Checklist: Travel Insurance. Inform your banks of your travel. You can submit a travel plan to the US Department of State of your travel plans outside of the United States. E-mail copies of your passport to yourself and make sure you have enough blank pages. More than 2 pages! Make sure your passport is still valid for 6 months as some destinations will prohibit entry. Leave the telephone number of your safari operators main office with a loved one at home, so they can get in touch with you in case of an emergency. There is no cellular service on safari. The guide/s will have a satellite phone.
Checklist: Travel Insurance. Inform your banks of your travel. You can submit a travel plan to the US Department of State of your travel plans outside of the United States. E-mail copies of your passport to yourself and make sure you have enough blank pages. More than 2 pages! Make sure your passport is still
DESERT & DELTA SAFARI BOTSWANA WATER LEVELS UPDATE Poor annual rainfall and low flood waters is affecting water-based safari activities across Northern Botswana. Please find an update on our properties that offer water-activities below. OKAVANGO DELTA – Xugana Island Lodge & Camp Okavango concession (NG21) Fortunately for our guests, all water based Desert & Delta Safaris Camps & Lodges offer year round water based activities. Mokoro & motorised boating activities have continued at both Camp Okavango and Xugana Island Lodge despite the low water levels. However, adjustments to these water based activities are done based on the conditions on the day. The jetty at Camp Okavango pictured above, shows significantly lower water levels in comparison to recent years. We have proactively moved the boat station to an area that has easier access to the surrounding deep water channels, which will be used until the water levels increase. OKAVANGO DELTA Moremi Game Reserve - Xakanaxa Lagoon Motorised boating activities from Camp Moremi & Camp Xakanaxa have been unaffected as the water levels in the Xakanaxa Lagoon and the surrounding deep water channels remain high. CHOBE RIVER - Chobe Game Lodge and Chobe Savanna Lodge Top image: 8 April 2017 Bottom image: 8 April 2019 Chobe River levels are considerably lower than average. Measurements of the Zambezi River at Katima Mulilo (which usually pushes water into the Chobe) are approximately 4-meters lower than last year. The good news is that the Chobe Riverfront received some late rains over the weekend (40mm). Despite the lower levels, there will be no problem boating on the Chobe River from both Chobe Game Lodge & Chobe Savanna Lodge this year and wildlife sightings are extremely good. MAKGADIKGADI PANS NATIONAL PARK Boteti River - Leroo La Tau The poor rainfall has also resulted in the premature start of the zebra migration at Leroo La Tau on
DESERT & DELTA SAFARI BOTSWANA WATER LEVELS UPDATE Poor annual rainfall and low flood waters is affecting water-based safari activities across Northern Botswana. Please find an update on our properties that offer water-activities below. OKAVANGO DELTA – Xugana Island Lodge & Camp Okavango concession (NG21) Fortunately for our guests, all water based Desert & Delta Safaris Camps & Lodges
In partnership with the Lion Recovery Fund, Africa’s leading ecotourism operators, &Beyond, Conservation Travel Foundation by Ultimate Safaris, Singita and Wilderness Safaris, have joined forces to launch the Lionscape Coalition – an innovative initiative that has seen four commercial competitors come together to help secure a future for Africa’s lions and their landscapes. Source: Leading Ecotourism Operators Join Forces to Launch the Lionscape Coalition | Wilderness Safaris
In partnership with the Lion Recovery Fund, Africa’s leading ecotourism operators, &Beyond, Conservation Travel Foundation by Ultimate Safaris, Singita and Wilderness Safaris, have joined forces to launch the Lionscape Coalition – an innovative initiative that has seen four commercial competitors come together to help secure a future for Africa’s lions and their landscapes. Source: Leading
