Botswana Conservation Safari – An Enriching 8 Day Experience
A Customizable Trip to Botswana — 8 Days / 7 Nights
Highlights
• Connect with nature, communities, and deepen your understanding of Botswana.
• Witness firsthand the impact that your stay has on conservation and communities.
• Stay at three wonderful camps, and learn about our sustainable safari operations.
• Enjoy wildlife viewing activities, amongst the various conservation stops.
• This trip is privately guided by a specialist conservation guide.
• Visit the most well-established predator research centre in the Okavango Delta.
• Interact with the Khwai village community.
• Get aboard the Elephant Express to see how a complex human-wildlife conflict issue can be solved.
About this Safari
This is an enriching 8 day safari experience where a portion of the amount you pay for this safari goes directly to the conservation projects you visit. Ideal for those of you who are interested in seeing first-hand how responsible tourism can positively impact conservation and communities, your trip will take you deep into the heart of our sustainable safari operation.
You’ll stay at three of our unique camps, gaining a greater insight into six projects we are involved in, and how through partnerships, the involvement of local communities and contribution from guests, we are able to protect some of Africa’s last great wild places.
This conservation immersion trip will reinforce the difference you can make.
MEET YOUR GUIDE… MURRAY MCCALLUM
Born in South Africa, Murray’s background is in Environmental Consulting and Project Management, which tally neatly with his long-standing interest in the interplay between environmental matters, community and conservation. Murray’s formal education comprises an honours in Environmental Science and an undergraduate in Environmental Science and Anthropology. His thesis tackled community resource management and the pressure of poaching and impoverishment. In the field, Murray has managed lodges in Botswana and Zambia, and once kayaked 300 kilometres across the Savuti Channel and Selinda Spillway with Track of Giants – an initiative bringing attention to elephant conservation corridors and the importance of trans frontier park conservation. Murray now works in our Cape Town office as our Group CSR Manager, and provides conservation and community support for the Natural Selection Trust and Foundation.
Total cost of tour – 2026 USD – starting price – 9055$
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Day by Day Itinerary
Day 1-2: Meno a Kwena – ELEPHANTS FOR AFRICA
You will arrive in Maun and transfer to Meno A Kwena, our hidden gem perched on a rocky clifftop overlooking the Boteti River with…
Day 3: Little Sable – CONSERVATION AND COMMUNITY OVERVIEW
Wake up, grab a coffee and enjoy your last moments at Meno a Kwena. After breakfast you will transfer back to Maun and hop onto a small plane, to continue your adventure into the Okavango Delta. You will be…
DAY 4: KHWAI COMMUNITY AND WILD ENTRUST
Wake up to a steaming hot cup of coffee and a light breakfast, before heading to the Khwai Village, where you will get to see first-hand the community work that is…
DAY 5: KPR ANTI-POACHING
As the sun rises you will wake again to the beauty of the iconic Okavango Delta experiences. After a steaming hot cup of coffee and a light breakfast, you will be heading…
DAY 6: DUKE’S CAMP / DUKE’S EAST
After breakfast, you will leave Little Sable and head out to magical Duke’s Camp or Duke’s East, situated in the Northern Okavango Delta. This area offers a…
DAY 7: ELEPHANT EXPRESS, LIFE WITH ELEPHANT TOUR AND CLAWS
Up with the dawn, you will greet the beauty of this extraordinary landscape coffee and rusk in hand. Today you have an early start, travelling by helicopter to nearby…
DAY 8: DEPARTURE
Wake up and enjoy a relaxed morning, and one more scrummy breakfast before you bid farewell to Duke’s Camp or Duke’s East. Today you will head back to Maun, and continue to your onward destination.
This is a condensed overview of the journey.
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Details of Rates
Rates include –
- Traveling costs as per itinerary and entrance and park fees.
- Accommodation as specified on a sharing basis, all meals and local drinks.
- Activities (most!) and road transfers.
- Applicable tourism levies, taxes, and all relevant VAT.
- 5% of every guests stay in addition to a per person per night Conservation, Community and Reserve (CCR) Fee, goes directly to regional conservation and community outreach initiatives.
- A donation of US$ 1,000 per person which is split between the specific projects visited on your trip and our company-wide Conservation, Community and Reserve (CCR) Fee. This goes directly to protecting wildlife, wildlife habitat, and supporting communities who live alongside wildlife and are committed to wildlife conservation.
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Questions about this Botswana conservation safari
What makes this a conservation safari rather than a standard one?
A portion of what you pay goes directly to the conservation projects you visit. Over eight days you stay at three camps and gain insight into six projects, seeing at first hand how partnerships, local community involvement and guest contributions help protect wild places. The trip is privately guided by a specialist conservation guide.
Which camps and areas does it cover?
You arrive in Maun and transfer to Meno a Kwena, perched on a rocky clifftop above the Boteti River. From there you fly into the Okavango Delta to Little Sable, and later move north to Duke's Camp or Duke's East in the northern Delta. All three are tented camps, over eight days and seven nights.
What projects will we actually see?
The itinerary includes Elephants for Africa at Meno a Kwena, a conservation and community overview at Little Sable, a visit to Khwai Village and Wild Entrust, a day with KPR anti-poaching, and the Elephant Express along with the Life with Elephants tour and CLAWS. You also visit the most well-established predator research centre in the Okavango Delta.
Who guides the trip?
It is privately guided by a specialist conservation guide, and the guide profiled is Murray McCallum. His background is in environmental consulting and project management, with an honours degree in environmental science, and he has managed lodges in Botswana and Zambia. He once kayaked 300 kilometres across the Savuti Channel and Selinda Spillway with Track of Giants.
When is the best time to travel and what does it cost?
The recommended season runs April to October. Starting price for 2026 is US$9,055 per person. Alongside the conservation stops there is plenty of wildlife viewing, so it works as a proper safari as well as an education in how responsible tourism supports communities and habitat.