Highlights

• Visitors to Angola will be one of the very first “outsiders” to ever visit and every day will be a journey of new discovery and intriguing exploration.
• In the Source Lakes, meet the Boyes Brothers, Steve and Chris, and their Okavango Wilderness Project team of scientist and BaYei trackers who have pioneered the quest to find and research the source waters of the Okavango Delta in these highland areas. Learn more about their project here.
• Travel from source lake to source lake by helicopter for a bird’s eye view, snorkel in the fish-filled waters or ebike along the winding pathways.
• Spend time in the Cubango Game Reserve, a beautiful, 500,000-acre conservation area set up by Angolan national, Stefan van Wyk, and an extraordinary place to explore on walking safaris and drives.
• Visit the battlefields region and learn about the incredible history. The battleflields are raw and the many tanks, helicopters and troop carriers that were destroyed in that war lie on the ground where the fell.

The Essentials

Pricing information: Each Angola expedition will be tailor-made so please contact us for details. The supply lines to the areas we visit in Angola are long and arduous – and the thick sand takes heavy toll on vehicles. The safaris are therefore expensive and you will be looking at around US$15,000 pp for this trip (Angola only).

Included: Flights from Maun, Botswana;activities (most!); entrance and park fees; accommodation as specified on a sharing basis; all meals and local drinks; road transfers; applicable tourism levies, taxes, and all relevant VAT.

Excluded: Visas; departure taxes; gratuities for guides; international flights to the starting point (Maun); fully comprehensive travel insurance; additional helicopter excursions.

Child policy: Please enquire with reservations.

Disabled access: Sadly, this trip is not equipped for disabled access.

Wifi: There is no Wifi available on this trip.

Can this trip be customized? Yes, absolutely. Every Natural Selection expedition to Angola is customised to suit each group’s requirements, time frame and budgets. The group size can be anywhere between two and 10 people. This expedition visits Angola only and there are options to fly by helicopter or plane, and add or remove days. We also offer a full, 12-night expedition that includes time in both Botswana and Namibia as well as Angola and charts the path of the Okavango River form the source to the sands. It may also be possible to add in two or three nights in central Angola to search for the Giant sable, an animal unique to Angola that has been their emblem since 1909.

When to Go & What to Pack

Like the majority of sub-Saharan Africa, Angola experiences a winter dry season from July to October, and a hot, wet summer from November to March/April. Our expeditions run strictly from July to early October, when the climate is temperate, the skies blue and the sun shining!

As a guide to what to pack, we recommend similar to what you would take on a trip to Botswana or Namibia: plenty of loose, cotton clothes in neutral colours, a sweater or jacket, a broad-brimmed hat, sunglasses, sun block, insect repellent and lip balm. For footwear, bring sturdy, closed walking shoes and socks (but no need to bring heavy hiking boots). Binoculars and a camera are a must and you may also like to bring swimming kit for the Source Lakes region, and an underwater camera (for example the Olympus TG6).

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