Xigera Safari Lodge

End your day with a classic safari tradition, a sundowner in the bush. As the afternoon drive slows, your guide stops at a suitable spot and sets up a small table with drinks and light snacks. You’ll choose from a gin and tonic, a cocktail or another drink while stretching your legs after time in the vehicle.

It’s a chance to pause, talk about the sightings from the drive and watch the sun drop towards the horizon. Once everyone has finished their drink, you’ll climb back into the vehicle and continue the evening drive, often with the first signs of night wildlife beginning to appear.

Take off on a helicopter ride arranged during your stay and see the landscape from above. The flight departs close to the lodge, making it an easy addition to your day. Before take-off, you’ll be given a headset so you can hear the pilot and ask questions during the journey. As the helicopter moves across the area, you’ll see the channels, islands and open plains that shape the Okavango Delta.

The flight usually lasts around 30 minutes, giving you enough time to take in the changing terrain and look for wildlife from the air. After landing, you’ll return with a different perspective of the landscape.

Spend time on the water with a boat safari through the channels of the Okavango Delta. You’ll travel by motorboat or by mokoro, a traditional dugout canoe guided by an experienced poler. Standing at the back, the poler uses a long pole to move the boat through shallow channels and between reed beds.

Because the mokoro has no engine, movement through the water is slow and controlled, giving you time to watch birds, smaller animals and other wildlife along the banks. Guides share their knowledge of the area as you move through the delta. It’s a different way to explore the landscape compared with a game drive.