South Africa and Botswana-12 days
South Africa and Botswana-12 days
In Botswana you will be overwhelmed by the finest and most untouched game reserves in the world. With a fantastic game experience. Because no fences around the state parks, so anywhere you go, you may find wild animals.
Experience here the stunning beauty of the world’s largest intact inland Delta – the Okavango; the unimaginable vastness of the world’s second largest game reserve – the Central Kalahari Game Reserve; the isolation and other-worldliness of the Makgadikgadi – uninhabited pans the size of Portugal; and the astoundingly prolific wildlife of the Chobe National Park.
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Your journey to freedom
12 day S.A-Botswana
Day 1 Zeerust
The town that grew around the parish became known by the abbreviated form of its original name - Coetzee's Rust.
Mixed farming and mining of minerals like lead and chrome are the backbone of the economy in this bushveld town.
Madikwe Game Reserve
90 km north of Zeerust, not open to day-visitors).
Day 2 Francistown
As one of the oldest towns in Botswana and site of southern Africa
le, is a typical frontier town, strategically placed as the gateway to the north, with all the main roads to Gaborone, Zimbabwe, Maun and Kazungula passing through it. It manages to maintain its character despite being Botswana's second-largest urban centre and "Capital of the North".
Day 3-4 Gweta
Mid-November when the rainy season begins, the salt pans of Makgadikgadi filled with water and keep it mostly in April or May These areas attract many large temporary water bird and large numbers zebras and wild beasts. The roads are virtually impassable during this period and the best way to admire nature and animals than from the air. From May you can use a quad bike (or 4x4) to Ntwetwe Pan and a fire at night under an amazing sky! It is almost certain that you on your journey from a close more cat family you admire!
You can visit the Nata Bird Sanctuary, Take a walk to the many baobab trees close to admire, or relax by the pool or in the cosy bar.
Overnight: 2x or camp (optional) 1 x and camp under the stars in Ntwetwe Pan.
Day 5-6 Maun
The delta has an area of 20,000 kilometers ². It is one of the most important natural areas of Southern Africa. During the rainy season, enter the river beyond its banks and get flooded sometimes up to 13,000 kilometers ² inlands. This usually happens around May time, most animals are nesting in these area. From May to October is the best time to visit the delta. The water is very pure because it flows through areas with no agriculture or industry, and purified by the ever growing papyrus. The delta is home to many fish, including pike, barbell and bream. In the swamp feel hippos, zebras, crocodiles, lions, cheetah's, leopards, hyenas and various types’ water birds and water bucks where they make their home.
Visit Maun from the eastern Delta with a Mokoro (small boat), the western Panhandle Delta, scenic flight by plane or helicopter over the Delta, fishing excursions, visit the craft centre, horseback riding, game drives (to camp overnight in Maun).
Option: fly inn 2 nights Okavango Delta full care and includes all meals and drinks, excursions, flights, taxes, entrance fees and transfers (luxury accommodation in camps). Not the cheapest, but the only and best way by far the most beautiful areas deep in the delta to visit!
Day 7-8 Ghanzi
Ghanzi - also known as "The capital of the Kalahari" must be one of Botswana's most intriguing towns - situated in the middle of nowhere and separated from the rest of the world by hundreds of kilometres of road. The first and probably major impression you will have of the interminable journey from Gaborone to Ghanzi is the sheer monotony of the landscape. For the most part the terrain is flat and featureless, with some scrub bushes, thorn trees and grasslands. In the summer the heat is sweltering, in winter the drive is made more tolerable by cooler temperatures. The road is excellent tarmac. There is a strange fascination to it all - and subtle, unexpected variations in terrain. There is also beauty to be found in the eerie sunsets and in the desert night's overwhelming canopy of stars.
Once, parts of this vast region were populated only by Bushmen (Basarwa) who had perfected survival strategies for living in this inhospitable land. Later the Bakgalagadi arrived and today live in Kalahari villages such as Ncojane, Matsheng and Kang.
One development project in Ghanzi is Ghanzicraft, located on the main street in town, near the post office.
Day 9 Kanye
In the surroundings of Kanye you will find also some rock paintings of the bushmen who lived in these areas of Botswana.
Day 10-11 Rustenburg
Rustenburg is well known in the world as a mining town for it’s gold and platinum mines. This is also a stop over for clients to Sun-city Pilanesberg and Madikwe game reserve. Lots of activities in and around Rustenburg where you also can visit a lion project 30km from Rustenburg.
Day 12 Pretoria
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