Kruger Park, Okavango Delta, Chobe National Park & Victoria Falls
Four of Southern Africa's highlights in one trip. Game viwewing in Kruger National Park, mokoros in the Okavango wilderness area and adrenaline at Victoria Falls. A great Southern Africa Trip!
Accommodation is camping, in Kruger the a pre-erected permanent Camp is used, and in the Okavango delta you will Bush Camp.
Departure Days: Saturdays
Accommodation:Camping
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Tour Length: 16 days
Price: R12,800
Departure points:
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Includes:All transport
All accommodation
Qualified and registered guide
Meals as per itinerary
Blyde River Canyon
Kruger National Park game drives
Night drive inside Kruger National Park
Mokoros and Polers
Chobe National Park
Entrance to Victoria Falls waterfall
Zambezi River sunset cruise
Excludes: All drinks (except coffee
& tea with meals)
Meals not specified below
Adventure activities at Victoria Falls
Day 1: Tribal Village or Private Lodge (South Africa)
We depart early morning from Johannesburg & Pretoria for Nelspruit, where we also pick clients up. From here we drive through the mountains to Graskop where we stop to do last minute shopping and enjoy lunch (own cost). After lunch we visit God's Window, Bourke Luck Potholes, and the Blyde River Canyon.
Dinner included
Days 2 & 3: Kruger National Park (South Africa)
After breakfast we visit Kapama cheetah & endangered species research and breeding project, where you do a two hour tour with their staff. Here you will learn more about the endangered species of southern Africa, and the efforts to re-introduce them to nature. We then enter Kruger National Park, which is home to 147 mammal (including the Big 5), 114 reptile, & 502 bird species. You will be doing game drives inside Kruger National Park the majority of the day, with stops at view points and hides at waterholes. You will learn a lot from the guides, who have extensive knowledge of the animals, birds and plants. They also know the park, and animal movements, which enhances your game viewing opportunities. Breakfasts and lunches will be enjoyed at picnic sites within Kruger National Park, and you will be staying at a campsite inside Kruger National Park. During the evenings you can relax around the campfire while listening to the sounds of Africa as the animals call out at night. You might see various animals like hyena, buffalo or elephant walking along the fences.
We will be doing a two to three hour night drive (included) inside Kruger National Park with a parks board open sided vehicle and guide. During these two days you have the opportunity of doing an optional game walk that is conducted by Kruger Park rangers and is approximately three hours in duration.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner included
Cape Town
Kruger Park
Johannesburg
Sun City
St Lucia
Garden Route
Durban
Pretoria
By Province
Eastern Cape
Free State
Gauteng
KwaZulu-Natal
Limpopo
Mpumalanga
Northern Cape
North West Province
Western Cape
We start our final game drive as soon as the gates open, in search of the animals that we have not seen. We then head to Hartbeespoort where we stay in the valley below the Magalisberg mountains.
Breakfast included
Our tents are permanently erected on
wooden platforms along the fence. The
tents that we use are 2.4 x 2.4 (meters)
and 3.0 x 3.0 (meters) with built in floor
and mosquito nets over the windows
and door. Each tent has two proper
single bed mattresses (same as
many hotels in South Africa use) with
fitted sheets.
Cities
Cape Town
Johannesburg
Durban
Pretoria
Port Elizabeth
Attractions
Kruger National Park
Garden Route
St Lucia
Drakensberg
Wild Coast
Battlefields
Sun City & Pilanesberg
Provinces
Eastern Cape
Free State
Gauteng
KwaZulu-Natal
Limpopo
Mpumalanga
Northern Cape
North West province
Western Cape
Day 5: Nata (Botswana)
We depart early morning from Hartbeespoort. Your guide will stop en-route for breakfast (own cost) and last minute shopping, before reaching the Botswana border. You will get an opportunity to change money, after crossing the border, from where we head further north to Nata, where we camp the night.
Dinner included
Day 6: Maun (Botswana)
The day starts with an early morning breakfast, before heading west along the northern border of the Kalahari Desert to Maun. We stay the night at a great campsite outside Maun, where you can visit the crocodile farm, and relax by the swimming pool.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner included
Days 7, 8, 9: Okavango Delta (Botswana)
The Okavango Delta must be one of the best experiences offered in southern Africa, and offers a large variety of mammal, reptile and bird species.
Every day we will do early morning and late afternoon game walks, searching for as many different animal species as possible. The guides will explain more about all the animals, tracks and the Delta during these walks. You will have the opportunity to get as close as possible (safety first) to the wildlife of the Okavango Delta.
After dinners you can relax with the guides around a campfire, while listening to their stories about the bush, animals, their cultures and of course listening to the sounds of animals at night in Africa.
You start your last morning in the Okavango delta with a cup of coffee before doing your final game walk. After the walk you will enjoy breakfast, break down camp, and then return by mokoros to the place where the 4x4 vehicles will meet you.
Your guide will prepare a light lunch on return to camp in Maun. This afternoon you have the opportunity to do an optional one hour flight over the Okavango Delta, during which you are guaranteed to see many large herds of animals, as well as many single or smaller groups of animals.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner included
Day 10: Nata (Botswana)
This morning we head back to Nata, where you can relax by the pool or do an optional quad bike excursion, or an open vehicle Magadigadi Pans game drive.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner included
Day 11: Chobe National Park (Botswana)
We head further north through the Kasane forest where we always see herds of elephants, rare antelopes and sometimes lion, hyena and wild dog. We arrive mid morning in Kasane where we will be staying on the shores of the Chobe River at Chobe Safari Lodge that is at the gate of Chobe National Park. Here you can relax at the swimming pool overlooking the river where you stand a good chance to see animals like elephant, buffalo and hippo, as well as a large variety of bird species. This afternoon we do an open vehicle game drive inside Chobe National Park, which is well known for its large variety and large numbers of wildlife.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner included
Days 12, 13, 14: Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe)
A short drive takes us across the border and on to the adventure capital of the world, Victoria Falls, which is considered to be one of the safest tourist destinations in southern Africa. On arrival the guide will assist you with the changing of money and booking of your optional activities, before going to one of the seven natural wonders of the world - the magnificent Victoria Falls. The waterfall is 1700 meters (1.1 mile) wide, of which 1300 meters is on the Zimbabwean side, including the main falls. Late afternoon we do a sunset cruise on the 4th largest river in Africa (Zambezi River), which has national parks on both the Zambian and Zimbabwean side of the river. We normally see a wide variety of wildlife such as hippo, elephant, antelopes, giraffe and much more while on the cruise, during which all soft drinks, wine, beer and finger snacks are included.
You will have plenty of free time to explore the town, meet the local, visit the African arts and craft markets, or to relax by the pool in the heat of the day.
Victoria Falls is well known for offering great activities (optional excursions) such as the best 1 day white water rafting, the 2nd highest bungi jump in the world, elephant back safaris, flights over the waterfall, canoe safaris, day trips to Hwange National Park, fishing, game walks, horse back safaris and much more. The last night is dinner out at a local restaurants (own cost).
Days 12 & 13: Breakfast, Dinner included
Day 14: Breakfast included
Day 15: Palapye (Botswana)
This morning we head south to Palapye, where you can relax by the pool.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner included
Day 16: Return to Johannesburg & Pretoria (South Africa)
We depart early morning for Johannesburg & Pretoria. Your guide will stop en-route for breakfast (own cost).
No meals included
In the Delta we Free camp
with our local guides:
which means we find an ideal
patch of trees along the
waterways that is
suitable for us to
camp. This means that there
are no fences, electricity,
buildings or bathrooms.
All that it is, is
us plus what we are able
to carry with us
in the mokoros.
The polers will dig a hole
and build a toilet seat
from palm tree leaves.
Unfortunately we do not
have a shower for
these days, but we
do have many natural swim
holes in the rivers.
These swim holes has crystal
clear water and are extremely
welcome when the temperatures
reaches Africa style
maximums during the
afternoons.