5-day Okavango Delta Family Safari

The adventure begins at Maun Airport, gateway to the Okavango Delta and where you will be met by a tour representative on landing. After concluding arrival formalities, you sit back on a short flight by light aircraft to Kanana, an intimate camp of only eight tents in a spell-binding location. It is little wonder the name of the camp means 'paradise' in the local Setswana language: set overlooking a floodplain and next to a permanent river, Kanana lies in a world of giant trees, sparkling wetlands and pinnacle-like termite mounds. It is prime big game country and game drives take you in search of lions, buffalo and elephants, your expert guide keeping a sharp eye out for special sightings like wild dog and leopard. You also enjoy motor-boat safaris to remote lagoons full of snorting hippo and home to thousands of nesting cormorants, herons and storks. Back at camp it is a world of star-lit skies and laughter around the campfire as your family recount the day's adventures before a well-earned supper.

Another short flight whisks you across the Okavango Delta to its eastern fringes where you land at a bush airstrip in the Moremi Game Reserve and then take short but game-filled drive to Okuti Camp. A long-established camp with a reputation for family-friendliness, Okuti has the distinct advantage of being set on the famous Xakanaxa Lagoon, a body of deep water surrounded by seasonal wetlands and dry woodlands. Its unique reed-domed suites look out over the lagoon and your family room is a 2-bedroom unit with a shared bathroom. Early morning and late afternoon drives take you in search of the area's special sightings - leopards and wild dogs - while motor-boat safaris not only give you the chance for more game viewing but also the opportunity to throw a fishing line over the side and do a spot of angling. Children's meals are catered for at Okuti, right down to the homemade lemonade.

After a final breakfast overlooking the lagoon, you make your way slowly to the airstrip, hoping for a last special game sighting before boarding a scheduled charter flight back to Maun. It is a short flight - about forty minutes - and you are back at Maun Airport for your onward travel arrangements and the end of this tour.