Okavango Delta Mobile safaris - Old style African Safaris  

This is simply the most luxurious and best conducted overland safari in Southern Africa.  It follows a time honored tradition drawing on many generations of family experience running safaris in East Africa and Southern Africa.  Camp will be comprised of large tents equipped in a luxurious fashion unequaled on any mobile safari that we know of. Real beds, down pillows, pure cotton sheets, bone-handled silver cutlery, damask table linen and wood and brass custom designed furniture. The only concessions to roughing it are the bucket showers and long drop loos which are private and en suite attached to your tents for safety purposes but are still open air. 

Itineraries can be tailored to your groups needs with a minimum of four nights.  The below sample  7 night itinerary explores the land and water of one of the worlds most spectacular wilderness, split between three camp sites. Two three-night sojourns offer quite different experiences in the Moremi, one game and one on water, linked by a night's camping on a Delta island.  Trips can dovetail into mobile extensions into the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Jacks and San Camps, or a trip to visit the Bushmen for a cultural safari unique to our operation.
 

Mobile tents include toilets and bucket showers with hot water

Open safari vehicles provide sun-shade and roof-top viewing

DAY 1:
Guests are met by their Guide and private vehicle at Maun airport and transferred by road into the Moremi Game Reserve. Once in the Moremi a slow meander/game drive to familiarize ourselves with the area and then into our first camp in good time to shower and unpack before sundowners and dinner. 

DAY 2: 
Breakfast in the first light of day and head out in the trucks to start introducing you to some of the animals of the dry flood plain environment. Looking for zebra, wildebeest, impala and predators such as wild dog and cheetah. Return for lunch and siesta. Head out for sun downers after a high tea and cakes. Park at the edge of a water holes/lagoon and watch herds of elephants and a myriad of birds coming down to drink whilst the sun sets and you are given an informal talk on the geological history of the area. Return for dinner. Food on an Uncharted Africa Safari is renowned throughout the industry for it's fresh ingredients and original versions of classic dishes. Three course meals under the stars include such treats as ostrich, fillet steak, delectable fruit tarts and chocolate eclairs.

Day 3
Another early start and out in the trucks for the whole day. The staff will load up a full lunch and picnic gear and the fridges will be packed. Head out to explore the wider area around our first camp. Search out the creatures and plants typical of each ecosystem and explore the interrelationships of both the species and the systems. Seek out the elusive predators and observe and interpret their behaviour. Picnic and siesta under a shady mangosteen.  Return to bed tired but happy 

Day 4
Pack the trucks and a trailer with the overnight equipment for a fly camp. Mosquito net tents, folding stools, food, bedrolls, lanterns, bucket showers, etc. Take a slow drive to Xakanaxa and board the boats to explore the waters of the delta. Putt along the maze of channels stopping to admire the fantastic birdlife and diversity of aquatic life. Learn about the ecology of the waters and look at the important components of the ecosystems. Arrive at our island camp, deep in the lagoon systems, just after sunset to shower and relax around the fire before dinner. 

Day 5
Rise early and hop back into the boats with a packed lunch. Search out hippo and bathing elephant to demonstrate the importance of water to these enormous creatures. Marvel at the majesty of elephants from only a few yards as they wash and feed on the roots of aquatic plants. Take lunch on a sandy bank in the river and cool off at a safe swimming site. Drift back to the vehicles and head on to the third and final site in good time to relax, wash and unwind in camp. Your camp will have been moved from the first site to the second while you have been camped on the remote delta island.

Day 6
Rise early and after a sumptuous breakfast explore the junction between land and water. Exploring the mosaic of islands, dry flood plain and dry woodland that border the great swamps. Search for Lechwe and Sitatunga, unusual semi-aquatic antelope specially adapted to the fringe environment. 

 Lunch and siesta in camp.  Take a short drive from camp to view the game moving about the reeds 
and rushes of watered flood plain. Sundowners on the edge of a pretty  waterway. Eat a big dinner and go to sleep in tent as frogs pop and whistle in the reeds.

Day 7
All day predator hunt. Spend the last day indulging yourself completely in seeking your favourite species. Leopard spotting, lion tracking, cheetah chasing and dog discovering. Immerse yourself completely in the incredible spectacles the delta has to offer. If you want to watch lions mating for two hours or prefer to watch bee eaters hawking insects on the wing then so be it. Picnic and siesta in the arms of a giant baobab and spend the afternoon seeking out hyena dens and as the day cools down watch for hunting cats. Return to camp tired but happy once again.

Day 8
Pack up in the morning. Say your fare-wells to the camp staff. Drive to airstrip through the Moremi and get onto the plane to fly onto your next destination.