Depart from New York or Washington, DC for your flight to Johannesburg, South Africa on South African Airways.

Upon arrival at Johannesburg's Oliver Tambo International Airport, collect your luggage and then clear Customs & Immigration. You will be met by a Lion World Tours representative and transferred to The Michelangelo Hotel.

Forming an integral part of Nelson Mandela Square, the 5-star Michelangelo Hotel reflects the architecture and design of the Square. A majestic dome in glass and steel tops the entrance lobby atrium rising eight stories. Scenic elevators overlook the atrium with its arches, columns, and decorative balustrades. Marble and sandstone finishes add to the elegance. Rooms and suites have all been tastefully decorated to reflect the elegant Renaissance-style that has been carried throughout the rest of the hotel.

Guests can enjoy drinks in the Il Ritrovo Bar, light snacks and tea in the Intermezzo Lounge and meals in the Piccolo Mondo Restaurant overlooking the bustling Square. Le Salon De Champagne is dedicated to serving truly great champagnes by the bottle or glass. Other amenities include same day laundry service, a health and fitness center, a covered pool with grassed sundeck and easy access to Sandton City and Nelson Mandela Square.

The Hotel is a member of The Leading Hotels of the World.

This morning after breakfast and check out procedures, you will be met for your private road transfer to Johannesburg International Airport for your flight to Maun.

On arrival at Maun Airport, you will be met by a Sefofane representative and assisted to check in for your scheduled light aircraft transfer to your lodge. Accommodation will be reserved for you for 2 nights in a luxury tent inclusive of all meals, scheduled daily activities, laundry and drinks (excluding premium imported brands).

Mombo Camp is situated on Mombo Island, adjoining the northern tip of Chief's Island, and is within the Moremi Game Reserve in northern Botswana. The camp offers abundant wonderful wildlife viewing, arguably, year round the best wildlife viewing in Botswana. The highlight here is the concentrations of plains animals and all the predators - including the big cats! Lion sightings are particularly good. Mombo is built under the shade of some large shady trees and overlooks a wonderful floodplain that teems with wildlife. The camp has 9 comfortably furnished, luxurious tents, raised off the ground. The guest rooms and the walkways that connect the rooms to the living area are over 6 feet off the ground, allowing animals to wander freely through and under the camp - but at the same time allowing for guest safety.

The canvas rooms are spacious and well appointed and have en-suite facilities under canvas and an additional outdoor shower for those who enjoy a shower under the stars.

The dining room, pub and living area overlook the open plain in front of the camp and there is a plunge pool for relaxing in the heat of the day. Activities at Mombo include morning and afternoon game drives in open 4x4 vehicles. The wildlife viewing in the area is excellent and guests can see lion, leopard, large herds of buffalo, cheetah, wild dog, elephant, rhino, hyaena, giraffe, wildebeest and zebra. Access into this area is only by aircraft.

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Little Mombo is situated on Mombo Island, adjoining the northern tip of Chief's Island, and is within the Moremi Game Reserve in northern Botswana. The camp offers abundant wildlife viewing, arguably the best year round in Botswana. The highlight here is the concentrations of plains animals and all the predators - including the big cats with lion sightings being particularly good. Little Mombo is an extension to Mombo Camp, and is built under the shade of large shady trees and overlooks a wonderful floodplain that teems with wildlife. The three guest rooms and the walkways that connect the rooms to the living area are up to two meters off the ground, allowing animals to wander freely through and under the camp - but at the same time allowing for guest safety.

The three tented rooms are comfortably furnished, spacious and well appointed and have en-suite facilities under canvas (and an additional outdoor shower for those who enjoy a shower under the stars). The dining room, pub and living area overlook the open plain in front of the camp and there is a plunge pool for relaxing in the heat of the day. Activities at Little Mombo include morning and afternoon game drives in open 4x4 vehicles. The wildlife viewing in the area is excellent, and guests can see lion, leopard, large herds of buffalo, cheetah, wild dog, elephant, rhino, hyena, giraffe, wildebeest and zebra. Access into this area is only by aircraft.

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Vumbura Plains Camp is a great camp situated in a private concession bordering the Moremi Game Reserve in the extreme north of the Okavango Delta. The Vumbura Reserve offers both land and water activities in an area that has a wonderful variety of habitats, a great diversity of wildlife and offers an enormous traversing area of close on 130,000 acres. The main activity at Vumbura Plains is game viewing in wonderfully varied countryside and the open 4x4 Land Rovers allow close proximity to animals in the savannah and forested areas, complemented by activities out on the water on mokoros.

The Vumbura area is possibly the only area in the Okavango where one can see Red Lechwe (an animal that inhabits the fringes of the waterways) and a Sable antelope (an animal that enjoys the dry countryside) on the same game drive. Add in Lion, Leopard, Elephant, Cheetah and Buffalo along with all the plains animals and one has an excellent all round wildlife experience in a remote and private part of the Okavango. Birding too is great with large varieties and quantities. Walks, mokoros and boating give Vumbura Plains' guests the opportunity to enjoy Africa from a different perspective.

The timber and canvas camp is built under thatch on wooden decks and overlooks a vast and attractive floodplain. Vumbura Plains comprises of two separate seven roomed camps (North and South camps).

Each has its own dining, lounge and bar area although all fourteen rooms (or parts thereof) can be utilized for larger parties. All of the spacious rooms are built under the shade of cool trees and are raised off the ground on wooden platforms with walkways connecting them to the main living areas. Each tented room has a large, very comfortable bedroom, a lounge, a "sala" and en-suite facilities with a shower, a flush toilet and an outdoor shower under the stars. The main dining, lounge and pub area are also raised off the ground and are tucked beneath a canopy of cool, shady, indigenous trees with a wonderful vista across the floodplains. Each room has its own private plunge pool. Access into this area is only by aircraft and then by vehicle to camp.

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Jao Camp is situated in a private reserve on a remote large island, to the west of the Moremi Game Reserve in the heart of the Okavango Delta. Across the waterway in front of camp, guests have access to open flood plains and savannah for a wonderful Okavango experience. Guests are accommodated in 9 large and spacious rooms. Each of the unique and beautiful twin-bedded canvas and thatched rooms has been individually hand crafted. The rooms are built under a canopy of shady trees, with en-suite bathroom comprising of a large bath and double basin vanity. There is also an outside shower under the stars for those more adventurous guests wanting to shower closer to nature. The rooms are raised off the ground and each has a private sala offering wonderful views of the surrounding flood plains. A raised walkway connects the rooms to the dining room and lounge area. There is a plunge pool and an outdoor "boma" for dining under the stars as well as an excellent wine cellar.

Jao also has a Salon where the full time therapist offers a wide range of massage therapies. The activities at Jao include mokoros (dug-out canoes), boats, fishing, day and night game drives and guided walks. The area is extremely seasonal and the annual flood transforms the habitat from dry green open plains in summer to shallow flood plains in the winter. Access to this area is only by aircraft.

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Duba Plains is perhaps the Okavango Delta's most remote camp. The camp is located in a private 30,000 hectare reserve in the furthermost reaches of the Delta on an island, surrounded by expansive seasonally flooded plains (dependant on annual flood waters) and shaded by tall ebony, fig and garcinia trees. This pristine area is home to lion, lechwe, elephant and huge herds of Buffalo, as well as a large variety of Okavango Delta bird life. Wattled cranes and slaty egrets are some of the Okavango specials to be found in the area. The camp is small and intimate, with accommodation limited to 6 comfortable tented rooms. Each of the tents has an en-suite bathroom, with hot and cold running water and a verandah overlooking the floodplain. The dining room and bar area is raised on decks and there is a great pool with a view. The camp focuses on the incredible wildlife in the area through game drives, which are conducted day and night in open 4 x 4 vehicles. Access is by aircraft only.

This morning after your morning game drive and brunch, you will be met by a Sefofane representative and transferred by scheduled light aircraft to Kings Pool. Accommodation will be reserved for you at Kings Pool for 2 nights in a tent inclusive of all meals, scheduled daily activities, laundry and drinks (excluding premium imported brands).

Kings Pool Camp is located in a private reserve in the Linyanti / Savuti Channel area in the northern part of Botswana, on the western boundary of Chobe National Park. The source of the Savuti Channel is within this private reserve. The camp overlooks the oxbow-shaped Kings Pool Lagoon and the Linyanti River to the north. The area has a large wildlife resource with a wide variety of species, but it is most noted for its very large Elephant populations, which during our winter months can reach enormous densities. There are good populations of Impala, Lechwe, Kudu, Zebra, Giraffe, Sable, Waterbuck, Buffalo and the smaller plains antelope. The major predators such as Lion, Leopard, Cheetah, Wild Dog and Hyena are regularly sighted. The reed and papyrus swamps are ideal for numerous and diverse species of birds and are a magnet for wildlife in the dry winter months. Accommodation is in nine luxurious twin bedded tented rooms under cool thatch overlooking the Hippo filled lagoon in front of the camp. Each of the bedrooms has its own large bedroom area, lounge, private plunge pool and sala. Each en-suite bathroom has a double shower, double hand basin vanity area and a separate flush toilet. There is also an outdoor shower for those who prefer to be closer to Africa. The main lounge, pub, curio shop and dining area are under thatch and there is a swimming pool built into the deck. The main area is linked to the bedrooms by a raised walkway. Activities include game drives in open 4x4 Land Rovers, night drives and guided walks.

After your morning activity and brunch, you will be met by a Sefofane representative and transferred by scheduled light aircraft to Kasane Airport. On arrival at Kasane Airport, you will be met by a Chobe Chilwero representative and transferred by scheduled vehicle to Chobe Chilwero. Accommodation will be reserved for you for 2 nights in a standard room inclusive of meals, scheduled daily activities, laundry and drinks (excluding premium imported brands).

Chobe Chilwero is located on the border of the Chobe National Park. Situated on a hill overlooking the Chobe River's floodplains, the camp accommodates a maximum of 30 guests in 15 luxury thatched bungalows, each with a private "sala", en-suite bathroom and a private outdoor shower. A business center is housed in the main public area, and other features include a library, temperature-controlled wine cellar, swimming pool and curio shop. Traditional campfires, fine cuisine and a fireside bar all add to the ambience. Activities revolve around game drives with professional guides in open 4x4 vehicles in the Chobe National Park, as well as boat trips on the Chobe River.

After your morning game drive and brunch, you will be met and transferred by scheduled vehicle to the Stanley & Livingstone Hotel at the Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Accommodation will be reserved for you for 2 nights in a standard room inclusive of all meals & activities (excluding drinks).

The Stanley & Livingstone Hotel is situated on a 6,000-acre private estate just 10 minutes from Victoria Falls. This small luxury Hotel offers 16 suites, all with air-conditioning, satellite TV and a private patio. The natural thatch and brick living area consists of a living room, separate dining room and a bar overlooking nearby waterholes. There is a transfer service to and from town for guests who want to visit the Falls. As well as the many activities on offer in town, the Hotel offers game drives on the private estate. For the more active there is a fully equipped fitness center on site.

This morning, you will be met and transferred by scheduled vehicle to Victoria Falls Airport for your scheduled departure flight to Johannesburg and onward to the USA.

Arrive home with a lifetime of memories!