STANLEY'S CAMP & CHIEF'S CAMP SAFARI
This 6 night Botswana safari at Stanley's Camp in the Okavango Delta and Chief's Camp in the Moremi Game Reserve is designed to be easily combined with a safari to Chobe National Park or with 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 Stanley's Camp.
On arrival at Stanley's Camp private airstrip, you will be met by your safari guide and transferred to the lodge in open 4x4 safari vehicles. The staff of Stanley's Camp will be waiting to welcome you with cheerful song and dance.
After having had the time to freshen-up in the comfort of your rooms, your safari guide will take you on a discovery of Stanley's private concession. Game drives at Stanley's Camp are conducted in open 4x4 safari vehicles that offer unencumbered views.
Early morning wake up call with fresh tea / coffee and biscuits served in your room followed by a morning game drive.
Set in an amphitheatre of ebony and sausage trees on the southern tip of Chief's Island, Stanley's Camp sits amidst 260 000 acres of untamed and untrammelled African Bush. Bordering the southern section of the famous Moremi Game Reserve, this private concession is located by definition in seasonal Okavango Delta.
Game viewing in the area is extremely good with excellent numbers of predators and plains-game on offer. The area houses one of the largest buffalo populations in the Okavango Delta. In the dry season, the population can concentrate into a herd in excess of 2000 head.
Exciting activities at Stanley's Camp include the unique elephant interaction with a semi-habituated herd; walking safaris with an armed professional safari guide, mokoro (dug-out canoe) excursions (subject to water levels) and exciting night drives. Please note that the Elephant Activity is EXCLUDED from package prices.
Return to camp after the morning game activity for a hearty brunch. Afternoon at your leisure enjoy the facilities on offer. Take the time to relax by the rimflow pool.
Mid-afternoon high tea will be served prior to your next game drive, which may extend into a night drive should you so wish.
Return to camp for dinner and overnight.
Early morning wake up call with fresh tea / coffee and biscuits served in your room. 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).
You will transfer to the airstrip once you have enjoyed breakfast for your light aircraft transfer 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 flight times, you will experience a mokoro excursion (water levels dependant), followed by breakfast. After breakfast you will be transferred to the airstrip for your shared flight to Maun.
