Amazing 3 park
mobile safari

This camping tour will take you to Nxai Pans, Makgadigadi and Central Kalahari National Parks.

Should you request a private tour, you are welcome to make alterations to the schedule to suit your travel plans. For mixed group bookings, the itinerary will be fixed.

Bring your camera and everything else will be provided for a trip of a lifetime!

Tour Profile

Duration
8 days
Camping
7 nights
lodge
-
Group Size
max. 12
minimum age
6+
Arrival
maun
Departure
Maun
meals
all inclusive
Tour
private
best time
may-oct

Tour Highlights

Overview

This tour takes in 3 of the most magnificent wilderness areas of Botswana. 

As they are all mostly dry areas except for seasonal pans, rivers and waterholes along with some man-made waterholes, the game viewing can be exceptional. Just waiting at the waterholes you are rewarded with sightings of herd animals coming to quench their thirst whilst predators wait nearby to pounce on their  unsuspecting, thirsty prey. The famous Black-Maned Lions of the Central Kalahari, the sunsets at Nxai Pans and the vast salt pans framed by Baines Baobabs are a photographers dream.

Birding is also a highlight at these life saving water points and in the rainy season the pans are teeming with pelicans and flamingo’s. 

When to go

The best time to visit is during the wet months, from December to March when young are born offering great predator sightings. Migrant birds are present. It can however, be very hot.

April and May are also good wildlife viewing months as the pans dry and animals congregate at the waterholes.

What is Included

What is not Included

Optional Extras

Itinerary

  • Pick up from Maun Airport or accommodation and travel to Nxai Pan (Drive time: 3 hours).
  • We set up camp and serve lunch while you relax. The afternoon game drive leaves 2 hours before sunset in search of waking predators like lion.
  • We return to camp just after sunset and enjoy a delicious meal cooked over the fire.
  • Early wake-up, before sunrise, with a cup of coffee or tea and biscuits before departing on our 4 hour morning drive to hopefully spot the nocturnal animals before they disappear for the day.
  • Returning to camp we enjoy a sumptuous breakfast and chats about our sightings.
  • A trip to Baines Baobabs returns in time for our sunset drive.
  • We pack up camp and head out for an early morning drive as usual and then leave for Kumaga Camp in neighbouring Makgadikgadi National Park (Drive time: 2.5 hours), game viewing along the way and enjoying a packed lunch. 

  • The evening game drive, as with all the drives, is optional.

  • Dinner is served around the campfire.
  • Up before sunrise, with our usual coffee and tea to wake us, we set out for our morning drive along the beautiful Boteti River to see the animals coming down to drink.
  • We continue on to the expansive Makgadikgadi Salt Pans where we have our packed breakfast. During rainy season, they are taken over by huge flocks of flamingoes.
  • The drive back to camp winds through the park with great game viewing opportunities. 
  • This evening we park near the Boteti River and watch the animals with the Kalahari sunset backdrop.
  • Dinner around the fire.
  • We have a lie-in and early morning breakfast at camp before crossing the Boteti River on the ferry and then, passing through a few villages and stopping for fuel and lunch, we make our way to the Matswere Gate of the Central Kalahari National Park and on to the famous Deception Valley campsites. (Drive time: 6 hours)
  • We arrive in time to set up camp and go on our evening drive to one of the pans. 
  • Dinner around the campfire, under the stars, with no light pollution, is a highlight of the Central Kalahari.
  • Early mornings, before sunrise, with the sky a beautiful orange glow, are crisp and cool. Perfect for lion, bat-eared fox and other nocturnal predator sightings in the Deception Valley
  • We are back from our game drive for breakfast and rest, while we pack up, until the afternoon drive which will take us to Piper Pan, a haven for lion and where we will settle for the night after a campfire dinner and chats about our day
  • This morning we circumvent the beautiful Piper Pans on our game drive after sipping our coffee or tea. During the rainy season, these pans are ablaze with flowers
  • Back for breakfast we prepare to move to Sunday Pan for the 3rd and final night in Central Kalahari
  • The drive takes us past the Letiahau Pan with its beautiful grass savannah and a chance to see cheetah
  • Lunch and relaxation 
  • Evening game drive to the waterholes and our last delicious dinner under the stars
  • Falling asleep to the sound of lions roaring and hyenas chuckling
  • We have our sumptuous breakfast in the cool of daybreak and prepare to leave for Maun, having lunch along the way with plenty of time to absorb all the amazing sights and sounds of the last week. (Drive time: 8 hours)
  • We bid you a sad farewell, safe in the knowledge that you will return as the African love affair is impossible to ignore.

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