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Botswana on a Budget (8 Days)

This Botswana safari offers great value, focusing on two of the country’s must-see highlights: Chobe National Park and the Okavango Delta. Ideal for travelers on a budget, the trip is well-designed to give an authentic experience while staying at some of the best-value properties in Botswana.

Specific highlights of this Botswana safari:

  • Budget-friendly option for a Botswana safari
  • Explore elephant-rich Chobe National Park and the stunning Okavango Delta
  • Stay at small, adventurous camps in great locations
  • Perfect for capturing world-class photography of Africa’s wildlife and scenery

Overview of the suggested Botswana safari lodges and activities:

  • Chobe Elephant Camp: Located away from the crowds, this camp offers expertly guided game drives, boat cruises, and village visits on the edge of the Chobe River.
  • Sango Camp: A fantastic property just outside the Moremi Game Reserve. Enjoy day and night game drives, mokoro excursions, and walks around a local village.
  • Pom Pom Camp: Located in a beautiful area of the Okavango Delta, Pom Pom offers intimate safaris, mokoro rides, and fishing, providing a more personal experience in an exclusive private reserve.

Who is this Botswana trip for?

This safari is designed with couples and honeymooners in mind, though it can easily be adapted for families or groups. Each trip is tailor-made to meet your preferences, with flexibility in accommodations and itinerary to suit your travel needs.

Days 1–3 CHOBE NATIONAL PARK

Swimming pool, Chobe Elephant Camp, Chobe, Botswana

For the first leg of your Botswana safari on a budget, you’ll head to Chobe National Park and stay at  Chobe Elephant Camp** for two nights. This eco-style camp is perched on a ridge with stunning views of the Chobe River and its floodplain. The open-plan lounge and dining area seamlessly flow into a traditional boma, creating a relaxed atmosphere. A pathway leads to a viewing deck with a swimming pool, offering a perfect spot to take in the views.

Activities:
– Game Drives and Boat Cruises: Get up close with Chobe’s famous elephant herds on expertly guided game drives and boat cruises.
– Local Village Walks**: Discover the local culture with walks through the nearby village, adding a community experience to your safari.

Chobe Elephant Camp offers a blend of great wildlife encounters and cultural immersion, making it the ideal starting point for your Botswana adventure.

Days 3–6 OKAVANGO DELTA

Leopard, wildlife, Sango Safari Camp, Okavango Delta, Botswana

After Chobe, you’ll journey to the Okavango Delta, staying at two unique properties. First up is Sango Safari Camp, where you’ll spend three nights. This charming tented camp features an open main area and Meru-style tents, offering stunning views of floodplains, riverine forests, and dry woodlands teeming with wildlife.
Enjoy the scenery from your private veranda. Situated between the Khwai River and the predator-rich Moremi Game Reserve, Sango offers fantastic game-viewing opportunities with day and night game drives, all-day excursions, and mokoro rides.
While this area is busier than deeper parts of the Okavango, it still provides chances to spot four of the Big Five—lion, leopard, elephant, and buffalo—along with cheetah, hyena, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, antelopes, hippos, crocodiles, and much more!

Days 6–8 OKAVANGO DELTA

Mokoro, Pom Pom, Okavango Delta, Botswana

A short light aircraft flight takes you from Sango to Pom Pom, where you’ll spend the final two nights of your Botswana safari on a private island in one of the Delta’s best-value private reserves.

Pom Pom is a cozy, adventurous retreat set in an area of stunning scenery, with reed-fringed channels and waterlily lagoons. The safari tents each have a private veranda with sweeping views of the lagoon. Activities focus on exploring the local wildlife with morning and evening game drives, as well as mokoro excursions.

This area is teeming with wildlife, and fishing is also available, with expert guides ready to help you catch African pike and various types of bream.

Package includes:

  • Transport: vehicle, fuel, and  driver
  • Gorilla permit
  • Full board accommodation for the
  • Entrance fees.
  • All activities.
  • Bottled drinking water

Package excludes:

  • Visas
  • Air ticket
  • Personal expenses.
  • Cost for anything that is not mentioned in the itinerary.

We use 4×4 safari cars for our safaris and therefore every traveler is guaranteed a window seat, bellow are photos of the cars.

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Tony M
Tony M
2024-01-08
Jewel Safaris has a jewel in a female driver, Rachel My trip to Lake Mburo National Park and Queen Elizabeth National Park on 5th Jan 2024, could not have gone better. My great experience was all down to Jewel Safaris' professionalism and industry experience. The car arrived at my house on time (5 am) to pick me up for the trip. The tour guide driver, a lady named Rachel Aheebwa, was such a delight. Female tour guides drivers are so rare, so this was unexpected. But looking back at how much of a success my tour went, Rachel was the best part of the trip. Two hours into the drive, she suggested a breakfast place that turned out to serve the best coffee I'd ever taken. The small eatery happened to be ran by a lady with tourism experience of 17 years. We set off for Lake Mburo about an hour later and arrived at the park gate three hours later. Because we planned to sleep in Queen Elizabeth National Park and we still had hundreds of kilometers to cover, she made sure we wasted no time Mburo. She was always friendly and firm in her advice when it came to time keeping. We made it to our final destination before dark and had time to rest. Before going to bed, she told me, firmly that we must leave at 7 if we are to see all the animals we wanted to see. I would have loved to sleep in but she made it clear that this was not an option. I was later thankful for this. There were several tourist vehicles at the UWA offices when we arrived. After payments, all the cars left through a Northwards track but Rachel went Eastwards and in less than thirty minutes of Game driving, we hit a jack pot. We found lions on the road and I was able to take close up pictures for several minutes as she made calls to all her friends letting them know that she had found lions. By the time all the vehicles crowded around the lions, I had spend over half an an hour with them. One of the best moments of my life. Jewel safaris couldn't have chosen a better tour guide driver for me. Every thing was well planned to help me see all there was to be seen.
TimmyHensel
TimmyHensel
2023-08-10
Murchison Falls Adventure This was my first safari adventure and it was a trip of a lifetime. The owner, Dona was very professional and helpful and made sure he understood what we wanted. The vehicle was wonderful and roomy and well kept. Our guide, Patrick made the trip exceptional. He knew the park, he knew the animals and he was a former ranger who spent years protecting the animals of that park. It was clear that the other guides respected him and Patrick was kind, funny and made sure we had a wonderful adventure. The first night, the owner called me to ask how everything was going and he messaged me after the trip to make sure we had a great time. That was above and beyond what I expected. Great company, great customer service and fantastic guide with years of experience. This is the company I would choose over and over.
pablo
pablo
2023-08-09
Great safari!!!! Fantastic. The owner went out of the way to make sure we had what we wanted. I highly recommend Patrick as guide and driver. He loves what he does and you can tell.
Simon T
Simon T
2023-08-07
Two-day trip to Lake Mburo Our two-day trip to Lake Mburo with our driver and guide Patrick was great. He delivered what we asked for, and more! Other than being a very kind person and good driver, Patrick was able to share a lot of information about the different animals and places we encountered. A big thanks to Jewel Safaris and Patrick! 100% Recommend!
Sander T
Sander T
2023-08-07
2 days Safari to Lake Mburo We had a blast of a weekend with Patrick from Jewel Safari's. He knew so much about the animals, was so friendly and flexible to arrange it the way we wanted. I would advice to go on a Safari with him!
George H
George H
2023-05-31
Uganda 2023 We had the great pleasure of having Patrick from jewel safaris for a week in Uganda. Hugely informative and fun, Patrick is a perfect ambassador for a fun, beautiful and dramatic country which is Uganda. A fabulous tour by a class guide. I’ve had the pleasure of visiting most of Africa and Uganda is top. Will go back
astrid H
astrid H
2023-05-31
Incredible experience Amazing service and amazing country and people. It was an incredible trip, I can’t fault anything. We all enjoyed it so much and our guide was so attentive and catered to what we wanted to do
goran52
goran52
2022-11-30
Utmärkt service, bra bil och kunnig guide. Jewel Safaris arrangerade vår resa till Uganda, med bland annat gorillorna i Bwindi. Vi var även i nationalparken där schimpanserna finns. Jewel Safaris har lång erfarenhet av att anordna safaris i Uganda. Goran
K F
K F
2022-11-29
good service We had a great trip with Jewel Safari and would definitely recommend to book trips with Jewel Safari.
Ola Karlsson
Ola Karlsson
2022-11-10
Great agency We ordered the trip in 2019 to go to Uganda in April 2020. Then Covid came and the trip was postponed for 2,5 yrs and in the meantime we kept contact and When we finally could go it all went super-smooth. Well organized and very friendly personnel and a fantastic guide. Nothing went wrong during the 10 days we visited and the arrangements were spotless.

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