Vehicle
transfers:
We use vehicle transfers to move guests between Lagoon and Lebala camps which
are about 3 hours game drive apart. These vehicles are our normal game drive
vehicles driven using our guides and trackers as on a normal game drive.
Vehicle access to camps:
Botswana camps
Maun and Kasane are easily reached by car from Zimbabwe, Zambia,
Namibia and South Africa. We do not normally have self drive access into our
camps in Botswana. This is for a number of reasons. Firstly, people often get
lost as the tracks to our areas are not clearly visible and vary depending on
the level of the flood waters and state of the sand. Secondly, most private
vehicles are not equipped to handle the conditions and tend to overheat, suffer
from multiple punctures and get stuck. At this point we have to try to recover
and locate the stranded guests. We still charge for the accommodation not used
when stranded overnight in the bush.
However, we will take whole camp bookings with self drive guests
- provided they pay for one of our guides to fly to Maun or Kasane to meet them
and show them the route to the camp. A second requirement is that the guests
sign an agreement that they will be recovered by a third party contractor if
they have mechanical or other similar problems en route and that they accept
that they will be liable for the accommodation not used. Once in camp the guest
will be taken on game drive using our vehicles driven by our guides.
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