Nights in Botswana’s Okavango Delta can be cold, but you’re warm under your blankets in your spacious tent.
You’ve left the window flaps open so that you can drift off to sleep peering through the gauze at the crowding stars which seem to reflect the sparkling water of the delta.
The day was long, scented with wild sage, and deeply satisfying. You spent it in the African bush in an open game-viewing vehicle with a driver/guide so friendly and accommodating that he seems to have stepped straight out of the pages of one of the Ladies No 1 Detective Agency novels.
You’ve seen lions, leopards, buffalo, cheetah and elephants as well as a vast variety of birds and general game. You’ve lost count of the photos you’ve taken. Somewhere beyond the dying campfire hyenas are whoo-ooping and, further away, a lion is announcing his presence with a series of staccato grunts. It’s comforting, rather than frightening, for it is reassuring to know that wilderness like this still exists in an otherwise frantic world.
This is Ucango on Safari’s annual Highlights of Botswana safari, escorted by Peter Emery, a Cooroy-based African travel expert.
It’s a nine-night, comfortable adventure including ensuite tents, all meals, wine beer and soft drinks. Eight nights are spent in private campsites accommodating only the eight people in the group – no one else.
The safari begins on 17 June in Maun, Botswana and ends in Livingstone, Zambia on 26 June. The cost is $4995 per person twin share.
Call Peter Emery at Ucango on Safari on 0449 689 447 or email peter.emery@ucangoonsafari.com.au
Full details at ucangoonsafari.com.au
