Botswana: Desert and Delta (8n) – Classic

On Day 1 of your holiday, you’ll touch down at Maun Airport and board a flight to Selinda Airstrip. Once you’ve arrived, you’ll travel to Selinda Explorers Camp via shared road transfer. This property is located on a remote stretch of the Selinda Spillway. It has an adventurous feel, resembling a mobile camp yet boasting the style and luxury we associate with permanent lodges. The communal lounge and dining room occupy one tent each. Their interiors include immense floor cushions, brass lamps, and furnishings that recall the explorer era! This theme continues into the camp’s guest accommodation. Each of the four Meru-style tents is also very sumptuous, with furnishings that really take you back to the campaign days. We love the antique-y fans, classic writing desk, and twin brass sinks in the changing area! Every tent has open-air canvas-walled washing facilities too, comprising flush toilet and bucket shower. Activities from Selinda Explorers consist of morning and afternoon/evening game drives, guided walking safaris, and canoe trips (May–September). There’s plenty of wildlife to see here, such as lion, cheetah, buffalo, wild dog, lots of plains game, and more than 300 bird species!

Board basis and activities:
All-inclusive accommodation, featuring all meals, a selection of alcoholic and soft drinks, all scheduled wildlife activities, transfers between the camp and Selinda Airstrip, and a laundry service.

On the fourth day, you’ll travel from Selinda Explorers Camp to Selinda Airstrip via shared road transfer. You’ll fly to Shinde Airstrip and have another shared transfer to Shinde Camp, in the Delta’s northern region. This property has a lovely location on an island, on the edge of a lagoon. Its communal lounge and dining areas are housed in a multi-tiered structure under canvas, in the shade of ebony and mangosteen trees. There’s a fire-pit too, and a sparkling swimming pool! Guest accommodation consists of eight tents, all raised on wooden decking. Each features a comfortable double or twin bedroom, a seating area, a smart en-suite shower room, and a private deck with spectacular views over open plains! Shinde provides a high-quality base camp from which to explore the North Delta. Things to do include vehicle and walking safaris, motorboat trips, mokoro excursions, and fishing (March–December). Wildlife highlights comprise four of the Big Five, numerous smaller predators and herbivores, and hundreds of birds.

Board basis and activities:
All-inclusive accommodation, featuring all meals and snacks, a selection of alcoholic and soft drinks, game activities conducted by professional guides, all taxes, park entrance fees and service charges, emergency evacuation insurance (to regional medical facility), and a daily laundry service.

For the final part of your trip, you’ll have a shared road transfer from Shinde Camp to Shinde Airstrip, before flying back to Maun Airport, connecting on to a flight to Kalahari Plains Airstrip, and travelling to Kalahari Plains via shared transfer. This simple tented camp is situated in a thrillingly remote region of the Central Kalahari. Its communal lounge and dining spaces boast breathtaking views over the pans, as does the camp’s highly inviting swimming pool! There are eight guest tents here, each featuring a comfortable bedroom, well-appointed en-suite facilities, and your very own sleep-out platform on the roof. The camp offers expertly guided morning and afternoon game drives, as well as cultural experiences and photographic safaris. The Central Kalahari is famous for its black-maned lions, and you can look out for cheetah too. From January to May, wildlife viewing is particularly good, as these months bring the rains and plenty of food for herbivores. However, outside green season, this is still a dream destination, for the sheer sense of wilderness.

Board basis and activities:
All-inclusive accommodation, featuring all meals, a selection of alcoholic and soft drinks, twice-daily scheduled camp activities, park fees, and a laundry service.

On the last day, you’ll travel from Kalahari Plains to Kalahari Plains Airstrip and fly back to Maun Airport, arriving in good time for your flight/s home.