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  • African Odyssey Safaris are your personal planning specialists for your African safari needs.
  • African Odyssey Safaris are your personal planning specialists for your African safari needs.
  • African Odyssey Safaris are your personal planning specialists for your African safari needs.
  • African Odyssey Safaris are your personal planning specialists for your African safari needs.
  • African Odyssey Safaris are your personal planning specialists for your African safari needs.

Eastern Cape

Bayethe, Shamwari Game Reserve

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"By-ye-ti", the welcoming salutation you will receive on your arrival at this splendid stone walled and thatch roofed lodge. Each of the twelve tents is air-conditioned and heated and has an en-suite bathroom, shower, private plunge pool and viewing deck.

Game drives are carried out in the mornings and evenings. If you have a particular species you would like to see, please mention it to your ranger; he will be happy to merge your plans into the group.

In the early morning you will leave before dawn, spending up to 3-4 hours spotting before returning to your lodge for a hearty breakfast. The heat of the day is usually spent in the shade, swimming, reading and, of course, enjoying a delicious lunch.

Between 4:00 - 5:00pm, you assemble again for the evening drive. As the animals emerge from their midday cover, you may see elephants browsing, rhino drinking at a waterhole, or perhaps the shy bushbuck motionless in the dense bushveld. At dusk, the Land Rover stops at some panoramic spot for a sundowners and snacks.


As the light fades, your ranger will plug in a powerful hand-held light. With its help, you can sweep the veld, seeing first the eyes and then the forms of a variety of nocturnal animals.

By 8:00pm you are back at your lodge where a drink in the bar with your ranger, amid cheerful recollections of the day's discoveries is followed either by another great meal expertly prepared by our chefs, or a barbecue next to a roaring fire. Finally, a hot shower and a well-earned sleep.

News

Well, those who will be visiting Botswana's Okavango Delta in the next few months are in for a treat! Every year this magnificent wonderland gets inundated by flood waters originating from the highlands of Angola. The waters arrive at the top or "panhandle" of the Delta in about January and get to the "end" of the Delta in June or so.

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Testimonials

Coralie Dean
Date: Aug 12, 2010


So sorry about the delay in giving you feedback re our holiday in Botswana. We had a wonderful time!!! Absolutely everything was all that we had hoped it would be. From the organization, to the camps, the food, the guides, the game drives, the boat trips and last but not leas...

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