Johannesburg or Gaborone to Maun: 5 Day Rhinos, Diamonds & Okavango Delta Tour

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5 days (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English

This small group overland tour with camping accomodation offers you insights in Botswana culture, history and also includes a safari part. The tour takes you from Johannesburg/Gaborone to Maun on a budget. On the way you visit Khama Rhino Sanctuary, the Orapa Diamond Museum, Makgadikgadi National Park and the Okavango Delta. All activities and transfers are included during this tour.
This tour can be done in both directions and is often combined with our Highlights of Botswana Tour (Maun to Victoria Falls).

What's Included

All Fees and Taxes
tented accomodation (camping)
Lunch (Optional[3])
Lunch
Dinner
Breakfast (Optional[4])
Breakfast
drinks
insurances
gratuities

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

Starts in Gaborone, Botswana. If you choose the option with start in Johannesburg, then we book your flight ticket from Johannesburg to Gaborone. The tour can also be done in reverse with start in Maun.

Itinerary

Duration: 5 days (approximately)
    Day 1

    ARRIVAL IN GABORONE

    1 stop
  • 1
    Gaborone

    We welcome you at the airport and take you to your accomodation in Gaborone where you can relax and unwind from the journey and prepare for the adventure of the next days. If you booked the option with start in Johannesburg, then we book your flight from Johannesburg to Gaborone.

    12 hours Admission ticket free
  • Day 2

    GABORONE CITY TOUR & ONWARDS TO KHAMA RHINO

    5 stops
  • 2
    Gaborone

    After breakfast we pick you at your accomodation and a local guide will show you our capital city in 3 hours on a cultural and brief historical tour. We start at the Three Chiefs Monument, move on to the government enclave before mixing and mingling with locals in Gabrone Main Mall`s street market. We then take you to Thabong Visual Art Centre and afterwards drive through Old Naledi Township (the crib of Gaborone) to Botswana Craft where our tour ends at noon with lunch. In the afternoon we leave Gaborone and drive up north to Serowe where we set up camp in the bush of Khama Rhino Sanctuary.

    12 hours Admission ticket free
  • 3
    Three Chiefs' Statues

    After breakfast we pick you at your accomodation and a local guide will show you our capital city in 3 hours on a cultural and brief historical tour. We start at the Three Chiefs Monument, move on to the government enclave before mixing and mingling with locals in Gabrone Main Mall`s street market. We then take you to Thabong Visual Art Centre and afterwards drive through Old Naledi Township (the crib of Gaborone) to Botswana Craft where our tour ends at noon with lunch. In the afternoon we leave Gaborone and drive up north to Serowe where we set up camp in the bush of Khama Rhino Sanctuary.

    30 minutes Admission ticket included
  • 4

    After breakfast we pick you at your accomodation and a local guide will show you our capital city in 3 hours on a cultural and brief historical tour. We start at the Three Chiefs Monument, move on to the government enclave before mixing and mingling with locals in Gabrone Main Mall`s street market. We then take you to Thabong Visual Art Centre and afterwards drive through Old Naledi Township (the crib of Gaborone) to Botswana Craft where our tour ends at noon with lunch. In the afternoon we leave Gaborone and drive up north to Serowe where we set up camp in the bush of Khama Rhino Sanctuary.

    Admission ticket free
  • 5

    After breakfast we pick you at your accomodation and a local guide will show you our capital city in 3 hours on a cultural and brief historical tour. We start at the Three Chiefs Monument, move on to the government enclave before mixing and mingling with locals in Gabrone Main Mall`s street market. We then take you to Thabong Visual Art Centre and afterwards drive through Old Naledi Township (the crib of Gaborone) to Botswana Craft where our tour ends at noon with lunch. In the afternoon we leave Gaborone and drive up north to Serowe where we set up camp in the bush of Khama Rhino Sanctuary.

    Admission ticket free
  • 6
    Khama Rhino Sanctuary

    After breakfast we pick you at your accomodation and a local guide will show you our capital city in 3 hours on a cultural and brief historical tour. We start at the Three Chiefs Monument, move on to the government enclave before mixing and mingling with locals in Gabrone Main Mall`s street market. We then take you to Thabong Visual Art Centre and afterwards drive through Old Naledi Township (the crib of Gaborone) to Botswana Craft where our tour ends at noon with lunch. In the afternoon we leave Gaborone and drive up north to Serowe where we set up camp in the bush of Khama Rhino Sanctuary.

    6 hours Admission ticket included
  • Day 3

    KHAMA RHINO SANCTUARY & DIAMOND MUSEUM

    2 stops
  • 7
    Khama Rhino Sanctuary

    We start the day in the very early morning at 6am with a 4x4 tour through Khama Rhino Sanctuary. Afterwards we have breakfast at the restaurant of the Community Trust before heading to Orapa area. We set up camp and have the opportunity to order lunch. Then in the afternoon we enter the restricted mining area. A mining worker will give us a shot introduction then we can explore the Diamond Museum.

    10 hours Admission ticket included
  • 8

    We start the day in the very early morning at 6am with a 4x4 tour through Khama Rhino Sanctuary. Afterwards we have breakfast at the restaurant of the Community Trust before heading to Orapa area. We set up camp and have the opportunity to order lunch. Then in the afternoon we enter the restricted mining area. A mining worker will give us a shot introduction then we can explore the Diamond Museum.

    Admission ticket free
  • Day 4

    GAMEDRIVE IN MAKGADIKGADI NATIONAL PARK

    2 stops
  • 9
    Makgadikgadi Pans National Park

    After breakfast we continue our journey to Makgadikgadi National Park. We drive along the channel of the Boteti River and have a picknick lunch. Please note we are not visiting Makgadikgadi Salt Pans. This gamedrives visits Makgadikgadi National Park. Between January-April we might see the Great Zebra Migration. We then continue to Maun.

    2 hours Admission ticket free
  • 10
    Maun

    overnight in Maun

    6 hours Admission ticket free
  • Day 5

    EXPLORING THE CHANNELS OF THE OKAVANGO DELTA

    3 stops
  • 11
    Okavango Delta

    Today you spend the whole day in the Okavango Delta. The tour starts in the early morning with a 1h speedboat cruise to the Buffalo Fence. Because of dryseason or other circumstances we might drive you in a 4x4 vehicle. At the buffalo fence you meet your poler, who will take you on an unforgettable journey through the channels of the Okavango. Born and raised in the Okavango Delta, our polers and guides show you their home which they are very pationate and knowledgable about. Our experienced polers take you on a journey deep in the watersystem. Enjoy the peace of the delta in a Mokoro, the traditional onetree-canoe. For picnic lunch you stop on one of the islands. Afterwards you go on a walking safari. Another Mokoro excursion takes you back to the buffalo fence where we pick you up for your return transfer to Maun where the tour ends.

    6 hours Admission ticket free
  • 12
    Okavango Delta

    Today you spend the whole day in the Okavango Delta. The tour starts in the early morning with a 1h speedboat cruise to the Buffalo Fence. Because of dryseason or other circumstances we might drive you in a 4x4 vehicle. At the buffalo fence you meet your poler, who will take you on an unforgettable journey through the channels of the Okavango. Born and raised in the Okavango Delta, our polers and guides show you their home which they are very pationate and knowledgable about. Our experienced polers take you on a journey deep in the watersystem. Enjoy the peace of the delta in a Mokoro, the traditional onetree-canoe. For picnic lunch you stop on one of the islands. Afterwards you go on a walking safari. Another Mokoro excursion takes you back to the buffalo fence where we pick you up for your return transfer to Maun where the tour ends.

    6 hours Admission ticket included
  • 13
    Maun

    end of tour in Maun around 3-5pm (earlier possible on request). Many people combine this tour with our 7 day Highlights of Botswana Tour starting in Maun and ending in Victoria Falls covering salt pans, Nata sanctuary, Elephant Sands, Chobe and the falls.

    Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Supplied by Kalahari Breeze Safaris

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Air Tours
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Involves Animals
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