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– DAY BOTSWANA FLY CAMP AND LODGE SAFARI 01
June until 31 October 2009 Total
cost per person sharing: US$3605.00 Single
supplement additional US$984.00 01
November – 30 November 2009 Total
cost per person sharing: US$3139.00 Single
supplement additional US$801.00 01
December until 31 December 2009 Total
cost per person sharing: US$2576.00 Single
supplement additional US$616.00 PLEASE
NOTE THAT SINGLE TRAVELLERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL
US$355.00 FOR AIR TRANSFERS Included:
Excluding:
FLY
CAMP SAFARIS These are traditional tented safaris with your own guide, cook and camp staff to take care of you. A real ‘safari’ experience with a camp established on a private site. Fly Camp Safaris - operate in four of the premier destinations in Northern Botswana - Xakanaxa, Khwai, Savuti and Chobe Riverfront.
A
minimum of a two-night stay is required. All accommodation with basic
en - suite facilities in a comfortable camp set up in private areas.
Guests enjoy three meals per day, prepared by the camp cook. Guests fly into the airstrip that is closest to the site and
are collected by the operator, saving travelling time – time that
will be spent productively viewing game!
The Tents have twin beds with linen, side table, lamps and of course en suite (bucket shower and chemical/flush loo). CHOBE
RIVERFRONT FLY CAMP The
Chobe National Park, which is the second largest national park in
Botswana and covers 10,566 square kilometres, has one of the greatest
concentrations of game found on the African continent. Its uniqueness
in the abundance of wildlife and the true African nature of the
region, offers a safari experience of a lifetime. The
park is divided into four distinctly different eco systems: Serondela
with its lush plains and dense forests in the Chobe River area in the
extreme north-east; the Savuti Marsh in the west about fifty
kilometres north of Mababe gate; the Linyanti Swamps in the north-west
and the hot dry hinterland in between. The
original inhabitants of what is now the park were the San people,
otherwise known in Botswana as the Basarwa. They were hunter-gatherers
who lived by moving from one area to another in search of water, wild
fruits and wild animals. The San were later joined by groups of the
Basubiya people and later still, around 1911, by a group of Batawana
led by Sekgoma. When the country was divided into various land tenure
systems, late last century and early this century, the larger part of
the area that is now the national park was classified as crown land.
In 1931 the idea of creating a national park in the area was first
mooted, in order to protect the wildlife from extinction and to
attract visitors. In 1932, an area of some 24,000 square kilometres in
the Chobe district was declared a non-hunting area and the following
year, the protected area was increased to 31,600 square kilometres.
However, heavy tsetse fly infestations resulted in the whole idea
lapsing in 1943. In 1957, the idea of a national park was raised again
when an area of about 21,000 square kilometres was proposed as a game
reserve and eventually a reduced area was gazetted in 1960 as Chobe
Game Reserve. Later, in 1967, the reserve was declared a national park
- the first national park in Botswana. There was a large settlement,
based on the timber industry, at Serondela, some remains of which can
still be seen today. This settlement was gradually moved out and the
Chobe National Park was finally empty of human occupation in 1975. In
1980 and again in 1987, the boundaries were altered, increasing the
park to its present size. A
major feature of Chobe National Park is its elephant population. First
of all, the Chobe elephant comprise part of what is probably the
largest surviving continuous elephant population. This population
covers most of northern Botswana plus northwestern Zimbabwe. The
Botswana's elephant population is currently estimated at around
120,000. This elephant population has built up steadily from a few
thousand since the early 1900s and has escaped the massive illegal off
take that has decimated other populations in the 1970s and 1980s. The
Chobe elephant are migratory, making seasonal movements of up to 200
kilometres from the Chobe and Linyanti rivers, where they concentrate
in the dry season, to the pans in the southeast of the park, to which
they disperse in the rains. The elephants, in this area have the
distinction of being the largest in body size of all living elephants
though the ivory is brittle and you will not see many huge tuskers
among these rangy monsters. SAVUTE
FLY CAMP The
Savuti Marsh is situated in the Chobe National Park.
On game drives in the area you also discover the very
interesting history of this area. Often described as one of, if not
the best, wildlife-viewing area in Africa today. Savuti boasts one of
the highest concentrations of wildlife left on the African continent.
Animals are present during all seasons, and at certain times of the
year their numbers can be staggering. If you allow yourself adequate
time here you will probably see nearly all the major species: giraffe,
elephant, zebra, impala, tsessebe, roan, sable, wildebeest, kudu,
buffalo, waterbuck, warthog, eland and accompanying predators
including lion, hyena, jackal, bat-eared fox and possibly even cheetah
and wild dog. Savuti
is famous for its predators, particularly its resident lions and
spotted hyena populations. Sometimes you will have them uncomfortably
close, as both they and marauding hyenas do wander through the
campsite. Do NOT feed them. Almost certainly you will hear lion at
night. Geographically,
Savuti is an area of many unknowns. One of the greatest mysteries is
the Savuti Channel itself, which has over the past 100 years
inexplicably dried up and recommenced its flow several times. The
present dry period started in 1982. The
Savuti Marsh is situated near the Magwikhwe Sand Ridge, which forms
part of the ancient shoreline of an enormous inland sea, which was
formed in the area an estimated 2-5 million years ago.
Situated close to this ridge/shoreline are the Savuti Hills
(“kopjes”) where we can find Bushman paintings on the vertical
rock faces. MAPULA
LODGE
Mapula
Lodge is an up-market Botswana Safari Lodge situated in the northern
part of the Okavango Delta, an area ideal for both land and waterborne
activities. The shallow channels and floodplains invite tranquil
Mokoro trips in the clear Delta waters, while the larger islands are
home to a wide variety of game, viewed from the vantage of open 4x4
game drive vehicles.
Mapula
Lodge consists of 10 comfortable luxurious chalets on raised decks,
each with an en suite bathroom, an outside shower and a private
balcony. Traditional design and use of local materials provide unique
detail in luxurious surrounding. The
traditional design and use of natural log creates a unique large
central lounge with open balcony encompassing a small library,
open-air bar and curio shop. There is also a swimming pool for
you to enjoy and to cool off on a hot day.
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