Arriving in Maun, you will be met by your safari guide who will help load your bike and luggage before driving you 1.5 hours to your first mobile safari camp. Just south of the Moremi Game Reserve, here you can rest after your journey and refuel with a delicious dinner around a crackling campfire.

The next day, following a sunrise wakeup call and a light breakfast, your cycling safari begins. Elephants are natural trail builders, and you’ll follow their paths through pretty woodlands, plains and mopane forests, stopping along the way for wildlife spotting and refreshments. After 5-6 hours of riding, you’ll be back at camp in time for lunch and a well-earned siesta. After a morning in the saddle, your afternoon consists of a game drive with sundowners, followed by a relaxed evening around the fire.

Stay: Two nights in a mobile safari camp

Today you’ll pack your bags and begin the 5-6 hour ride to your next campsite spot, following scenic elephant trails and jeep tracks along the meandering Khwai River. Your ride will be broken up by lunch, at which point you’ll have the option to get in a safari vehicle with your bike for a drive into camp. The campsite itself has a charming riverside location – the perfect setting to enjoy a sundowner and hearty dinner before bed.

On day four, you’ll continue tracking the footsteps of Botswana’s gentle giants, this time through wide open plains and mopane forest. As you go, keep an eye out for sightings of elephant, buffalo, giraffe and even lion. After this adventurous 6-7 hour ride, you’ll return to camp for a lazy lunch and afternoon in the shade of the mopane trees.

Stay: Two nights at a mobile safari camp

Today you’ll pack up once more and drive north into the Khwai Private Reserve, enjoying a picnic lunch en route. As well as boasting the most enchanting scenery – picture clusters of mopane trees, lush riverine forest and floodplains dotted with pretty waterholes – the reserve is known for hiding some of Botswana’s rarer species, including wild dogs, serval cats, honey badgers and the elusive pangolin.

You’ll be staying at the heart of this pristine, 200,000-hectare wilderness at Little Sable, a stylish little camp made up of just eight traditional tents with private viewing decks. From here you can venture out on exciting game drives, traditional mokoro excursions and enchanting boat safaris.

For a little more excitement, you can swap one of your nights at Little Sable for a magical, under-the-stars sleep out in one of Natural Selection’s ‘Skybeds’. Overlooking a busy waterhole, you’ll have nothing but a mosquito net between you and the stars.

Stay: Two nights at Little Sable

Today your cycling safari comes to an end. After a delicious breakfast in camp, you will return to Maun to continue your onward journey home.