14 Night Botswana CircuitAdventure  
Kasane To Kasane

Arrive at Kasane International Airport in Kasane. If you have time, visit the Kazungula market place which has a wide variety of products. Spend the evening at a local restaurant in a family compound where a traditional cooking lesson awaits you. 

ACCOMODATION: Elephant Trails

Enjoy an early morning game drive on the Chobe River front. Spend the rest of the day exploring Kasane by bicycle, and spend the evening on a sunset boat cruise on the Chobe River.

ACCOMODATION: Elephant Trails

Today you will get to experience the beautiful wildlife of Kasane and the Chobe area. From up in the air, from out on the water having lunch on a raft, to some up-close encounters with local fish, birds, reptiles and mammals.

ACCOMODATION: Elephant Trails

Drive west across the Caprivi Strip to the town of Shakawe.  The Caprivi Strip is part of Namibia, commonly used as a transit route between Kasane and Maun.

ACCOMODATION: Ferry Road Guesthouse

DRIVING DISTANCE AND TIME (APPROXIMATE) FOR THIS LEG: 482km ~ 5hr 20min

Spend the full day exploring the mysteries of the Tsodilo Hills and their ancient rock art.  You can climb the hills or hike the full 16 km circuit around their base.  

ACCOMODATION:  Sepupa Swamp Stop

DRIVING DISTANCE AND TIME (APPROXIMATE) FOR THIS LEG: 138km ~ 4hr 25min

Enjoy some water activities in the Okavango Delta in a dugout canoe with a local community trust.

ACCOMODATION: Mokoro Island

DRIVING DISTANCE AND TIME (APPROXIMATE) FOR THIS LEG: 40km ~ 40min

Return to Etsha 13 in your dugout canoe and visit one of the Etsha villages.   Then continue South to Maun. If you have the time, take a detour into Gumare to see the baskets of the Ngamiland area. The Etsha villages were settled by Angolan refugees and they brought their basketry skills with them.  The baskets are real works of art.

ACCOMODATION: The Old Bridge Backpackers and Safaris

DRIVING DISTANCE AND TIME (APPROXIMATE) FOR THIS LEG: 290km ~ 3hr 45min

Visit the beautiful Lake Ngami in the morning.  Meet the men fishing for the giant African catfish, and see the famous birdlife.  Then enjoy an afternoon of horseback riding amongst the wildlife along the Thamalakane River.

ACCOMODATION: The Old Bridge Backpackers and Safaris

Explore the town of Maun and the unique arts and crafts scene before spending the afternoon with some adorable young elephants

ACCOMODATION: The Old Bridge Backpackers and Safaris

DRIVING DISTANCE AND TIME (APPROXIMATE) FOR THIS LEG: 44km ~ 1hr (one way)

Paddle a kayak up the Thamalakane and Boro Rivers to Chief’s Island, part of the Moremi Game Reserve. You will be paddling past waterbuck, lechwe, hippos and Nile crocodiles.

ACCOMODATION: Camp on Chief’s Island

Explore Chief’s Island, home to cheetah, African wild dogs and many more before paddling downriver back to Maun.

ACCOMODATION: The Old Bridge Backpackers and Safaris

Drive east to the traditional village of Gweta. If you have time, take a short detour along the way to search for Homo erectus tools in the bed of the Boteti River. Experience the charms of Gweta, including a village tour and a night on the Makgadikgadi Pans.

ACCOMODATION: Gweta Lodge, who will provide a bedroll under the stars on the Ntwetwe Pan

DRIVING DISTANCE AND TIME (APPROXIMATE) FOR THIS LEG: 254km ~ 3hr

Enjoy a visit to a colony of meerkats on the edge of the Ntwetwe Pan.  Then continue  East to explore Nata and the NE shore of the Sua Pan before your dinner date with the Elephants of Elephant Sands

ACCOMODATION: Elephant Sands

DRIVING DISTANCE AND TIME (APPROXIMATE) FOR THIS LEG: 155km ~ 2hr

Drive North to Senyati with time for stops at  places of interest such the black cotton soils in Pandamatenga, and the Lesoma Memorial to Botswana soldiers killed in 1977 when the brutal civil war in Rhodesia spilled across the border.

ACCOMODATION: Senyati Safari Camp

DRIVING DISTANCE AND TIME (APPROXIMATE) FOR THIS LEG: 241km ~ 3hr

Meet our agent in Kasane for your final debrief before we say farewell.

DRIVING DISTANCE AND TIME (APPROXIMATE) FOR THIS LEG: 17.3km ~ 20min