Tsodilo Hills & Okavango Heritage

You are collected in Maun and flown by light aircraft to the Tsodilo Hills airstrip — around 45 minutes in the air, over the western Delta and the desert fringe. Your guide meets you on arrival and drives you to camp, where a full safety briefing and camp orientation takes place before any activity. Lunch, a siesta, then your first guided walk to a nearby rock-art site as the light softens on the hills.

A full day exploring Tsodilo Hills — a UNESCO World Heritage Site with over 4,500 rock paintings scattered across its four main hills. A local San (Basarwa) guide leads you to the most significant sites, telling the creation stories and mythology of the paintings, and explaining how the hills have been sacred for tens of thousands of years. In the afternoon, a longer walk to a viewpoint over the surrounding plains, with a visit to a traditional San village if the group wishes.

A full transit day by open 4x4 — a long and spectacular drive south-east from Tsodilo into the Okavango region, watching the landscape shift from dry sandveld to the first permanent water of the Delta. Picnic lunch en route. Arrive at the private NG34 concession in the late afternoon, with time for a shower before dinner under the stars.

A full day in the private NG34 concession — an area of permanent channels, palm islands and floodplains. Morning mokoro excursion with a poler, gliding silently past hippos and crocodiles, watching malachite kingfishers dart between reeds. Then a guided walking safari on one of the larger islands, reading tracks in the sand and learning about the Delta ecosystem. In the afternoon, a game drive to a favourite waterhole, then a night drive after dinner for nocturnal sightings.

A shorter game-viewing transit by open 4x4 north-east into the Moremi Game Reserve. Wildlife is followed along the way. Arrival at camp in the late afternoon — if time allows, an evening game drive around camp as the light drops. Moremi is famous as the predator capital of the Delta, with exceptional sightings of lion, leopard, cheetah and wild dog.

A full day around the beautiful Xakanaxa Lagoon. Morning game drive through mopane woodland and riverine forest, followed by a boat safari through the channels around Xakanaxa — hippos, crocodiles, African fish eagles, malachite kingfishers and, on the islands, red lechwe and elephants crossing the water. Return to camp for a siesta, then an afternoon game drive as the light drops.

A short game-viewing transit by open 4x4 north into the Khwai Concession, bordering the north-eastern edge of Moremi. The Khwai River draws huge elephant and buffalo herds, predators and prolific birdlife. Arrive at camp in the late afternoon — and if conditions allow, head out on a night drive after dinner, one of the few areas in Botswana where this is permitted.

An early morning game drive along the Khwai River, then a guided bush walk with your guide — tracking, birds, plants and animal behaviour at ground level. Afternoon mokoro excursion through the quiet channels. After dark, a final night drive in search of genets, civets, owls and nocturnal predators. A farewell dinner in camp under the stars rounds off the safari.

If time allows, one last early-morning activity before breakfast. You are then transferred to the Khwai bush airstrip for your light-aircraft flight to Maun, landing in time for onward connections to Gaborone, Johannesburg, Cape Town and beyond.