The “ Botswana Explorer “ photographic safari will take you on a visual journey that focuses on the two major attractions in Botswana .... the Okavango Delta in the Khwai Concession and the mighty Chobe River in the Chobe National Park. The delta is the ultimate wildlife eden offering amazing photo opportunities that include Wild Dog, Lion, Leopard and incredible bird photography. Botswana is also host to one quarter of Africa’s entire elephant population so continuos encounters with large herds is not uncommon. You could even see them crossing some of the national roads. What makes the Botswana Explorer safari so special is that you have a sense of true wilderness at all times and this mainly due to difficult accessibility to the wilderness areas and also to a small human population. Only 1.9 million people inhabit this vast country.

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The first night upon arrival from your international flight will be spent in Maun at the chosen lodge for the occasion . You will be met by Mario Moreno who will join you for dinner followed by a pre-trip briefing. The following morning after breakfast you will be transferred via air charter to the selected Camp where you will spend the next 6 nights. Another air transfer will take you to Kasane where the remaining 3 nights will be spent onboard the Chobe Princess deep in the Chobe National Park.

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The Okavango Delta is produced by seasonal flooding. The Okavango river drains the summer (January–February) rainfall from the Angola highlands and the surge flows 1,200 kilometers in approximately one month. The waters then spread over the 250 km by 150 km area of the delta over the next four months (March–June). The high temperature of the delta causes rapid transpiration and evaporation, resulting in a cycle of rising and falling water level that was not fully understood until the early 20th century. The flood peaks between June and August, during Botswana’s dry winter months, when the delta swells to three times its permanent size, attracting animals from kilometers around and creating one of Africa’s greatest concentrations of wildlife. Chief’s Island, the largest island in the delta, was formed by a fault line which uplifted an area over 70 km long and 15 km wide. Historically it was reserved as an exclusive hunting area for the chief. It now provides the core area for much of the resident wildlife when the waters rise.

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Chobe National Park, in northern Botswana, has one of the largest concentrations of game in Africa. By size, it is the third largest park of the country, after the Central Kalahari Game Reserve and the Gemsbok National Park, and is the most diverse. It is also the country's first national park and has the highest concentration of elephants in Africa. Approximately 70,000 roam freely in Chobe. There are three distinctive areas in Chobe which are Serondela, the Savute Marsh and the Linyanti Marsh. We will be concentrating in the Serondela area making use of a private specialized photographic boat custom designed with wildlife photography in mind.