5 Night Budget Okavango and Moremi Safari
Day 1: Maun to Lazy River
Departure from Maun at 2:45pm for a 1 and a half hour drive to Lazy River camp in the Daonara area on the edge of the
Okavango. We at your riverside campsite in the late afternoon.
Your guide will give you a familiarisation tour and show you to your tents.
After enjoying a fire warmed shower you may sit back and watch the sun setting over a lagoon full of hippos and crocodiles.
As the sun has finished setting we will serve you a 2 course dinner under the stars.
Day 2: Okavango with Mokoro and game walk
We wake on day 2 for a full cooked breakfast served at 6:00am and depart at 6:30am on your safari vehicle for half hour drive to the mokoro station at Daonara.
We go out on the Mekoro at 8am for a couple of hours on the mekoro followed by a couple of hour game walk.
After the game walk we enjoy a nice picnic spread back at the mekoro and a bit of
relaxation in a nice shady location.
At around 2pm we set off on a 1 hour downstream mokoro ride back to the mokoro station and a half hour game drive drive back to your riverside campsite for another warm shower and wonderful Okavango sunset.
Day 3: Lazy River to Moremi
Wake up in your own time and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea from the beach on the edge of the lagoon. A leisurely breakfast is served between 7 and 8:30. The transfer vehicle departs at 9:00we set off for your 3 night safari to Moremi Game Reserve. When we reach Shorobe (30 minutes out) we meet up with our vehicle coming from Lazy River camp if we have any guests joining the safari from there. We arrive at South Gate Moremi by midday.
From South Gate we head off on a slow game drive through the wildlife rich Western flood plains of the Moremi Game Reserve. A picnic lunch in the Xinii area gives us a break, we then head on to our camp in the 3rd Bridge area.
Arrival at the camp is at around 5:30pm here we find our meru tents set up ahead of us and dinner preparations underway. Our staff will have heated water on the fire to fill your bucket shower for you to enjoy at your leisure.
Each Meru tent will have an enclosure attached at the rear of the tent with a bush toilet and shower.
Day 4: Full day in Moremi Game Reserve with boating
After an early breakfast we will go out for a full day game viewing with a packed picnic lunch. At around 2:30pm we will go out on a 2 hour boat cruise from the Xakanaxa boat station. We then head on a game drive back to camp.
Day 5: Full day in Moremi Game Reserve
On our last full day on safari we slow the pace down a bit. Rather than going out for a full day game drive we go out for a morning game drive and an afternoon game drive with sun downers. We return back to camp for lunch and a little relaxation.
Day 6: Drive from Moremi to Maun
A super early wake up and a dawn game drive, returning for a full cooked brunch. We depart camp at 11:30am to be back in Maun by 4pm