Safari Planning
A guide to planning your safari to the Okavango Delta
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For those looking at combining Okavango Delta activities with self drive safaris of Botswana the Mboma Boat Station provides an excellent opportunity to get deep into the delta and explore it by motorboat and mokoro.
Situated on Mboma Island in the north west reaches of the Moremi Game Reserve on the permanent waters of the Okavango Delta the Mboma Boat Station provides an excellent way to see this delicate ecosystem. Catering for those making their own arrangements Mboma provides both mokoro excursions and motorboat trips.
Six fiberglass mokoros, each seating two passengers and poled by local professional guides, explore the surrounding waterways and are complemented by two motorboats allowing for trips further afield, including to the Godikwe Heronry, a seasonal breeding site for thousands of waterbirds.
Easily accessible, an hour from Third Bridge and three hours from South Gate, the boat station is signposted from both South Gate and Third Bridge.
Perfect recommendation, smooth execution! They fully understood our needs and made perfect recommendations. This was by far the best safari I've ever been to, tailored to us and simply exceeding our expectations. Without their help and advice - we wouldn't be able to make this fantastic trip. Worth every penny
Ryszard Wojtkowski - September 2024
Excellent service so glad I found this company to book with! We had to book last minute as another holiday fell through and Louise took time to understand what we were looking for and the holiday exceeded expectations. Answered all my question in a timely way and I found Louise very easy to chat to. They even arranged some special moments as the trip celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary.
Julien Smith September 2024
Fantastic Service, Terrific Safari
Attentive, efficient, responsive and overall great service arranging my safari excursion in Botswana. The folks at Okavango Delta were extremely helpful and courteous, answered every question I had, and always kept an eye on personalizing the trip so I'd get exactly what I wanted out of it. They also smoothed any little bumps that inevitably arise when planning a trip of this scope, and thoroughly prepared me for making my safari a fabulous once-in-a-lifetime experience. Highly recommended.
Morty Bernstein August 2024
#1 Bucket list adventure of a lifetime
We had an absolutely lovely experience from beginning to end with Okavango Delta Explorations. The interaction with Maxine was exceptional. She was very responsive in such a lovely way to all our questions and put together THE MOST amazing trip for us. It will go down as one of our most treasured memories of a lifetime. We will be forever thankful.
Laurie Jeffries - June 2024
An absolutely superb trip, and this is entirely down to Okavango Delta Explorations.
Louise carefully listened to what we wanted to get from the trip, and despite my work schedule patiently kept me informed of all developments in our honeymoon and planned everything. I can't fault Louise or the company's approach to organising this trip. No question or request was too much and everything was planned perfectly. We will definitely be returning and using the company again.
Johnathan Manners -July 2019
Kudos to Okavango Delta Explorations
Anna guided us through the process of creating our itinerary and provided us with a flawless trip! Everything about our safari, from the selection of game lodges, transportation and transfer logistics, was handled professionally and smoothly. The Desert and Delta trip met all our expectations and we had a wonderful experience.
Nick Yiangou May 2024
Best Trip Ever
Our experience with Okavango Delta Explorations was outstanding. We worked closely with Louise FitzGerald through email and video conferencing over the course of several months to craft our Botswana safari and stays in Victoria Falls and Johannesburg. Louise was flexible and very helpful and listened to our needs and requirements. The safari was an unforgettable experience. The camps and lodges that Louise chose were terrific accommodations that aligned with our budget. The safari guides at all locations were amazing - they educated us, kept us safe, and shared these incredible habitats with us - and the staff’s hospitality at each camp was warm and welcoming. We were quite well fed and cared for. All of the transfers and logistics went off flawlessly - which is impressive given how much you move around during the course of several weeks including multiple flights and border crossings. An app is provided that contains everything about your trip, including local weather reports, which was a great and handy resource to have. Our accommodations in Vic Falls and Johannesburg were also lovely.
We found that planning a safari for the first time is daunting, but knew that we didn’t want to sign on to a ready-made group tour with the big-name operators. Using this company gave us the flexibility we wanted with all the infrastructure perfectly in place. We are inspired to go again on safari and if we do, we would use Okavango Delta Explorations again to manage our next adventure. HIGHLY recommend!
Joanne Lustig June 2024
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