You depart Maun early in the morning for Deception Valley Lodge, situated just outside the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.

The area offers excellent wildlife sightings. Species here include cheetah, leopard, gemsbok, kudu and springbok. There is also a rich variety of birdlife, including vultures and rare species indigenous to this region.

Spend your days on game drives, occasionally going off-road to follow tracks. After sundowners in the evenings you might also get the opportunity to enjoy a night game drive to see the area's nocturnal creatures.

Desert lodge in Deception Valley, adjoining the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.

After an early breakfast, you depart overland to your pre-erected private campsite at Deception Valley, in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.

This prehistoric riverbed is very appealing after brief rains, as it is covered with nutritious grasses that attract herds from all over this enormous reserve.

These large congregations of desert wildlife with their young are followed by predators into the broad riverbed, all of which makes for outstanding viewing.

On day 4 or 5, you enjoy a full-day wildlife viewing activity (with picnic lunch), taking in the game-rich Pipers Pans area of the Kalahari, as well as Letiahau and Deception valley.

After a light breakfast you depart overland to Maun. In the afternoon you fly by light aircraft to the water-filled paradise of the private Xigera area, in the Moremi Game Reserve.

Xigera is a delta of serene water channels flowing around remote islands of lush vegetation inhabited by diverse wildlife.

Your luxurious camp is nestled in a magnificent riverine forest, each room is raised off the ground on a wooden deck offering superb views of the seasonal floodplain and waterhole.

There is no better way to experience the Okavango than to travel through it by mokoro (traditional canoe), as well as walking and camping out on some of its green islands - all essential elements of this trail experience.

After an early game activity and breakfast, you fly to Maun, where your safari comes to an end.