From the Cape Peninsula to elephant herds on the Chobe River and dawn mokoro journeys through the Okavango Delta, this twelve-day journey covers the full range of what South Africa and Botswana offer.
12 days
|From $15,000 pp
From the Cape Peninsula to elephant herds on the Chobe River and dawn mokoro journeys through the Okavango Delta, this twelve-day journey covers the full range of what South Africa and Botswana offer.
This itinerary moves between two of southern Africa’s most compelling destinations across twelve days. Cape Town sits at the southwestern tip of the continent, where Table Mountain rises above a city built around the meeting of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, with the Cape Winelands, the Cape Peninsula, and one of the world’s most celebrated food and wine scenes within easy reach.
Botswana sits north, landlocked and shaped entirely by water, with the Chobe River drawing one of the highest concentrations of elephant on Earth and the Okavango Delta spreading across the Kalahari basin in a system that never reaches the sea.
The two destinations share almost nothing except the quality of what they offer. Cape Town is a city that rewards time and movement. Botswana rewards stillness and patience. Together they form a journey that covers both ends of what a trip to southern Africa can be.
Do Not Disturb designs the full twelve days around how you want your time to feel, from arrival in Cape Town to departure from Maun.
Your journey begins in Cape Town, where a representative meets you at the airport and transfers you to your accommodation. Most international flights from the US and UK arrive via Johannesburg with a short onward connection.
Cape Town sits within a UNESCO World Heritage Site, surrounded by the Cape Floristic Region, one of the six floral kingdoms on Earth. Table Mountain rises to 1,086 meters above the waterfront and can be reached by cable car, providing a view of the peninsula, Robben Island, and both coastlines from a single point. From there the city opens up in every direction.
Four days here allows time to move between the different experiences the Cape offers. The Winelands, centered on Stellenbosch and Franschhoek around 45 minutes from the city, produce some of the southern hemisphere’s most regarded wines alongside restaurants that draw visitors from across the world.
The Cape Peninsula drive takes you south past Boulders Beach, where a colony of African penguins has established itself on the sand, all the way to the Cape of Good Hope at the southwestern tip of the continent.
Back in the city, Bo-Kaap’s painted houses and Cape Malay history sit above the center, while the V&A Waterfront provides access to the harbor and the ferry crossing to Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was held for 18 of his 27 years of imprisonment.
A flight from Cape Town connects to Johannesburg, from where a further connection carries you to Kasane on the northern edge of Botswana. Chobe National Park begins at the edge of the town, and a representative meets you on arrival to manage the transfer directly to your accommodation on the riverfront.
Chobe holds one of the largest concentrations of elephant on Earth, with an estimated 120,000 moving through the park and along the Chobe River. In the late afternoon, herds several hundred strong come down to drink along the riverbank, a movement that defines the character of this stretch of water at that hour.
Boat safaris on the river bring you level with the animals as they cross and drink, with hippo, crocodile, and a significant range of waterbirds filling the gaps between the elephant encounters. Morning game drives into the park cover the floodplains and woodland that border the river, where lion, leopard, wild dog, buffalo, and giraffe move through terrain that shifts between dry savanna and riverine forest.
Two nights on the Chobe River provides enough time to cover both the water and the land, and to experience the quality of light on the river at both dawn and dusk.
A light aircraft transfer from Kasane carries you southwest into the Okavango Delta, and the view on descent tells you where you are before the wheels touch the grass strip. Channels cut through islands of palm and fig below, with elephant visible along the banks and the scale of the Delta spreading in every direction.
The Okavango is one of the world’s last remaining intact wetland wilderness areas. Unlike most river systems, the water that arrives from the Angolan highlands never reaches the sea. It spreads across the Kalahari basin, sustaining an ecosystem that supports elephant, hippo, crocodile, lion, leopard, wild dog, and around 550 species of bird within a landscape of papyrus-lined channels, open lagoons, and tree-covered islands.
Your first three nights are spent in a concession in the northern Delta, where the depth of the permanent water channels allows boat safaris and mokoro excursions year-round alongside morning and evening game drives.
Each morning a local poler takes you out by mokoro at dawn, moving through the channels at water level and pausing when wildlife warrants it. Afternoons shift between motorboat excursions on the open lagoons, game drives through the island’s interior, and walking safaris with a guide who has spent years learning the waterways and the land around them.
From here, a short flight moves you to a second location in the central or southern Delta, where a different set of habitats and wildlife movement patterns provides a contrast to the first camp.
The combination of two areas over six nights builds a picture of the Delta that a single location cannot provide, and the shift between them is one of the more considered elements of the itinerary.
An overnight fly-camp on a remote island, sleeping under canvas in the Delta away from the infrastructure of the main camp, can be arranged on request for those who want to extend the experience further into the wilderness.
A light aircraft transfer from the Delta connects to Maun, from where flights link to Johannesburg for onward international connections to the US, UK, and Europe.
The itinerary can be extended with additional nights in the Delta, a connection to Victoria Falls, or a night in Johannesburg before departure.
A private Cape Peninsula tour for families, combining African penguins, coastal drives, and a relaxed pancake stop before the crowds arrive.
Take a private surf lesson at Muizenberg Beach in Cape Town, learning on gentle waves with one on one coaching in South Africa’s most beginner friendly surf spot.
A private helicopter flight offers a dramatic descent into the Drakensberg Amphitheater, one of South Africa’s most spectacular natural formations.
A private wellness experience in the Cederberg Mountains combines natural rock pools, indigenous flora, and a guided rooibos ritual.
A private dinner atop the Kalahari’s red sand dunes offers couples a rare, intimate experience under vast African skies.
Discover the Franschhoek Valley through a private wine tasting at one of its most celebrated estates, arranged by Do Not Disturb for a seamless, intimate experience.
A mokoro journey through the Okavango Delta moves at a pace that most wildlife experiences do not. Guided by a local poler through papyrus-lined channels at dawn, the experience opens up a side of the Delta that a vehicle safari cannot reach, measured in silence, proximity, and time on the water.
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