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$6,765 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Arrival and transfer to the Hotel
Arrival and transfer to the Hotel
On arrival at Harare International Airport, you will be met and transferred to the Jacana Gardens Lodge. Depending on arrival time you may do a city tour, visit the art galleries or the wildlife orphanages (all optional) Overnight at the Jacana Garden Lodge in Harare with breakfast.
- Main Destination:
- Harare International Airport (Harare, Zimbabwe)
- Accommodation:
- Jacana Gardens Guest Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Visit the great Zimbabwe monuments
Visit the great Zimbabwe monuments
After breakfast, you depart for the great Zimbabwe ruins/monuments, and you will be in this medieval city at about 12:00 in time for lunch. You will do a guided tour of the monuments in the afternoon.
Great Zimbabwe is a ruined city in the south-eastern hills of Zimbabwe near the town of Masvingo. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe during the country's Late Iron Age and is believed to have served as a royal palace for the local monarch. Construction on the monument began in the 11th century and continued until the 15th century. The stone city spans an area of 722 hectares which, at its peak, could have housed up to 18,000 people.
Great Zimbabwe has since been adopted as a national monument by the Zimbabwean govt, and the modern-day state is named for it.
- Main Destination:
- Great Zimbabwe (Ruins, Zimbabwe)
- Accommodation:
- Lodge at the Ancient City
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Transfer to Matopo Hills National Park
Transfer to Matopo Hills National Park
You will depart early for the Matobo Hills National park near Bulawayo some 250 km due west of great Zimbabwe. You will do an afternoon game drive - your introductory game viewing safari.
Matobo National Park has a wide diversity of fauna: 175 bird, 88 mammal, 39 snake and 16 fish species Game include white rhinos, sable antelopes, impala and leopards. The game park has been restocked with white and black rhinos. It has been designated as an Intensive Protection Zone for the two species, as well as hyenas, hippopotamus, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest and ostriches.
This is one park where you will have a realistic chance of encountering the rhinos in their natural habitat and shy and elusive African leopards.
- Main Destination:
- Matobo National Park (Zimbabwe)
- Accommodation:
- Matobo Hills Lodge
Wildlife in Matobo NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Matopo Hills National Park
Matopo Hills National Park
Matobo National Park is home to a wide range of game, including Africa`s largest concentration of leopard, which is a major attraction in the landscape in addition to the white & black rhinos.
Elsewhere in the park, some more obvious game includes bush-buck, impala, kudu, giraffe, lion, baboon, monkeys, and more. Dassies or rock hyrax are very common and a density of leopard that is also very high.
On this day we will visit the worldview point (the highest point in the park) where Cecil John Rhodes is buried and the rock art painting in the morning. We will do another game viewing safari in the afternoon.
- Main Destination:
- Matobo National Park (Zimbabwe)
- Accommodation:
- Matobo Hills Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Transfer to Hwange National Park
Transfer to Hwange National Park
After breakfast, you depart for Hwange National park. You will be at the Hwange Safari Lodge at around 13:00 in time for lunch.
You will join the late afternoon game drive in the Hwange Safari lodge estate which borders the Hwange national Park - there are no fences between the two reserves. Late afternoons are great for predators and they are seldom missed on these drives.
- Main Destination:
- Hwange National Park (Zimbabwe)
- Accommodation:
- Hwange Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Hwange NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Safari in the Hwange National Park
Safari in the Hwange National Park
After breakfast, your guide will pick you up for the full day safari in the Hwange National park using the Main Camp gate. Mineral water, soft drinks, picnic lunch, and lots of refreshments will be provided. We use any one of the many viewing platforms that dot the park for lunches and, expect to be back at the lodge at around 16H00.
The elephants of Hwange are world-famous and the Park's elephant population is one of the largest in the world. The park is home to over 65000 elephants who, in the dry season, dominate all the water points in the afternoons. Other animals that can be seen in the park are lion, leopard, cheetah, buffalo, impala, kudu, sable, eland, water-buck, zebra, giraffe, baboon, warthog, and a lot more.
- Main Destination:
- Hwange National Park (Zimbabwe)
- Accommodation:
- Hwange Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Safari in Hwange National Park
Safari in Hwange National Park
You will do another full day safari in the Hwange National Park departing at around 07:30 and coming back at around 16:00. Hwange provides a safari experience to rival the great parks of East Africa - the Serengeti and Masai Mara - but without the crowds. You will have another fun-filled day in the park - now looking for your favorite animal or bird and even ignoring the other now common species. On a good day, you may even return to the lodge earlier as you will have seen all there is to be seen.
- Main Destination:
- Hwange National Park (Zimbabwe)
- Accommodation:
- Hwange Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Transfer to and activities in Victoria Falls
Transfer to and activities in Victoria Falls
After Breakfast, you will be transferred to Victoria Falls and after check-in, you will do a guided tour of the Victoria Falls. The walk on this 2KM stretch of the falls lasts for about two hours and, nothing prepares the visitor for this heart-stopping experience, the sight, the sound, the smell, and the humbling feeling that here is, without doubt, Nature`s Master Pierce. Mineral water, raincoats, and return transfers are included.
At 16H00 you will be transferred to the jetty for the relaxing Zambezi River sunset cruise. Relax with a sun-downer and snacks as you gaze out onto the banks of the river. Have your camera ready to capture one of the amazing sunsets in Africa. This is a two hours boat trip with all drinks, snacks, and return transfers. Expect to be back at the Hotel at about 19H00.
- Main Destination:
- Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe)
- Accommodation:
- Elephant Hills Resort
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Optional Tours in Victoria Falls
Optional Tours in Victoria Falls
This is your free day for Victoria Falls shopping and optional Tours. Optional tours may include the following;
• Helicopter flight over the Victoria Falls
• Lion walks
• Devils pool swimming on the Zambia side of the falls
• White water rafting
• Bungee jumping off the Zambezi bridge
• Visit to the real and working African villages some 20km out of town
Dinner will be at the Boma restaurant.
- Main Destination:
- Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe)
- Accommodation:
- Elephant Hills Resort
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Safari in the Chobe National Park
Safari in the Chobe National Park
You will be picked up at 0730 hours for the safari in the Chobe National park of Botswana only 70km from Victoria Falls. The safari starts with a Game Boat Cruise on the Chobe River - a three-hour game viewing safari from the boat. You will get to see lots of Chobe National Parks wildlife as they come to the river for the morning drink.
After lunch at the Chobe Safari Lodge (or similar), it will be time to take to the Chobe National Park in custom made 4x4 safari vehicles for the three-hour afternoon game drive. We will visit the upper Chobe River part that is not accessible by boats. This is where you will get to see the shy predators (lions, hyena, cheetah, and sometimes leopards) and at times on their kills. The afternoon game drive will lead to the camping spot of the day right in the park.
Dinner and overnight camping in the Chobe National Park.
- Main Destination:
- Chobe National Park (Botswana)
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
Wildlife in Chobe NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 11
Safari Chobe National Park
Safari Chobe National Park
Rise and shine, early wake-up with a cup of hot and refreshing tea/coffee. After a quick continental breakfast, we head off on an early morning game drive. This time of day is best for finding the big cats or and other nocturnals as they are still active and hunting and; with luck, we may even find them on their previous nights` kills. Around mid to late morning we return to camp for a delicious “bush brunch” and an opportunity to take a refreshing bush bucket shower.
When the day starts to cool off another afternoon game drive follows tea, and good sightings are revisited or areas as yet unexplored are visited. Chobe National Park has a wide variety of wildlife – the cats and large herbivores such as elephant and African buffalo being a highlight, but rarer game such as Eland, Sable and Roan antelope among others can be encountered. We return to camp after sunset for a reflective fireside chat.
Dinner follows, as always accompanied by the unforgettable sounds of the African night.
- Main Destination:
- Chobe National Park (Botswana)
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 12
Game drive to Savuti National Park
Game drive to Savuti National Park
You will do an early morning safari in the Chobe National Park, return to the camp for breakfast at around 09h00. After breakfast, we break camp and start the game drive to Savuti National park. You will be at the Campsite in Savuti at around 13h00 in time for lunch and refreshments. At 15h00 you will have another game drive in the Savuti National Park
Savuti is known for predators, both big cats (lion, leopard, hyena, and cheetah) and birds of prey. Spotted hyenas and their chilly cries are a staple, and many big bull elephants live out largely solitary years here. This is one park that can still impress even the seasoned safari-goers.
Camping in Savuti with all meals and refreshments.
- Main Destination:
- Savuti (Chobe NP, Botswana)
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 13
Safari in the Savuti National Park
Safari in the Savuti National Park
The Savuti is famous as the stage upon which lion prides compete with hyena clans for food and territory, Savuti has long been the destination of choice for safari aficionados. A remote area of the Chobe National Park, it has earned its international reputation for raw, dramatic game viewing, thanks to its open landscapes, abundant wildlife and full cast of predators.
We will spend this day exploring the Savuti marsh, for the predators and loads of other interesting wildlife
Dinner and overnight camping.
- Main Destination:
- Savuti (Chobe NP, Botswana)
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 14
Savuti Moremi Game Viewing
Savuti Moremi Game Viewing
You will do another early morning game drive in the Savuti National Park, and after breakfast, we will break camp and move on to Moremi National Park.
Moremi game reserve is the Okavango Delta`s only protected area and it shelters a fantastic variety of wildlife in its islands, floodplains, grasslands, and forests – including the big five, thanks to the re-introduction of the rhino. This is where the Basarwa/Bush people/ the bushmen can be seen. You can visit their semi-nomadic villages too.
Activities here include game drives, game walks, speedboat cruise and the famous Mokoro (dugout canoes) glides.
After lunch, we will have one more game viewing activity before retiring for the night - camping.
- Main Destination:
- Moremi Game Reserve (Okavango Delta, Botswana)
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
Wildlife in Moremi GR
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 15
Activities in the Okavango Delta
Activities in the Okavango Delta
You will spend this day in the delta where you may do the Mokoro glides, game drives, speed boats or visit the Basarwa (the bush people who also live in the reserve).
The guide will assist with arrangements. Optional tours also include helicopter of fixed wing flights over the delta). This has to be booked well in advance and is not included in the package).
- Main Destination:
- Okavango Delta (Botswana)
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
Wildlife in Okavango Delta
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 16
Transfer to Maun
Transfer to Maun
This will be your last day in the bush, you will be transferred to Maun which is the nearest town from the Okavango delta. You will be in Maun in time for lunch at the Cresta Maun (or similar) and you will spend this day shopping or just exploring this small vibrant town.
Dinner and overnight Cresta Maun Hotel (or similar).
- Main Destination:
- Maun (City, Botswana)
- Accommodation:
- Cresta Maun
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 17
Transfer to Maun Airport
Transfer to Maun Airport
This is you last day of the safari, departure times from the hotel will depend of the flight schedule; and it is recommended to be at the airport at least two hours before you flight time.
End of safari.
- Main Destination:
- Maun Airport (Maun, Botswana)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
