This 6 week Volunteer and Adventure Combo has it all; wildlife, culture, community and adventure. From the Okavango Delta in Botswana where you’ll come up close and personal to some of Africa’s most incredible wildlife, to the game rich Chobe National Park near Victoria Falls via a rewarding community project in Maun where you’ll help to care for some of Botswana’s most underprivileged children, here is your chance to experience Africa at its finest and to give something back along the way. Situated at the gateway to the Okavango Delta, Maun is the historically small and somewhat isolated village where you’ll spend 4 weeks providing much needed assistance, education and support to a number of vulnerable children in need. As well as your volunteer project, you will go on incredible camping safaris, and get the chance to spend some time in Livingstone, near Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe.
Spanning 2 countries, 1 Delta, 1 National Park, 43 days, lots of children and a cornucopia of wildlife, this is an unforgettable and rewarding adventure that you’ll definitely not want to miss out on.

Project Facts

• Duration: 6 weeks
• Cost: £2345($4104)
• Requirements: Age 18+
• Location: Okavango Delta & Maun, Botswana and Victoria Falls, Zambia
• Tour Activities: Safari in Moremi Game Reserve, explore Savuti and Chobe in search of the Big 5, camp under the stars, visit Victoria Falls
• Working hours during volunteer project: 08:30 - 15:00, Monday - Friday
• Volunteer Activities: Hands on teaching, organising activities, caring for the children, assessing needs, developing the centre and more
• Project Availability: Project starts the 1st Monday of the months in the following months: October, November, February 2012, July 2012 and August 2012

What is included

• Accommodation: Camping in Okavango, Host Family in Maun, Dorm Lodges in Victoria Falls
• Food: 3 Meals a day (except your 3 days in Livingstone and a few during your tours)
• Airport pick up and drop off to Maun, Botswana
• Training: Pre-departure information pack, on-site orientation and project induction provided
• Tour guides for your tours
• Support: On-site volunteer coordinator providing 24h support
• Activities: 4 day camping safari in Moremi Game Reserve, Sixaxa Cultural Village tour, 7 day camping safari in Chobe National Park

What is not included

• Flights
• Visas (please arrange a 3 month tourist visa before your arrival in Botswana)
• Insurance
• Meals for your 3 days in Livingstone and a few while you are on your tours
• Any excursions over and above your itinerary

Day 1-Day 2 – Arrival (Maun, Botswana) and Orientation
Day 3-Day 7 – Moremi Game Reserve Tour, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Day 8-Day 19 – Volunteer Community Project (Care for Underprivileged Children), Maun, Botswana
Day 20-Day 28 - Safari through Chobe National Park to Victoria Falls, Zambia
Day 29-Day 40 - Return to Maun and spend more time with your host family and on the Community Project
Day 41-Day 42 - Spend the weekend exploring Maun and saying goodbye to your new friends
Day 43 – Return to airport (Livingston, Zambia) to fly home

Moremi Game Reserve Tour, Okavango Delta

Botswana is home to the world’s largest inland delta – the Okavango Delta. Sitting along Victoria Falls as one of Africa’s most unique natural wonders, the Okavango Delta is formed through the seasonal flooding of water from the highlands of Angola into the Kalahari Desert. Nestled within the Okavango Delta, Moremi Game Reserve plays residence to an abundance of wildlife including lions, elephants, buffalos, leopards, raptors, storks and cranes. Your tour will include a 4 night camping safari through the Reserve to the heart of the delta where you will get the chance to encounter of some Botswana’s most incredible wildlife. Whilst camping, you will also have the opportunity to take part in a guided bush walk as well as a night drive where you will go in search of some nocturnal wildlife. On Day 7 you will depart Moremi for your volunteer project in Maun.

Volunteer Project

See Botswana: Care for Underprivileged Children for full details of project

Safari through Chobe National Park to Victoria Falls

A 5 day safari lies in wait once you have completed your 4 week volunteer project at Maun. Here you will have the opportunity to travel through the vast stretch of wilderness between the Okavango Delta and Victoria Falls to Chobe National Park, a Mecca for elephants and big predators. Your safari guide will take you deep into the plains and savanna woodland, then through the Khwai and Savuti areas of Chobe where you will camp out for 4 nights en route to Kasane. Travelling in true African style in both an open top safari vehicle and by foot, your 5 day safari will have you embracing Africa’s most diverse National Park in search of Botswana’s big game.

Livingstone, Victoria Falls

Having reached your destination of Kasane at the end of your safari through Chobe, you will then be ferried over the Zambezi River to Livingstone town in Zambia, situated on the edge of the breathtaking Victoria Falls. It is here that you will spend your last 4 days, roaming, exploring or relaxing at your pleasure. There is a huge list of optional activities ready and waiting to fill your spare time (at your own extra cost). Catering to a range of needs, from the calm – cruising by boat upstream of the Victoria Falls, and the wild – while water rafting on the grade 5 rapids of the Zambezi river, right through to the extreme – bungee jumping into the Zamebzi Gorge below the falls, there is sure to be an activity to suit everyone! Sit back, relax (or seek out a thrill or two) and finish your trip in style before heading back to Livingstone International Airport on Day 43.