Luxury Safaris · Botswana
10 Days Okavango Delta Private Island Luxury
Duration: 10 Days / 9 NightsLocation: Okavango Delta · Moremi · Chobe · Victoria FallsTravel: Fly-In OnlyBest Season: Apr – Oct
Botswana is Africa's premier luxury safari destination — low-volume, high-cost and extraordinarily pristine. The Okavango Delta is the world's largest inland delta: a UNESCO World Heritage Site where the Okavango River fans out into a labyrinth of channels, lagoons, papyrus beds and floodplains in the middle of the Kalahari Desert — and where extraordinary wildlife concentrations occur year-round.
This ten-day fly-in journey visits three of Botswana's finest private island camps — each offering different ecosystems and experiences. From the intimate mokoro channels of Chief's Island to the wild dog and leopard territory of Moremi Game Reserve and the 50,000 elephants of Chobe — this is Botswana at its most spectacular.
All camps are all-inclusive with premium wines, spirits and craft beers included. Maximum 8–12 guests per camp ensures total exclusivity and no vehicle congestion.
Arrive at Maun International Airport — the gateway to the Okavango Delta. Met by your guide and transferred to a guesthouse overlooking the Thamalakane River. Briefing over dinner on the extraordinary journey ahead.
Morning light aircraft flight deep into the Delta to Chief's Island — the largest island in the Okavango and home to one of Botswana's finest private camps. The island was formerly a wildlife management area and harbours extraordinary game. Check in to your water-facing tent — hippos surface below your private deck. Afternoon mokoro glide through the lily channels.
A full day exploring Chief's Island by mokoro, on foot and by vehicle. Walking safaris in the Okavango are extraordinary — the guides read tracks and signs in the sand, and approach elephant, giraffe and buffalo on foot. Lion are resident on the island and are regularly seen on morning drives.
Today focus on the aquatic ecosystem — mokoro safaris through narrow papyrus channels where jacanas walk on lily pads, fish eagles call from dead trees and hippos grunt from every pool. Fishing is available for those who wish to catch tiger fish. Picnic lunch on a remote island reached only by mokoro.
Light aircraft to Moremi Game Reserve — the wild heart of the Okavango. Moremi is famous for African wild dogs, one of the most endangered predators on earth, and leopard sightings that are among the best in Botswana. The reserve is wetter than Chief's Island — a landscape of flooded channels and open floodplains teeming with buffalo, lion and elephant.
Moremi is arguably Botswana's finest predator destination. Wild dog packs are tracked by radio collar and your guide receives daily updates on pack locations. Leopard are remarkably habituated to vehicles in this reserve — close, extended sightings are common. Lions are frequently seen resting in the floodplain trees.
Light aircraft to Kasane and transfer to the Chobe riverfront — home to an estimated 50,000 elephants, the largest elephant concentration anywhere on earth. Afternoon river safari by motorboat — elephants swim across the Chobe River, hippos surface alongside your boat and crocodiles sun on every sandbar. An extraordinary afternoon.
Full day alternating between game drives in Chobe National Park and river boat safaris on the Chobe River. Morning drive sees enormous buffalo herds, giraffe drinking at the river edge and lion prides hunting in the park. The afternoon boat safari reveals the river at its most spectacular as thousands of animals converge on the water as dusk approaches.
Short transfer to the Zimbabwe border and into Victoria Falls — one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. The Zambezi River drops 108 metres in a 1.7km curtain of water — the mist is visible from 50km away. Guided tour of the falls this morning. Afternoon helicopter flight over the falls for an aerial perspective that is impossible to forget. Farewell dinner on the Zambezi River deck.
Transfer to Victoria Falls International Airport for your onward flight. You have experienced the very best of Botswana and Zimbabwe — extraordinary wildlife, extraordinary camps and extraordinary service throughout.