Ultimate Botswana
11 nights, 5 stops — comprehensive botswana safari.
From Maun to Chobe National Park, the route is built around the Delta, Savuti and the Chobe in full.
What you'll see
The journey, one day at a time
Into Maun
Arrive and head straight out — settle in by the river before your flight into the Delta. A Delta safari has no road in — you fly. Maun is the threshold, the place where the journey switches from the world to the wilderness, and the flight from here over the Okavango's maze of water and islands is the first great moment of the trip. The town's whole purpose is that crossing.
On to Okavango
Transfer to Okavango and settle in before an afternoon out. Mokoro and motorboat on the channels, plus game drives on the islands.
Water & land safari
Mokoro and motorboat on the channels, plus game drives on the islands.
Water & land safari
Mokoro and motorboat on the channels, plus game drives on the islands.
On to Moremi
Transfer to Moremi and settle in before an afternoon out. Drives through Moremi's floodplains and forests for big cats and wild dog.
Predators & floodplains
Drives through Moremi's floodplains and forests for big cats and wild dog.
On to Savuti
Transfer to Savuti and settle in before an afternoon out. Drives across the Savuti marsh and channel, lion-and-elephant country. Arrive and head straight out — drives across the Savuti marsh and channel, lion-and-elephant country.
Predator country
Drives across the Savuti marsh and channel, lion-and-elephant country. Savuti distils the drama of the African wild. Its big, bold lion prides and abundance of predators, set in a strange marshland shaped by a phantom channel, make it one of the great big-cat arenas — raw, fierce and endlessly compelling. It is Chobe's wild soul, and a name spoken with reverence by safari-goers.
On to Chobe
Transfer to Chobe and settle in before an afternoon out. Riverboat cruises and drives along the Chobe's huge elephant herds.
River & elephant safari
Riverboat cruises and drives along the Chobe's huge elephant herds.
River & elephant safari
Riverboat cruises and drives along the Chobe's huge elephant herds.
Departure
A final morning in onward — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
The season changes what you see.
Dry season
Peak safari: floodwater fills the Delta, animals crowd the rivers and thinning cover makes for outstanding game viewing.
Green season
Summer rains bring newborns, migrant birds and big skies; the Kalahari and pans come alive and rates drop sharply.
Where this journey goes
Hand-picked camps & lodges
&Beyond Chobe Under Canvas
Mobile tented camp that moves through Chobe ahead of the elephant herds.
Belmond Eagle Island Lodge
Water-based luxury lodge on a Delta island — reached by light aircraft from Maun.
Chief’s Camp
Sanctuary's premier camp on Chief's Island in the heart of Moremi.
Mombo Camp
Wilderness's flagship on Chief's Island — arguably Botswana's best big-cat camp.
Zarafa Camp
Great Plains' ultra-exclusive Selinda camp, all copper tubs and old-safari style.
Savute Elephant Lodge
Belmond's permanent lodge in the game-rich Savuti channel.
Make it yours.
Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.