Duration: 10 days/9 nights
Starts in Maun and ends in Kasane (can be taken in the reverse direction)
Day 1 Arrive in Maun where you will be met by a local representative. You will have a comprehensive briefing including the route, vehicle and equipment, lasting between 1 ot 2 hours. You then have the opportunity to buy provisions for the next 9 days of your self-drive adventure. You spend the night camping in Maun.
Day 2 An early departure for Moremi Game Reserve. This drive will take you 4-6 hours depending on what game and birds you see en route. You spend the next 2 nights camping in Moremi.
Day 3 You have a full day to explore Moremi Game Reserve, widely considered to be one of the best and beautiful game viewing areas in Africa.
Day 4 After breakfast pack up camp and drive to the Khwai area of Moremi Game Reserve. The drive will take around 4-5 hours depending on game veiwing on the way. You spend the next 2 nightys camping in Khwai.
Day 5 A Full day to explore Khwai in your self-drive vehicle.
Day 6 Following breakfast, pack up camp and head for the Savuto region of Chobe National Park. The drive will take between 4 and 6 hours depending on game along the way. You will spend 2 nights camping in Savuti. There is no better time to visit Savuti than now, as the Savuti Channel flowed in 2010 for the first time in 30 years!
Day 7 A Full day to explore Savuti. You can look for game in your vehicle and also have the chance to view local bushmen paintings. This is the only area in Savuti that you are allowed out of your vehicle (other than the campsite) and remember not to touch the paintings.
Day 8 After breakfast and packing camp you drive from Savuti to the Chobe River area of Chobe National park. The drive fronm Savuti to Chobe takes approximately 5-6 hours. The Chobe area is renowned for its spectacualr herds of elephants along the river. You spend your last 2 nights camping in Ihaha Campsite.
Day 9 Enjoy a full day's game driving in Chobe.
Day 10 Pack up camp for the last time and head to Kasane town to meet the representative and drop off your vehicle.
There are 2 additonal 5-day extensions which continue either through the Caprivi (Namibia) or through Botswana via Kubu island and the Makgadikgadi Pans, both ending in Maun.
If you choose to take the 10-day route in reverse, staring in Kasane and ending in Maun, there are 2 additional 5-day extensions which continue either via the Central Kalahari Game Reserve or the Makgadikgadi Pans, both ending in Maun.
