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Depart at from London's Heathrow Airport on BA055 to Johannesburg, South Africa.
On arrival connect with a scheduled flight departing at 1000 to Maun. On arrival at 1245 you will be met and taken to stay for one night at Rileys Hotel (bed & breakfast).
Maun provides a gateway to some of the most exciting game viewing in Africa. The Okavango Delta, 16,000 square kilometres of waterways, Moremi Wildlife Reserve bordering the Okavango Delta, where the riverine grassland begins is possibly the most spectacular game reserve in Southern Africa, with a vast variety of wildlife.
Sited in peaceful gardens on the banks of the slowly drifting Thamalakane River, Riley's is your gateway to the Okavango and beyond.
Riley's Hotel offers guests a peaceful haven featuring 27 bedrooms, 3 executive suites, conference facilities, an a la carte restaurant, a bar and a sparkling crystal clear swimming pool as well as the Motswiri poolside bar. Additional services include a safari information shop and courtesy transport to and from the airport.
Riley's bedrooms and executive suites are tastefully furnished in cool summer shades and all of them are fully air-conditioned with tea and coffee making facilities, telephones, radios and hairdryers.
In the morning you will be met and taken by road to Maun Airport to board a light aircraft taking you into the Okavango Delta and to Abu's Camp where you stay for three nights (fully inclusive of meals and activities).
The elephant back safaris are based at Abu Camp on the western side of the Delta, in a pristine wilderness threaded by crystal waters. Surrounded by open grasslands, island sanctuaries and the papyrus-fringed channels that make this part of Africa unique, Abu Camp is the perfect spot from which to explore the mysteries and magnificence of this ancient land.
Abu Camp's atmosphere is that of the ultimate house party created each week for ten guests. A ratio of four staff to each guest ensures the best of attention and service. Accommodation is in luxurious custom-designed safari tents, raised on teak decking and overlooking a lagoon. The tents have fully zipped entrances and roll-down canvas on the windows. They are beautifully and individually furnished with mahogany four-poster beds or antique sleigh beds, and have an en suite bathroom with copper or porcelain baths, shower and flush toilet.
The dining area is on layered teak decking winding its way around African Ebony and Sycamore Fig trees. An expert safari chef produces magnificent meals, catering to all tastes and dietary requirements. The lounge tent is the perfect place to relax in soft and comfortable chairs, with a well-stocked library.
You will be able to enjoy game viewing on elephant back, riding on a mattress-style cover surrounded by a wooden guard, thus providing a superb view of the land and its wildlife. Other forms of activity include walking, game drives by open vehicle, boat cruises and mokoro trails by dugout canoe.
This safari will provide you with the best that the Delta has to offer in tremendous style.
You will be transferred by light aircraft to Kasane where after clearing Customs & Immigration you continue on by light aircraft to Livingstone. Connect with a scheduled flight departing at 1255 and taking you into the Lower Zambezi National Park. On arrival you will be met by Steve Carey and taken on a four day private walking safari in the National Park, staying at Bushbuck Camp (fully inclusive of meals and activities).
Steve Carey is one of Africa's finest guides. Brought up on a farm in Zimbabwe, he trained under Zimbabwe's demanding professional guide system and achieved the highest qualification which gave him the license to conduct armed walking safaris in Zimbabwe's National Parks. He spent several years building a loyal and enthusiastic clientele, specialising in safaris in the Kariba area before moving to Zambia with his wife, Annabelle, in more recent years. Steve now operates on a large private game reserve on the Zambian side of the Lower Zambezi River, adjoining the Lower Zambezi National Park.
This reserve is dominated by the half mile wide Lower Zambezi with its channels and islands, behind which is a big floodplain with semi dry riverbeds, isolated waterholes, areas of grassland and forest leading about four or five miles inland to the escarpments of the Zambezi Valley. This area is home to a large numbers of elephant, which roam the floodplain and frequently come down to the river to drink, wallow and swim out to nearby islands. There are big cats including lion and leopard, several species of antelope, hyena, herds of buffalo, zebra and many other animals, while in the water are hippopotamus and crocodiles. In the general area, over 300 species of birds are also found and includes several varieties of kingfishers and between July and October, carmine bee-eaters which make their honeycomb nests in the banks of the Zambezi and other rivers.
On his private reserve, Steve is able to conduct fascinating walking safaris when his intimate knowledge of the bush comes to life as you track animals and follow the course of old elephant paths and dry riverbeds. You can also enjoy safaris by open vehicle during the day and after dark with a spotlight, and Steve can take you canoeing down the Zambezi giving you another vantage point from which to enjoy the wildlife. You also have access to the Lower Zambezi National Park where safaris are conducted by open vehicle.
You will be based at Bushbuck Camp, a delightful traditional African camp with three large meru-style tents simply furnished with canvas chairs, proper beds and en suite flush w.c. and bucket shower. Delicious meals can be enjoyed 'al fresco' and the camp overlooks the Chongwe Riverbed, which is usually quite dry from July to October, though has a number of 'pools' which regularly attract antelope, buffalo and sometimes lion.
On 31 August Steve will take you into a remote part of the reserve and he and his assistant will set up a simply 'fly camp' for you. After a lovely barbecue style meal you will be able to go to sleep feeling that you are a hundred miles from the nearest human habitation!