Itinerary Details
African Travel: Ultimate Botswana Luxury Safari
Day 1 Arrive Cape Town, South Africa
With a warm welcome upon your arrival in Cape Town, South Africa’s “Mother City,” you will be transferred to the 5-star Silo Hotel located in the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront. This unique and stunning property, built in the grain elevator portion of the historic grain silo complex, is a magical place with beautiful individually designed and decorated rooms.
The Silo
Meals:
Day 2 Cape Town
Meet your personal driver and guide for the next two days and embark on a day of discovering the pristine coastline and quaint towns of “The Fairest Cape.” Keep your binoculars ready to spot wildlife in the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve. Continue along the coastline to Boulders Beach and linger among the penguins.
The Silo
Meals: (BL)
Day 3 Cape Town
The day is yours to fill with fun adventures and sights. Enjoy complimentary entry into Zeitz MOCAA, a modern art museum that rivals the likes of the Tate Modern in London, MoMA in New York and Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid. Venture into the nearby wine country for a stroll through the oak lined streets of Stellenbosch or explore the picturesque village of Franschhoek winelands, where spectacular vineyards cover the valley floor and mountain slopes.
The Silo
Meals: (B)
Day 4 Cape Town, South Africa / Linyanti Reserve, Botswana
Bid farewell to Cape Town and fly off to your elegant tented camp in the Linyanti. This afternoon, board the Queen Silvia barge for a cruise along the river. Keep your cameras ready for the submerging hippos and wildlife coming for their last drink before settling down for the night.
Dumatau
Meals: (BLD)
Day 5 Linyanti Reserve
Awake with the animals as you climb into an open safari vehicle for a game drive. The ancient Savute Channel and productive Linyanti river supports an abundant array of wildlife. After lunch, be ready for more action on a late afternoon game drive. Upon your return, enjoy a refreshing sundowner before a starlit dinner.
Dumatau
Meals: (BLD)
Day 6 Linyanti Reserve
A guided walk is a wonderful opportunity to get close to nature and observe the smaller things, often missed when in a safari vehicle. Back at camp, a sunken hide is the perfect place from which to watch massive elephant feet and trunks at eye-level.
Dumatau
Meals: (BLD)
Day 7 Linyanti Reserve / Okavango Delta
Get ready for some incredible aerial views as you fly off to Xigera Safari Lodge. Surrounded by deep channels and lush vegetation this remote area epitomizes the Okavango Delta with palm-filled islands, riverine forests and expansive floodplains. Tonight, fall asleep to the tinkling of the bell frogs.
Xigera Safari Lodge
Meals: (BLD)
Day 8 Okavango Delta
You are at the heart of one of the most incredible eco-systems in Africa, and it is yours to explore, the way you want. The Xigera safari experience is entirely flexible, take a walk on the wild side, enjoy high tea in the bush, glide through the waterways in a glass-bottomed boat, or stop for a ‘feet-in-the-water’ sundowner.
Xigera Safari Lodge
Meals: (BLD)
Day 9 Okavango Delta
Each year floodwaters flow from Angola to create this spectacular wetland habitat. Grab your binoculars for today’s highlight, a scenic helicopter flight over the Delta’s labyrinthine waterways. Keep your eyes peeled for those special sightings, maybe you will spot a shy sitatunga antelope. Zoom in on the secret hippo and elephant channels, only visible from the air.
Xigera Safari Lodge
Meals: (BLD)
Day 10 Okavango Delta / Depart
Set out on a final game drive before you bid farewell to one of Africa's finest jewels, the Okavango Delta.
Meals: (B)