TSODILO BUSHMAN ROCK PAINTINGS (SAFARI 005)

TSODILO BUSHMAN ROCK PAINTINGS (SAFARI 005)

Okavango Delta Tsodilo Hills Maun 4 Nights 5 days Non Participatory Camping & Lodging Safari

5 days 4 nights 3-6 people on board

Duration

5 Days 4 Nights

2 Nights Camping

2 Nights Lodging

STARTS

Maun-Gateway to the Okavango Delta

ENDS

Maun-Gateway to the Okavango Delta

PLACES OF INTERESTS

  • Mokoro Sundown
  • Okavango Delta
  • Hiking & Rock Art View

Explore Tsodilo Hills which is a sacred mystical place where the ancestral spirits of the San people the earliest inhabitants and the Hambukushu who have periodically occupied the hills for the past 200 years dwell. Their ancestors performed rituals here to ask for assistance and rain Located North West Botswana near the Namibia Border in Okavango Sub District in, the Tsodilo Hills are a small area of massive quartzite rock formations that rise from ancient sand dunes to the east and a dry fossil lake bed to the west in the Kalahari Desert. The Tsodilo Hills are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, consisting of rock art, rock shelters, depressions, and caves in Botswana, Southern Africa Ancient Art Preserved: Tsodilo Hills Rock Art. Perhaps the most captivating quality of the stunning Tsodilo Hills is the preserved rock art. The area boasts thousands of these ancient paintings. Some are believed to be over 20 000 years old.

DAY 1 MAUN

LODGING (BED & BREAKFAST x1)

Arrive in Maun international airport where Bush Orchestra Safaris meet & greet team will be waiting for you and transfer you to your accommodation facility on a bed and breakfast basis dinner will be served at own expenses. Maun is the gateway to one of the best wildlife experiences you will ever have a safari in the unforgettable Okavango delta. Your activities which is also an adventure starts at mokoro station just few kilometers from Maun by the edge of Okavango Delta for your mokoro Sundown Maun is a town on the Thamalakane River in western Botswana. It's the jumping-off point for the vast inland Okavango Delta, which becomes a lush wildlife habitat during the seasonal floods Maun has grown rapidly from its early days as a small, rural frontier good shopping centers town and now a Tourism of Capital of Botswana

DAY 2-3 TSODIL HILLS

CAMPING (BREAKFAST X2 LUNCH X2 HIGH TEA X2 DINNER X2)

After breakfast we depart to Tsodilo Hills where it takes 4 hours by road Tsodilo Hills was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2002, Tsodilo Hills includes a museum, administration buildings, a main campsite and ablutions, and three smaller un-serviced campsites nearby. Activity highlights Tsodilo Hills include hiking and rock painting view. Exploring the three central Hill which is the Male Female and Child Tsodilo has been called the ''Louvre of the Desert''. Over 4,500 paintings are preserved in an area of only 10 km2 of the Kalahari Desert. And that their gods live in grottos within the Female Hill, from where they rule the world. The bushman believe that Tsodilo Hills are the resting place of the spirits of the deceased they believe that the most sacred place is near the top of the Male Hill. Legend has it that the first spirit prayed after creating the world.

DAY 4 MAUN

LODGING (BREAKFAST X1)

We depart to Maun after breakfast. Which will be an exciting trip of about 3-4 hours also a route game drive to Maun Arriving to Maun you will spend your night in a hotel on a bed and breakfast basis dinner at own expenses

DAY 5 TOUR ENDS

AIRPORT TRANSFER

After breakfast you will be transferred to Maun International Airport for your flight.

ITINERAY SUMMARY

 

DAYS

DESTINATIONS

1

Maun-Gateway to the Okavango Delta

2-3

Tsodilo Hills Bushmen Rock paintings

4

Maun

5

Airport Transfer

INCLUSIVES

  • Small group 6 Pax
  • Parks & Reserve entry fees.
  • Use of camping equipment (comfortable bedroll, pillows)
  • Transport in 4WD game viewing vehicle (open game viewing game drive vehicle )
  • Car Fridge.
  • Pick up and drop off at the airport
  • Meals [B x 3, L x 2, H 2 D x 2].
  • Jug of Juice
  • fruits
  • Soft drinks, beers, wines, spirits
  • Tea/Coffee and Hot Chocolate.
  • Professional Guide.
  • 2 Game drives per day.
  • Camp Assistant.
  • Mokoro Sundown
  • Mokoro pooler fees.
  • Entrance fees to the Okavango Delta.
  • First aid kit
  • satellite phone
  • Bottle mineral water when camping
  • Lodge accommodation on bed and breakfast basis (Maun,)

EXCLUSVES

  • Staff tips
  • Arrival and departure flights
  • Meals in the restaurants –lunch and dinner
  • Emergency evacuation
  • Curios
  • Insurance