Usual group size: min 2 / max 8 passengers
Single supplement: £770
If you are willing to share a room whilst on this luxury camping safari to Botswana and we are able to match you with another guest of the same gender who is also willing to share, we will be happy to waive the single supplement. However, if there is no suitable match, the single supplement surcharge will apply.
Age of travellers: min 12 / max 75 years old
Children from the age of 12 are welcome on all scheduled departures of the Botswana Wilderness Safari. For parties with children under 12, a private tailor-made safari will be quoted for on request. For guests over the age of 75, a certified medical certificate of full health must be submitted together with your booking form.
Routing
On some dates, the Botswana Wilderness Safari may run in reverse: beginning in Livingstone, Zambia and ending in Maun, Botswana. Talk to us at Wild about Africa for more details.
Language
This safari to Botswana is conducted in English.
Costs
The Botswana Wilderness Safari includes scheduled, overnight international flights between London and Africa; transport in a safari vehicle or a light aircraft; transfers; accommodation in safari camps offering relative luxury and situated in private reserves and usually three meals a day as specified in the itinerary.
Meals
This wilderness safari includes three meals on most days. The exception to this is lunch on Day 12 - although a small sandwich or roll is usually served on the flight between Livingstone and Johannesburg.
Drinks
A good selection of drinks is included during your Botswana safari. Premium brands such as French champagne or single malt whiskies are not included in the safari price but may be available to buy at an additional cost.
Luggage
The Botswana Wilderness Safari includes some transfers by light aircraft. Because of this, there is a luggage limit of 20kg per person including reasonable camera equipment. Luggage must be packed in soft squashable bags - no hard suitcases or bags with wheels can be transported as they physically cannot fit into the aircraft.
The maximum dimensions of the soft bags which can be accommodated are as follows: 25cm wide x 30cm high and 62cm long. Please keep in mind that the baggage compartments on the light aircraft are only about 30cm high, so the pilots must have the ability to manipulate the bag into the compartment.
This is seldom a problem as light, casual clothing along with at least one warm jumper or fleece is needed. Warmer clothing is recommended during the winter months (June to August). Speak to us if the luggage restrictions are concerning you because for an additional cost we may be able to book an extra 'seat' to allow for extra luggage allowance.
Passengers weighing 100kg or more, or two guests travelling together whose combined weight is 200kg, must advise us in advance please as an extra seat for the additional weight will have to be costed in to the package for safety purposes.
Laundry
A basic laundry service is available all safari camps when spending more than one night. For cultural reasons, the camp staff will not wash any underwear or smalls. Should you wish to hand wash these yourselves, feel free to request a bucket and washing soap whilst at the safari camp.
Tipping
Tipping whilst on your safari to Botswana is not compulsory. However, if you want to tip because you have received good service this is always appreciated. We recommend a discretionary US Dollars $10 per day for your safari guide, US Dollars $5 per day for mokoro polers or boatmen and US Dollars $5 per day for the safari camp staff. The latter should be placed in the camp's communal tipping box to be distributed equally amongst all the staff.
Passport and Visa requirements
It is our current understanding that travellers on British, American, Canadian, New Zealand and Australian passports do not need visas for South Africa or Botswana. You will require a visa for Zambia. Visa fees for entering Zambia are currently US$50 per person for a single entry and US$80 for a multiple entry. The visa fee is payable in US Dollars cash on arrival at Zambian Immigration. That said, it remains your responsibility to double check these details with the nearest relevant embassy to you.
It is a requirement that you check that your passport will have at least six months left to run when you travel, we recommend a validity of nine months to prevent any problems. You should also ensure that you will have at least 3 clean pages for each time that you pass through customs (these must be visa pages, not pages for amendments and endorsements which are usually at the back of a passport). Most countries require this, and we have had recent reports of South Africa actively enforcing this restriction - and refusing entry to those who don't comply. (If you will be passing through customs in more than one country, you need to make sure that you have sufficient blank pages for entry and exit stamps at each destination.)
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