Taipan Houseboat

Taipan is a 54 ft. double decked pontoon houseboat with 3 twin cabins that all open out onto the Lake. This makes for a pleasant atmosphere especially with a lake breeze blowing.

Facilities include:

• 3 twin cabins with drop down sides onto the lake
• 2 toilets and 1 shower on board
• Mosquito nets in all cabins
• Limited mattresses for those wishing to sleep on deck
• Large lounge with TV, music system and darts board
• Fitted kitchen and dining area with gas braai
• Gas fridge
• 3 crew (Captain, chef, deck hand)
• 1x 5 seater tender boat for fishing and game viewing
• Moored at Marineland harbour
• Boarding at 12:00pm and disembarking at 10:00am

2012 Dry boat charter rates: $385.00/night off peak and $400.00/night peak for up to 10 passengers. Rates are inclusive of all taxes.

Rates include:

• houseboat and tender boat hire
• Crew
• All linen and mosquito nets
• All taxes and levies

Rates Exclude:

• All fuel and outboard oil (the main vessel, tender boats and generators will be full before departure- on return to harbour at the end of the trip you will be required to re-fuel these and settle in USD cash at that time)
• Fuel consumption is approximately 90 litres per night for the main vessel and 20 litres per tender per night
• All meals, drinks, condiments, toilet paper, serviettes, washing liquid, soap and personal toiletries etc.
• Fishing equipment and bait
• Ice (recommended 4 blocks per day during winter and 5 blocks per day in the summer months)
• Swimming towels
• National Parks lake usage and fishing fees
• First aid kit
• Vehicle parking fees
• Crew gratuities

Recommended Charter Routes:
2 night charters - up to Antelope Island 
3 night charters - up to Palm bay
4 night charters - up to Sanyati west
5 night charters - up to Elephant point
6 nights or more - up to the Ume

Fully inclusive option:

For clients wanting a fully inclusive package, Sengwa Safaris offer competitive rates on all extras (catering, drinks, fishing rod hire and bait) so please let us know if you would like us to include any of these in your quotation. Please click on the links above for more information on catering and extras or visit our FAQ's page

Please note that whilst every effort has been made to ensure the details supplied above are correct we can not be held responsible in any way should an item mentioned above not be on board /broken or miss quoted.

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