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Botswana

Selinda Adventure Trail

PLAN MY TRIP

Running alongside an ancient spillway through miles of pristine Botswanan bush country, the Selinda Adventure Trail offers a truly unique and authentic African Safari experience, enabling guests to discover the wonders of the game-rich Selinda Reserve via canoe or walking.

A minimum of two guests is required to begin this thrilling adventure with a maximum of eight people altogether sharing four tents. The trail works on a scheduled weekly departure basis seasonally each year between May and October. Because this is an active safari with a lot of walking and possibly canoeing, it is not recommended for children under fourteen years old. The safari lasts for five days/ four nights beginning at the Selinda airstrip and ending at the Selinda Explorers Camp. Because the water levels of the Selinda Spillway ebb and flow with the rainy season, Great Plains offers either a canoeing and walking experience, or a purely guided walking experience.

The trail replicates safari paths from another era and traverses the private 320,000-acre Selinda Reserve of northern Botswana as the Spillway pushes east from the Okavango to meet the water of the Linyanti River, something it previously hadn’t done for three decades. Over five amazing days, adventurers will walk just over twelve miles of exclusive bushland, while the canoeing adventure is approximately twenty-four miles long. It’s the perfect way to experience the African wilds with nature all around. The Selinda Reserve is well known for its large herds of buffalo and elephant, roan antelope and African wild dog. There are strong chances of spotting cheetah, lion, leopard and a wide variety of other species. A virtual birder’s paradise, there are over 300 species living hereabouts.

All four nights are spent in fly camps along the Selinda Spillway at pre-arranged sites. The camp staff sets up walk-in 3m x 2.4m Flex-Bow tents, as well as doing all the cooking and cleaning. The tents are large enough for two people and include a screened, bucket showers with hot and cold water. The rates are fully inclusive of all meals and activities with a limited selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. If just doing the guided walking safari, the staff will equip guests with a day backpack which includes water. An experienced and armed guide as well as tracker lead the safari. For the canoeing adventure, each canoe will hold two people, their bedrolls, and soft bags. Participants are taught how to paddle the canoe and basic safety before setting off.

A truly eco-friendly journey, the Selinda Adventure Trail leaves no footprint, packing up all the tents and equipment each day as if they were never there. It relies purely on human energy to walk or canoe across this magnificent landscape. The small group size and low volume not only reduces the impact on the environment but provides and intimacy and comradery to the whole undertaking.

Coming soon!

Safari Camps
Points of Interest
Hotels & Resorts

Coming soon!

Journeys
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Botswana

Selinda Adventure Trail

PLAN MY TRIP

Running alongside an ancient spillway through miles of pristine Botswanan bush country, the Selinda Adventure Trail offers a truly unique and authentic African Safari experience, enabling guests to discover the wonders of the game-rich Selinda Reserve via canoe or walking.

A minimum of two guests is required to begin this thrilling adventure with a maximum of eight people altogether sharing four tents. The trail works on a scheduled weekly departure basis seasonally each year between May and October. Because this is an active safari with a lot of walking and possibly canoeing, it is not recommended for children under fourteen years old. The safari lasts for five days/ four nights beginning at the Selinda airstrip and ending at the Selinda Explorers Camp. Because the water levels of the Selinda Spillway ebb and flow with the rainy season, Great Plains offers either a canoeing and walking experience, or a purely guided walking experience.

The trail replicates safari paths from another era and traverses the private 320,000-acre Selinda Reserve of northern Botswana as the Spillway pushes east from the Okavango to meet the water of the Linyanti River, something it previously hadn’t done for three decades. Over five amazing days, adventurers will walk just over twelve miles of exclusive bushland, while the canoeing adventure is approximately twenty-four miles long. It’s the perfect way to experience the African wilds with nature all around. The Selinda Reserve is well known for its large herds of buffalo and elephant, roan antelope and African wild dog. There are strong chances of spotting cheetah, lion, leopard and a wide variety of other species. A virtual birder’s paradise, there are over 300 species living hereabouts.

All four nights are spent in fly camps along the Selinda Spillway at pre-arranged sites. The camp staff sets up walk-in 3m x 2.4m Flex-Bow tents, as well as doing all the cooking and cleaning. The tents are large enough for two people and include a screened, bucket showers with hot and cold water. The rates are fully inclusive of all meals and activities with a limited selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. If just doing the guided walking safari, the staff will equip guests with a day backpack which includes water. An experienced and armed guide as well as tracker lead the safari. For the canoeing adventure, each canoe will hold two people, their bedrolls, and soft bags. Participants are taught how to paddle the canoe and basic safety before setting off.

A truly eco-friendly journey, the Selinda Adventure Trail leaves no footprint, packing up all the tents and equipment each day as if they were never there. It relies purely on human energy to walk or canoe across this magnificent landscape. The small group size and low volume not only reduces the impact on the environment but provides and intimacy and comradery to the whole undertaking.

Coming soon!

Safari Camps
Points of Interest
Hotels & Resorts

Coming soon!

Journeys