Wildlife & Wilderness of Botswana

What's Included

• Meals

  All breakfasts, 7 lunches, and 7 dinners are included.

• Accommodation

  All accommodation is included, with 11 nights full-service camping and 2 nights in a hotel, lodge, or chalet at Victoria Falls.

• Transport and Activities

  All transport and listed activities are included.

• Tour Leader

  A tour leader will be present throughout the trip.

• Flights

  Flights from London are included if booking includes flights.

• Camping Equipment

  All camping equipment is provided except for sleeping bags and pillows.

• Drinking Water

  Safe drinking water is provided throughout the trip.

What's Not Included

• Visas or Vaccinations

  Visas or vaccinations are not included.
  
  

• Travel Insurance

  Travel insurance is not included.
  
  

• Single Accommodation

  Single accommodation is available on request but not included.
  
  

• Bottled Water

  Bottled water is not included; safe drinking water is provided, but if you prefer bottled water, it will be at your own expense.
  
  

• Optional Activities

  Optional activities such as white-water rafting, flights over Victoria Falls, and scenic flights over the delta are not included.
  
  

Food

All breakfasts, 7 lunches and 7 dinners included.

Breakfast - cereals, coffee and toast and the occasional fried breakfast /
brunch.
Lunch - cheese, cold meats, salads, bread or rolls.
Dinner - potjies (stew), braais (barbecue), stir-fries, etc.
Please be aware that we need at least two weeks notice to deal with special
dietary requirements (e.g. vegetarian or allergies.) For this reason if you
did not indicate these on your booking form please advise the Exodus office
as soon as possible.
The trip leaders do all the shopping and meal planning for each group. He/she
will always try to obtain fresh produce wherever possible. Each tour has 1
cool box for the meats and the fresh produce only and 1 cool box for cold
drinks.
We will supply the following drinks: squash, tea or coffee served with meals.
All other beverages will be at your own expense.
We supply drinking water which is perfectly safe to drink. This is not
bottled water, however, and whilst we encourage you to drink this water
rather than buy plastic bottles, some people do not like the taste of the
local water. If you decide that you would rather buy bottles of water rather
than drink the water provided, we encourage you to buy large 5L bottles and
refill your drinking bottle.
Please note that on some days where early morning game drives are included
lunch may be substituted for a large brunch on return from the game drive -
this is customary. We will always ensure that the number of meals detailed in
the trip notes are provided.

The water provided on this trip is safe and clean drinking water, normally
coming from bore-holes. It is not bottled water, however. If you would rather
have bottled water then this will be at your expense, though we would
encourage you to make use of the safe drinking water provided as this helps
diminish plastic consumption.

Accommodation

Camping in the African wilderness is a bucket list experience for many adventure travellers and Botswana is a fantastic destination for this. When we stay at public campsites, we have access to excellent facilities; however, the nights spent wild camping are the real highpoint. Our stays in Moremi Game Reserve and Savuti Marsh are both at private campsites in beautiful locations where we won’t see or hear anyone else. What we will hear though, and possibly see, is the wildlife. On this trip, we spend 11 nights full-service camping and two nights normally in a hotel, lodge or chalet at the Victoria Falls. We sleep in spacious, two-person tents fitted with mattress-topped camp beds. For the wild camping nights, there is a bush shower and toilet, while dinner is taken around our campfire. Wild camping in the Okavango Delta The highlight stay on this trip for many is our two nights of wild camping in the Okavango Delta. Our neighbours, which you’ll likely hear shuffling around at night, include hippos, elephants and lions, while our away-from-it-all location normally allows us to see a night sky illuminated with stars. Worth knowing All camping equipment is provided except for sleeping bags and pillows.

Mode of Transport

Transportation includes 4x4 transfers into the Okavango Delta, mokoro (traditional canoe) trips, and game drives in safari vehicles. The tour also involves long drives, including a drive north to Victoria Falls and a return to Botswana. The journey is designed to offer diverse experiences, from river cruises to rugged terrain exploration.