Luxury lodge itineraries are more practical on requests with specific dates of travel, this is due to the tourism policy practiced by Botswana of low volume, high cost. They are less luxury lodges and high demand for reservations making the costs of access high and the process of reservation more competitive, bookings are secured at least six months in advance as finding reservations during peak season can be a challenge. Most luxury safari lodges can be fully booked 6 months to a year in advance hence creating a fixed luxury safari lodge itinerary with dates can be unrealistic. The luxury lodges are less as an instrument of conservation to reduce traffic and tourist influx in the wild.
Example of possible luxury safari lodge to lodge itinerary
- 4 nights in the Okavango delta to explore (canoe/Mokoro ride, walking safari in islands, boat rides, helicopter ride and game drive, baby elephants visits, fishing, hide photography, horseback safari)
- 4 nights in Chobe National Park to explore (boat ride in the Chobe river, fishing, trips to Victoria falls, house boats sleep over, Game drives, Village tours)
- 4 nights in Makgadikgadi National Park to explore ( Meerkats interaction ,Bushman walks, Quad bikes, Horse rides and star sleep out, game drives )
- 4 nights in Khwai to explore (open sky beds sleep out, photographic hides, game drives, boat rides, Mokoro/canoe ride)
Luxury lodge itineraries are best on request to be able to deal with realistic availability as per location and activity requested.
