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The Botswana & Victoria Falls Adventure is a comfortable camping safari to Botswana that allows you to explore the ever-changing areas of the Okavango Delta and Chobe National Park, where game is constantly on the move and water levels and channels vary with the seasons. Whilst on this African safari adventure you will sleep on camp beds in large dome-shaped tents, each with its own en-suite 'bush' toilet.
Guide
This safari adventure to Victoria Falls and Botswana is led by an experienced and fully trained professional guide. S/he is very knowledgeable and will be able to name all the animals and birds you see as well as most of the plants, often adding tidbits of information that you'd never expected to discover.
Camp team
Each of the camps in Botswana is managed by a camp team of two to three people. They will welcome you when you arrive and ensure you are comfortable during your stay.
Accommodation
Whilst stopping in Zambia to visit the Victoria Falls on the first day of your safari adventure, you will overnight at a comfortable lodge overlooking the Zambezi River.
Whilst in Botswana, you will stay in comfortable mobile safari camps which utilise spacious 3 x 3 metre dome tents, each with a small veranda. The simply styled interior is made up of twin stretcher-beds with canvas bedrolls, cotton bed linen and duvets, a small bedside table and a 12V lamp.
Through a zip door at the rear of the tent is an en suite open-air 'bush' bathroom. These are fitted with a tin bucket shower, filled with warm water whenever it is required, a short-drop toilet covered with a toilet seat, and a table with a hand basin. Towels are supplied. A separate, communal toilet will also be available near the camp's main area.
Due to the remote location on a Delta island of the Xigera mobile camp, chemical toilets instead of short-drops are used in the en-suite, open-air bathroom enclosures here.
At each mobile camp a 5 x 5 metre tent with metal and canvas camp chairs is set up to provide shade and sheltered dining in the unlikely event of rain. Tasty, fresh meals are prepared over the camp fire by the chef and enjoyed at a table set with stainless-steel tableware under a shady tree or the open night sky.
Private wildlife reserves
The renowned Chobe National Park and Moremi Game Reserve form the core of northern Botswana's protected safari areas. Around these is a patchwork of private wildlife reserves, sometimes called concessions. These range from 800-2,500km2 and contain just one or two small safari camps which utilise part of the game drive areas exclusively for their guests. The campsites used on this comfortable mobile safari are also situated within these private reserves, but away from any safari camps in a wilderness area of their own. This means that apart from very occasionally crossing paths with another vehicle, travellers on the Botswana & Victoria Falls Adventure are afforded an almost exclusive safari experience in some top wildlife areas.
Vehicles
The Botswana & Victoria Falls Adventure is conducted in a custom-built 4WD safari vehicle. These are usually Land Rovers or Land Cruisers that seat eight passengers in comfort. Each will be open-sided and have a canvas roof that can be rolled back for all-round visibility whilst on game drives. The roof and back covers may be closed on longer journeys to prevent too much dust, block out direct midday sun or during the odd rain shower. Each vehicle is fitted with seatbelts, has a small fridge and carries a basic library of field guides on animal and bird life.
Battery charging facilities
Charging facilities are limited when on safari so we recommend you carry with you batteries to last you at least three days. It is possible to use the vehicles cigarette lighter socket to charge batteries whilst on longer drives. Please bring your own attachments and adaptor to connect your batteries to the cigarette lighter for charging.
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