8 Days | 7 Nights - Thamo Telele, Camp Kalahari, Elephant Pan & Little Sable
This eight-day safari adventure is aimed at guests who want a rich variety of game activities as well as a comfortable lodge-to-lodge safari experience. Your adventure starts along the Thamalakane River in Maun at Thamo Telele, then takes you to the vast salt pan desert and surreal landscapes of the Makgadikgadi at Camp Kalahari. From here you venture to the big elephant action at Elephant Pan, ending it all with a classic Okavango Delta experience at Little Sable.
You will spend your first night at Thamo Telele, a little bush haven conveniently close to Maun. Set amongst the lush forest of old growth leadwood, bird plum and acacia trees, this is a safari style camp located in a 250-hectare private reserve on the banks of the Thamalakane river, an area packed with plains game. A hot spot for bird lovers and wildlife enthusiasts – here you can enjoy a giraffe experience, horse riding, mountain biking, and a scenic flight over the Okavango Delta (if booked at an additional cost).
Only one of three camps in this million-acre wildlife reserve, Camp Kalahari is an understated base in the heart of the great Kalahari. With a hive of activities to dive into, from quad biking across the salty flats, seeing the world through the eyes of the Bushmen on nature walks, meeting the habituated meerkats, horse riding in the desert, going on game drives, or catching the zebra migration, the focus in the Makgadikgadi is on learning, appreciating and being humbled by this vast and ancient landscape.
The next leg of your trip takes you to the drier interiors of the Khwai Private Reserve where you will find Elephant Pan amongst a forest of mopane trees and a very productive game watching waterhole in front of camp. Being the only permanent water source for miles around, it is a magnet for wildlife – particularly elephant. You’ll literally open your tent flaps straight on to the trumpeting elephant, spending your siesta watching herds splash and snort. This is a private piece of big-game Africa, where the wildlife encounters are authentic, intimate and always wild.
Little Sable is where you will spend your last two nights. This intimate, tented safari camp is located amid the water channels and shimmering grasslands of the Khwai Private Reserve. Up here, there’s something to see around every corner and a different activity to enjoy every day, from classic game drives to mokoro trips and boat safaris.
This safari starts and ends in Maun in Botswana. One of the best times to visit the Makgadikgadi Pans is during the dry season, which runs from May to October. During this time, the pans are dried up and you can easily access them for activities like, game viewing, and stargazing. During green season, which runs from November to March-June, witness the second largest migration of zebra and wildebeest in Africa (and it’s the last remaining one in Southern Africa). Peak season for the Okavango Delta is between April and October. During these dry winter months, water from the Angolan highlands arrives and water levels in the Delta are high, offering the best conditions for mokoro and boat activities and exceptional game viewing opportunities as wildlife is drawn to the water from the surrounding dry areas.
2025: Priced Per Person Sharing
From $5,703 (10 Jan-31 March) to $9,381 (1 July – 31 Aug) / Single supplement on request
Book this package to take advantage of a 15 % discount for travel between 1 October and 31 March.
Child Policy: Please enquire with reservations.
Disabled Access: Please enquire with reservations.
Wi-Fi: Is available throughout this trip.
Excluded: Expenses of a personal nature, such as laundry, telephone expenses, gratuities, and porterage fees; any additional meals or activities; international flights and related taxes; visa fees where relevant; cancellation, baggage, medical, and evacuation insurance; any new government taxes or levies which are beyond our control.
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