Ultimate Botswana Safari

Venture up close to rhinos during a game drive in Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, visiting the giants on foot. After lunch and some free time, tour Nakatindi Village with a local village guide and visit community projects supported by A&K Philanthropy, including a women-owned bike shop, locally owned glass bead-making operation, school and medical clinic. Tonight promises a chef’s demonstration of traditional Zambian fare, followed by dinner.

Drive to Zimbabwe, with its rolling highveld landscapes, to join your private guide on an awe-inspiring exploration of Victoria Falls. Its cascades plummet over 350 feet to cast up the mist that inspired their original name, Mosi-oa-Tunya (The Smoke That Thunders). After lunch at a local restaurant, continue to your lodge just outside Botswana’s Chobe National Park, taking in panoramic views across the islands and floodplains of the Chobe River. Later, set out on a river cruise or game drive that includes the opportunity to see elephants — some 120,000 live in the park — along with impala, buffalo and possibly lions. Gather for an A&K-exclusive cultural experience with a local dance group.

Continue exploring the teeming delta on guided morning and afternoon game drives in a customized 4x4 vehicle. In between drives, you may opt to safari on foot, taking a bush walk with an armed, expert guide.

Fly over the Okavango Delta by helicopter to your next amazing safari camp, the panorama of the delta spread out before you. Widely acknowledged as the “Predator Capital of Africa,” this is one of the best places in Botswana to see big game — lions, leopards, elephants and Cape buffalo — drawn here by the lush delta. Wild dogs and spotted hyenas also make the scene. View game with your experienced guides or watch life unfold from your private viewing deck.

Great predators, including rare wild dogs, as well as elephants, buffalo, red lechwe, giraffes and impala roam the Okavango Delta, as you discover on an early morning game drive. Listen for roaring lions on the hunt or spy awakening nocturnal animals as day draws to a close, on your choice of game drives. Back in camp, gather for a farewell dinner beneath African skies.

Fly to Johannesburg via Maun for your flight home. Relax in the Premier Lounge, compliments of A&K, before your departure flight or starting your Post-Tour Extension to Cape Town.