Livingstone-Chobe-Okavango Safari

Tour Code:  LF02 

A 9 night/10 day safari

This safari covers Zambezi River/Victoria Falls on the Zambian side with superb game viewing in Botswana's Chobe National Park and Okavango Delta.

Package includes:

• 3 nights Thorntree Lodge, Livingstone;
• 3 nights Muchenje Safari Lodge, Chobe
• 3 nights Camp Okuti, Okavango

Outline:

Start Livingstone and end Maun – 9 nights/10 days
Transfer Livingstone airport to Thorntree Lodge
3 nights in a twin/double chalet on a full board basis at Thorntree Lodge
Includes accommodation, meals and 1 game activity per day (24 hour period) from a choice of tour of the Falls, Zambia; game drive and river cruise.  Excludes all drinks and parks fees of US$10.00 per person per entry.  Additional activities

Road and boat transfer to Muchenje Safari Lodge
3 nights in a twin/double chalet on an all inclusive basis at Muchenje Safari Lodge
Includes accommodation, meals, drinks, parks fees, laundry and game activities (game drives, walking, river cruises, night drives, village trips)
Road transfer to Kasane airport

Air charter Kasane to Camp Okuti
3 nights in a twin tent on an all inclusive basis at Camp Okuti

Cost from USD4650 per person and USD9300.00 for 2 people sharing for 2008. 

Includes:

Accommodation in well-appointed tents with en suite bathrooms
All meals and snacks while staying at the camp
All beverages, including bottled water, soft drinks and alcoholic beverages in reasonable quantities (featuring South African wines and spirits)
All activities escorted by professional guides (game drives in 4x4 open sided vehicles and motorboating)

Note: Additional nights can be added.  Please request a quote for flights Johannesburg – Livingstone & Maun - Johannesburg

Excludes:

All flights
Visa entry fees
Medical and travel insurance
Gratuities
Curios
Items of a personal nature

Best time of the year:

• Dry season - July to October animals converge on the Chobe River on the northern border of the park Game viewing is good year round
• Numerous raptors all year with migrant eagles joining the ranks during the summer (end Nov to April)
• Green season - December to March, less visitors, dust and smoke, birthing season

Tips and notes:

• The Victoria Falls themselves are most spectacular when in full flood in April - the spray is intense so they're best viewed from the air. 
• Photographic opportunities from the Rain Forest improve as the annual flood abates from May onwards.
• This trip is available all year round, however consideration must be made for the heat in October/November. 
• Chobe National Park is very busy.  You could choose to do the lunchtime activities when you will find you have most of the park to yourself, but there will also be the full day heat to consider!
• Chobe is best known for it’s large herds of elephant (approximately 73000), buffalo and prides of lion.
• Along the marshy river floodplain you will often spot the two antelope trademarks of Chobe, the waterloving red lechwes and the rare puku.
• Game at Muchenje is consistent year round; photographic opportunities are excellent especially at dawn and dusk. 
• April to November the Okavango is most accessible, however each season and every year differs in the Okavango 
• Best game in the Okavango is from July to November, best birding in the green season from mid October to April
• ALL FARES AND TAXES ARE SUBJECT TO INCREASE WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE AIRLINES AND GOVERNMENT. ALL FARES ARE SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY IN THE CORRECT BOOKING CLASSES AT THE TIME OF MAKING THE RESERVATION
  

We can offer you a shorter option: Trip Code LF03

Livingstone/Chobe 6 nights/7 days (omitting the Okavango section)

• 3 nights Thorntree Lodge, Livingstone
• 3 nights Muchenje Safari Lodge, Chobe

starting and ending in Livingstone
Cost from USD2250 per person and USD4500 for 2 people sharing (inclusions and exclusions as above) for 2008.

 Please note the final price of all packages could incur additional costs for fuel surcharges due to the rapidly increasing cost of fuel worldwide. This could also extend to an increase in parks fees and departure taxes which are sometimes changed without notice by the governments concerned.