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An Exciting Interview with Arthur Frommer

Pans, Sands and Rivers

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In this 7 days tour of Africa you visit Maun, Makgadikgadi Pan, Nxai Pan National Park, Xigera Mokoro Trails, Okavango Delta. The experience is aimed at exposing the permanently flooded inner Delta, in the serene waterways and on the islands of trees and bush. Our guest tents are smaller here than the rest of the safari, with a gauze main frame, thus enhancing the views.

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Trip Itinerary

Day 1-2 - Maun

 
Arrive in Maun, fly to Camp Kalahari, Makgadikgadi Pan.
Safari

After arrival in Maun, we drive to Camp Kalahari, situated in a private concession on the edge of the great Makgadikgadi Pans in the Kalahari Desert. The saltpans are among the largest in the world, part of a super-lake fossilised aeons ago. Surprisingly for such a harsh, lunar-like environment, life abounds, and brown hyaena, oryx and springbok are just a few of the desert-adapted species that can be seen. Activities include encounters with suricates (meerkats), one of the most endearing animals in the world. Experience phenomenal geology, quad biking, authentic San (bushman) cultural walks and fascinating Stone Age archaeological artefacts - or simply enjoy the wide-open spaces of this ancient lakebed.

Maun Safari picture

Day 3 - Botswana

 
Drive to Nxai Pan, Nxai Pan National Park.
Safari

Nxai Pan, Nxai Pan National Park After an early breakfast, we depart overland to our pre-erected private Adventurer campsite in the Nxai Pan National Park, stopping for lunch en route at the famous Baines Baobabs, which Thomas Baines painted on his exploratory expedition in the late 19th century. These pans are fossilised, covered with short nutritious grasses and stunted acacia trees, creating wildlife-rich areas surrounded by vegetated dune savannahs. Extensive game drives explore the surrounding pans, with an excellent chance of seeing spectacular dry-season predator-and-prey interaction at the waterholes.


Day 5-6 - Okavango

 
Drive to Maun, then fly to Xigera Mokoro Trails, Okavango Delta.
Private Jet

After arrival in Maun by road, we fly by light aircraft to the water-filled paradise of the private Xigera area, within the Moremi Game Reserve.

Safari

Xigera is the ultimate Delta experience, with serene waters flowing through innumerable channels around remote islands and a profusion of plant and animal life. There is no better way to experience the Okavango than to travel through it by mokoro, walking and camping out on a vegetated island - all essential elements of the Xigera Mokoro Trails experience. The experience is aimed at exposing the permanently flooded inner Delta, in the serene waterways and on the islands of trees and bush. Our guest tents are smaller here than the rest of the safari, with a gauze main frame, thus enhancing the views. Key to the experience is mobility, therefore bedrolls are on the ground (and not on a stretcher) and a battery-powered lamp provides light. Activities include mokoro and walking safaris, which enable up-close encounters with the excellent diversity of birdlife (including Pel's Fishing Owl), frogs and a myriad of game species, some specially adapted to water, such as the rare sitatunga and the familiar red lechwe. Walking activities vary in length and duration through the seasons, especially in the months when the Okavango is at peak flood where they become shorter (June, July and August) as more islands become flooded.


Day 7 - Maun

 
Departure.
Private Jet

Charter flight to Maun After an early game activity and breakfast, we fly to Maun, where the safari ends.


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