| MOKORO TRAILS |
| The Mokoro Trails can be experienced at Kanana (Setswana word for
'paradise') located in the remote inner reaches of the Delta. The Kanana
Mokoro Trail package is a specially designed mokoro experience, allowing
visitors a unique opportunity to search for rarely seen creatures such as
the sitatunga and Pel’s fishing owl. One of the special attractions of this
Ker & Downey program is its exclusivity and flexibility. The trails camp
accommodates a maximum of four people in two twin bedded tents, and the camp
includes the services of two professional guides,
personal chef, waiter, housekeeper and mokoro guides. |
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| 5 Days / 4 Nights Safari |
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| Days 1 & 2 ~ Mokoro Trails |
| On arrival at Maun Airport, meet and greet
assistance by a representative of Kanana who will assist with arrivals and
show you through to your twenty minute charter flight into the wilderness.
On arrival at Kanana airstrip, you will be collected by your guide and
driven to Kanana Camp, from where you will board a mokoro (traditional
canoe) and glide peacefully out into one of the most remote areas of the
Okavango Delta. On a secluded island, you will find your rustic bush camp
where friendly staff wait ready to welcome. |
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| The camp is equipped with rods and spinning lures. Transfers to and from the
Kanana Trails Camp are by mokoro. The camp is ‘mobile’ and is moved depending upon
the water levels (it is not moved every night). Camp capacity is maximum of
four people accommodated in two twin bedded bow mosquito proof tents. Each
tent has adjacent bucket shower and ‘long drop’ toilet facilities. Lighting
is by rechargeable 12 volt lamps, charged by solar powered and refrigeration
is by gas-operated freezers. All cooking in the camp is bush style, using
fire and coals and the decades of experience from our camp chefs.
Communications are by radio with Maun and Kanana Camp, which acts as a
supply base, though there is a satellite phone in camp for emergencies. |
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| After an introduction to the region by your guide and host, it will be time
to venture out onto the lily-covered waterways, and begin to learn about
this diverse environment, as your mokoro guides point out some of the
inhabitants of this aquatic world including red lechwe, fish eagles, painted
reed frogs, golden orb spiders and malachite kingfishers. |
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| You will have the opportunity to explore this wonderland of islands that
provides a seasonal haven to about forty species of large mammals, including
the rarely seen sitatunga. This elusive creature is a swamp dwelling
antelope, related to other spiral horned antelope, the bushbuck and nyala,
and is found throughout Central Africa centering on the Democratic Republic
of the Congo, east into Tanzania and south into Zambia and Botswana. An
adult sitatunga stands about one and a half meters at the shoulder, and is
completely adapted to living in water. he Kanana concession is prime habitat
for these beautiful creatures and along with the multitude of bird species
found in the area, including rarities such as the Pel’s fishing owl and
slaty egret, will be the focus of the activities on the trail. |
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| Days 3 & 4 ~ Kanana Camp |
| After an early morning activity and breakfast,
transfer by mokoro to
Kanana Camp, where you can experience some level of
luxury. |
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| 8 tents (accommodating 16 guests) are built on
stilts to ensure a good view of the floodplains for all guests. 8
traditional deluxe tents, all en-suite, with shower, toilet and hand basin.
The common facilities of the camps are also built up on stilts overlooking
these floodplains. The area is an excellent walking and mokoro area. By game
viewing on foot and by mokoro, you do not have the noise of the vehicle and
therefore will experience the bush in its true form. Motorboat excursions to
the Xo Lagoon are offered when the lagoon is in flood and game viewing in 4
x 4 vehicles is available. Kanana camp is one of the few lucky camps in the
Okavango Delta to have an exclusive heronry where many migratory water birds
come to have their young from July onwards. This is a very important nesting
site for these birds and one of the few in the Delta. Kanana is also getting
regular sightings of the rare Pel's fishing owl. |
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| Day 5 ~ Safari Terminates |
| After an early morning activity and breakfast, you
will be transferred to Kanana airstrip where a plane waits for you. Seat in
plane light aircraft transfer from Kanana to Maun. Onward connections. End
of tour arrangements. |
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| Cost of safari per person sharing |
| Shoulder Season ~ April - June 2008 |
US$ 2,145.00 |
| Peak Season ~ July - October 2008 |
US$ 2,540.00 |
| Single supplement applies if not prepared to share
twin-bedded accommodation. |
| Inclusions |
Exclusions |
- All meals & snacks
- Teas / coffees
- Local drinks
- Scheduled game viewing activities
- Daily laundry service
- Emergency medical evacuation cover
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- Personal items
- Premium branded drinks
- Curio shop accounts
- Gratuities / tips
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| Please Note: This itinerary is an example only, and can
be tailor-made to suit your personal requirements. We can combine this
proposed itinerary with other camps of your choice. Rates quoted are subject
to change should there be any circumstances beyond our control. |