Botswana : The Jewel of Africa
The Okavango Delta
Three or Five Days

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Okavango Delta / Linyanti Tour
(Three or Five Days)
Extend your stay and spend 2 or 4 nights in the Linyanti and/or the Okavango regions of Botswana at a most affordable price. These extensions include all internal flights, meals, and accommodation and game activities. We feature the following luxury camps: Tubu Tree Camp, Jacana Camp, Linyanti Tented Camp, Pom Pom Camp and Kaparota Camp. Accommodations are subject to availability at the time of booking and we reserve the right to offer alternative camps.

Rates per person based on double occupancy in USD ( Minimum 2 guests required)

Botswana Desert and Delta
One of Africa's greatest safari countries, Botswana's appeals are those of old Africa: free-ranging animals that still follow their natural patterns; people who make peace with nature rather than try to conquer it; and settings unlike anything else in the world. The remoteness that once deterred travelers from exploring Botswana is now a large part of its allure, in addition to the country's excellent accommodations, tourist facilities and services.

The Okavango Delta (or Okavango Swamp), in Botswana, is the world's largest inland delta. It is formed where the Okavango River empties onto a swamp in an endorheic basin in the Kalahari Desert, where most of the water is lost to evaporation and transpiration instead of draining into the sea. Each year approximately 11 cubic kilometres of water irrigate the 15,000 km² area and some flood-waters drain into Lake Ngami.[1] The Moremi Game Reserve, a National Park, spreads across the eastern side of the delta.

The area was once part of Lake Makgadikgadi, an ancient lake that mostly dried up by the early Holocene. 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 kilometres 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 kilometres around and creating one of Africa’s greatest concentrations of wildlife. The delta is very flat, with less than 2 metres variation in height across its 15,000 km².[2]

NOT INCLUDED:

• Any international airport departure taxes.
  
• Passport and visa fees.
  
• Shipping charges, and other items of a personal nature such as gratuities to drivers and guides, porters, telephone/telex/fax charges, laundry, and beverages.

• Personal expenses including but not limited to beverages, laundry, communication costs, excess baggage fees (baggage is restricted to 26 lbs (Modify as required) per person in a soft sided bag where charter flights are included) ·
  
• Traveler's insurance (the purchase of travel insurance is recommended to protect your investment in case of unanticipated curtailment or cancellation of your tour).
  
• Medical expenses, medical insurance ( passenger must show proof of insurance or ask for the flyer to be mailed).
  
• Gratuities to drivers, guides or tour managers.
  
• Any sightseeing , safari activities, meals, or other activities not specified in the itinerary or indicated as optional.
  
• Please note that tipping is discretionary, however, the following guidelines are provided: $5- $10 per day for professional safari guides; $5 per day for camp staff, e.g. waiters, housekeepers, which is a communal tip that is shared among the staff); porters - $1; driver/guides - $5); restaurant waiters/waitresses - 10% of bill; hotel housekeeping - $5 per day.
  
• Excess baggage charges, shipping charges, items of a personal

Tourists from the USA do not require a VISA for Botswana for short visits and up to 90 days .
Tourists are welcome to visit Botswana for up to 90 days a year. Nationals from countries not listed please check with your local travel agent or contact Botswana Tourism Department at (267) 395 3024. Nationals from the following countries do not need visas:

Antigua, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgiu, Belize, Brunei, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominica, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guyana, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaw, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, USA, Uganda, Uruguay, Yugoslavia, Zambia

Visa Info for South Africa ?
Always Subject to Change . If in doubt call the nearest S. African Consulate

Tourists from the USA do not require a VISA for South Africa for short visits and up to 90 days

Please make sure that your passport has enough blank pages before you travel, not only for visas , but for entry & exit stamps at all the airports . Your passport must be valid for at least 6 month beyond the date of your travel

Certain nationalities require visas for Botswana. Please note that these visas take approximately 14 - 30 working days to issue depending on the nationality. Call your nearest Botswana ian Consulate when in doubt

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