Special Personally Hosted Safaris

We’re heading back to Botswana in 2008 to purchase more crafts to stock Cecilia’s shop and while we’re there we’re going to host a very special safari. The trip combine incredible game viewing with unique cultural experiences.

The Kuru Dance Festival Safari- This safari highlights the D’kar Trust’s incredible annual Traditional Dance Festival. This 12 day trip will also trek into the middle of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve‘s wilderness and the Makgadikgadi Pan’s National Park.

Special 9 day supplement - This add-on trip is a 9 day comprehensive wildlife safari that will visit most of the parks plus bring you to a must see in Africa, the Zambian side of Vic Falls.

Notes for all hosted trips -

All trips are timed to allow for guests to leave the US on a Saturday and arrive back on a Saturday to for a day of recuperation.

The trips are limited to a maximum of 8 guests and designed to be at a relaxing pace yet still cover a lot of ground. We almost always stay two nights in each location. The accommodations are a mix of established lodges and fully catered luxury camping (Mobile Safaris are the traditional safaris). Transportation will be in a customized Land Rover game viewing vehicle with a canvas top and roll down windows with an accompanying support Land Rover.

Cecilia and Peter will be hosting guests the entire time except during the craft buying trip when guests are at the luxury lodge in the Okavango Delta for the three days. We will also provide you with all kinds of pre-trip information such as what to expect, what clothes and accessories to pack, and a list of books that cover the wildlife, culture, and history of the places and people we’ll be visiting. And, for guests in the northeastern US, we will happily meet with you and give you a pre-trip PowerPoint presentation. For guests beyond our travel distance, we can provide a DVD of the PowerPoint presentation.

The prices quoted are almost all inclusive from when we meet you at the airport until we wave goodbye as you board your plane home.

The price includes:

 • All meals and drinks including beer and wine (within reason)
 • Transportation
 • Charter flights
 • Accommodations
 • Entrance fees for parks and reserves
 • All Activities outlined in the itineraries
 • All costs of additional guides, staff and experts
 • A CD of of the photos we take during the trip

Not included are:

 • Commercial flights to and from the start and endpoints of the safaris
 • Botswana VAT (10%)
 • 
Any additional accommodations before or after the scheduled itineraries
 • Tips and gratuities for guides and staff
 • Crafts bought by guests
 • Any additional activities added to itinerary

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See Tsodilo Hills
Ancient rock paintings of rhino
An ostrich egg canteen
A San mother and child
Camping along river
Our son Markham and some friends

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