Botswana Delta and Makgadikgadi Safari Tour

Welcome to Botswana! You arrive at Maun airport, and you are met by our local representative who will direct you to the transfer area. The road transfer is scheduled at 14h00, the lodge is about 1.5 hours away.

Meno a Kwena sits in an awesome location on the Boteti River, overlooking the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park. It is a completely contrasting location, wildlife and habitat to the green Okavango Delta regions that you will discover next on your safari.

The zebra migration is resident here for much of the year. In the dry season there is no other water around and the Boteti River becomes a magnet for wildlife.

Arrive at the lodge and freshen up before the first game drive, and return to camp for dinner.

Meno a Kwena is open all year round, and almost every month heralds a different highlight. During the dry season, from April to October, the Boteti River is the only source of water for miles around, and hundreds of animals, predators and prey, assemble on the banks, making for truly remarkable game viewing – and you don’t even have to leave camp! A true luxury Botswana trip. April is the culmination of Africa’s second largest mammal migration, and the wildebeest and zebra join the resident wildlife at the river in their masses. In the Makgadikgadi, the lunar-like salt flats glint in the sunlight and a haze shimmers above the ground. This is the desert in its most iconic state, and a jaw-droppingly magical sight.

Your guide will scheduled the daily activities, including: game drives in the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, complete with bush picnics and chilled drinks; enjoy cultural safaris and walks with the ancient Bushmen; cruise along the Boteti River by boat (water levels permitting) and view the wildlife at the river at eye-level from the floating game-viewing hide.

After breakfast, pack up and take the 10h00 road transfer back to Maun, on time for the helicopter transfer to the Okavango Delta and your next lodge, Mokolwane.

Mokolwane is one of the best Botswana safari lodges. A special little camp, big on adventure. And being the only camp for miles around, a great place to breath in the stillness and solitude; while exploring the area for the predators, especially leopards. The eco-system here offers a diverse variety of landscapes, from open grasslands, floodplains, lagoons to riverine and mopane forests, home to a large number of species.

Arrive at camp, meet with your safari guide and relax before the afternoon game drive. Back at the camp for dinner.

Mokolwane Camp is open year-round, with each season offering its own type of wildness. The annual floods reach the concession in around April or May, and the water stays in this area until the end of September. The diverse landscape is scattered with herds of elephant and large numbers of predators. With virtually no other people around you will enjoy remarkable game drives. This is luxury travel in Botswana at its most intimate.

Between 5,000 to 10,000 elephants are in the concession at various times of the year and the buffalo herds that come through are also in large numbers. Giraffe and zebra are joined by wildebeest, and all the antelope from kudu, lechwe, bushbuck, tsessebe, to name but a few. As a result there is a lot of predator action in the concession with a high density of resident leopard competing with strong populations of lion, wild dog, hyena and cheetah for prey.

This is an exciting concession for bird lovers too. From wattle cranes, Pel’s fishing owl, martial eagles, to huge flocks of quelea preyed on by falcon, there’s plenty to tick off on the bird list.

Your safari guide will plan the game drives at the best time of the day to view the wildlife, and you have the possibility to go on a mokoro, depending on the water levels.

It is time to say your good byes to the team at Mokolwane.

Transfer to the airstrip for the return helicopter to Maun, where you depart back home, or chat to us to extend your luxury Botswana safari.