Kujwana Camp – Okavango Delta Horse Safari

You are met at Maun Airport by a member of the team before a 25-minute transfer by helicopter straight into camp, or by light aircraft to Pompom airstrip, which is then roughly an hour’s drive to camp by vehicle or boat. Once you arrive in camp you will be given time to settle in before lunch. There will be an introductory talk with demonstration on tack and instructions on game viewing from horseback. This is followed by an orientation ride for approximately 1 – 2 hours. Overnight Kujwana Camp.

Note: If you choose to do the light aircraft flight, you might not have time to do an afternoon ride.

Wake up each day is 1 hour before dawn to ensure the best game viewing. You’ll be woken up with a soft knock and a warm cup of coffee or tea. After a light breakfast, enjoy a morning ride in the Qwaapu area, wading through lush green malapos that lead you from island to island. Surprise a timid reedbuck out of his dense cover on a heavily wooded island, or enjoy the herds of lechwe and zebra moving through the open spaces. Return to camp for lunch followed by a siesta. In the afternoon head out for a peaceful mokoro expedition up the river and enjoy the tranquility of the Delta from our dug out canoes. Enjoy the beautiful colours of the Delta as the sun starts to sink behind the horizon. Return to camp for a three course candlelit meal. Overnight Kujwana Camp.

A full day ride from Kujwana Camp, of approximately 30km, heading to the fly camp. The route moves through open floodplains and scattered islands towards the Qwaapu river system, where you will see a wide variety of game. A picnic lunch is served on a shady island followed by a siesta with camp beds, maybe a swim, and then a further 2-3 hour ride in the afternoon. Arrive at our wonderful fly camp at sunset and enjoy a refreshing drink as you admire the stunning views over the floodplain. You’ll find luxurious tents with comfortable beds, hot showers in your en-suite bathroom and a large mess tent complete with sofas and a library. Fall asleep to the sounds of your horse munching its hay on the picket line.

To give your horse a rest you’ll spend the morning on a game drive incorporating a bush walk and tracking. A drive is the perfect time to go looking for predators, including the endangered African Wild Dog and the numerous lions and leopards found in this area. Lunch, a siesta and perhaps some games in camp before an afternoon ride exploring the eastern side of the concession. This ride moves through a variety of wildlife areas fording numerous hippo channels in this truly remote area. Then it’s an evening around the bonfire before you fall asleep in your luxury fly camping tent.

A full days ride back to camp picnicing at a different spot and completing the journey you set out on two days before. The route takes you through a chain or rain pans, a great contrast to the open flood plains. Mopane forests and acacia woodlands offer a good variety of food for elephant, kudu and giraffe. Breeding herds of elephant enjoy the security of the dense forest and should the pans be holding water, zebra, wildebeest and buffalo can also be found. A chance to swim your horse back into Kujwana Camp if water levels permit.

Today you’ll spend the morning on horseback, exploring the open plains to the south of the camp. This is your chance to try a new horse if you like. After lunch and a siesta, you’ll have an evening game drive and bush dinner. Then enjoy a night drive back to camp, with the chance to see noctural widlife and do some stargazing.

A morning ride searching for any game that has eluded you throughout the week! Your guides are an encyclopedia of knowledge and will be able to tell you facts about each animal and bird you spot. Enjoy a barbecue lunch by the pool hosted (and cooked!) by your guide. After siesta, enjoy an activity of your choice or simply find a shady spot and enjoy the views with a good book. A final evening dinner with a few tales from your safari to tell!

Guests usually leave camp after a full English breakfast. It is a one hour’s game drive to the nearest airstrip for transfer by light aircraft into Maun or Kasane which means that it’s unlikely that you’ll be able to do a morning activity if doing a charter flight. The 20-minute helicopter flight departs directly from camp to Maun, and may allow enough time for a last short morning ride or game drive if flight time permits. Then it’s a sad farewell as you leave your heart behind in Africa!

We can arrange light aircraft flights to Kasane if you’d like to visit Chobe or Victoria Falls.