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6-Day Botswana Safari Tour by Wild Spirit Travel
Offered by - Wild Spirit Travel
Tour Features
Begin your journey in Chiefs Island, exploring the Delta’s tranquil waterways on motorized boat safaris, where hippos, crocodiles, and rich birdlife thrive. Continue to the wildlife-rich Khwai region for a mobile safari, enjoying guided game drives in search of predators and large herds. This experience blends peaceful water exploration with raw, immersive bush encounters.
| Mid-Range tour | This mid-range tour includes comfortable lodges and tented camps. |
| Can be customized | You can request minor changes to the accommodations and destinations of this tour. |
| Private tour | This tour will be organized exclusively for you and won't be shared with others. |
| Solo travel available | Solo travelers can book this tour. |
| Can start any day | If availability permits, this tour can start on any day. |
| No minimum age | There is no minimum age for this tour. |
| Transportation | This tour uses: Open 4x4, Boat. |
Route & Activities
Botswana
Activities Included
Accommodation & Meals
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost
| Day | Accommodation | Meals |
| 1-6-3-6 | Camp Hippo No images available | Lunch, Dinner Included with Drinks |
| 4-6-5 - 6 | Khwai Community Campsite No images available | Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Included with Drinks |
| 6 - 6 | Mid-Range Accommodation No images available | Breakfast Included with Drinks |
Arrival (See Getting There for more details)
- A transfer from the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.
- Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.
- Day 1-6 - Chiefs Island – Into the Heart of the Delta
Guests will be picked up from Maun Airport by our guide, Fred, who will assist with your luggage and escort you to the transfer vehicle. Transport from Maun Airport to Boro Boat Station in the Okavango Delta with our Game Viewer, Arrive in the heart of the Okavango and transfer toward the waterways surrounding Chiefs Island. Your journey begins with a warm welcome at camp, set close to the water’s edge. In the afternoon, enjoy your first motorized boat safari, cruising through winding channels and open lagoons. Hippos surface beside you, crocodiles rest on sandbanks, and elephants often wade across shallow channels at sunset.
Main Destination: Okavango Delta
Accommodation: Camp Hippo
Meals & Drinks: Lunch, Dinner Included with Drinks
- Day 2-6 - Chiefs Island - Full Day Boat Exploration
Guests will start their morning with a light breakfast and continue on a walking safari, Returning to camp, guests will enjoy brunch and and if nature permits, go fishing or take a swim in the clear channels of the Delta. During the afternoon, guests will board the boat again for another water-based safari and sundowner, the cruise takes you deeper into the Delta’s labyrinth of channels, where birdlife is exceptional fish eagles, herons, kingfishers, and storks fill the skies. Elephants and buffalo are frequently seen moving between islands, especially in the dry season. The experience is slow, immersive, and constantly shifting with the water.
Main Destination: Okavango Delta
Accommodation: Camp Hippo
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Included with Drinks
- Day 3-6 - Chiefs Island – Water and Wildlife Immersion
Guests will start their morning with a light breakfast, Another day on the water, allowing time to follow wildlife movement and explore less-traveled channels. Optional stopovers on secluded islands give you time to step off the boat, stretch, and absorb the silence of the Delta. The rhythm of the water defines the day calm, reflective, and deeply connected to nature.
Accommodation: Camp Hippo
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Included with Drinks
- Day 4-6 - Transfer to Khwai – From Water to Wilderness
Transfer from Chief’s Island to the Khwai region begins with an early breakfast at camp before setting off to the next leg of the adventure. The journey itself becomes part of the experience, with possible game viewing en-route watching elephants crossing channels, hippos surfacing, and birdlife along the way.
On arrival in Khwai, there is time to settle into camp before heading out on a short afternoon activity, such as a guided game drive or nature walk to explore the surrounding wilderness and get a first feel for the new terrain.
The day concludes with dinner back at camp, enjoyed under the stars and accompanied by the sounds of the bush, marking a seamless transition from water-rich Delta to classic safari country.
Main Destination: Khwai
Accommodation: Khwai Community Campsite
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Included with Drinks
- Day 5 - 6 - Khwai – Full Mobile Safari Experience
Guests will start their morning with a light breakfast, guest will have a full day of exploring Khwai on game drives and optional walking safaris (conditions permitting). Early morning and late afternoon drives offer the best wildlife activity, with predator sightings often being a highlight. Between drives, return to camp for rest and bush meals in a peaceful, remote setting. This is raw safari country unfenced, unpredictable, and alive.
Main Destination: Khwai
Accommodation: Khwai Community Campsite
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Included with Drinks
- Day 6 - 6 - Khwai – Final Safari & Departure
Enjoy a final sunrise game drive in Khwai, when the bush is active and golden light fills the landscape. Return to camp for breakfast before beginning your onward journey, carrying with you the contrast of two worlds silent waterways of the Delta and the wild, untamed energy of Khwai.
Main Destination: Khwai
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast Included with Drinks
End of tour (See Getting There for more details)
- Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
- A transfer back to the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.
Includes
- Park fees (for non-residents)
- All activities mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
- Meals (as specified in the day-by-day description)
- All accommodation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
Excludes
- International flights (from/to the client's home country)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips: tipping guideline of $6 per person per day for the guide and crew
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees and other personal items)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
Rates Per Person
May 12, 2026 - Dec 31, 2026
*n/a = not available. This tour is unavailable for solo travelers.
Includes
- Park fees (for non-residents)
- All activities mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
- Meals (as specified in the day-by-day description)
- All accommodation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
Excludes
- International flights (from/to the client's home country)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips: tipping guideline of $6 per person per day for the guide and crew
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees and other personal items)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
Getting There
Sir Seretse Khama International Airport, also known as Gaborone Airport, is the main airport in Botswana. It is located 15 km from Gaborone, the capital.For travellers, it is more common to fly into Maun Airport (MUB) and Kasana Airport (BBK). When combining a safari in Botswana with a visit to Victoria Falls, it is common to fly into Maun and depart from Victoria Falls Airport (VFA) in Zimbabwe or Livingstone Airport (LVI) in Zambia.Most visitors to Botswana will have a stopover in South Africa to pick up a direct flight from OR Tambo International Airport (JNB), Johannesburg or Cape Town International Airport (CPT).In most cases, your tour operator will collect you from the airport and will arrange all further transportation.
This tour starts in Maun and ends in Khwai, Botswana
A transfer from and back to the airport is included
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost
Travel Requirements
- All foreign visitors need a passport that is valid for at least six months
- Citizens from most nationalities do not require a visa and will get a 30-day entry permit on arrival.
- All foreign visitors will need to carry a return ticket.
- Children that are under 18 years of age must have a certified copy of their unabridged birth certificate and a valid passport.
- Children travelling with one parent or no parents must have an affidavit from the missing parent/s that gives their consent for travel.
- In case a person is travelling by road, they need to carry all the current and valid vehicle documents and essential permits.
Getting There
Sir Seretse Khama International Airport, also known as Gaborone Airport, is the main airport in Botswana. It is located 15 km from Gaborone, the capital.For travellers, it is more common to fly into Maun Airport (MUB) and Kasana Airport (BBK). When combining a safari in Botswana with a visit to Victoria Falls, it is common to fly into Maun and depart from Victoria Falls Airport (VFA) in Zimbabwe or Livingstone Airport (LVI) in Zambia.Most visitors to Botswana will have a stopover in South Africa to pick up a direct flight from OR Tambo International Airport (JNB), Johannesburg or Cape Town International Airport (CPT).In most cases, your tour operator will collect you from the airport and will arrange all further transportation.
This tour starts in Maun and ends in Khwai, Botswana
A transfer from and back to the airport is included
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost
Travel Requirements
- All foreign visitors need a passport that is valid for at least six months
- Citizens from most nationalities do not require a visa and will get a 30-day entry permit on arrival.
- All foreign visitors will need to carry a return ticket.
- Children that are under 18 years of age must have a certified copy of their unabridged birth certificate and a valid passport.
- Children travelling with one parent or no parents must have an affidavit from the missing parent/s that gives their consent for travel.
- In case a person is travelling by road, they need to carry all the current and valid vehicle documents and essential permits.
Offered By
Wild Spirit Travel
Botswana
Built for true explorers, our safaris are raw, untamed, and deeply immersive designed for those who want to experience the wilderness as it is, not from a distance.
We specialize in mobile expeditions that take you off the beaten track and into remote corners of the bush. Camp is set in the wild, where nights are lit by fire and the sounds of nature carry through the dark. Days are driven by instinct and terrain tracking wildlife on foot, navigating narrow delta channels by mokoro, and venturing further by motorized boat to reach untouched areas where few others go.
Our motorized boat safaris open up a different side of the wilderness covering greater distances, accessing deeper channels, and offering powerful, close-up encounters with wildlife along the water’s edge. It’s fast, dynamic, and unpredictable adding a new layer of adventure to the journey.
Led by experienced local guides, each expedition is flexible and shaped by the environment itself. There are no fixed routines only opportunities to explore, adapt, and fully engage with the wild.
This is not a polished, luxury escape. It’s a hands-on, boots-in-the-dust, water-on-your-skin kind of journey, real, rugged, and unforgettable.
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