In the Okavango Delta, Jao Camp features just nine spacious suites-number nine is the sumptuous honeymoon suite-with terraces facing onto the water. Wildlife can be seen crossing the floodplains as well as the grasslands. Hot Air Balloon If you’re visiting between April and September, Wilderness can arrange hot air balloon flights. But for an even more memorable experience, you can take a scenic helicopter flight as it flies lower over the land, wildlife visibility and photo opportunities are heightened. Helicopter The journey between camps is usually by light aircraft, giving you a birds-eye view of this unique environment. Pass elephants as they wade through the rivers, watch as hippos wallow at the water’s edge and see impala and waterbucks grazing nearby, with fish eagles perched at the top of the riverbanks’ trees. River Safari The delta’s plains are intersected by rivers and meandering channels that run between lagoons, making boat trips possible year-round. As each mokoro silently glides across the shallow water, birds hover and flit between trees and lilies bloom amid the long grass and reeds, while the crystal clear water mirrors every detail of the land and sky. Mokoro Excursions This region’s long, narrow dug-out canoes were first made by the native BaYei people in around 1750, and are still used to this day to navigate the floodplains.
Nature Walks In the drier season (December to March) nature walks provide you with a closer, ground-level insight into the surroundings, with more time to appreciate the smaller sights including the animal tracks and extraordinarily colorful birdlife. Benefiting from years of well-earned experience and unrivaled knowledge of the remarkable surroundings, the guides track both predators and prey, from leopards, lions and wild dogs to the birdlife and miniature reed frogs. Game Drives Each day at sunrise and again in the afternoon following high tea, you can set out on game drives in open-top Land Rovers, which are durable enough to navigate the most rugged of terrain and drive through surprisingly deep stretches of water with relative ease. Contact Darren Humphreys, founder of Travel Sommelier, +1 7,, Take Three/// Ways to Explore We recommend visiting in Botswana’s winter months as the water recedes leaving lush grass for antelope to graze on, or in the summer months when herds of animals cross the waterways, water birds thrive and predators follow their prey.įrom $9,450 per person for a six-night Botswana safari with Travel Sommelier, staying at Wilderness Safaris’ Jao Camp,Vumbura Plains and DumaTau Camp, including light aircraft and safari activities. The company has since gone from strength to strength, proving its commitment to conservation and community initiatives while providing guests with an unforgettable experience. What set Wilderness apart from the very beginning was its firm belief in making a meaningful contribution to the wildlife and local people. Wilderness Safaris now has camps across southern and east Africa, but it was in Botswana’s Okavango Delta that the safari specialist’s journey began back in 1983, arguably making this land its true home. This extraordinary setting is home to a great diversity of wildlife that has adapted to this unique landscape, making it one of the richest and most varied habitats in all of Africa, placing the delta and its surrounding land among the world’s most outstanding nature destinations. While much of Botswana is taken up by the Kalahari, the Okavango Delta lies amid this immense desert, with water flowing in from central Africa to create an environment like no other. This is a country that takes your breath away. In Botswana it’s easy to feel a connection to the land, from flying over the plains with the shadow of your plane on its surface to watching the lowering sun cast a golden light across long yellow grass at dusk, and falling asleep each night to the sound of insects chirping, frogs croaking and a distant lion roaring. This story originally appeared in the November/December 2017 issue of Elite Traveler.
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