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10 Day Desert to Delta with Victoria Falls
Highlights: Central Kalahari, Okavango, Linyanti/Chobe, Livingstone
Trip start: Johannesburg
Trip end: Livingstone
Price Range From $4995 per person *
* GBP per person, double occupancy. Custom designed personal tour. Prices subject to change.

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2008 & 2009

Trip Summary
Map of Itinerary
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Starting out with a flight from Maun to the Central Kalhari Reserve where you'll spend three nights at the first lodge actually inside the reserve. This area is known to be a hotspot for cheetah, black-maned Kalahari lion along with meerkats and large herds of springbok, gemsbok and wildebeest. You'll also have the chance to explore the area on foot with the San Bushmen. From desert to delta you'll next explore one of the most pristine areas on the planet. This area offers you the opportunity to track game by water and land. Renowned for its mokoro (dugout canoes) trips that give you close encounters with lechwe, sitatunga and an incredible range of birdlife. You'll board another charter plane as you fly into yet another totally different landscape and discover the vast grassland plains which are famed for its lion and wild dog population. Being in this private concession allows you to go on night drives to search for nocturnal creatures such as the aardwolf. No trip to this area would be complete without visiting Victoria Falls. You'll start off in style with a flight over the falls then land in the town of Livingstone where you'll be met and taken to your lodge. For the next two days you'll enjoy life on the Great Zambezi River. You'll be able to choose visits to the falls, a local village, sunset cruises or even try your hand at fishing. You'll end your trip at Livingstone Airport.

NOTE: For this special, full payment is required at time of confirmation. Due to capacity constraints in Botswana, there is a 20% non-refundable booking fee. This booking fee is paid to the lodges directly to secure reservations. This will be paid upon confirmation of your booking.

Day Activities Hotel
Day 1
Johannesburg - Central Kalahari
  • Johannesburg: VIP Meet & Greet and Document Package - Meet & Greet
  • Air - Maun - Central Kalahari [Lodge to Lodge Charter Hop] - Special
  • Maun: Package - Special Botswana - Botswana Flying Safari
  • Lunch
  • Central Kalahari: Tour - Shared - Central Kalahari Game Drives General -
  • Dinner
Tau Pan Camp  (B,L,D)
Day 2
Central Kalahari
  • Tour - Shared - Morning Game Drive -
  • Lunch
  • Tour - Shared - Walking with the San -
  • Dinner
Tau Pan Camp  (B,L,D)
Day 3
Central Kalahari
  • Tour - Shared - Morning Game Drive -
  • Lunch
  • Tour - Shared - Afternoon Game Drive -
  • Dinner
Tau Pan Camp  (B,L,D)
Day 4
Central Kalahari - Okavango
  • Air - Central Kalahari - Okavango [Lodge to Lodge Charter Hop] - Special
  • Lunch
  • Okavango: Tour - Shared - Game Drives - General -
  • Dinner
Kwara (B,L,D)
Day 5
Okavango
  • Tour - Shared - Mokoro Trip -
  • Tour - Shared - Afternoon Game Drive - Game Vehicle
Kwara (B,L,D)
Day 6
Okavango - Linyanti/Chobe
  • Air - Okavango - Linyanti/Chobe [Lodge to Lodge Charter Hop] - Special
  • Lunch
  • Linyanti/Chobe: Tour - Shared - Afternoon Game Drive -
  • Dinner
Kwando Lebala (B,L,D)
Day 7
Linyanti/Chobe
  • Tour - Shared - Morning Game Drive -
  • Lunch
  • Tour - Shared - Afternoon Game Drive -
  • Dinner
Kwando Lebala (B,L,D)
Day 8
Linyanti/Chobe - Livingstone
  • Air - Linyanti/Chobe - Livingstone [Lodge to Lodge Charter Hop] - Special
  • Livingstone: Transfer - Airport - Botswana Special Tranfer
  • Lunch
  • Susi & Chuma Activities 1
  • Dinner
Sussi & Chuma Special  (B,L,D)
Day 9
Livingstone
  • Susi & Chuma Activities 1
  • Lunch
  • Optional activities -
  • Dinner
Sussi & Chuma Special  (B,L,D)
Day 10
Livingstone
  • Transfer - Airport - Botswana Special Tranfer
Depart 
B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner, 1/2d = Half Day, Al = All Inclusive

Trip Options
Cape Town Extension

Itinerary

Day 1
Johannesburg - Central Kalahari
Upon arrival into South Africa you will be met at the door of the plane and escorted through Customs and Immigration avoiding any queues. You will also recieve all of your neccessary documents for your trip which contains a detailed personalized itinerary, maps, restaurant suggestions, Top Tips for exploring each city or region and a 24 hour concierge service (for restaurant reservations, spa treatments, child minders, day tours etc). Fly from Maun to the Central Kalahari. Luggage restricted to 12 kg per person in soft sided bags. Enjoy lunch (included in tour price). The Central Kalahari Game Reserve gets animals such springbok, gemsbok and wildebeest in their thousands and is quite a sight to behold. Predators abound with plentiful Lions – especially the famous Kalahari black-maned Lion, Cheetah, Leopard and Jackals. Brown Hyenas and Wild Dogs are also found in the area. Several species of antelopes make the trip to the sweet grasses of the CKGR which include the Eland, Springbok, Steenbok, Gemsbok, Hartebeest, Kudu and Duiker. Honey Badgers are regular visitors as well as Ground Squirrels and Meerkats and many an hour can be wiled away watching these fascinating animals.

Enjoy dinner (included in tour price). Tau Pan Camp is situated inside the world famous Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) right on the edge of the beautiful Tau Pan. Kalahari” is derived from the Tswana word Kgala meaning “great thirst” – and it has vast areas covered by red sand without any permanent water. The Kalahari Desert is the largest sand basin in the world stretching 2,500kms from the northern regions of South Africa through to Namibia/Angola and ending in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) The Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) is the largest game reserve in the world (52,800 sq km’s) and for many years was closed to the public, hence it is know for being one of Africa’s last true wild areas.

Johannesburg or Jo'burg, as the locals call the city of the gold, is the biggest metropolis in South Africa. With its 3,2 million citizens the city on the Witwatersrand is the predominant commercial centre and the economic motor of the Republic of South Africa. It is the international flight gateway for most of southern Africa.


Central Kalahari
Central Kalahari
Black-Maned Lion
Black-Maned Lion
Tau Pan
Tau Pan

Day 2
Central Kalahari
At first light you'll meet up with others at the lodge for your morning game drive in open 4X4's. Please note that Tau Pan is in a national park and an ecological sensitive area – for this reason we can not drive off road or at night! Enjoy lunch (included in tour price). You'll also have the opportunity to have a guided walk with a San who will explain and entertain you by answering all your questions from birth to marriage to bush survival.
Enjoy dinner (included in tour price). Overnight at Tau Pan Camp . The Central Kalahari Game Reserve is an extensive national park in the Kalahari desert of Botswana. Established in 1961 it covers an area of 52,800 km² making it the second largest game reserve in the world. The park contains wildlife such as giraffe, brown hyena, warthog, cheetah,wild dog, leopard, lion, blue wildebeest, eland, gemsbok,kudu and red hartebeest. The land is mostly flat, and gently undulating covered with bush and grasses covering the sand dunes, and areas of larger trees. Many of the river valleys are fossilized with salt pans. Four fossilized rivers meander through the reserve including Deception Valley which began to form around 16,000 years ago.


Cheetah
Cheetah
Walking Safari
Walking Safari

Day 3
Central Kalahari
At first light you'll meet up with others at the lodge for your morning game drive in open 4X4's. Please note that Tau Pan is in a national park and an ecological sensitive area – for this reason we can not drive off road or at night! Enjoy lunch (included in tour price). Later this afternoon you'll meet up with others from the lodge to explore the Central Kalhari. Every game drive is different as you never know what you're going to see. Our guides and trackers have a wealth of knowledge and will give you a complete picture of life in these abundant eco systems. How everything from termites and dung beetles, even grasses and soils, right up to lion, cheetah and elephant, contribute to the balance of life. Enjoy dinner (included in tour price). Overnight at Tau Pan Camp .


Oryx
Oryx

Day 4
Central Kalahari - Okavango
Fly from the Central Kalhari to the Okavango Delta. Luggage is restricted to 12 kg per person in soft sided bags. Enjoy lunch (included in tour price). Here in the Okavango Delta lives some of the most spectacular and varied wildlife on Earth. Famed for its big cat and bird population, the delta is a peaceful haven where animals have been protected for decades and know they will not be disturbed. You'll have the opportunity to see animals up close when expert guides accompany you on morning and evening game drives in open 4 x 4 vehicles. A night game drive is the perfect means to see some of the nocturnal animals one wouldn’t see during the day time. The park also boasts a diversity of landscape with desert, dry savannah, lagoon and swamps in close proximity – cheetah, crocodile and elephant can also be seen on a game drive.

Enjoy dinner (included in tour price). Kwara is located in the remote northern part of the stunning Okavango Delta within the private Kwara concession. The camp fronts onto a huge floodplain, adjacent to the permanent water of the Delta and is backed by extensive bush. It is a magnificent wilderness area in excess of 1,700 square kilometres, bordering the Moremi Reserve. The Okavango is a labyrinth of lagoons, lakes and hidden channels covering an area of over 17,000 square km and the largest inland delta in the world. Trapped in the parched Kalahari sands it is a magnet for the wildlife who depend on the permanent waters of this unique feature. Sometimes called a 'swamp', the Okavango is anything but. Moving, mysterious, placid, gentle and beautiful, from a wide and winding channel it spreads through tiny, almost unnoticeable channels that creep away behind a wall of papyrus reed, into an ever expanding network of increasingly smaller passages.


Okavango
Okavango
Okavango Game Drive
Okavango Game Drive
Kwara Tented Camp
Kwara Tented Camp

Day 5
Okavango
The Okavango Delta is of course flooded for much of the year and when it is, you can experience serene silence at the gentle pace of a poled mokoro excursion along the narrow Delta channels. Just sit back and relax as they glide through lily ponds on local dugout canoes while they get eye to eye with a buffalo as it laps water from the river, watch crocodiles sunbathe on the banks or cruise past a pod of hippos as they lie in a pool. Fish eagles, frogs and fabulous lilies form much of this experience, but more frequently it is the quietness and gentle pace that makes its impression on you after a mokoro morning.


The Okavango Delta features some of the best game viewing in all of Africa. Drives are typically done at around 4pm when the animals are active. Usually lasting for a few hours. (shared with other guests at the lodge). Overnight at Kwara.


Mokoro Safari
Mokoro Safari

Day 6
Okavango - Linyanti/Chobe
Fly from the Okavango Delta to Linyanti. Luggage restricted to 12 kg per person in soft sided bags. Enjoy lunch (included in tour price). Later this afternoon you will meet up with others from the lodge for your game drive. Enjoy dinner (included in tour price). Kwando Lebala is situated in the Kwando Wildlife Reserve in the Linyanti area in northern Botswana. Lebala offers an intimate and exclusive safari experience in an area offering incredible wildlife and magnificent views. Night game drives and off road game drives are a highlight, accompanied by expert guides and trackers.




The Linyanti Marsh, located at the Northwest corner of the park and to the North of Savuti, is adjacent to Linyanti River. To the west of this area lies Selinda Reserve and on the Northern bank of Kwando River is Namibia's Mamili National Park. Around these 2 rivers are riverine woodlands, open woodlands as well as lagoons, and the rest of the region mainly consists of flood plains. There are here large concentrations of lions, leopards, wild dogs, Roan antelopes, Sable antelopes, hippopotamuses and above all enormous herds of elephants. The rarer red lechwe, sitatunga or crocodile also occur in the area. Birdlife is very rich here.


Linyanti Reserve
Linyanti Reserve
Kwando Lebala
Kwando Lebala

Day 7
Linyanti/Chobe
Early this morning you will meet up with others from the lodge for your game drive. Enjoy lunch (included in tour price). Later this afternoon you will meet up with others from the lodge for your game drive. Enjoy dinner (included in tour price). Overnight at Kwando Lebala.


Day 8
Linyanti/Chobe - Livingstone
Fly from Linyanti to Livingston with a flight over Victoria Falls! Luggage restricted to 12 kg per person in soft sided bags. Airport transfer with private vehicle. Enjoy lunch (included in tour price). Activities include a guided tour of Victoria Falls from the Zambian Side and a visit to the Semonga Village. You'll also have the opportunity to do a morning/evening gamedrive in the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park where Zambia's only white rhino can be spotted, full range of game drives in the
National Park using an open 4X4 vehicle driven by a professional guide. You'll also enjoy motorised boat Safaris Early morning or sunset river cruise, or try your hand at fishing on the great Zambezi River. You can choose two activities per day.
Enjoy dinner (included in tour price). Sussi & Chuma is named after David Livingstone’s faithful companions and consist of an intimate lodge and two exclusive houses, both of which are situated to make the most of the amazing views that the sweeping Zambezi River provides.
Victoria Falls, the world's largest falls cascade across a sheer rock face over 1km wide, mere meters away from visitors. The falls form the border between Livingstone (Zambia) and Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe). Livingstone features fine hotels and a broad array of adrenaline activities from ultralight and helicopter flights, white water rafting, river cruises, bungee, elephant-back safaris, and much more - it is a great spot to visit. Flight connections are limited to Lusaka.


Livingstone
Livingstone
Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls
Sussi & Chuma
Sussi & Chuma

Day 9
Livingstone
Activities include a guided tour of Victoria Falls from the Zambian Side and a visit to the Semonga Village. You'll also have the opportunity to do a morning/evening gamedrive in the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park where Zambia's only white rhino can be spotted, full range of game drives in the
National Park using an open 4X4 vehicle driven by a professional guide. You'll also enjoy motorised boat Safaris Early morning or sunset river cruise, or try your hand at fishing on the great Zambezi River. You can choose two activities per day.
Enjoy lunch (included in tour price). Sign up for optional activities at your hotel (not included in tour price); helicopter, ultralight, Gypsy Moth flights, elephantback or horseback safari, whitewater rafting, bungee jumping, Chobe game park day trip, jet boat, cultural tours, and more. Enjoy dinner (included in tour price). Overnight at Sussi & Chuma Special .


micro flight Vic Falls
micro flight Vic Falls

Day 10
Livingstone
Airport transfer with private vehicle. Depart from Livingstone international airport - End of itinerary.



Trip Includes
All accommodations, game activities, flights, local drinks, laundry (except as Sussi & Chuma).

Trip Excludes
International airfare - Visas - Optional activities/extras - Vacation insurance (purchase at www.kensingtontours.com/insurance.cfm )

Trip Terms & Conditions

    Full payment is due immediately upon confirmation. We accept payment via credit card, certified check, wire transfer or money order. NOTE: Due to capacity constraints in Botswana, 20% of the deposit is nonrefundable. . This booking fee is paid to the lodges directly to secure reservations. This will be paid upon confirmation of your booking. The balance is due 90 days prior to departure. We accept payment via credit card, certified check, wire transfer or money order. The price shown is per person, and does not include international air fare to/from the trip start point Cost increases in currency exchange, government fees, taxes, surcharges or hotel/lodge tariff increases between quote date and start date are payable by the client. We will exercise best efforts to book hotels per the itinerary, however, in busy seasons and with client bookings made within 90 days of tour date we may be forced to offer substitutes. We will endeavour to confirm final hotel bookings as soon as possible. Cancellations 90 days or more prior to departure will receive full refund less any non-refundable paid fees (e.g. non-refundable cruise or hotel deposits). 60-89 days will be subject to loss of deposit. 30-59 days will be subject to loss of 50% of program price. 29 days or less will be subject to 100% of program price. Payment of the program price constitutes your acceptance of the terms and conditions set out at www.kensingtontours.com/terms.cfm