18 km - Kakomarara
You'll be collected on the morning of your safari at 7:30am for check-in at the Canoe Safari office, handing in extra luggage and valuables. Please don't take your passport on the river. Short briefing and questions answered. Visit shops to purchase any extra drinks for the trip before setting off for the river. Please note that credit cards are not a recommended payment option in Zimbabwe.
Transfers are by open 4x4 vehicles to Chirundu, arriving at approximately 11:30am at which time canoes and kit are unloaded. Following this, a safety talk and demonstration of paddling a canoe will be given. A packed lunch will be taken
on the river. At approximately 5pm you will establish camp on an island named Kakomarara, after a brief safety talk on camping, there is then time to relax and have dinner.
This tour is participation camping. Guests will have to assist with camp chores, such as setting up your tent.
- Main Destination:
- Kakomarara Island
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
27 km - Lone Acacia Island
Up at sunrise for tea, coffee and biscuits before paddling for a couple of hours to the breakfast stop. Afterwards canoeing will resume until midday and a well earned lunch and siesta, time to catch up on reference books until mid afternoon
(depending on the weather). Canoeing will continue until about 5pm until camp setup on Lone Acacia Island.
- Main Destination:
- Lone Acacia Island
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
23 km - Trichelia Island
Up at sunrise for tea, coffee and biscuits before paddling for a couple of hours to the breakfast stop. Afterwards canoeing will resume until midday and a well earned lunch and siesta, time to catch up on reference books until mid afternoon
(depending on the weather). Canoeing will continue until about 5pm until camp setup on Trichelia Island.
- Main Destination:
- Trichelia Island
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
27 km - Chikwenya Island
A similar programme to day three. Lunch will be around midday after which there is a chance to relax, take in your surroundings or possibly siesta. The group will then paddle until the early evening where the night’s camp is made at Chikwenya Island.
- Main Destination:
- Chikwenya Island
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
25 km - False Gorge
You will be woken early for tea, coffee and biscuits before a short morning’s paddle. Breakfast will be served either on the banks of the river or on an island. After which the group will resume canoeing until around midday. After lunch and a brief siesta, taken on the banks to avoid the midday heat, canoeing will continue until early evening where camp will be set up at False Gorge.
- Main Destination:
- Zambezi River
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
20 km - Mupata Gorge
You will be woken early for tea, coffee and biscuits before a short morning’s paddle. Breakfast will be served either on the banks of the river or on an island. After which the group will resume canoeing until around midday. After lunch and a brief siesta, taken on the banks to avoid the midday heat, canoeing will continue until early evening where camp will be set up at the top end of Mupata Gorge.
- Main Destination:
- Mupata Gorge (Highlight)
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
35 km - Mupata Gorge
The schedule for this day will be as for days five and six with the day spent mainly in the austere Mupata Gorge, viewing its many endemic species of wildlife and taking in its spectacular geographical features. This night’s campsite will be established at the base of the towering Red Cliffs.
- Main Destination:
- Mupata Gorge (Highlight)
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
7 km - Kanyemba - Kariba
After an early wake-up call and breakfast, the group will paddle down to the takeout point at Kanyemba. The equipment will be loaded onto the vehicle and you will be transferred back to Kariba. Arrival time in Kariba is approximately 4pm.
Please keep all your luggage for the Safari to a maximum of 10kgs per person
packed in a soft duffel bag, not a suitcase. We recommend you pack the following for your Safari:
Swimming/bathing costume
Shorts and T-shirts
Personal Toiletries
Canvas shoes or rafting sandals
Hat with a wide brim
Jacket or sweater for the evenings
Shirts (including a long sleeved one for sun protection)
A kikoi (or sarong) to cover your legs to protect them from the sun
Torch or flashlight and extra batteries
Camera, film and spare camera batteries
Binoculars
Sunscreen.
- Main Destination:
- Kariba (Lake Kariba)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks: