QUOTATION PREPARED FOR: Toft Botswana 2017, Group 2. TRAVEL DATES: 19-Mar-2017 to 31-Mar STATUS: Quoted

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1 QUOTATION PREPARED FOR: Toft Botswana 2017, Group 2 TRAVEL DATES: 19-Mar-2017 to 31-Mar-2017 STATUS: Quoted

2 Quotation Date 24-Aug-2015 Agent Chris Liebenberg File Reference U3: (13-Aug) Number of Travelers 6-14 Guests + 1 Tour Leader Option 1 Notes Please let Piper & Heath know if you have any questions or need any help with booking flights, arranging insurance, etc. This file is organized into the following sections: Please review each section carefully. 1 Quoted Services Organized by service date and details your accommodations, movements, activities, and included/excluded services. 2 Safari Costs Explains the cost of your trip including any single supplement or optional extras; also lists the expiration date of costs. 3 Travel Highlights Provides information and photos for all the key properties, locations, and activities in your itinerary. 4 Why Piper & Heath Identifies the key values and distinctives of Piper & Heath.

3 Quoted Services Date Service Details Sunday 19-Mar-2017 Upon arrival at O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg and after clearing customs and immigration, you will be met by a Piper & Heath representative for your private road transfer to Fairlawns Boutique Hotel & Spa. In: Sunday 16-Mar-2017 Out: Monday 20-Mar-2017 Monday 20-Mar-2017 Monday 20-Mar-2017 Monday 20-Mar-2017 In: Monday 20-Mar-2017 Out: Thursday 23-Mar-2017 Accommodation: Fairlawns Boutique Hotel & Spa Room: Grand Chateau Suites Included: Breakfast Piper & Heath guests at Fairlawns also receive the following value added services: Complimentary 30-minute massage in spa Complimentary Sandton transfers This morning you will be collected from Fairlawns Boutique Hotel & Spa for your private road transfer back to O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) where you will connect to your commercial flight to Maun (MUB). Included Commercial Flight: JNB - MUB Upon arrival at Maun Airport (MUB) and after clearing customs and immigration, you will be met by a Piper & Heath representative for your road transfer to Meno a Kwena. Accommodation: Meno a Kwena Room: Tented Rooms Included: All Meals, Private Daily Activities, Park Fees, House Drinks (excluding some premium drinks), and Laundry Thursday 23-Mar-2017 This morning you will have a road transfer back to Maun Airport (MUB) where you will connect to your light aircraft flight to Chitabe Lediba Camp. In: Thursday 23-Mar-2017 Out: Monday 27-Mar-2017 Accommodation: Chitabe Lediba Camp Room: Tented Rooms Included: All Meals, Private Daily Activities, Park Fees, House Drinks (excluding some premium drinks), and Laundry

4 Quoted Services Monday 27-Mar-2017 In: Monday 27-Mar-2017 Out: Friday 31-Mar-2017 Today you will transfer to airstrip for your light aircraft flight to Vumbura Plains Camp (North). Accommodation: Vumbura Plains Camp Room: Tented Rooms Included: All Meals, Private Daily Activities, Park Fees, House Drinks (excluding some premium drinks), and Laundry Friday 31-Mar-2017 Friday 31-Mar-2017 Today you will transfer to the airstrip for your light aircraft flight back to Maun Airport (MUB) where you will connect to your commercial flight back to Johannesburg (JNB). Included Commercial Flight: MUB - JNB * Included: All gratuities. * Included: Larger luggage capacity on light aircraft flights.

5 Safari Costs We would very much like the opportunity to walk you through the details of this itinerary. When convenient for you, please call Chris at Travelers : 6-14 (+1) Total Cost per Person Sharing for All Services As Listed Above : $ 11, Single Supplement : $ 1,550.00

6 Travel Highlights Fairlawns Boutique Hotel & Spa This elegant villa hotel, once a private estate, has manicured grounds and 39 spacious, beautifully decorated suites. In summer, you can enjoy al fresco meals overlooking the large pool, lush lawns, and majestic trees and in winter you can curl up next to our roaring fireplaces. Throughout the year enjoy a cocktail under the African sky to the sounds of our prolific birdlife. Be sure to indulge in the Spa with its outdoor massage and hydro areas. Conveniently located just minutes from the hubbub of city life with its jewelry, decor and clothes shops, galleries, museums and entertainment, this is the perfect destination for your onward adventure into the African bush.

7 Travel Highlights Kalahari Desert The Kalahari Desert covers much of Botswana as well as parts of Namibia and South Africa in southwestern Africa. The Kalahari belies its designation as a desert as it is mostly semi-arid and produces expansive grasslands after the annual rains. These savannahs support some of the highest concentrations of wildlife on earth. The region is world-renowned for its wildlife diversity and is home to some of Africa s most indelible images. Lion, cheetah, leopard, hyena, and packs of wild dog stalk the migrating herds of springbok, gemsbok, eland, wildebeest, hartebeest, kudu, and duiker. Herds of giraffe, elephant, and zebra traverse the plains in search of food and waterholes. The Kalahari s only permanent river empties into Botswana s northern region creating earth s largest inland delta, the Okavango Delta. This Jewel of the Kalahari creates year-round channels, wetlands, and lagoons that are home to an incredible diversity of fowl and wildlife. The Kalahari is dotted with national parks and public and private game reserves. As the second largest protected area in the world, the Central Kalahari Game Reserve is in the heart of the desert and its undulating plains are the seasonal home to millions of African mammals. The desert is still home to the remnants of its ancient human inhabitants, the San Bushmen. These hunter-gatherers now mostly reside in villages within the borders of the desert s protected areas, and in some areas are permitted to continue their ancient hunting traditions.

8 Travel Highlights Makgadikgadi Salt Pans In one of the most remote regions of Botswana s Kalahari Desert lie the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans. Southeast of the famous Okavango Delta, the pans cover an area larger than the country of Switzerland. Dry for millennia, the salty plains are the sole remnant of an ancient super lake that is thought to have been home to some of the earliest humans. And to this day explorers continue to uncover new fossil beds. The Makgadikgadi is technically not a single pan but many intertwined with sandy dessert. The largest single pans are Sua, Nwetwe, and Nxai. Its outer borders gradually give way to salt marshes, then grasslands and savanna. Within the pans, the only flora are infrequent baobab tress (that understandably serve as key landmarks in this monotonous terrain) and the thin layer of blue-green algae that lives on the salt crust.

9 Travel Highlights Meno a Kwena Meno a Kwena accommodates up to sixteen guests in eight fully serviced canvas tents. The company is owner-operated and so personal attention to detail is maintained with a lifetime background in African safaris and conservation. The camp is designed to take full advantage of the most incredible views in Botswana. This may not be the most opulent safari camp in Botswana, but they make up for it with style, attention to detail, and service, being extremely sensitive to guests safety and relaxation. The camp is ideally located for safaris into three ecologically pristine wildlife sanctuaries including the Okavango Delta, Makgadikgadi Salt Pans system, and the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. Meno s professional licensed guides have many years experience, not only in game drives but as safari operators who lead mobile safaris throughout Botswana. They also have the added advantage of being characters and share the magic of flora and fauna with fascinating stories of personal safari and wildlife experiences. Their knowledge and experience is necessary for the safety and enjoyment of the safari experience.

10 Travel Highlights Okavango Delta As the largest inland river delta on earth, Botswana s Okavango Delta is surely one of the seven wonders of the natural world. The delta is formed as the seasonal flooding of the Okavango River, flowing from the Angola highlands, empties into the Kalahari Desert basin. The flood waters cover an area of over 35,000 square kilometers and rise and fall as the intense heat of the region cause rapid evaporation only to have the delta resupplied by newly arriving flood waters. Landlocked and surrounded by higher altitudes, Botswana is a dry country, so the Okavango Delta truly is an oasis. However, contrary to what the foliage might indicate, this is not a tropical paradise. Rainfall is sparse most of the year and temperatures soar to about 40C during the summer. However, the winter floods (that peak from June to August) are sufficient to make permanent large swathes of lakes, channels, and lagoons. Not surprisingly, this oasis attracts some of the world s highest concentrations of wildlife, including all the quintessential African mammals from lion to elephant to hippo to giraffe to rhino to zebra. The delta is also the permanent or seasonal home of hundreds of bird species as well. This diversity and concentration of wildlife make the Okavango Delta an absolute must-see for any serious African visitor!

11 Travel Highlights Chitabe Lediba Camp Located on the same island as its sister Chitabe Camp, Chitabe Lediba Camp provides the same safari opportunities from a more intimate lodging setting. The Chitabe camps are named for the Chitabe Concession in which they reside, neighboring the more famous Moremi Game Reserve in the southeast corner of the Okavango Delta. Chitabe Lediba overlooks a small lediba a vestige of a lagoon that has become a watering hole and residents can observe visiting wildlife from the porch of their tents. The camp is ideal for small groups or families, with five spacious tents and a common lounge and dining area. Two elevated platforms in the camp provide a birds-eye perspective for wildlife viewing by day and the opportunity for open-air sleeping at night.

12 Travel Highlights Vumbura Plains Camp In the northern part of Botswana s world-renowned Okavango Delta lies luxurious Vumbura Plains Camp. Situated in a private concession leased from the neighboring community, the camp overlooks an expansive floodplain. Because of its location in the extreme north, the region encompasses a wide range of habitats that are home to nearly all the Okavango s diverse wildlife species. Vumbura Plains Camp attains a rare level of bush luxury. The resident tents are built on raised wooden decks, and in addition to the generously-sized bedroom, each tent has a lounge area, bathroom, outdoor shower, and plunge pool. Under the shady canopy of the surrounding trees, the camp s two common areas each include a raised dining, lounge, and bar area, and all provide breathtaking views of the surrounding wetlands.

13 Why Piper & Heath? UNMATCHED EXPERTISE We offer a depth and authenticity of expertise that is unparalleled Piper & Heath is the brainchild and passion of accomplished safari veteran, Chris Liebenberg. With African roots going back more than three centuries, Chris is the heir of a safari knowledge and commitment honed over many generations. Born and raised in Namibia, his experience spans the breadth of conservation and ecotourism, from anti-poaching to game relocation to safari guiding to camp management to tour operation. As a result, Chris boasts a depth and authenticity of experience in Africa that is unmatched within the American travel industry. This combination of intimate destination knowledge, long-term personal relationships with many African suppliers, and innate cultural understanding makes Piper & Heath the United States premiere source for custom African travel. EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE We aim to be the most accessible and responsive people you have ever worked with, in any industry From the moment you first reach out to Piper & Heath, we are with you every step of the way. We invest whatever time is necessary to get to know you so that we can build your dream safari, and we will work tirelessly until the itinerary is just perfect. Once your itinerary is finalized, we provide you with all the information you need for your trip packing advice, visa and vaccination requirements, destination information, commercial flight quotes, and much more. While you are on safari in Africa, not only have we entrusted you to our reliable ground operators, but we remain never more than a phone call or away, with a dedicated team member available 24/7. And upon your return, we can t wait to hear how it went. We love to see your pictures, hear your stories, and get your feedback on everything from food to guides to us. UNBEATABLE VALUE No one can offer a better value for your travel dollar Whether your safari is two days of bush-camping or twenty days on a private island, getting the most for your money matters. The services of Piper & Heath carry no charge to you we rely solely on our service partners in Africa for remuneration. And our incountry relationships, negotiated property rates, and collective buying power allow us to assure you that booking through Piper & Heath is always a great value. Not only that, but our destination knowledge combined with the time we invest with you personally mean that we can recommend an itinerary that will be great value for you, rather than an itinerary that is merely less expensive.

14 Why Piper & Heath? BASED IN AMERICA We are an American company, with all the benefits and safeguards that entails Unless you are a highly experienced African traveler, have the inclination and time to do your own research, and are willing to bear the risk of booking with a foreign company, using an American-based travel specialist is crucial. Piper & Heath s home office is in San Diego, California, and as a California Registered Seller of Travel, we are bound by all the laws of the United States and are held to the high standards of the American travel industry. Not only does this lend security to your travel experience, but we re sure you ll agree that the ease with which you are able to interact directly and frequently with the person planning your trip is priceless. FOCUSED ON CONSERVATION We re always doing what s best for Africa Piper & Heath has a strong and transparent commitment to ecotourism, in the true meaning of the concept. Ecotourism is the ideal of having thoughtful travel benefit the economic and political wellbeing of the host people. Your tourism footprint will have a singularly positive impact on your destination, and our goal is that every day on safari you will feel proud of this fact. You can rest assured that your itinerary the properties, parks, villages, and activities has been carefully arranged so that your travels do no harm and will be beneficial to conservation, commerce, community, and culture in the areas you visit. YOUR PEACE OF MIND Our decades of bush guiding experience has bred an unshakable safety consciousness Whether your top concern while traveling is lost luggage, delayed flights, hippo attacks, physical overexertion, or crime, your safety and peace of mind are our top priority. We arrange travel only to destinations that we know intimately and have the resources on the ground to keep you secure. We remain personally available to you 24/7, even while you re in Africa. We work only with reliable partners who have spotless track records with regard to the safety of their guests. We require that all travelers have full medical and evacuation insurance. And finally, should an emergency arise, we have the connections, experience, and resources to successfully resolve the situation.

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