10 days/9 nights with ecoAfrica & Game Trails

About the Trip

This ‘to die for’ mobile safari with Game Trails and coordinated by EcoAfrica grants travelers access to remote wilderness areas within Botswana’s national parks and reserves, far beyond the reaches of typical game drives. Led by a professional guide, travelers will enjoy spacious and comfortable tented accommodation, beds, private en-suite bathrooms, all meals and non-alcoholic drinks, specialized game drives with a guaranteed window seat, as well as exclusive camping in private campsites within the national parks and reserves.

Includes: All entrance and camping fees within the national parks and reserves, local transfers, Medical Evacuation Insurance, and a 10% VAT, services of a safari chef and camp assistants

Starting bid: $1200
Reminiscent of the expeditions undertaken by the early explorers, this mobile safari is lead by a professional and passionate guide who is accompanied by a small convoy of camp staff and equipment necessary for a self-contained journey through the wilderness.

The flexibility of a mobile safari allows travellers access to remote wilderness areas within Botswana’s national parks and reserves, far beyond the reaches of a morning game drive out of a lodge. Highlights include the Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Chobe National Park and Victoria Falls.

Day 1-2 Moremi Wildlife Reserve

Your safari guide will be there to welcome you on arrival at Maun Airport. The exact departure time from Maun Airport will be advised closer to the time, as this depends on Air Botswana’s flight schedule. Expect to leave Maun and begin your journey mid-day to early afternoon. For those guests who plan on spending a pre-safari night in Maun (highly recommended after a long-haul flight), please arrange a hotel transfer to the airport to meet your guide at the specified time, or make an arrangement for your guide to meet you at the hotel before going to the airport.

Begin the journey to Moremi Game Reserve, stopping for a picnic lunch en-route, and arriving at a pre-erected camp in the Xakanaxa region of the reserve in time for sundowners. Spending your first two nights camping in the Xakanaxa region, you explore the surrounding wilderness on game drives during the day.

Camping in Xakanaxa within the Moremi Game Reserve (Full Board)
Day 3-5 Okavango, Moremi Wildlife Reserve

Following an early morning game drive en-route to the Xakanaxa boat station, you will embark on a water world adventure, exploring the endless network of crystal clear waterways and secret lagoons by motor boat, and the surrounding palm fringed islands on foot. After a full day on the water, return to dry land and head north-east, en route to the Khwai community area.

The Khwai rivers forms a boundary between the reserve and the community area. Spend the following three nights camping at an exclusive campsite in the community area, exploring the Khwai floodplains on game drives both during the day and at night.

Exploring after dark with spotlights offers you an opportunity to experience some of the nocturnal animals that are rarely encountered during the day. We will also have the opportunity to explore the surrounding wilderness on foot and enjoy an up close and personal encounter with Botswana’s flora and fauna. It is important to note that night drives and guided walks are not permitted within the national parks and reserves. These activities are conducted outside the boundaries of the Moremi Game Reserve in the Khwai community area.

Camping in the Khwai Community Area Bordering the Moremi Game Reserve (Full Board)
Day 6 & 7 Chobe National Park
Head further north en-route to Chobe National Park, were you spend the following two nights camping in an exclusive wilderness campsite in the Savuti region, exploring the dessert-like landscape of game drives.

Camping at Savuti within the Chobe National Park (Full Board)
Day 8 & 9 Chobe National Park
Leaving this parched landscape, continue your journey north to the contrasting Chobe region of the park. We spend the last two nights camping in an exclusive wilderness campsite along the Chobe river, exploring the river banks and surrounding flood plains on game drives. The grand finale being a leisurely afternoon boat cruise on the Chobe river against the backdrop of a magnificent African sunset.
Day 10
Following breakfast and an early morning game drive, your safari ends in Kasane late morning, around 11:30am. Your guide will drop you off either at Kasane Airport for onward flights or road transfers to Victoria Falls or Livingstone, or at your hotel, should you be spending a night in Kasane.
About the Organization

Approximately 80% of our team is made up of Botswana citizens from various communities in and around Maun, holding various positions from camp hand to operations manager.

Game Trails fully support the Botswana government in it’s drive to localise the tourism industry, creating employment and providing training for unskilled labor and contributing to the growth and development of communities in tourist areas.

In each of our safari itineraries, we utilise the camping facilities provided by local communities. For example, our Northern Explorer Safari includes two nights camping in campsites set up by the Khwai Community Developments Trust, the proceeds of which go to the community.

We also support small citizen owned safari companies, by subcontracting their vehicle and guide services when required.

We predominantly support projects such as Woman Against Rape and the aids orphans of Botswana.

The beauty of a mobile safari is that we leave the wilderness exactly as we found it, having little or no impact on the environment. We overnight at designated campsites (many are community run) which are little more than a clearing under a shady tree, with no permanent structures, electricity or running water. We bring everything with us and take it away again when we leave, including our rubbish.

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