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Botswana
will offer you a wildlife safari away from the crowds.
When visiting Botswana we recommend to combine a camp
that is situated in the Okavango Delta on one of the
islands in a permanent water area with a camp that
is on the fringes of the delta where you will encounter
spectacular herds of plains game followed by carnivores
like lion, cheetah and leopard with even wild dogs
in some areas. Then we suggest that you visit a third
camp in the Chobe/Linyanti area which is Botswana's
best kept secret and has some of the largest elephant
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In
the Okavango Delta, most camps offer both
water and land activities but some are pure water
and others are pure land camps. The water camps
focus on "mokoro" (dug out canoe) trips
in the waterways where there is not such an abundance
of animals although buffalo, elephant, lechwe, the
elusive Sitatunga and other animals do occur on
the islands. Birdlife however is in great abundance
and you stand a good chance to sight Pel's Fishing
Owl, Slaty Egrets, Rufous-Bellied Heron, Wattled
Cranes, Swamp Boubous, numerous eagles and vultures
to keep any birdlover satisfied.
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 The
Moremi Game Reserve consists of much of the
central Okavango and includes Chief's Island. Moremi
is one of the oldest reserves in Botswana and the
animals around the reserve are very much used to vehicles.
Moremi is big game country. Large numbers of elephant,
buffalo, as well as the plains game followed by lions
and leopards are to be seen. The area is also famous
for the African wild dog which is rare in other regions.
Here the main activities at the camps focus on game
drives in open 4x4 vehicles with some camps also offering
water activities, bush walks and night drives. The
private concessions bordering the Moremi Game Reserves
are less restricted in activities than the camps situated
inside the Moremi Game Reserve.
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 The
Savuti Channel has its own atmosphere and borders
Chobe National Park to the east and the Okavango Delta
to the west and is one of Africa's prime big game
areas. Famous for its lion and spotted hyena population
it is not far from the Linyanti which together
with the upper Savuti Region offers an exceptional
big game safari experience with all the activities
including open safari vehicle drives, bush walks and
even canoeing / boating. The area is a private game
reserve with only a small influx of tourists thus
ranking high on Africa's best safari destinations
not to be missed where big herds of zebra, wildebeest,
buffalo and elephant can be encountered. When the
rains have stopped end of February, early March you
stand a chance of seeing large herds of zebras and
wildebeest following the migration route from the
Savuti to the Linyanti area.
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Chobe
National Park has a large concentration of
animals but is sometimes a bit "crowded"
due to the number of lodges inside the park. If
possible we recommend to rather visit camps in
the Linyanti region which has the same wildlife
as Chobe but it is less "crowded" with
the added benefit of bush walks and night drives.
If you however have limited time we suggest that
you visit one of the Chobe Camps just outside
the park.
Then
there is the Kalahari Desert situated south
of the Okavango Delta. The Kalahari comes to life
in full blossom during March and April. The vastness
of the Makgadikgadi pans fill with water, attracting
huge migrating herds.