Have you been dreaming about an African Safari? We're making it a reality. Join award-winning wildlife photographer Jennifer Hadley on this once-in-a-lifetime experiences. She will take photos for you to keep, and you'll learn from her how you can improve your own photography of the incredible animals and landscapes of this beautiful region.
Our itinerary is filled with amazing experiences including:
Our itinerary is filled with amazing experiences including:
- Several safaris where you'll see elephants, lions, giraffes, hippos, birds and many more
- Water-based excursion in the UNESCO World Heritage Okavango Delta
- Staying in private deluxe safari lodges
- Traveling with your own personal wildlife photographer
- 100% vegan meals
- and much more...
Itinerary
(Please note some things might change or get switched around but any changes will be for the best of trip.
Once you sign up you will get updated of any possible changes.)
Once you sign up you will get updated of any possible changes.)
Day 1: Cape Town - First meeting & dinner
Our adventure begins in beautiful Cape Town. Your trip includes an airport pickup, regardless of what day or what time you arrive. If you arrive one or more days before the trip and decide to stay in your own accommodation, no worries — we’ll drive you there too!
There are no planned activities during the day, up until our first meeting (at around 2pm), where you’ll first get to meet your tour leaders, fellow travelers and our photographer Jennifer Hadley. A few glasses of bubbly and all-around introductions later, and we’re off to our first dinner. Once we’re all fed, we’ll head back to our hotel for an “early” night. We’re off on an adventure tomorrow!
Accommodation: TBC (4-star)
Included:
Welcome meeting & drinks
Dinner
Non-premium drinks during dinner
All transportation once the trip begins
Day 2: To Botswana & camp #1- Camp Moremi
Today is a day of travel. After our vegan breakfast, we’ll pack up our bags and head to Cape Town airport for our 2h45 flight to Maun, Botswana.
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Of important note:
While in Botswana, we will be taking small planes in order to reach our remote bush accommodation. As such, the following luggage restrictions are strictly enforced:
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Back to our trip: Once in Maun, we’ll transfer over to our small planes which will take us to our 1st camp. The flight time will be around 25 minutes. Depending on the day, we may be on a 8 or 12-person plane. We will therefore need a few planes, and the group as a whole will therefore get to the camps at slightly different times.
Our first camp is located in the Moremi Game Reserve. Situated on the fringe of the watery Okavango Delta, Moremi is home to some of Africa’s densest population of wildlife. The habitats here range from woodland and thorn scrub to dry savannah, grassland and floodplain. There are also permanent waterways, lagoons and islands. Since the reintroduction of rhinos, it’s now home to the big five, and notably Africa’s largest population of lechwe. The reserve also protects one of the largest remaining population of endangered African wild dogs. If you’re a bird enthusiast, you’ll find yourself in heaven. Birding here is incredibly varied and rich, and it’s arguably the best place in Africa to view the rare and secretive Pel’s fishing owl.
Our home for the next 3 nights is the Camp Moremi, a wonderful introduction to Botswana safari life. One of the area’s oldest permanent camp, it was completely rebuilt in early 2019. It now features amazingly comfortable and deluxe rooms, and incredible public areas such as a swimming pool and campfire pit. Wildlife is at its doorstep. In fact, on a recent visit to the camps by the World Vegan Travel team, there was a hippo (affectionately named Oscar by the staff) who visited daily, and an army of baboons constantly keeping the staff busy by trying to raid the kitchen!
Depending on our time of arrival today — which is only confirmed a few weeks before our arrival as it’s tied to the bush plane schedules — we may have time for a safari drive before dinner. We also have 2 more full days to explore this awesome region, so settle in, unpack your bags, grab a cold beer, enjoy a sunset by the campfire and get hungry for our first vegan dinner surrounded by the sounds of the African bush! Seriously: can life get any better than this?
Accommodation: Camp Moremi: Luxurious tented camp with full en-suite bathrooms, fans, indoor/outdoor dining, campfire area, swimming pool, private and public viewing decks and a fully stocked bar
Included:
All meals & (non-premium) drinks
Flight from Cape Town to Maun, Botswana, and onwards to camp #1
All safari activities: game drives & motorized boat
Laundry
Tips to guides & camp staff (you are more than welcomed to add to this, of course)
Our adventure begins in beautiful Cape Town. Your trip includes an airport pickup, regardless of what day or what time you arrive. If you arrive one or more days before the trip and decide to stay in your own accommodation, no worries — we’ll drive you there too!
There are no planned activities during the day, up until our first meeting (at around 2pm), where you’ll first get to meet your tour leaders, fellow travelers and our photographer Jennifer Hadley. A few glasses of bubbly and all-around introductions later, and we’re off to our first dinner. Once we’re all fed, we’ll head back to our hotel for an “early” night. We’re off on an adventure tomorrow!
Accommodation: TBC (4-star)
Included:
Welcome meeting & drinks
Dinner
Non-premium drinks during dinner
All transportation once the trip begins
Day 2: To Botswana & camp #1- Camp Moremi
Today is a day of travel. After our vegan breakfast, we’ll pack up our bags and head to Cape Town airport for our 2h45 flight to Maun, Botswana.
_____
Of important note:
While in Botswana, we will be taking small planes in order to reach our remote bush accommodation. As such, the following luggage restrictions are strictly enforced:
- 20kg / 44lbs per person (total weight inclusive of luggage and hand luggage/camera equipment)
- soft sided luggage, non-rigid bag
- max dimensions: 25cm wide x 45cm high x 62cm long (10 inches wide x 18 inches high x 24 inches long)
- if your luggage has wheels, please ensure that the frame supporting the wheels at the back is not a rigid/solid frame
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Back to our trip: Once in Maun, we’ll transfer over to our small planes which will take us to our 1st camp. The flight time will be around 25 minutes. Depending on the day, we may be on a 8 or 12-person plane. We will therefore need a few planes, and the group as a whole will therefore get to the camps at slightly different times.
Our first camp is located in the Moremi Game Reserve. Situated on the fringe of the watery Okavango Delta, Moremi is home to some of Africa’s densest population of wildlife. The habitats here range from woodland and thorn scrub to dry savannah, grassland and floodplain. There are also permanent waterways, lagoons and islands. Since the reintroduction of rhinos, it’s now home to the big five, and notably Africa’s largest population of lechwe. The reserve also protects one of the largest remaining population of endangered African wild dogs. If you’re a bird enthusiast, you’ll find yourself in heaven. Birding here is incredibly varied and rich, and it’s arguably the best place in Africa to view the rare and secretive Pel’s fishing owl.
Our home for the next 3 nights is the Camp Moremi, a wonderful introduction to Botswana safari life. One of the area’s oldest permanent camp, it was completely rebuilt in early 2019. It now features amazingly comfortable and deluxe rooms, and incredible public areas such as a swimming pool and campfire pit. Wildlife is at its doorstep. In fact, on a recent visit to the camps by the World Vegan Travel team, there was a hippo (affectionately named Oscar by the staff) who visited daily, and an army of baboons constantly keeping the staff busy by trying to raid the kitchen!
Depending on our time of arrival today — which is only confirmed a few weeks before our arrival as it’s tied to the bush plane schedules — we may have time for a safari drive before dinner. We also have 2 more full days to explore this awesome region, so settle in, unpack your bags, grab a cold beer, enjoy a sunset by the campfire and get hungry for our first vegan dinner surrounded by the sounds of the African bush! Seriously: can life get any better than this?
Accommodation: Camp Moremi: Luxurious tented camp with full en-suite bathrooms, fans, indoor/outdoor dining, campfire area, swimming pool, private and public viewing decks and a fully stocked bar
Included:
All meals & (non-premium) drinks
Flight from Cape Town to Maun, Botswana, and onwards to camp #1
All safari activities: game drives & motorized boat
Laundry
Tips to guides & camp staff (you are more than welcomed to add to this, of course)
Day 3: Botswana - Camp Moremi
Waking up in the heart of Africa is something that can only be experienced. And experienced early!
We set off at the crack of dawn. That’s when the animals are at their most active! Following a light vegan breakfast, you’ll head off on your first safari activity. This could be either boarding your 4×4 vehicles and heading out into the bush, or boarding the camp’s motorized boat for a journey down waterways and lagoons. Whatever you choose, you’ll be taken along by our expert local guides who can truly answer any questions you may come up with. Seriously, we’ve never been able to stump them! They are a walking Wikipedia/Google page!
If you prefer to sleep in, no worries at all! We have 2 full days at this location and you can build your own adventure. Your tour leaders will be on-hand to help out with any decision-making tips.
The morning activity will lead to lunch and an afternoon rest period where you can enjoy your room or go for a swim in the camp’s own swimming pool!
Once the midday heat subsides a bit, the animals will start getting active again, and so we’re off on another safari activity. This is the perfect time to sit back and watch some lions nap or stroll about with a glass of wine in-hand.
We’ll be back at the lodge in time for sun-downer drinks, maybe a campfire if the weather cooperates, and a dinner under the stars.
Below is an example of a daily schedule, though please note that it serves only as an example. The daily program is flexible based on the guests’ interests, travel times and availability of activities.
05:00: Early morning wake-up call
05:30: Light continental breakfast served in the dining area.
06:00: Leave for morning activity, (approximately 3 – 4 hours).
11:00: Brunch is served at the dining area.
REST TIME: Relax and enjoy the lodge facilities and surroundings.
15:30: Afternoon tea is served on the open air patio.
16:00: Depart for afternoon activity (approximately 3 hours).
19:00: Arrive back at the lodge.
20:00: Dinner is served at the dining area.
Accommodation: Camp Moremi: Luxurious tented camp with full en-suite bathrooms, fans, indoor/outdoor dining, campfire area, swimming pool, private and public viewing decks and a fully stocked bar
Included:
All meals & (non-premium) drinks
All safari activities: game drives & motorized boat
Laundry
Tips to guides & camp staff (you are more than welcomed to add to this, of course)
Waking up in the heart of Africa is something that can only be experienced. And experienced early!
We set off at the crack of dawn. That’s when the animals are at their most active! Following a light vegan breakfast, you’ll head off on your first safari activity. This could be either boarding your 4×4 vehicles and heading out into the bush, or boarding the camp’s motorized boat for a journey down waterways and lagoons. Whatever you choose, you’ll be taken along by our expert local guides who can truly answer any questions you may come up with. Seriously, we’ve never been able to stump them! They are a walking Wikipedia/Google page!
If you prefer to sleep in, no worries at all! We have 2 full days at this location and you can build your own adventure. Your tour leaders will be on-hand to help out with any decision-making tips.
The morning activity will lead to lunch and an afternoon rest period where you can enjoy your room or go for a swim in the camp’s own swimming pool!
Once the midday heat subsides a bit, the animals will start getting active again, and so we’re off on another safari activity. This is the perfect time to sit back and watch some lions nap or stroll about with a glass of wine in-hand.
We’ll be back at the lodge in time for sun-downer drinks, maybe a campfire if the weather cooperates, and a dinner under the stars.
Below is an example of a daily schedule, though please note that it serves only as an example. The daily program is flexible based on the guests’ interests, travel times and availability of activities.
05:00: Early morning wake-up call
05:30: Light continental breakfast served in the dining area.
06:00: Leave for morning activity, (approximately 3 – 4 hours).
11:00: Brunch is served at the dining area.
REST TIME: Relax and enjoy the lodge facilities and surroundings.
15:30: Afternoon tea is served on the open air patio.
16:00: Depart for afternoon activity (approximately 3 hours).
19:00: Arrive back at the lodge.
20:00: Dinner is served at the dining area.
Accommodation: Camp Moremi: Luxurious tented camp with full en-suite bathrooms, fans, indoor/outdoor dining, campfire area, swimming pool, private and public viewing decks and a fully stocked bar
Included:
All meals & (non-premium) drinks
All safari activities: game drives & motorized boat
Laundry
Tips to guides & camp staff (you are more than welcomed to add to this, of course)
Day 4: Botswana - Camp Moremi
While it’s easy to say that today is just more of the same — we’re off on safari activities again — the truth is that no 2 safaris are ever the same. Some animals are more elusive than others, and the odds to spot them increase with every outing.
Of course you are free to join a morning or afternoon activity, or both, or simply stay back at the camp and enjoy your surroundings. Our camp has a great viewing deck, and so does your room! It’s the perfect place to sit back with a book and some tea and try to spot animals right from your own private veranda!
This is our last night in the Moremi Game Reserve. We will celebrate the awesome staff that made our stay so memorable and start dreaming of our next adventure!
Accommodation: Camp Moremi: Luxurious tented camp with full en-suite bathrooms, fans, indoor/outdoor dining, campfire area, swimming pool, private and public viewing decks and a fully stocked bar
Included:
All meals & (non-premium) drinks
All safari activities: game drives & motorized boat
Laundry
Tips to guides & camp staff (you are more than welcomed to add to this, of course)
While it’s easy to say that today is just more of the same — we’re off on safari activities again — the truth is that no 2 safaris are ever the same. Some animals are more elusive than others, and the odds to spot them increase with every outing.
Of course you are free to join a morning or afternoon activity, or both, or simply stay back at the camp and enjoy your surroundings. Our camp has a great viewing deck, and so does your room! It’s the perfect place to sit back with a book and some tea and try to spot animals right from your own private veranda!
This is our last night in the Moremi Game Reserve. We will celebrate the awesome staff that made our stay so memorable and start dreaming of our next adventure!
Accommodation: Camp Moremi: Luxurious tented camp with full en-suite bathrooms, fans, indoor/outdoor dining, campfire area, swimming pool, private and public viewing decks and a fully stocked bar
Included:
All meals & (non-premium) drinks
All safari activities: game drives & motorized boat
Laundry
Tips to guides & camp staff (you are more than welcomed to add to this, of course)
Day 5: Botswana - to camp #2, Camp Savute
Today we leave the Moremi Game Reserve behind and board our small plane for the 25-minute flight to our next home for the next 3 nights.
Savute Safari Lodge is located in Chobe National Park, Botswana’s first national park and also the most biologically diverse. Located in the north of the country, it is Botswana’s third largest park and has one of the greatest concentrations of animals in all of Africa. The park is widely known for its large elephant population, estimated to be around 50,000. Elephants living here are Kalahari elephants, the largest in size of all known elephant populations. They are characterized by rather brittle ivory and short tusks. If this wasn’t spectacular enough, the park is also noted for having a population of lions which has been known to actually prey on African elephants, mostly juveniles or sub-adults, but occasionally fully-grown adults!
Our camp is located in the Savute marsh region, renowned for its intense predator encounters and exceptional animal viewing. The camp is located right by a watering hole, where many animals — including elephants!!!! — come for a drink. Perhaps some will join us for sun-downers?
Depending on our time of arrival today, we may only have time for a safari drive on the way to the lodge, and perhaps a short one before dinner. No worries — we have 2 more full days to explore this awesome region, so settle in, unpack your bags, grab a cold beer, enjoy a sunset by the campfire and get hungry for our first vegan dinner surrounded by the sounds of the African bush!
Accommodation: Camp Savute: Luxurious chalets with full en-suite bathrooms, fans, indoor/outdoor dining, campfire area, swimming pool, private and public viewing decks and a fully stocked bar
Included:
All meals & (non-premium) drinks
Flight between our 2 camps
All safari activities: game drives
Laundry
Tips to guides & camp staff (you are more than welcomed to add to this, of course)
Day 6: Botswana - Camp Savute
Good morning! How about some coffee/tea/orange juice… and a game drive to start the day?
Savute is all about game drives. Its flat, wildlife=packed expanses and rocky outcrops make it one of the most rewarding safari destination on the continent. It’s especially teeming with lions so — fingers crossed — it won’t take too long before spotting a pride!
As we’ll be visiting during the rainy season, zebras and other grazing animals will have migrated over, rendering the scenery awash with animals of all sorts… including the following predators!
We’ll be back at the lodge for brunch and a rest before setting out again in mid-afternoon.
Accommodation: Camp Savute: Luxurious chalets with full en-suite bathrooms, fans, indoor/outdoor dining, campfire area, swimming pool, private and public viewing decks and a fully stocked bar
Included:
All meals & (non-premium) drinks
All safari activities: game drives
Laundry
Tips to guides & camp staff (you are more than welcomed to add to this, of course)
Day 7: Botswana - Camp Savute
Today is more game drives, and our guides will make sure to take you to different areas. Don’t forget to rest and enjoy the lodge and a good book!
Accommodation: Camp Savute: Luxurious chalets with full en-suite bathrooms, fans, indoor/outdoor dining, campfire area, swimming pool, private and public viewing decks and a fully stocked bar
Included:
All meals & (non-premium) drinks
All safari activities: game drives
Laundry
Tips to guides & camp staff (you are more than welcomed to add to this, of course)
Day 8: Return to South Africa - Cape Town
After our last breakfast in the bush, we’re off to the airfield (once again, expect to see animals along the way!!) to catch our 40-minute bush-plane flight to the small city of Maun, where we’ll transfer over to our international flight back to Cape Town (2h45).
Once back in South Africa, we’ll head back to our Cape Town hotel where we’ll be able to freshem up before our final last dinner together.
This will be the the chance to say goodbye to each other, share some photos, friending ourselves on Facebook, and toast to a successful trip.. and hopefully to the next one!
Accommodation: TBC (4-star)
Included:
All meals & (non-premium) drinks
Flight from camp #2 to Maun and onwards to Cape Town
All ground transportation
Day 9: Departure
Today is sadly our departure day. After our last breakfast we will offer airport transfers to the airport or your next hotel if you choose to spend extra days in beautiful Cape Town.
Included:
Breakfast
Transfer to Cape Town airport and downtown Cape Town hotels
Today we leave the Moremi Game Reserve behind and board our small plane for the 25-minute flight to our next home for the next 3 nights.
Savute Safari Lodge is located in Chobe National Park, Botswana’s first national park and also the most biologically diverse. Located in the north of the country, it is Botswana’s third largest park and has one of the greatest concentrations of animals in all of Africa. The park is widely known for its large elephant population, estimated to be around 50,000. Elephants living here are Kalahari elephants, the largest in size of all known elephant populations. They are characterized by rather brittle ivory and short tusks. If this wasn’t spectacular enough, the park is also noted for having a population of lions which has been known to actually prey on African elephants, mostly juveniles or sub-adults, but occasionally fully-grown adults!
Our camp is located in the Savute marsh region, renowned for its intense predator encounters and exceptional animal viewing. The camp is located right by a watering hole, where many animals — including elephants!!!! — come for a drink. Perhaps some will join us for sun-downers?
Depending on our time of arrival today, we may only have time for a safari drive on the way to the lodge, and perhaps a short one before dinner. No worries — we have 2 more full days to explore this awesome region, so settle in, unpack your bags, grab a cold beer, enjoy a sunset by the campfire and get hungry for our first vegan dinner surrounded by the sounds of the African bush!
Accommodation: Camp Savute: Luxurious chalets with full en-suite bathrooms, fans, indoor/outdoor dining, campfire area, swimming pool, private and public viewing decks and a fully stocked bar
Included:
All meals & (non-premium) drinks
Flight between our 2 camps
All safari activities: game drives
Laundry
Tips to guides & camp staff (you are more than welcomed to add to this, of course)
Day 6: Botswana - Camp Savute
Good morning! How about some coffee/tea/orange juice… and a game drive to start the day?
Savute is all about game drives. Its flat, wildlife=packed expanses and rocky outcrops make it one of the most rewarding safari destination on the continent. It’s especially teeming with lions so — fingers crossed — it won’t take too long before spotting a pride!
As we’ll be visiting during the rainy season, zebras and other grazing animals will have migrated over, rendering the scenery awash with animals of all sorts… including the following predators!
We’ll be back at the lodge for brunch and a rest before setting out again in mid-afternoon.
Accommodation: Camp Savute: Luxurious chalets with full en-suite bathrooms, fans, indoor/outdoor dining, campfire area, swimming pool, private and public viewing decks and a fully stocked bar
Included:
All meals & (non-premium) drinks
All safari activities: game drives
Laundry
Tips to guides & camp staff (you are more than welcomed to add to this, of course)
Day 7: Botswana - Camp Savute
Today is more game drives, and our guides will make sure to take you to different areas. Don’t forget to rest and enjoy the lodge and a good book!
Accommodation: Camp Savute: Luxurious chalets with full en-suite bathrooms, fans, indoor/outdoor dining, campfire area, swimming pool, private and public viewing decks and a fully stocked bar
Included:
All meals & (non-premium) drinks
All safari activities: game drives
Laundry
Tips to guides & camp staff (you are more than welcomed to add to this, of course)
Day 8: Return to South Africa - Cape Town
After our last breakfast in the bush, we’re off to the airfield (once again, expect to see animals along the way!!) to catch our 40-minute bush-plane flight to the small city of Maun, where we’ll transfer over to our international flight back to Cape Town (2h45).
Once back in South Africa, we’ll head back to our Cape Town hotel where we’ll be able to freshem up before our final last dinner together.
This will be the the chance to say goodbye to each other, share some photos, friending ourselves on Facebook, and toast to a successful trip.. and hopefully to the next one!
Accommodation: TBC (4-star)
Included:
All meals & (non-premium) drinks
Flight from camp #2 to Maun and onwards to Cape Town
All ground transportation
Day 9: Departure
Today is sadly our departure day. After our last breakfast we will offer airport transfers to the airport or your next hotel if you choose to spend extra days in beautiful Cape Town.
Included:
Breakfast
Transfer to Cape Town airport and downtown Cape Town hotels
Included:
Not Included:
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About the Photographer:
Jennifer Hadley We are so very excited to announce that amazing wildlife photographer Jennifer Hadley will be joining us on the trip! This brings incredible value to a trip already packed with one memorable activity after another. And now we have someone to document it all! Jennifer was actually a client on a previous trip to Rwanda, and blew us all away with her skills and talent, and we just had to get her on-board for this animal-focused trip! Contact Donna at
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