Selinda Canoe Trail
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Who is it for?
Paddlers with a taste for adventure and wildlife looking to experience a safari unlike any other.
What is it?
This 4-day canoeing and walking adventure safari navigates some 45 kilometres along the Selinda Spillway in the heart of the Selinda Reserve in Northern Botswana. Days are spent paddling in stable Canadian-style canoes as you watch for elephants, water buffalo, sable antelope, roan antelopes, wild dogs, cheetahs, lions, leopards, and more than 300 species of birds. Serene and relaxing, this itinerary is designed to immerse you deep into this remote region of Africa.
Highlights: Selinda Reserve, Selinda Spillway
Season: May – October
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The trail begins at Selinda airfield in the mid-afternoon, with a transfer from the airstrip to the starting point of the actual canoe trail. Once the guide has briefed the group, the trail starts with a short late afternoon canoe experience before arriving at the evening’s first camp.
As there is a minimal distance to be covered on the first day and also due to the fact that all the equipment is carried with the group, we paddle until we are ready to stop, just before sunset, at a suitable site on the banks of the Spillway.
The dome-tented camp is erected and we enjoy a well-deserved sundowner around the campfire before dinner, followed by a good night’s sleep.
Meals: Dinner
After an early wake-up call, tea or coffee and light breakfast while the camp is being dismantled, we head out on the canoes for a full day of paddling, with lunch en route and the possibility of stretching our legs if we come across something worth investigating on foot. Tonight we camp in another suitable location as we gradually make our way down the Spillway.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
An early breakfast once again, as camp is taken down, before we continue along the water course by canoe for another full-day excursion and set up camp for the last night of this trail.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
We head out after breakfast, aiming to finish at around 10H00-10H30. At this point we are met by the vehicle and transferred by road to the Selinda airstrip, where we bid farewell to the safari.
Meals: Breakfast
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Who is it for?
Paddlers with a taste for adventure and wildlife looking to experience a safari unlike any other.
What is it?
This 4-day canoeing and walking adventure safari navigates some 45 kilometres along the Selinda Spillway in the heart of the Selinda Reserve in Northern Botswana. Days are spent paddling in stable Canadian-style canoes as you watch for elephants, water buffalo, sable antelope, roan antelopes, wild dogs, cheetahs, lions, leopards, and more than 300 species of birds. Serene and relaxing, this itinerary is designed to immerse you deep into this remote region of Africa.
Highlights: Selinda Reserve, Selinda Spillway
Season: May – October
Included/Exclude
Tour Amenities
Tour Plan
The trail begins at Selinda airfield in the mid-afternoon, with a transfer from the airstrip to the starting point of the actual canoe trail. Once the guide has briefed the group, the trail starts with a short late afternoon canoe experience before arriving at the evening’s first camp.
As there is a minimal distance to be covered on the first day and also due to the fact that all the equipment is carried with the group, we paddle until we are ready to stop, just before sunset, at a suitable site on the banks of the Spillway.
The dome-tented camp is erected and we enjoy a well-deserved sundowner around the campfire before dinner, followed by a good night’s sleep.
Meals: Dinner
After an early wake-up call, tea or coffee and light breakfast while the camp is being dismantled, we head out on the canoes for a full day of paddling, with lunch en route and the possibility of stretching our legs if we come across something worth investigating on foot. Tonight we camp in another suitable location as we gradually make our way down the Spillway.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
An early breakfast once again, as camp is taken down, before we continue along the water course by canoe for another full-day excursion and set up camp for the last night of this trail.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
We head out after breakfast, aiming to finish at around 10H00-10H30. At this point we are met by the vehicle and transferred by road to the Selinda airstrip, where we bid farewell to the safari.
Meals: Breakfast
