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Day 1 (Sat): Johannesburg
Upon arrival in Johannesburg, you will be met at the airport by our South African representative and delivered to our lodging facilities, where you, along with others in your group will spend the night. You will enjoy dinner at the Moyo Restaurant at 6 p.m., where you will experience authentic South African cuisine embellished with a generous portion of true Native hospitality.
Day 2 (Sun): Johannesburg - Zambia - Botswana
Depart Johannesburg for the hour-flight to Livingstone, Zambia. From there, you will experience the breathtaking "Flight of the Angels" as our bush plane takes you to Kasane, Botswana, where you will be met by our safari guides and transferred to the Chobe Safari Lodge, one of the best lodges in all of Botswana. Here, you will spend the first four nights of your Botswana adventure. During the afternoon, you'll explore the Chobe River by boat where you will have the opportunity to photograph the awesome herds of African elephants as they gather along the river to drink and bathe.
The flight over Victoria Fall is referred to as "The Flight of the Angels" - called so, after David Livingstone, the famous explorer who was supposedly the first 'white" person to view the Falls. Livingstone writes, "No one can imagine the beauty of the view from anything witnessed in England. It had never been seen before by European eyes; but scenes so lovely must have been glazed upon by angels in their flight."
Day 3, 4, 5 (Mon, Tue, Wed): Chobe National Park
You will spend these days in the heart of Chobe, where you will experience photo opportunities that most have seen only on the pages of National Geographic magazine. African lions, leopards, elephants, buffalo, giraffe hippos, and crocodiles, to say nothing of the amazing variety of colorful and exotic birds, are but a few of our wild brothers and sisters that you can expect to grace your viewfinder.
Day 6, 7, 8 (Thur, Fri, Sat): Moremi Game Reserve
This morning our bush plane will transport you to Moremi, where you will spend the next three nights camping in the African bush. This section of the Okavango Delta consists of woodlands, slow-moving channels, and open flood plains. Likely subjects include elephants, lions, Cape buffalo, giraffe, zebra, and leopards, along with birds such as the Wattled Crane and African Fish Eagles. You will also have opportunities to photograph the rare red lechwe and puka. Who knows, you may even encounter a pack of wild dogs.
Days 9, 10, 11 (Sun, Mon, Tue): Nxai Pan National Park
Morning will find us breaking camp in preparation for the journey to Nxai Pan. Our supply team will travel ahead and setup camp. Along the way, you will stop in Maun, eat lunch, and stock up on supplies fro the next three nights. If you've ever dreamed of photographing wildlife gathering at a water hole, then wait no longer. This is the location. Not only can you expect to photograph zebra, herds of giraffe also live in the pan, as do springbok and cheetah. The amazing little bat-eared fox also call the pan home.
Days 12, 13, 14 (Wed, Thur, Fri): Makgadikgadi National Park
Today, you will depart for Meno A Kwena Lodge, where you will spend the next three nights. The Lodge, situated on the high banks of the Boteti riverbed bordering Makgadikgadi National Park, Nxai Pan National Park, and the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, provides easy access to three of the prime wildlife photography areas of Botswana's Kalahari desert. The winter months host a hive of activities as the Legendary Migratory Herds" of zebra and wildebeest fill the dry river bed relying on the few remaining water holes of the Boteti water system for their survival.
Day 15 (Sat): Maun - Johannesburg
Following an early breakfast, you will be transported to Maun, where you'll board Air Botswana for the flight back to Johannesburg, and an unforgettable night at the Lesedi Cultural Village, a World Heritage Site. Nestled in pristine bushveld, where families from the Zulu, Xhosa, and Pedi live in their traditional homesteads., Lesedi is a true African experience that MUST be experienced; it can not be described.
Day 16 (Sun): Johannesburg - Home
All good things must come to an end. It's time to return home and process all those pesky little pixels. Following breakfast, you will be transported to the airport, where you will begin the first leg of your journey back to that place called "Reality."
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