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Botswana: A Luxury Gay Safari
A Gay Travel Tour to the World’s Premier Safari Destination
Prices listed are per person:
Shared Room: $12,498
Private Room: $14,898
Join HE Travel on our most luxurious gay safari to date! The combination and contrast of 5-star elegance, exclusiveness, and wild African jungle mystique make for an unbelievable adventure you will never forget. The wildlife run the show here! We highly suggest you join us for the pre-tour to Victoria Falls as well. It’s an amazing once-in-a-lifetime experience. This exclusive tour sells out fast due to limited space.
Highlights
Realize your safari dreams
Explore Wild Africa
View wildlife at its finest
Cruise tranquil lagoons and rivers
Relax in our luxurious safari camps
Experience exotic wildlife found nowhere else on Earth
Overview
We have pulled out all the stops on this amazing gay safari tour! Not only are we going to be visiting some of the more exclusive and remote areas of Africa to view seldom-seen rare and exotic wildlife, but we will do it all at a level of unparalleled luxury! Botswana is without a doubt the world’s premier luxury safari destination. Join us as we explore a corner of this unique continent in a way that few get to experience. We know you will never be the same!
Itinerary
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Days 1 and 2: Welcome to Botswana!
Today you will arrive in Kasane, Botswana where our adventures will begin(unless you join the amazing Vicotria Falls Pre-Tour). Chobe National Park is one of the finest wildlife viewing areas in all of Africa with a vast selection of exotic wildlife. Wild dog, cheetah, and leopard are highlights, with resident species like lion, elephant, buffalo, hippo, giraffe, hyena, zebra, kudu, lechwe, tsessebe, and Sable and Roan antelope being plentiful. This is indeed a wilderness paradise, with great game viewing throughout the year.
Our home for the next two nights is right on the Chobe River and offers a quiet setting. With our team of experienced, professional guides we will see a wide variety of wildlife during the day by land and water. Relax each evening at our riverside lodge with a cold drink and a warm fire.
Days 3, 4, and 5: Lions, Hyena, and Zebra…OH MY!
Today’s flight takes us to one of the world’s most distinctive regions, the Okavango Delta – the earth’s largest inland water system. Rivers with ever-changing names flow through the heart of Southern Africa ending in Botswana where prehistoric earthquakes and subsequent faults have created the magic that is now the Okavango Delta. This unique system of waterways now supports a vast array of animal and plant life that you can find nowhere else on earth.
There is a great deal of diversity of habitats here, making for a wide variety of wildlife. Our activities here will be centered around boat excursions and driving safaris. Birding is excellent as we may observe Pels Fishing Owls and Wattled Cranes. More than 600 species reside within the 7,000 square miles of islands, marshes, floodplains, and channels. We should be able to spot larger species like elephant, red lechwe, zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, baboon, monkey, warthog, and buffalo…..along with predators like lion, leopard, and hyena! By land and sea and with our trusty guides, we will attempt to spot them all!
Our lodging is quite amazing with our luxury tents with private decks and an en-suite hot shower. We will spend our days on safari, and our nights relaxing around the open-air lodge with a cocktail, exchanging stories with our new best friends around a blazing campfire.
Days 6 and 7: Wild luxury and Nxai Pan National Park
We have saved the best for last. This morning we will fly to Maun and head to Leroo La Tau, at the Makgadikgadi Pan National Park edge. It is world-renowned for its wildlife, there are so many unusual, exciting, and interesting animals and places in Botswana, and we will explore it all while living in exquisite comfort.
Unbelievable numbers of migratory birds flock to the pans and the grasslands swarm with a living mantle of zebra and wildebeest, participants in the second biggest animal migration on the African continent.
We will spend some time mingling with the animals and enjoy a full-day excursion to Nxai Pans National Park. This is a classic desert region that entails springbok, oryx, and eland all year round. We will make our way back to the lodge around sunset.
Our lodging is built on the cliffs above the Boteti River which provides us a great vantage point for some spectacular wildlife sightings. The river was once dry for 28 years, but it is actively flowing once again! Common sightings are kudu, giraffe, elephants, zebra, and wildebeest.
These days will be mixed with a variety of game drives, night drives, and an amazing boat cruise on the Boteti River (pending water levels)! Safari, Safari, Safari!
Day 8: The Circle is complete…
We will enjoy breakfast this morning before we transfer to the Maun airport for your scheduled flights home,.
Price Includes
Botswana Main Tour
Price includes: Airport transfers; Superior accommodations for 7 nights, including all applicable hotel and lodge taxes and gratuities for baggage handling; Flights/Transfers to all Botswana camps and lodges; Park entry fees and sightseeing as specified; All breakfasts are included, 3 Lunches and 7 Dinners; Wildlife viewing by 4X4 open vehicles, driven by professional driver/guides; All local beverages during the safaris in Botswana; Complimentary bottled water/soda in vehicles throughout; Services of an HE Travel Host (pending minimum participation). HE Travel provides complimentary Medical & Evacuation Insurance for every US Resident on our group tours who does not have other coverage.
Not included: Airfare to Kasane, Botswana and from Maun, Botswana; 3 Lunches; International departure taxes; Gratuities for National and local guides and HE Travel host; Excess baggage charges levied by airlines; Personal items including alcoholic beverages, snacks, laundry service, and telephone calls.
Post Tour – Victoria Falls
Price includes: Airport transfers; three hotel nights, including all applicable hotel and lodge taxes and gratuities for baggage handling; All breakfast, 2 lunches, and 2 Dinners; Complimentary bottled water in vehicles throughout; Services of an HE Travel Host (pending minimum participation). HE Travel provides complimentary Medical & Evacuation Insurance for every US Resident on our group tours who does not have other coverage.
Not included: Airfare to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe; International departure taxes; 1 Lunch and 1 Dinner; Gratuities for guides and HE Travel host; Excess baggage charges levied by airlines; Personal items including extra alcoholic beverages, snacks, laundry, and telephone calls.
Optional Tour Choices:
$2698 Shared Room per person cost
$3398 Private Room (for solo travelers who wish to enjoy a private bedroom and bathroom)
Extensions
Pre-tour Victoria Falls: May 16 to 19, 2025
Days 1, 2 and 3:
Welcome to Zimbabwe and Victoria Falls! Enjoy three nights here in our stylish colonial lodge with the best restaurant in the country. Enjoy a guided walking tour with our National Guide on the first morning. We will help you decide on which optional guided tours you would like to enjoy for the remainder of your stay. Enjoy bungee jumping, a helicopter ride over the falls, ziplining, a microlight ride, or many other exhilarating activities.
Day 4: Departure to Main Tour
Today we will make our way to Kasane to begin the main Botswana tour.
Tour Insurance
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