Luxury Botswana Tours

Introduction to Botswana
(5 days)
Okavango Delta, Chobe National Park

Highlights of the Okavango Delta
(7 days)
Okavango Delta with Chief’s Island (Moremi Game Reserve)

Best of Botswana
(9 days)
Okavango Delta, Linyanti or Selinda Reserve, Chief’s Island (Moremi Game Reserve)

Luxuries of Botswana
(9 days)
Okavango Delta, Kalahari Desert, Chief’s Island (Moremi Game Reserve)

Journey Through Botswana
(11 Days)
Okavango Delta, Kalahari Desert, Linyanti or Selinda Reserve, Chief’s Island (Moremi Game Reserve)

Multi-country Tours

South Africa & Botswana
(12 days)
Cape Town & environs, Sabi Sand Reserve, Johannesburg, Chief's Island (Moremi Game Reserve in Okavango Delta)

Classic South Africa, Botswana & Victoria Falls
(13 days)
Cape Town & environs, Sabi Sand Reserve, Johannesburg, Victoria Falls, Chief's Island (Moremi Game Reserve in Okavango Delta)

Ultimate Journey Through Southern Africa
(21 days)
Cape Town & environs, Sabi Sand Reserve, Windhoek, Sossusvlei, Skeleton Coast, Johannesburg, Okavango Delta with Chief's Island (Moremi Game Reserve)

Classic South Africa, Botswana & Victoria Falls

(13 Days - Departs Daily on a Private Basis)
Cape Town & environs, Sabi Sand Reserve, Johannesburg, Victoria Falls, Chief’s Island (Moremi Game Reserve in Okavango Delta)

This luxury tour combines the highlights of South Africa, Victoria Falls and Botswana. Experience fascinating cultural touring, stunning landscapes and luxury safaris in two of the best game-viewing destinations in the world.

Begin in Cape Town, one of the world’s most beautiful cities. During private touring, explore the city’s stunning landscapes, vibrant neighborhoods, fascinating history, and excellent food and wine scene. Enjoy fast-track access for the cable car up iconic Table Mountain, and walk among native fynbos plants in beautiful Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. Learn about Cape Town history in evocative places such as Bo-Kaap (the Cape Malay Quarter), the Company’s Garden and the Castle of Good Hope. Browse for locally made clothing, jewelry and other treasures in top handicrafts markets. Enjoy reservations at Cape Town’s best restaurants, find a snack in the Time Out Market food hall, stop at a farmers market or have afternoon tea at the atmospheric Mount Nelson, a Belmond Hotel.

One day, enjoy a private excursion to the spectacular Cape Peninsula to see penguins at Boulders Beach, dramatic landscapes at Cape Point and along Chapman’s Peak Drive, and the area’s unique vegetation, which is protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Depending on your interests, Artisans of Leisure can arrange additional options, such as an excursion to Robben Island, scenic helicopter flights, Jewish touring, a visit to a township, visits to the District Six Museum or the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, touring in the Constantia wine region or an excursion to the seaside town of Hermanus.

Next, fly to Sabi Sand Reserve, a private concession that borders Kruger National Park and is renowned for its diverse wildlife, and stay at one of the top luxury lodges in the region. During morning and afternoon game drives, look for the Big Five (elephants, lions, leopards, rhinos and Cape buffaloes), as well as hippos, giraffes and other animals and birds. During leisure time, perhaps indulge in spa treatments, lounge by the pool or browse the boutique for locally made crafts and artworks. Also enjoy three gourmet meals per day, accompanied by top South African wines. Walking safaris, a visit to a local community and other activities can also be arranged.

Next, fly to Johannesburg (Joburg), South Africa’s financial center and most populous city. During private touring, visit boutiques and art galleries in upscale neighborhoods, and learn more about South African history at the Apartheid Museum and in Soweto, one of the country’s largest townships. Upon request, Artisans of Leisure can also arrange a private excursion to the Cradle of Humankind, a UNESCO World Heritage Site of limestone caves that contain the fossilized bones of ancient hominids.

Continue to Victoria Falls, a spectacular waterfall on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia. Stay at The Victoria Falls Hotel, an elegant, colonial-style hotel on manicured grounds with views of the falls gorge. Enjoy a private walking tour along the edge of Victoria Falls, a cruise on the Zambezi River and afternoon tea at the hotel.

Conclude with a luxurious stay at Mombo Camp, a legendary land camp on exclusive Chief’s Island in the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana’s Okavango Delta, a vast wetlands system that supports a wide range of animals, including the Big Five. An area of pristine wilderness and one of the world’s top safari destinations, Chief’s Island has a high concentration of plains animals, attracting a large number of predators—especially wild dogs and big cats like lions, leopards and cheetahs—that feed on them. Experience the thrilling interplay between predators and prey during daily game drives. Between safari excursions, book treatments in the spa or relax on the terrace of your luxury safari camp.

Return to Maun, where you will be assisted to your flight to Johannesburg or Cape Town, where you will be met with connection assistance to your onward flight.

Itinerary Overview
Day 1

Arrive Cape Town, South Africa

Airport assistance through immigration. Private arrival transfer to hotel for 3 nights

Day 2

Cape Town

Full-day private city tour, including fast-track tickets for Table Mountain

Day 3

Cape Town & Cape Peninsula

Full-day private excursion: Boulders Beach penguin colony, Cape Point, Cape of Good Hope, Chapmans Peak Drive

Day 4

Cape Town – Mbombela (Nelspruit) – Sabi Sand Reserve

Private airport transfer for commercial flight to KMI Airport (Nelspruit), connecting to light-aircraft flight to Sabi Sand Reserve airstrip. Transfer to luxury safari lodge for 3 nights

Day 5

Sabi Sand Reserve

Morning and afternoon wildlife safaris

Day 6

Sabi Sand Reserve

Morning and afternoon wildlife safaris

Day 7

Sabi Sand Reserve – Johannesburg

Morning transfer to airstrip for light-aircraft flight to Johannesburg. Private arrival transfer to hotel for 1 night. Private city touring

Day 8

Johannesburg – Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Private airport transfer for commercial flight to Victoria Falls. Private arrival transfer to hotel for 2 nights

Day 9

Victoria Falls

Private walking tour of the falls and afternoon tea at hotel. Sunset river cruise

Day 10

Victoria Falls – Kasane, Botswana – Chief’s Island (Moremi Game Reserve)

Private transfer to airport for flight to Kasane to connect to scheduled light-aircraft flight to local airstrip. Arrival transfer to luxury camp for 3 nights. Afternoon game-viewing activity

Day 11

Chief’s Island

Morning and afternoon wildlife safaris

Day 12

Chief’s Island

Continue twice-daily game-viewing activities

Day 13

Chief’s Island – Maun – Depart Johannesburg or Cape Town, South Africa

Transfer to airstrip for scheduled light aircraft flight to Maun. Connection assistance to flight to Johannesburg or Cape Town. VIP connection assistance to onward flight


Accommodation
Cape Town:

One&Only Cape Town, The Silo or Mount Nelson, a Belmond Hotel

Sabi Sand Reserve:

Singita Boulders or Singita Ebony

Johannesburg:

Saxon Hotel, Villas & Spa

Vicoria Falls:

The Victoria Falls Hotel

Chief’s Island (Moremi Game Reserve): Mombo Camp

Costs
Upon request  

Luxury Botswana Tours

Introduction to Botswana
(5 days)
Okavango Delta, Chobe National Park

Highlights of the Okavango Delta
(7 days)
Okavango Delta with Chief’s Island (Moremi Game Reserve)

Best of Botswana
(9 days)
Okavango Delta, Linyanti or Selinda Reserve, Chief’s Island (Moremi Game Reserve)

Luxuries of Botswana
(9 days)
Okavango Delta, Kalahari Desert, Chief’s Island (Moremi Game Reserve)

Journey Through Botswana
(11 Days)
Okavango Delta, Kalahari Desert, Linyanti or Selinda Reserve, Chief’s Island (Moremi Game Reserve)

Multi-country Tours

South Africa & Botswana
(12 days)
Cape Town & environs, Sabi Sand Reserve, Johannesburg, Chief's Island (Moremi Game Reserve in Okavango Delta)

Classic South Africa, Botswana & Victoria Falls
(13 days)
Cape Town & environs, Sabi Sand Reserve, Johannesburg, Victoria Falls, Chief's Island (Moremi Game Reserve in Okavango Delta)

Ultimate Journey Through Southern Africa
(21 days)
Cape Town & environs, Sabi Sand Reserve, Windhoek, Sossusvlei, Skeleton Coast, Johannesburg, Okavango Delta with Chief's Island (Moremi Game Reserve)

Testimonials

We had a wonderful South Africa & Botswana trip – all the arrangements worked seamlessly…Can’t thank you enough for setting everything up so well.
~ J.S., Toronto, Canada

Our South Africa and Botswana tour was the trip of a lifetime.
~ M.F., Palm Desert, CA

We had an amazing time in South Africa, Botswana and Kenya. We loved the lodges and guides you selected, and the itinerary had the perfect amount of variety.
~ E.C., Fairhope, AL

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