Africa Through The Lens: Botswana Shutter Safari

After your arrival at Maun, you will be transferred by air to the Xakanaxa airstrip in Moremi Game Reserve, where you will be met by your guide. Our first three nights are spent in the Xakanaxa region where we explore the surrounding wilderness on morning and afternoon game drive excursions. Overnight at Letaka Tented Camp-Moremi Game Reserve

Morning and afternoon game drives will get you up-close and personal to a variety of African wildlife, including the endangered African wild dog. Moremi is one of the best game reserves in Africa to see this beautiful and rare species. Other wildlife commonly spotted includes buffalo, lion, elephant, and red lechwe. Overnight at Letaka Tented Camp-Moremi Game Reserve

Following and early morning breakfast you take a slow drive through Moremi Game Reserve north-east towards the Khwai Community Area. The day’s journey follows this water course, with the track weaving from the riverside and floodplains into the mopane veld and the woodlands that make Khwai one of the most scenic areas of the Okavango. We pass the magnificent Dombo Hippo Pools in the morning, stopping to enjoy the scenery and the antics of the resident hippo. Leopard, cheetah, serval, and lion are common predators along your driving route, as well as giraffe, zebra, and roan antelope. Overnight at Letaka Tented Camp-Khwai Community Area

You will spend the next two nights camping at an exclusive campsite in the community area, exploring the Khwai floodplains on game drives during the day and at night. Exploring after dark with spotlights offers an opportunity to experience some of the nocturnal animals that are rarely encountered during the day. You will also have the opportunity to explore the surrounding wilderness on foot as well as by mokoro, which is a traditional wooden canoe. African wildcat are commonly seen in this park, as well blue wildebeest, kudu, sable antelope and impala. Overnight at Letaka Tented Camp-Khwai Community Area

Today you will head out on a full-day game drive to Chobe National Park, where you will have the opportunity to see the Paleo-Lake Makgadikgadi that dried up some ten thousand years ago. You will pass through excellent lion country, and some of the best cheetah country of the safari. Most of all, though, the Mababe Depression is a birder’s paradise, with Violed-eared Waxbill, Black-cheeked Waxbill, Village Indigobird, and Paradise Whydah are commonly spotted. Overnight at Letaka Tented Camp-Chobe National Park

Twice daily game drives will give you the opportunity for breath-taking African photography, with Chobe’s varied wildlife the centerpiece of this amazing location. Undoubtedly it is the interaction between lion and elephant that is the most interesting aspect of Savuti. The area is inhabited by a huge pride of lions with numbers fluctuating from 20-30 members. These remarkable lion have learned over the years how to hunt these massive pachyderms that are supposedly above predation. Launching their attack under darkness and using their numbers, they manage to kill adolescent and even young adult elephant. The marsh is prime cheetah country and in the wet season it is not unusual to have the wild dog hunting here in Central Chobe. Overnight at Letaka Tented Camp-Chobe National Park

On our final day on safari we will leave Central Chobe early to travel along the Chobe River arriving in Kasane where we will stop for a picnic lunch before taking an afternoon boat cruise to end the safari. Borton Overseas can assist with your flights home, or extend your time in Africa to further practice your photography skills!