We’ve reached Mecca! We have found THE safari camp that will certainly be the anchor tenant for the Savvy Navigator 2010 gay tour programs.

 in the extreme north of the Okavango Delta is known for its undisputed luxury for the Botswana tented safari experience. 

Next week when Savvy Navigator is back to civilization, you’ll be regaled with images and stories from this over-the-top gay safari experience. 

Will you be amongst the first Savvy Navigator adventurers to join us here in Botswana?

Today Savvy Navigator hopped on a short flight on a bush plane (with a cute pilot) to Savuti Camp in an isolated part of the Linyanti Concession along the Savute Channel in northern Botswana. This classic camp will likely be part of the 2010 Savvy Navigator gay tour offerings. 

Stay tuned for the images and video as soon as Savvy Navigator returns to civilization.

We’re off to three different camps in Botswana, where, for better or for worse, there’s no e-access (or any other access for that matter). For the next week, the blog will update automatically and let you, dear readers (an ever-growing elite club), know just where in the world the Savvy Navigator is located. 

As we venture out to discover the best locations for our gay tour offerings, we get to test the best (and, sadly, the worst).

For the next two days, we’ll be here at the Xigera Game Reserve in the Okavango Delta. It’s an amazing place that gets rave reviews. After our return, savvy Navigator will post the best videos and photos, including those of the cute rangers…

Today’s cool thing is the fabulous guest farm in the Swartland, about 1.5 hours north of Cape Town, Kersefontein. Farmed by its eighth-generation owner , Kersefontein is not to be missed. This working farm is a fabulous gem of a rural oasis that is the embodiment Karen Blixen’s memoirs from “Out of Africa” (imagine Savvy Navigator husband saying in his best gutteral voice, “I once had a faaaaaahhhm in Africa….”).

Charming, handsome, erudite, “but don’t call me a gentleman farmer; I’m a real one” Julian hosts no more than 12 guests at a time in comfortable quarters that are renovated farm stalls. The rooms are clean and comfortable with en-suite baths and terraces. Julian also offers a superlative food and wine experience, with the evening meal taken in the banquet-sized main dining room of his historical Cape Dutch house. Our fabulous meal consisted of wild boar, actually hunted by Julian on the farm, embellshed with amazing wines from his friends’ vineyards in the western Cape. The meal was anachronistically served by his household staff in the most charming way. It was one of those long, boozy evenings finished off with a nightcap in Julian’s parlor, while he played show tunes on the grand piano.

This morning’s breakfast was served on the veranda and the food quality was equally as good. The scrambled eggs were, as Savvy Navigator’s late grannie used to say, “Simply divine!” Savvy Navigator husband said they were the freshest he’s tasted in years and the Savvy Navigator himself consumed about 8 pieces of back bacon.

Kersefontein is an authentic experience that you too can experience in 2009 on a Savvy Navigator gay tour. Not offered by any other gay tour provider, Kersefontein is not to be missed.

Cape Town, South Africa, the premier destination for Savvy Navigator’s gay tours, sits scenically between the Atlantic Ocean and Table Mountain, which is today’s cool thing. No matter your locale in the city, this majestic burg is nearly always visible. It’s easily accessed via tramway/cable car, or, if you’re more ambitious (and in fairly good shape), you can hike to the top (like savvy Navigator did with the buff nephew in 2007).

Take a look at today’s video for a real sense of what this place is like. AND, come join us for a sundowner cocktail in 2009 on one of our Savvy Navigator gay tours.