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Scheduled Airlines:
Air Botswana
Air
Botswana has a daily direct service between Johannesburg and Maun
except in the Secret Season, where the flights generally go via
the capital city of Gaborone. These services are mostly in an
ATR42 turboprop aircraft with 44 seats although the 4 engines
BAE 147 jet can be used on demand - up to 66 seats. These flights
depart Johannesburg International Airport around 10h00 daily and
leave Maun at 16h00 arriving Johannesburg International Airport
around 18h00.
Air Botswana also flies twice a week from Johannesburg
to Kasane with a stop over in the Tuli block. This service uses
an ATR 42 aircraft and departs Johannesburg International Airport
on a Thursday and a Sunday only.
Air Botswana also flies twice per week between Maun
and Windhoek on Tuesday and Saturdays. Again the ATR 42 aircraft
is used on this service giving it a 44 seat capacity to compliment
the Air Namibia service.
Air Namibia
Air Namibia flies 5 times a week between Windhoek
and Maun using a Kingair 1800 turboprop aircraft with 18 seats.
These schedules are
Air Namibia also flies 5 times per week to Katima
Kulilo, Windhoek 06:30 - 07:00 arriving at Katima Kulilo at 09:30
SAA and it’s partner airlines also fly into
Windhoek 3 times per day enabling clients from Cape Town to connect
to the 5 rivers safaris from Cape Town via Windhoek as an alternate
to Johannesburg.
Nationwide Air
Nationwide flies Boeing jets, a daily return service,
into Livingstone on the Zambian side of Victoria Falls. A $20
cash departure tax applies for all flights from Livingstone International
Airport. This service also connects with Nationwide services to
Cape Town and other centres in South Africa.
Victoria Falls airport
SAA, British Airways and Air Zimbabwe fly daily
flights into Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. However bear in mind
that visa fees and other fees apply to these flights in order
to link in with the 5 Rivers Safari circuit.
Self Drive
Good tar roads suited for any type of vehicle offer
access to the main towns - as follows:
| From City/town/camp
|
To City/Town/camp
|
Approx distances
|
| Johannesburg
|
Maun |
1 200km |
| Johannesburg
|
Kasane |
1 200km
|
| Windhoek
|
Maun |
800km |
| Windhoek
|
Susuwe |
1 500km |
| Susuwe |
Kasane |
230km |
| Kasane |
Livingstone
|
100km |
| Kasane |
Maun |
621km |
| Maun |
Deception
Valley Lodge 4X4 only |
165km |
| Maun |
Xaxanaka
4 X 4 only |
150km |
Using your own or hired vehicles you can now have
access to many of the camps in the circuit and you can leave vehicles
at Maun, Kasane and Xaxanaka Camp to access deeper
into the interior of Botswana. Fuel is freely available in most
small towns on these routes some of the larger towns are Rumdu,
Katima Kulilo, Kasane, Livingstone, Nata, Maun.
Air Charter
All these camps are close to airports or airstrips
suited to most types of small charter planes and will arrange
complimentary picks ups and drop offs as indicated in the flying
cost tables you will receive after completing the quiz.
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