AFRICA
Earth Journeys Highlights… • On-tour film vignettes custom-made for Tauck by BBC Earth natural history experts • Field equipment gadgets may include FLIR® thermal imaging cameras and night vision goggles
• Safari groups average 20 Tauck guests; 6-passenger, open-top vehicles with window seats for everyone on game drives led by expert safari guides!
• A walking safari with San Bushmen in Botswana for a close-up look at daily life and culture
• A guided walk through a rhino sanctuary; a helicopter ride over the Okavango Delta; a visit with an entertaining meerkat colony on the Makgadikgadi Pans; a 4 x 4 adventure on the Pans
• A traditional braai (barbecue) dinner at a private home in Cape Town
• 29 meals, airport transfers as noted, gratuities to local guides, service charges, admission fees, taxes and porterage
2. RHINO WALKING SAFARI & VICTORIA FALLS A guided walking safari through a rhino sanctuary offers you a chance to see the great horned animals in their natural habitat. Then follow the sound of roaring water on a walking tour to Mosi-oa-Tunya – “The Smoke That Thunders” – which Livingstone named Victoria Falls. The site where the mile-wide Zambezi River plunges powerfully into a chasm more than 350 feet deep, sending billowing clouds of spray skyward like inverted rain, is sure to leave you speechless. Meals BLD
3. ACROSS THE ZAMBEZI TO BOTSWANA Drive to the border where a ferry transports you across the Zambezi River to Botswana; embark on a motorboat safari on the Chobe River. After lunch, hop a flight to the Moremi Game Reserve on the Okavango River, in the world’s largest inland delta, and settle into your lodge on the Khwai River. During seasonal flooding, the delta swells to three times its size, becoming an oasis in an arid country and attracting prey and predators alike. You’ll have a unique chance to view the wildlife after dark on a night safari before dinner this evening. Meals BLD
4. ON SAFARI IN MOREMI GAME RESERVE Embark on a game drive (and, if you wish, a walking safari) in Moremi Game Reserve with local guides who demonstrate their remarkable skills in tracking animals. Return to camp for lunch and leisure; enjoy the spa, or watch hippos and elephants amble by before a late afternoon game drive. Meals BLD
5. THE HEART OF THE OKAVANGO DELTA Begin the day with a game drive and an optional walking safari. Fly further into the Okavango Delta to Belmond Eagle Island Lodge on Xaxaba Island, overlooking a lagoon attracting a breathtaking variety of birds. Take a motorboat safari (weather permitting) along the Okavango Delta in search of elephants and exotic birds. Meals BLD
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6. OKAVANGO DELTA BY CANOE & ’COPTER Set off on a safari via mokoro, a traditional dugout canoe; spot long reed frogs, spinning spiders and wildlife from antelope to giraffes. But it’s the birds of this ornithological paradise – egrets, cormorants, malachite kingfishers – that steal the show. And the parallel views you’ll experience on a helicopter ride over the delta offer a stunning visual kaleidoscope of nature. Drive through the Xaxaba village for a unique look into the daily life of a Botswanan; learn about local traditions for marriage and more. Meals BLD
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Moremi Game Reserve Eagle Island Camp
Maun BOTSWANA SOUTH AFRICA Maximum Elevation: 5,751 ft. ZAMBIA Livingstone
Makgadikgadi Chobe
Cape Town
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