6-Day Botswana Wildlife Safari with Rakops Tribal Performances

Arrive at Maun Airport from Johannesburg. You will be met at the airport by your Botswana safari guide, who will be holding a signboard.

Your guide will take you to your hotel or lodge, where you will stay for 1 night on a bed-and-breakfast basis at your own expense. Lunch and dinner will also be at your own expense.

Begin the morning with breakfast, and then you will be picked up from your hotel or lodge by a Botswana safari guide before departing Maun for Lekhubu Island.

Relish a packed lunch served at Rakops Village during your stopover, where you will have the opportunity to stretch your legs for a while.

Arrive at Lekhubu, where your campsite will be ready.

Enjoy a siesta, followed later in the afternoon by a short game drive to witness the landscape and wildlife of Lekhubu Island.

Return to camp for a shower, with dinner following shortly after. Bedtime will be determined by the last guest.

Start the morning with a fresh shower from a shower bucket with warm water, have breakfast, and then depart for Rakops Village in the northern direction from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. Rakops is a very interesting village with a few tribes, such as the Bateti, Basarwa, Bakalaka, Bayei, and Basubia, who normally perform traditional dance styles to entertain clients. It is believed that the Bateti tribe were the first to reside in Rakops along the Boteti River. The river was named after the Bateti tribe and stretches all the way from Maun to Lake Dow.

Upon arrival in Rakops, you will drive to your designated Matsaudi campsite, where you will have lunch and a siesta.

In the afternoon, you will have high tea and then resume your cultural tour in the village.

After the cultural tour, drive back to your campsite, have your shower, and dinner will be served.

Around 7:00 pm, immediately after dinner, there will be a great performance from two tribes of the village, namely the Basarwa and Bateti, where you will witness stylish dancing until late.

Begin the morning with a fresh shower from a shower bucket with warm water, have breakfast, and then depart for Makgadikgadi Pans National Park.

Enter the gate and continue your safari all the way until you reach the campsite.

Upon arrival at your camping area, you will be shown your tents, then have lunch and afterwards go for a siesta.

Before your afternoon activity, you will have high tea and begin your game safari within the park to explore the amazing wildlife.

Return to camp, have a shower, and dinner will follow.

Have a quick shower and breakfast, then do a short game drive within Makgadikgadi Park until you exit the park through the northern gate. You will then join the main road from Maun to Nata.

After about 30 minutes of driving north, you will enter the gate of Nxai Pan National Park, where you will enjoy a game drive until you arrive at the campsite.

Upon arrival, you will have lunch and then go for a siesta.

In the afternoon, you will have high tea and resume your game drive safari within Nxai Pan to witness the amazing landscape and wildlife.

Expect to see elephants, giraffes, impalas, wildebeest, zebras, and some of the big predators. The game drive will also include a trip to Baines Baobabs.

Drive back to camp in the evening, just in time to relax and take a shower before a superb dinner cooked over an open fire.

Have a quick shower and breakfast, then depart for Maun. As you leave the park, you will continue on a long drive until you exit through the park gate.

Upon arrival in Maun, you will be transferred to the airport to continue with your other travel arrangements. Shake hands at the airport and say goodbye.