DESTINATIONS — AFRICA
Wilderness Safaris’ makoro
here something to boast about. Visions of Africa offers
clients the chance to record their memories visually with photographic boat safaris on the Chobe where the cameras – high- quality digital SLRs with massive zoom lenses – are included. A two- night full-board package with two boat excursions starts from £360. In addition to small-boat
excursions, clients can take a two or three-night cruise on the 14-suite Zambezi Queen, where they can watch game from their balcony as well as taking to the ship’s small boats for safaris and fishing excursions. In Venice they call it a gondola,
in Cambridge they call it a punt, but in the Okavango Delta they call it a makoro, and drifting along
the lily-strewn channels spotting game is the quintessential Botswana safari experience. The majority of camps offer makoro and boat safaris, but as water levels rise and fall – peaking in May at the end of the wet season – checking what’s on offer when is key. Some camps – those near the main river channels, such as Wilderness Safaris’ Xigera Camp – can offer boating safaris year-round, but land activities may not be possible when the delta is in full flood. Others – think those in Kwando’s Kwara concession, and &Beyond’s Nxabega – can accommodate game drives year-round but water activities at some of these camps can be seasonal. Those who’ve seen the
Chobe River, Botswana
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