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Okavango Delta Safaris

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<p>Selected as the 1,000th inscription on the prestigious UNESCO World Heritage Site List, the Okavango Delta is an experience unlike any other. Riverlands swell with seasonal flooding, creating an environment of an oasis in an arid desert, and producing one of Africa's grandest congregations of wildlife. Consider embarking on a first-class safari adventure, one that possesses some of the highest levels of luxury in all of Africa.</p>

Selected as the 1,000th inscription on the prestigious UNESCO World Heritage Site...

Selected as the 1,000th inscription on the prestigious UNESCO World Heritage Site List, the Okavango Delta is an experience unlike any other. Riverlands swell with seasonal flooding, creating an environment of an oasis in an arid desert, and producing one of Africa's grandest congregations of wildlife. Consider embarking on a first-class safari adventure, one that possesses some of the highest levels of luxury in all of Africa.

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View of the Okavango Delta from a mokoro canoe, Botswana
Iconic Getaway Safari to Okavango and Kalahari

10 Day Custom Tour

Dynamic pricing from $16,245

Disappear into the wilderness on a 10-day safari to the Okavango and Kalahari, where you drift down waterways and harmonize your senses with a surreal atmosphere. With three extraordinary concessions, you spend three days each in the woodlands, the waterways, and the salt pans. Explore at your own pace on privately guided safari activities and settle into the rhythm of nature, finding an ultimate getaway from the Western world.

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Traditional mokoro ride on the Okavango Delta
Crossing the Okavango Delta: Mobile Camping & Boat Safari

8 Day Custom Tour

Dynamic pricing from $11,435

On this exclusive 8-day safari, you cross the world's greatest delta system, following the waterways and submerging yourself in the Delta's wildlife and subtleties. Elephants use their trunks as snorkels, thousands of hippos bathe and grunt, and over 500 bird species flutter above an exciting cast of predators; the only way to truly discover the Okavango Delta is by boat. Staying at luxurious mobile camps en route, this is an intimate adventure through the heart of the oasis.

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Deep Into the Bush: An Okavango Walking Safari
Deep Into the Bush: An Okavango Walking Safari

10 Day Custom Tour

Dynamic pricing from $8,835

Wander past elephants, encounter buffalo herds, and listen to lions roar. On an Okavango walking safari, you become part of the landscape, bringing inspiring encounters with Africa's giants. Using two private concessions, this 10-day itinerary includes five days of exclusive walking safari and an indelible connection with the big and small of the Okavango. It's sandwiched between game drive and mobile camping safaris, taking you further into the land of the giants.

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Elephant crossing a river at Chobe National Park in Botswana
Custom Okavango Safari for the Entire Family

8 Day Custom Tour

Dynamic pricing from $10,187

A bespoke safari that is handcrafted for families seeking to discover the Okavango has more adventure packed into it than you could imagine.  Work together as a family to paddle a traditional canoe past hippos, learn how to track game from barefooted bushmen and explore a private wilderness that overflows with wildlife. As you stay in private camps and enjoy a specialist young explorers' program, this 8-day safari will showcase the wilderness with all of its excitement and surprises. From big cats to making fires, elephant herds to bush walks, this itinerary is a safe and exhilarating immersion into the Okavango wilderness.

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Aerial view of the Okavango Delta in Botswana
Fly-In Okavango Delta & Desert Safari

11 Day Custom Tour

Dynamic pricing from $14,438

Vast swathes of northern Botswana are far too wild for roads or even for rugged four-wheel driving. Access to the pristine wilderness is by light aircraft, touching down on dusty airstrips surrounded by elephants. Fly in and then explore to spend two days each in five distinctive safari destinations. From the Chobe woodlands to the Okavango oasis, Savute Channel to Makgadikgadi Pans, this luxury safari showcases the mystique and wonder of both the Delta and the desert.

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Elephants by the Okavango Delta in Botswana
Complete Okavango Delta Safari

12 Day Custom Tour

Dynamic pricing from $17,779

The Okavango Delta: a dazzling oasis of habitats and big game, a safari destination of pure wilderness and fabulous diversity. This 12-day safari submerges you in its beauty, using four exceptional camps to capture the quintessence of the Delta. Surround yourself with water in the Western Okavango, savor the abundance of big game in the Delta's heart, take a walking safari through the eastern plains, then settle into the thrilling exclusivity of Vumbura to the north.

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A Perfect Okavango and Kalahari Safari

11 Day Custom Tour

Dynamic pricing from $9,147

The Kalahari stretches evocatively across most of Botswana, a redolent desert that's defined by surprise. For this is not just a dusty and deserted desert. The Okavango Delta occupies its heart, a fabulous oasis of life that provides surreal safari experiences. Stunning salt pans flitter where lakes used to be while tumbling rivers create elephant-engulfed woodland. It's all the Kalahari, yet it's all very different. This 11-day safari connects you with each of the eclectic wonders.

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Opulence of Okavango & Zambia Safari: Moremi to Zambezi
Opulence of Okavango & Zambia Safari: Moremi to Zambezi

15 Day Custom Tour

Dynamic pricing from $21,445

Zambia and Okavango bring the thrilling authenticity of a luxury African safari. Both regions are entirely wild and untamed, yet dotted with opulent lodges that blend into nature. Big cats and large herds have the right of way, but it is rare that you come across other people. Adventurous and dramatic experiences combine with calm and delightful options such as a sunset river cruise. This two-week custom safari will capture the flagship Okavango and Zambia experiences and includes Southern Africa's finest lodges.

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Antelopes running on the Okavango Delta river
Luxury Chobe and Okavango Houseboat Safari

9 Day Custom Tour

Dynamic pricing from $13,099

Wading hippos playing within your view at breakfast as elephants cover the distant banks are just a few of the charming scenes that will unfold before your eyes along the reed-lined channels of the Okavango.  The best way to explore the rich mosaic of the Okavango is by boat. With this 9-day safari, you will explore in the ultimate of styles with a luxury houseboat taking you through a wilderness that can only be accessed by river. Including three nights on the Chobe River and three nights in the Okavango Panhandle, you will be immersed in northern Botswana and its incredible wildlife.

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Horses by the Okavango Delta in Botswana
Horse Riding Safari in Okavango: Galloping Through Africa’s Oasis

8 Day Custom Tour

Dynamic pricing from $9,459

You will take the ride of your life through the Okavango through the exceptional African safari camps and incredible landscape. With a vast array of options before you, hooves will splash with water as you gallop across the Okavango Delta, traveling from island to island amidst the mystical floodplains. Elephants and buffalo watch you pass as zebra and lechwe join the journey, and you will quickly be submerged by the wilderness. On this 8-day Okavango horseback safari, you will be hundreds of miles from any road as you explore an oasis of big mammals and beautiful vistas.

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Luxury Okavango & Zimbabwe Safaris Plus Victoria Falls Tour
Luxury Okavango & Zimbabwe Safaris Plus Victoria Falls Tour

12 Day Custom Tour

Dynamic pricing from $17,623

The Okavango and Zimbabwe are landscapes where the elephants and the hippos have the right of way, and it is usual to spend a day on a safari and not encounter another human being. These epic safari destinations will immerse you in both wildlife abundance and diversity to showcase the very best of a continent untamed. Crafted for both adventure and charm, this 12-day safari itinerary will take you deep into the wild and then complement the raw authenticity of the landscape with all of the salubrious beauty of your handpicked luxury camps.

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Diverse Big Game Safari in Botswana & Okavango Delta
Diverse Big Game Safari in Botswana & Okavango Delta

12 Day Custom Tour

Dynamic pricing from $9,199

The desert and the delta are two safari destinations that delight in their difference yet surprise in their similarities. Together, the desert and the delta make for an immersive safari experience that encompasses the complete range of wildlife, landscapes, and activities. Using four exquisite reserves and concessions, this safari itinerary will reveal the exclusive safari wonders of Botswana before culminating in spectacular nights amongst the flooded channels of the Okavango Delta.

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Best of Okavango and Namibia Safari

13 Day Custom Tour

Dynamic pricing from $12,163

In the Okavango and Namibia, it can feel like you are alone and engulfed by an expressive wilderness as serene as it is surreal. But at a closer look, there is always something around you as lion pride, hippo pods, endangered rhinos and so many other types of wildlife abound. From big game safari on land and water to epic sand dunes and salt pans, this 13-day vacation will reveal the best of the Okavango Delta and Namibia. You will be enveloped by Mother Nature and immersed in her rhythm to experience the world nearly untouched by man.

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Untamed Horseback Safari Across Botswana

11 Day Custom Tour

Dynamic pricing from $11,578

Gallop into an untamed world with this unique horseback adventure across Botswana. You’re not just observing. You become part of the natural world and experience the wildlife from a thrilling proximity. Explore wilderness that’s only accessible in a saddle, relish intimate encounters with Africa’s great mammals, and lose yourself in the evocative charms of the wild. Covering the Kalahari and the Okavango, this is the adventure of a lifetime.

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