   Overnight: en-suite double or twin room in hotel in Maun

8. 8Departure⌄

   airport transfer and departure

   Meals: Breakfast