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Deception Valley Lodge, Eagle Island Lodge

A brief, but magical journey to enjoy the contrast between the Kalahari Desert and lush Okavango Delta. The Kalahari being the home of the San bushman brings a wonderful view into the cultural aspect while enjoying an amazing wildlife experience to two incredible destinations.

Day 1-2: Kalahari

Upon arrival in Maun, you will be met and assisted to depart on a scheduled light air transfer to the Kalahari. Spend 2 nights at Deception Valley Lodge in chalet fully inclusive of all meals, Teas/ coffees and snacks, all game activities, all alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, laundry, Government taxes and levies, and park fees.

Deception Valley Lodge an oasis in the Kalahari of Botswana, a luxury lodge close to the famous Okavango Delta. Experience the Kalahari with Bushman at hand, to share their knowledge, while you can relax in total luxury at this unique destination. At Deception Valley Lodge you can experience the vastness of the Kalahari while enjoying some of the most prolific bird life or do some star gazing at night. What makes Deception Valley Lodge unique is the rare opportunity to meet and explore this remarkable environment with bushman Guides of the San people, one of the oldest cultures in Africa. Experience a tour with real Bushmen. Exploring the bush on foot, while your guide will teach you of the hunting and survival skills, the culture and crafts of the San people, who over the centuries have adapted their lives to survive in the most inhospitable environment of them all.

Day 3-5: Okavango Delta

Depart on a scheduled light air transfer to the Okavango Delta. Spend 3 nights at Eagle Island Lodge fully inclusive of Accommodation, meals, all drinks including premium branded spirits and wines but excluding imported champagne, laundry services. At least 2 game viewing activities daily, emergency medical evacuation insurance and national park fees, VAT in Botswana AND NEW FOR 2010 all shared inter camp air transfers from / to Maun & Kasane airports or any other Orient-Express camp.Hidden from the world, deep within Botswana's Okavango Delta, is the safari paradise we call Eagle Island Camp by Orient-Express. Situated on the island of Xaxaba and surrounded by Illala Palms, the camp overlooks a lagoon fed by the tranquil waterways of the Delta.

The area offers exceptionally high quality wildlife viewing with prolific birdlife and mammal sightings. All luxury tents are housed on raised wooden platforms, offering great views, and shaded by a traditional African thatch roof. The large private decks are furnished with easy chairs and a hammock, ideal for viewing wildlife, or for enjoying a private dinner in complete privacy.  The tent interiors are luxuriously appointed with such comforts as an en suite bathroom, private fully stocked mini bar, four poster bed complete with mosquito netting, as well as a discreet air conditioning. For your convenience, in-room safes are provided for the safekeeping of all cash, travel documents and other such articles. Our camp offers game viewing activities in the morning and late afternoons.  Bird and game viewing is done either from motorised boats or mokoro (traditional dugout canoes), which are poled along effortlessly and quietly through the clear waters of the Okavango. Eagle Island Camp offers a rate-inclusive 45 minute scenic helicopter flight of the magnificent game-rich Okavango Delta as part of our range of exclusive activities. Other services offered, at an aditional charge, include private excursions to secret islands.

Day 6: Depart

Depart Eagle Island on a scheduled light air transfer to Maun.