19 Day Botswana and South Africa Safari

Day 1
On arrival in Johannesburg airport you are met and receive your documents. You are then transferred to the Michelangelo Hotel where you stay overnight.

Michelangelo Hotel
Michaelangelo, built to honour the days when high culture, art and music were the paradigms of living. Set in the renaissance charm of the Sandton Square Shopping Centre, the Stocks Hotels and Resorts flagship offers you the levels of service and quality only available in the finest hotels aroundthe world. The Michaelangelo's beautifully appointed suites cater to five star levels of luxury. Every room has a spacious lounge and en-suite bathroom resplendent in Rojo Alicante salmon and terra cotta marble. Televisions showing CNN and movie channels, dedicated fax-modem telephone lines, mini bars and individually controlled air conditioning are just some of the standard fitments provided in every room.
Basis: Breakfast

Day 2
This morning you are collected from your hotel for your transfer back to Johannesburg airport where you check in for your flight to Maun. On arrival in Maun you are met for your scheduled air transfer to the Okovango Delta and Kwetsani Camp where you stay for the next three nights.

Kwetsani Camp
Basis: Fully Inclusive except premium imports

Day 5
This morning you are collected from your lodge for your scheduled air transfer to Vumbura Camp where you stay for the next four nights.

Vumbura Camp
Vumbura Camp is a new camp situated to the east of Duba Plains in the neighbouring northern concession area of the Okavango Delta, bordering onto the Moremi Game Reserve. Vumbura can offer both water and land activities as this area has scenic waterways and is also close to the Okavango's outermost dry sandveld and open savannas. The water levels around the camp change each year depending on the level of the annual floods from central Africa. The privacy of this area is one of Vumbura's main attractions - with a great all round Okavango Experience. Vumbura has both wetland and savannah species of wildlife - Red Lechwe, Waterbuck, Hippos, Crocodiles as well as Sable. Herds of Buffalo and Elephant occur here - along with the predators. Guests who enjoy their birding will love the combination of all the Okavango water 'special' as well as acacia and Mopane species. Vumbura has eight large, luxury tented rooms sleeping a maximum of sixteen guests. Each room has hot and cold running water, flush toilet and shower en suite. The rooms are tastefully decorated and give Vumbura guests a wonderful feeling of being in the remote Africa. Vumbura offer mokoro excursions, walks, boating and game drives. All game dives are conducted in open 4x4 land rovers with experienced guides.
Basis: Fully Inclusive except premium imports

Day 9
This morning you are collected from your lodge for your scheduled air transfer to Kings Pool Camp in the Linyanti Game Reserve where you stay for the next four nights.

Kings Pool Camp
Kings Pool Camp is located in a private reserve in the Linyanti / Savuti Channel area in the northern part of Botswana, on the western boundary of Chobe National Park. The source of the Savuti Channel is within thisprivate reserve. The camp overlooks the oxbow-shaped Kings Pool Lagoon and the Linyanti River to the north. The area has a large wildlife resource with a wide variety of species, but it is most noted for its very large Elephant populations, which can reach enormous densities during our winter months. There are good populations of Impala, Lechwe, Kudu, Zebra, Giraffe, Sable, Waterbuck, Buffalo, Bushbuck and the smaller plains antelope. The major predators such as Lion, Leopard, Cheetah, Wild Dog and Hyena are resident, and are regularly sighted. The reed and papyrus swamps are ideal for numerous and diverse species of birds and are a magnet for game in the dry winter months. Accommodation is in 10 comfortably appointed twin bedded tented rooms overlooking the Hippo filled lagoon in front of the camp.

Wonderful tiled bathroom facilities are en-suite under thatch. Each bathroom has a shower, hand basin and flush toilet. There is an outdoor shower too for those who prefer to be closer to Africa! The main lounge, pub and dining room are under thatch, and there is a swimming pool built into the deck. Activities include game drives in open 4x4 Land Rovers, night drives, boat safaris (water levels permitting) and guided walks.
Basis: Fully Inclusive except premium imports

Day 13
This morning you are collected from your lodge for your scheduled air transfer to Maun airport where you check in for your flight to Johannesburg via Gaborone. On arrival in Gaborone you check in for your flight to Johannesburg. On arrival in Johannesburg you are met and transferred to the Michelangelo Hotel where you stay overnight.

Michelangelo Hotel
Michaelangelo, built to honour the days when high culture, art and music were the paradigms of living. Set in the renaissance charm of the Sandton Square Shopping Centre, the Stocks Hotels and Resorts flagship offers you the levels of service and quality only available in the finest hotels aroundthe world. The Michaelangelo's beautifully appointed suites cater to five star levels of luxury. Every room has a spacious lounge and en-suite bathroom resplendent in Rojo Alicante salmon and terra cotta marble. Televisions showing CNN and movie channels, dedicated fax-modem telephone lines, mini bars and individually controlled air conditioning are just some
of the standard fitments provided in every room.
Basis: Breakfast

Day 14
This morning you are collected from your hotel for your scheduled transfer to Johannesburg airport where you check in for your flight to Kruger Mpumalanga International airport. On arrival in KMIA you are met and transferred to the Sabi Sands Game Reserve and Sabi Sabi Selati Lodge where you stay for the next two nights.

Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve
Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, ecologically and geographically linked to the world famous Kruger National Park, lies in the Sabi Sand game reserve. This region of the Eastern Transvaal has a greater variety of game than Kenya. So diverse is its habitat and wildlife that you have an excellent chance of experiencing close encounters with the 'big 5' - elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion and leopard as well as six species of cat; twenty species of antelope, several dog-like species including spotted hyena, cape hunting dog, two species of jackal, as well as a variety of smaller mammals such as genet, squirrel and mongoose, civet, honey badger, porcupine and hare. Botanically too, this is a wonderland. At Sabi Sabi there is a greater variety of plant life than in the whole of Europe. With it's unique 10 km frontage on the perennial Sabie River, biologically the richest waterway in South Africa, the reserve is blessed with a great diversity of habitat, from acacia woodland to riverine Forest.

After coffee and snacks, your armed and knowledgeable ranger escorts you to his four-wheel drive open Land Rover and Heads of into the reserve. After a hearty breakfast you can sit at any of the hides overlooking waterholes or built into tall sycamore fig trees along the banks of the Sabie River or, for the more energetic, go on a bush walk. As evening approaches depart on a evening Game drive, the trackers spotlight, scanning the bush, picks up the reflections of the various animals' eyes. Later in the evening you return to the lodge for dinner. Join your ranger in the boma to discuss the days events and he will answer any questions you may have.
Basis: Full Board and Game Drives

Day 16
This morning Sabi Sabi will transfer you to Shaws Gate where Mala Mala will collect you and transfer you to Kirkmans Camp where you stay for the next three nights.

Kirkman's Camp
This camp comprises of 10 twin cottages, decorated with sepia photographs of the old days and have bathrooms fitted with ball-and-claw tubs. A Swimming pool and boma complete Kirkman's Kamp's complement of amenities; its elevated position commands fine views of the river and surrounding wilderness.
Basis: Full Board and Game Drives

Day 19
This morning you are collected from your lodge for your scheduled transfer back to KMIA airport where you check in for your flight to Johannesburg. On arrival in Johannesburg you proceed to the International departure hall where you check in for your flight home.

THE ABOVE INCLUDES:
Flights:
Johannesburg to Maun return
Johannesburg to KMIA return

Airport taxes, road and air transfers, Accommodation, Meals, Activities, Drinks, Entrance Fees as specified above.

THE ABOVE EXCLUDES:
All other flights, other airport taxes, other transfers, other accommodation, other meals, other drinks, other activities, other entrance fees, park fees, any new Botswana Government taxes, travel insurance, visas if required and anything of a personal nature.

Cost:
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