Where the Wild Things Are
Award-winning tailor-made travel specialists, Far and Wild, expertly craft bespoke and immersive itineraries to create unforgettable holidays.
Far and Wild focuses on the following three core principles: expertise, being a force for good, and creating truly special experiences. When booking with Far and Wild, you will always talk to a destination specialist who will use their expert knowledge alongside your desires to create a truly tailored and bespoke trip, and for every traveller they donate $50 to their partner charities. Well-known for expertise in the southern hemisphere, Far and Wild offers exceptional adventures off the traditional tourist routes. Its safari in breathtaking Botswana sees guests journey into three different areas of the country.
The itinerary at a glance
Day one
On arrival at Maun Airport in Botswana, you will be greeted and assisted to your shared charter flight to the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans. Here, you will be introduced to your guide and taken out for your first wildlife experience. You will return to Camp Kalahari for sundown.
Day two
The wildlife adventure continues, with guided morning and afternoon activities. Meeting the meerkats is highly recommended!
Day three
Following your last animal encounter, you will be dropped off at the airstrip for your onward flight to Khwai and the Okavango Delta. On landing, you will be met by your new guide and driven to Sable Alley, your base for the next three nights.
Day four
Explore the private Khwai Concession with your guide, and choose from game viewing by land, foot or boat.
Day five
After a final adventure, you will depart for the Linyanti. Here you will be transferred to Linyanti Bush Camp by Helicopter Horizons.
Day six - eight
Explore this magical area; you will be in another private concession so there will be few other vehicles.
Day nine
As you say so long to your final safari, you will be either driven or flown by helicopter to Maun Airport, before heading to Cape Town for your international flight home.
The Makgadikgadi Salt Pans
A place like no other on earth; these salt pans are all that remain of a great lake which once covered northern Botswana, fed by rivers carrying salts. Its two most iconic pans, Ntwetwe and Sua Pan, provide vistas of blinding white salt flats reaching far into the horizon. While no vegetation grows on its salty surface, grassland fringes the pans; interestingly, no animals roam here, with the exception of a few desert species and the elusive striped hyenas who live nearby, so the landscape is beguiling; almost transcending perspective and time.
The Okavango Delta and The Private Khwai Concession
An immense, waterlogged oasis alive with Big Five, birdlife and wetland antelope, adrift in the middle of Kalahari sands, the Okavango Delta is one of Africa's great game preserves. The pulsing nature of the wetland leads to strikingly different landscapes with both permanent and seasonal delta environments. During the winter, when the desert is its driest, water fills the Okavango, transforming the floodplains into a Noah's Ark of wildlife.
Collab
The Hideaways Club has collaborated with Far & Wild to enrich its members' experience. This collaboration offers extraordinary adventure to 'add-on' to a holiday; Far & Wild will expertly craft bespoke itineraries, adding a new and exciting dimension to a Club membership.