Botswana & Livingstone Community & Wildlife Safari

After landing at Maun Airport, you will be welcomed by a representative and board a charter flight that will take you to Khwai Leadwood for your first three nights. Set on the banks of the Khwai River, this area is celebrated for its incredible array of wildlife, and the lodge is elegantly designed in contemporary safari style. The river is the only thing that separates the iconic Moremi Game Reserve and this private concession. 

This is an exclusive safari experience where you will spend your days on morning, afternoon, and night game drives, as well as on walking safaris and mokoro excursions (water level dependant). This is truly one of Botswana’s most spectacular landscapes, which features vast grass plains, a patchwork of lagoons, shallow pans, and verdant woodland forests. 

The Khwai Concession is completely community-run and you will have the opportunity to join Khwai village visits. Immersing yourself into the local community and their culture, you will be an active contributor to educational opportunities for the local school children at Khwai Pre-School. 

After breakfast, you will be flown to Linyanti Bush Camp for your next three safari adventure nights. Linyanti Bush Camp borders the legendary Chobe National Park, on the banks of the Linyanti Marsh, and provides a sanctuary of luxury bush lodging. The camp is at the heart of a region that is frequented by large populations of elephant and buffalo as well as big cats and Africa’s ‘Painted Wolf’, wild dog. 

When you aren’t on game drives, walking safaris, or mokoro excursions, you will spend a day at the Kachikau Primary School Disability Unit and the Vuche Vuche Basket Weaving Project. The school accommodates students with disabilities from local communities and the basket weaving project is an initiative created to empower local women with entrepreneurial opportunities. This is a powerful cultural activity that will introduce you to the people of Africa and give you fascinating insights into the spirit of this vibrant continent.

After an early breakfast, you will be charter flown to Kasane Airport and transferred to the last lodge on your community, conservation & wildlife journey. Thorntree River Lodge is in Zambia’s Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park, a short distance from the famous Victoria Falls.  The lodge has an environmentally-conscious design and a palpable African feel, complete with private plunge pools and wooden decking that floats on the edge of the river - connecting water to land. 

Here you will visit the ‘Smoke that Thunders’, one of the world’s widest waterfalls, track rhino on bush walks, revel in sunrise and sunset boat cruises, and visit the lively Maramba & Markuni markets.  While staying at Thorntree River Lodge, you will also have the opportunity to visit the Maunga Clinic, a vital healthcare project as well as Maunga Primary School.

After breakfast at the lodge, you will be charter flown to Livingstone Airport for your onward travel arrangements.