Botswana: A Luxury Gay Safari

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,.