CHIEF'S CAMP & CHOBE CHILWERO SAFARI
This 6 night Botswana safari at Chief's Camp in the Moremi Game Reserve and Chobe Chilwero in the Chobe National Park is designed to be easily combined with a safari to the Zambian side of the Victoria Falls.
Upon arrival at Maun Airport you will be met by your pilot and escorted to the plane for your shared flight to Chief's Camp.
Upon arrival at the Chief's Camp private airstrip, you will be welcomed by one of the rangers and transferred in 4x4 safari vehicle to the lodge where camp management will introduce you to the lodge and surrounding areas. Your safari guide will then escort you to your luxury tented accommodation. The en-suite facilities and private viewing deck will make you feel at home.
Depending on your arrival time, you will be treated to a hearty lunch and may have time to relax by the swimming pool. Your afternoon game activity will take you out on a mokoro (dug-out canoe) into the waterways of the Delta (subject to water levels) or alternatively a game drive in the custom-built open 4x4 vehicle (individual seating). This is an ideal activity should you be a keen bird watcher, wildlife photographer or first time visitor to the Okavango Delta.
Returning to camp at dusk, you are invited to enjoy a 'sundowner' in the bar prior / after freshening up for dinner.
Early morning freshly brewed tea and coffee enjoyed in your room will be followed by morning game activity.
You will have a choice of either a mokoro excursion (subject to water levels) or a game excursion in the Mombo area of the Moremi Game Reserve, an area renowned for its abundance of wildlife. Whatever your choice, the game viewing opportunities are excellent. On a mokoro excursion, for example, you will enjoy an experience unparalleled anywhere in the world. Gliding through papyrus-fringed channels (formed by hippos), you experience what the Chief of the Batawana himself might have felt. Armed with binoculars or a camera, you will be rewarded with birds in a rainbow of colours and indigenous wildlife found exclusively in the Delta.
A sumptuous brunch will be served when you return to the camp around mid-morning. This is a dining experience not to be missed - a fusion of African and Western cuisine, superbly blended into a Pan-African style of cooking! The day is then at your leisure prior to your late afternoon game activity and dinner.
Depending upon your transfer times, you will experience a mokoro (dug-out canoe) excursion, exploring the rivulets and channels of the Delta (subject to water levels). After breakfast you will transfer to the airstrip for your scheduled light aircraft flight to the Chobe National Park. Upon arrival at Kasane Airport a Chobe Chilwero representative will welcome you before the transfer to the lodge.
In the local language of Setswana, Chilwero means 'place of high view', an apt name for a lodge whose accommodations look out over lush flood plains towards Namibia on the horizon.
Chobe Chilwero offers 15 luxury air-conditioned units, each individually appointed with furniture and fittings from all corners of the continent. In addition, each unit has its own private 'sala', both indoor and outdoor showers, along with large handcrafted sunken baths. Chobe Chilwero also offers a split-level swimming pool.
Safari activities at Chobe Chilwero are diverse, exciting and tailored to suit individual requirements. Game drives are conducted in open 4x4 safari vehicles, normally in the early morning & late afternoon, under the leadership of qualified safari guides.
The Chobe floodplain is renowned for its concentrations of buffalo & elephant. The late evening in particular, provides spectacular viewing. All vehicles are equipped with two-way radio systems, thus facilitating optimum sightings of the major species.
For the true lover of unspoiled Africa, these safaris will capture the magnificence & very real essence of Botswana's natural landscapes & wildlife heritage. Game viewing & fishing from small boats is a special Chobe experience. Additionally, there is a sunset cruise, which provides spectacular wildlife viewing & vistas of an African sunset. Afternoon game viewing in the Chobe area, returning to the lodge for dinner.
Dependant upon time, you may be able to do a short morning game drive, then return to camp for a light breakfast before you are transferred back to Kasane Airport for your charter / road transfer to your onward destination.
