An adventurous safari, chosen for
its less travelled routes through Deception Valley, Tau Pan,
Piper Pan.
This Safari starts and ends in Maun.
Your Itinerary
Day 1 Arrive at Maun International Airport where
you will meet your Penduka guide. We depart towards
the Central Kalahari Game Reserve where we set up
our first night’s camp close to the banks
of the dry Boteti River. Enjoy the first evening
under the African sky and around the campfire. Overnight Boteti River.
Day 2
After breakfast we leave the Boteti and soon arrive
at Matswere Gate, where we enter the Central Kalahari
Game Reserve. We make our way through the Passarge
Valley (all these valleys are old fossil river beds
now, with clusters of trees and grass). We stop
for lunch in the shade of the acacia trees. In Passarge
Valley the chances of seeing giraffe and cheetah
are very good. We arrive in camp late afternoon.
Time to relax and have a shower. Time permitting
we go on a late afternoon walk on the pan itself.
The campsite at Tau is most spectacular with beautiful
views and sunsets over the vegetated pan –normally
there is a good variety of game grazing in the background.
Tau (meaning Lion) is well known for its predators
and to hear Lion at night and in the early morning
is nothing unusual. Overnight
Tau Pan.
Day
3
Early morning wake up, after tea/coffee we leave
on a full morning game drive in search of resident
game. Return back to camp around 11h00 for a sumptuous
brunch. Time at leisure in camp during the heat
of the day. Late afternoon game drive arrving back
in camp with time to take a shower before enjoying
sundowners.
Overnight Tau Pan.
Day
4
Today we travel south via a couple of vegetated
pans to reach the remote Piper pan in the early
afternoon. Lunch served en route. We enjoy the peace
and tranquility around the campfire.
Overnight Piper Pan.
Day
5
Morning and afternoon game drives. Time to relax
during the heat of the day. Overnight
Piper Pan.
Day
6 & 7
After breakfast we make our way due northeast via
Lethiau Valley to reach Deception Valley in the
afternoon. We spend these two days exploring Deception
Pan, and the adjoining pans. This area is home to
a number of Kalahari animals such as springbok,
gemsbok, red hartebeest, brown hyena and lion, which
we should see on our morning and afternoon game
drives. Overnight
Deception Valley.
Day
8
Option
1: A leisurely breakfast early morning, break
down camp and then we drive north along the cut
line to Kuke corner bidding the Central Kalahari
Game Reserve good bye. We will arrive back in Maun
in time for your outbound flight.
End of your safari
Optional
2 Day extension: A leisurely breakfast
early morning, break down camp and then we will
drive north along the cut line to Kuke corner,
bidding the Central Kalahari Game Reserve good
bye. We will arrive at Deception Valley Lodge
in time for lunch. You will be shown to your luxurious
chalets and have the pleasure of water on tap.
In the afternoon we will have a walk with the
Bushmen. They will demonstrate their survival
techniques and way of life in the inhospitable
land of the Kalahari. There will be plenty of
time to take a bath or shower with views of the
bush before dinner. Overnight Deception
Valley Lodge.
Day
9
After a magnificent breakfast you will be transferred
to the airstrip for your charter flight back to
Maun in time for your outbound flight.
End of the safari.
