Mana Canoe Trail

As is the case with a mobile safari, camp's location varies each night though the river's edge serves as familiar ground. The bush is your home for these three days and camp is really just a place to recharge with a meal and lay your head. The campfire is your main area, where drinks, dinner, fireside chats and stargazing takes place before your well-earned rest.

Simple fly tents are set up before you arrive each evening and furnished with cots, cushiony mattresses and starchy linens. They sleep two though singles can be individually accommodated. Although you won't spend much time in this basic structure, many start to feel like their portable river-fronting dwellings are curiously luxurious after a full day's adventure.

Each day's leg of the trail starts early. After a hearty breakfast at dawn your guides aims to get out on the river for sunrise. Although you're on the go, the pace is slow and steady with enough time to pause and observe as much as you like - you can even take a brief midday siesta during the heat of the day. Here, you'll quite literally go with the flow and each day the bush will determine what you do - you might enjoy simply drifting along, watching general game come to the water's edge, or maybe you'll get the opportunity to get out for a walk to find a predator on foot. Your guide will gauge the risks, so sit back and relax - rest assured, the rewards will be great.