Depart from New York or Washington, DC for your flight to Johannesburg, South Africa on South African Airways.

Upon arrival at Johannesburg International Airport you will go through customs, collect your luggage and be transferred to your hotel.

The Sandton Sun Inter-Continental Hotel towers above the skyline of Sandton and comprises 296 Superior rooms, 15 Executive studios, 19 Luxury suites and 3 Presidential suites. Facilities in each of these include en-suite bathroom, air conditioning, remote control TV, satellite TV, in-room movies, direct dial telephone, safe, voicemail, modem connection, video check-out, wake-up call facility, coffee/tea maker, hairdryer, mini bar, phone in bathroom, refrigerator and work desk with lamp. There are non-smoking floors and two specially equipped rooms for the disabled.

Restaurants in the Hotel offer a wide variety of cuisines, and there are also two bars in the Hotel. The personal fitness center has a fully equipped gym and qualified instructors who offer consultation and personal instruction. There are two pool decks and a heated swimming pool. Guests also have easy access to Sandton City shopping mall where there are more than four hundred shops, boutiques, restaurants and cinemas.

Accommodation: The Sandton Sun Inter-Continental Hotel

This morning after breakfast and check out procedures, you will be met for your private road transfer to Johannesburg International Airport for your flight to Maun, Botswana.

On arrival at Maun Airport, you will be met and assisted to check in for your scheduled light aircraft transfer to your lodge. Accommodation will be reserved for 2 nights in a tent inclusive of all meals, scheduled daily activities, laundry and drinks (excluding premium imported brands).

Chitabe is a luxurious 8-roomed, tented camp built on one of the most beautiful islands in the Okavango Delta, in a private area that is bordered on three sides by the Moremi Game Reserve. The Camp is located in a diverse area incorporating mopane woodlands, acacia, floodplains and the perennial delta, all of which provide a variety of wildlife. Accommodation consists of eight spacious East African style tents that are built on elevated wooden decks, beneath the lush tree canopy. Each tented room has en-suite facilities with flush toilets, and a shower and basin with hot and cold running water. The thatched dining area, lounge and pub are also raised on decks overlooking the surrounding flood plains.

A pool allows guests to cool off from the heat of the day. Activities consist of day and night game drives in open 4x4 vehicles accompanied by an experienced guide. Shorter nature walks are sometimes offered. Wildlife viewing is good, and includes buffalo, elephant, lion, leopard, reedbuck, lechwe, impala, zebra and hippo. Wild dogs also occur in the area. Night drives can be very rewarding with good sightings of the rarer nocturnal animals. Access into this area is only by aircraft.

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Chitabe Trails is a very comfortable five-roomed tented camp in an enormous concession that is bordered on three sides by the Moremi Game Reserve. The area is surrounded by waterways and lagoons and a variety of wildlife can be seen. Accommodation consists of five spacious and luxuriously appointed East African style tents that have en-suite facilities with flush toilet, a shower and basin with hot and cold running water. Each room is on a raised deck and has an outdoor shower also. The room interiors are of the same standard as its sister Camp, Chitabe. There is a dining area, lounge and pub with superb views overlooking the surrounding flood plains, and a small pool. Activities consist of game walks, day and night game drives in open 4x4 vehicles accompanied by an experienced guide. Elephant, lion, leopard, cheetah, reedbuck, buffalo, giraffe, impala, kudu and hippo are among the major game attractions of the area. Wild dogs are also sometimes sighted. Access into this area is only by aircraft.

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Situated about 16 miles west of Mombo, outside the Moremi Game reserve on the Jao flats, Jacana Camp is a truly water-oriented Camp and offers mokoro and walking safaris year round. As the floodwaters recede, game drives and night drives in open 4 x 4 Land Rovers are available from about September to May depending on water levels. The Camp is set in one of the most densely populated wetland areas for sitatunga and red lechwe. Wildlife concentrations depend on the water flow and volume and thus change from season to season but all of the "big" animals can be found in the area including elephant, lion, leopard and buffalo. Pel's Fishing Owl is a favorite amongst birders as well as Greater and Lesser Jacanas. Jacana Camp has 5 meru-style tents. Each tent is on a wooden deck overlooking the floodplains and has an en-suite bathroom with flush toilet and shower. The bathroom is enclosed but roofless allowing for showers by starlight. The Camp has a plunge pool for cooling off from the midday sun. The main dining area is on an elevated wooden deck between two magnificent sycamore fig trees and surrounded by dense wild date palms. Downstairs, there is a cosy pub and lounge with an area for an open fire under the stars.

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Kwetsani Camp is a five-roomed luxury tented Camp located in a private reserve to the west of Mombo and the Moremi Game Reserve. The large elongated island is heavily wooded with Palm, Mangosteen and Fig trees and is one of the most remote Camps in the entire Okavango Delta.

The Camp is raised on stilts beneath the shady canopy, overlooking the expansive plains and the main area is comprised of a lounge, bar and dining area. There is also a plunge pool. The 5 spacious tented tree-house chalets are each built under a thatch roof and all have en-suite facilities including a shower, separate flush toilet, basin and outdoor shower. All of the Okavango big wildlife can be found here, and there are excellent chances of spotting the predators. Activities include mokoro rides, walking on palm-fringed islands and game drives during the day and night. Lion, leopard, cheetah, wild dog, buffalo and elephant are all found in this area, as well as good concentrations of zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, and all of the plains animals. Access into this area is only by aircraft (dependant on the Okavango's flood levels, either Jao or Hunda airstrip is used for access to this Camp).

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Little Vumbura is a beautiful 6-roomed tented Camp situated to the north of Mombo in a private reserve bordering the Moremi Game Reserve in the northern reaches of the Okavango Delta. Little Vumbura offers both water and land activities. Mokoros (dugout canoes) traverse the flood plains under the guidance of our experienced polers. Open 4x4 Land Rovers allow guests to get close to animals in the savannah areas. Guests usually have the opportunity to see lion, leopard, elephant, sable and buffalo, along with all the plains animals, providing an excellent all-round wildlife experience in this remote corner of the Okavango. Walks (on request basis only) around the islands as well as night drives give guests the opportunity to enjoy Africa from a different perspective. The 6 tented rooms are large and comfortably appointed and each have an en-suite bathroom with hot and cold running water, a shower and flush toilet, as well as an outside shower under the stars. The Camp also has a plunge pool. Access into this area is only by aircraft and then guests are transferred by means of vehicle and then mokoro or boat to the Camp from the airstrip.

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Xigera Camp (pronounced Keejera) is a luxury tented Camp situated in the Moremi Game Reserve in the heart of the Okavango Delta. Xigera has something for everyone, in an area where there are no other Moremi Camps and where permanent water year round allows one to enjoy a variety of activities. Enjoy a true Delta experience while you sit back in a mokoro (dugout canoe) and silently glide through the tranquil Okavango waterways or watch the sunset and birds gliding home to roost from a motorboat on the Xigera Lagoon. When water levels permit, game drives (usually September to May) allow the opportunity to observe wildlife and the unique Delta scenery from the comfort of a Land Rover. The more adventurous can track animals on foot. Nestled in a magnificent riverine forest, Xigera consists of 10 luxuriously furnished tented rooms with en-suite facilities and outdoor shower. Each room is raised off of the ground on a wooden deck, offering superb views of the seasonal floodplain and waterhole. Meals and drinks are enjoyed under the thatch of the raised lounge, pub and dining area overlooking a permanently flowing channel. A traditional boma offers alternative dining under the African stars. Wooden walkways wind through the forest connecting the rooms to the main area.

There is a plunge pool for cooling off and relaxation. The wooden footbridge, a unique feature to Xigera, connects Xigera Island to the next one and is often used by lion and leopard moving between the islands allowing guests great viewing opportunities.

Birding in the area is excellent, with Pel's Fishing Owl, Slaty Egret, Wattled Crane, African Skimmers and a host of eagles, vultures, raptors and kingfishers to be found. The area has the highest density of the rare sitatunga antelope found anywhere in the Okavango Delta.

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Tubu Tree Camp is situated in the 148,000 acre Jao Reserve which borders the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana's Okavango Delta. The Camp is a traditional style tented safari Camp built on raised wooden platforms to take best advantage of the beautiful view over the floodplains. Tubu Tree Camp accommodates guests in 5 large, comfortable tents, each with a small, private deck in front. The tents each have en-suite bathroom facilities as well as a private outdoor shower. The main dining and lounge areas are also large tents on raised platforms, with an outdoor pub area built under the canopy of a large Marula tree and a plunge pool built on a raised deck. Activities at Tubu Tree Camp include day and night game drives in open 4 x 4 vehicles, as well as walking with an armed guide. When the Okavango's annual flood is at its highest (normally May to late September), boating, fishing and mokoro trips are also offered. A variety of habitats ensures diverse and interesting wildlife viewing. Wildlife seen here includes elephant, lion, zebra, red lechwe, giraffe, tsessebe, wildebeest as well as kudu, impala, leopard and bushbuck.

Accommodation: Chitabe/Chitabe Trails/Jacana Camp/Kwetsani Camp/Little Vumbura/Xigera Camp/Tubu Tree Camp (B, L, D)

This morning after your activity and brunch, you will be met by a Sefofane representative and transferred by scheduled light aircraft to your lodge.

Accommodation will be reserved for you for two nights in a tent inclusive of all meals, scheduled daily activities, laundry and drinks (excluding premium imported brands).

Savuti Camp is situated in the Linyanti Reserve along the Savuti Channel in northern Botswana. The Camp is built about 11 miles 'downstream' from the source of the Savuti. The channel stopped flowing in 1980 and what was a Hippo-filled river, is now wide, open grasslands. Savuti Camp is a comfortable Camp providing accommodation in 7 large walk-in tented rooms with en-suite facilities. Five of the bathrooms are within the tents and two tents have bathrooms with wonderful open fronts facing onto the Savuti Channel. Each room is raised off the ground on wooden decks. The Camp has a thatched dining area, pub and plunge pool, all on raised wooden decks. There is also a curio shop and a boma area. There is a waterhole close to Camp and this attracts large numbers of animals that guests can view from the Camp. Activities include game drives in open 4x4 Land Rovers, hides, night drives and walks with an armed guide. Wildlife in the area includes all of Botswana's big animals and is one of the best areas in the country to see predators. There are also good concentrations of plains animals in the area.

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Selinda Camp is situated in the Selinda, a 520 sq mi reserve that straddles the Selinda Spillway. This ephemeral waterway links the Okavango Delta with the game rich floodplains of the Linyanti Swamps and the Zibadianja Lagoon - source of the Savute Channel. The Camp's 9 Chobe style tents are under thatch with unique en-suite facilities fashioned into the natural vegetation, 8 for FIT and 9 for groups on request. Open views of the spillway and floodplains, a cool veranda, hot and cold running water, flush toilet and a shower under the open African sky are all standard. The main area is a thatched double tiered building incorporating dining, lounge and bar facilities. Guests can also enjoy a small curio shop, plunge pool and traditional Campfire. Daily activities revolve around morning, afternoon and night game drives with experienced professional guides in custom-built 4 x 4 Land Cruisers. Short walks from Camp are encouraged accompanied by an armed guide (alternatively see Selinda's Walking and Trails Camp). The Selinda is characterised by its game-rich floodplains which are host to a variety of antelope, zebra, cheetah, wild dog, lion and plenty of elephant.

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DumaTau is a 10-roomed tented camp located in the private 310,000 acre Linyanti Wildlife Reserve which borders onto the western boundary of Chobe National Park in northern Botswana. The Camp is built on raised boardwalks under a shady grove of mangosteen trees, overlooking a large hippo-filled lagoon on the Linyanti waterways. The source of the Savuti Channel is close to the Camp and game drives along the Savuti are one of the highlights. The rooms are spacious, raised off of the ground and under thatch with canvas walls allowing guests to enjoy the night sounds of Africa from the comfort of their beds. The bathroom facilities are en-suite and each room also has an outside shower. The main areas include a dining room, pub, lounge, curio shop, plunge pool and a special guest toilet with a fantastic view. The region has all the habitat diversity to make it a haven for wildlife. Activities are diverse and allow guests to spend time on the water (if water levels permit this), on land and occasionally on foot. Day and night game drives are conducted in open 4x4 vehicles along the Savuti Channel and the banks of Linyanti River. There are many hides in the area where guests can enjoy wildlife viewing. One of the best hides is right at the source of the Savuti and many species of wildlife and birdlife can usually be enjoyed from this hide. The area is famous for its elephant concentrations in the winter months and for the great general game viewing all year. Huge herds of elephant congregate in the winter along the waterways and lagoons, and at waterholes that are located along the Savuti channel. Also during these dry months sable and roan traverse the floodplain. All of the predators such as lion, leopard, cheetah, hyena and wild dog feast on the prey species in the area including impala, zebra, giraffe, wildebeest, lechwe, tsessebe and other plains animals.

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Zibalianja Camp is situated in the Selinda, a 335,000 acre wildlife reserve that straddles the "Selinda Spillway". This seasonally flooded waterway can link the Okavango Delta with the game rich floodplains of the Linyanti in years of high rainfall. The Camp is close to the Zibadianja Lagoon, the source of the Savuti Channel.

Built around a palm island in a sea of floodplain savannah, Zibalianja's three Meru style tents are all en-suite and built on wooden decks with wide vistas of the surrounding floodplains. With a maximum of eight guests, the emphasis is on intimate hospitality in the tradition of a by-gone safari era. The thatch bar and viewing deck overlook a small, but active waterhole, while meals are taken in the warmth of the well-appointed dining tent. Daily activities revolve around early morning, afternoon and night game drives with an experienced professional guide in a custom built 4x4 Land Cruiser. Short walks from Camp are encouraged accompanied by an armed guide. Siesta time can also be spent in the sunken hide at the waterhole's edge. The Selinda is characterised by its game rich floodplains, which are host to a variety of antelope, zebra, giraffe, cheetah, wild dog, lion and plenty of elephant.

Accommodation: Savuti Camp/Selinda Camp/Duma Tau/Zibalianja Camp
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After your morning activity and brunch, you will be met by a Sefofane representative and transferred by scheduled light aircraft to Kasane Airport.

On arrival at Kasane Airport, you will be met by a Chobe Game Lodge representative and transferred by scheduled vehicle to Chobe Game Lodge. Accommodation will be reserved for you for 2 nights in a standard room inclusive of meals, scheduled daily activities, laundry and drinks (excluding premium imported brands).

Chobe Game Lodge is built along the banks of the Chobe River and is the only lodge situated within the boundaries of Chobe National Park. The 46 rooms are tastefully furnished with air-conditioning and "punkah-punkah" fans. All rooms overlook the perennial Chobe River and adjacent Caprivi floodplain. For those guests who demand the ultimate in exclusivity, Chobe Game Lodge has four river view suites, each with their own plunge pool and a separate lounge area. Facilities within the Lodge include a curio shop, wildlife reference library, bar, lounge, restaurant and swimming pool.

Accommodation: Chobe Game Lodge (B, L, D)

Today you will be at leisure to take part in game viewing activities offered by the Lodge.

Game drives are conducted in open four-wheel drive vehicles, normally in the early morning and late afternoon. There are also excursions in motorboats, sunset cruises and canoeing on the Chobe River.

Accommodation: Chobe Game Lodge (B, L, D)

After your morning activity and brunch, you will be met and transferred by scheduled vehicle to Victoria Falls Safari Lodge. Accommodation will be reserved for you for 2 nights in a standard room inclusive of breakfast.

Victoria Falls Safari Lodge is just 2 1/2 miles from the Victoria Falls and is situated on a plateau that forms a natural boundary to the Zambezi National Park.

The Lodge offers 66 twin/double bedrooms and 6 luxury suites, all with superb views from private balconies. Each room has an en-suite bathroom with bath and shower. The rooms are well appointed with hairdryer, telephone, safety deposit box, ceiling fan and mosquito nets. There are two swimming pools, two restaurants, a bar, curio shop and library for guest use. An on-site waterhole attracts a wide variety of game, including elephants, buffalo, impala and kudu.

Accommodation: Victoria Falls Safari Lodge (B)

Today you will be at leisure to visit one of the seven wonders of the world, Victoria Falls. The Lodge offers a regular complimentary shuttle service to town and the Falls.

Accommodation: Victoria Falls Safari Lodge (B)

At Victoria Falls Airport you will depart on your South African Airways flight back to Johannesburg. Upon arrival in Johannesburg you will connect for your ongoing flight back to the USA on South African Airways. (B)

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