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Daily highlights (as covered by Fully Inclusive Local Payment) 01 Livingstone, at leaisure in Livingstone 02 Depart Livingstone, Kasane, Chobe NP, Chobe River Fish Eagle Cruise LD 03 Nata, BLD 04 Francistown, Palapye, Polokwane, South Africa BLD 05 Kruger Private Game Reserve, Night Drive BLD 06 Kruger National Park Game Drives BLD 07 Mpumalanga, Johannesburg B
Day 1 – 3 Our tour begins in Livingstone and Victoria Falls (Zambia side), where there are numerous activities and excursions to choose from, easily enough for an extra day or two if time allows you a bit more time in Africa before our safari starts: white water rafting, bungee jumping, abseiling, gorge swinging, scenic flights (microlight, helicopter or small aircraft), canoeing, elephant back safaris and horse riding. But don’t leave without seeing the Victoria Falls themselves. At over a mile wide and some 100 metres deep, in high water it forms the largest curtain of falling water in the world with spray visible from 20 kilometres away; hence their local name Mosi au Tunya ( ‘smoke that thunders’).
From Livingstone we cross into Botswana by ferry at Kazangula to Kasane, and camp near Chobe National Park, a vast reserve of some 12000 sq km and along the Chobe River-front lush plains and forests support a remarkable variety of wildlife. It is perhaps most famous for its huge elephant populations and is thought to be home to some 40000 of the 120000 elephants inhabiting this area of Africa. There is the option to take a game viewing boat cruise in the park. Sit back, relax and watch elephant, buffalo and hippo in the river shallows. Chobe is also known for its prolific birdlife, especially the beautiful fish eagle.
Day 4 – 6 Botswana is a vast sparsely populated country, and we pass through Francistown and the tiny settlement of Nata on the long drive through dry bushveld to the north of South Africa. From here we visit southern Africa’s most famed national park - Kruger. The fences between the private game reserves on the fringes of the park, and the park’s borders with adjoining Mozambique and Botswana, have been taken down to form Greater Kruger and the park’s animals are free to roam the whole area. Kruger and Greater Kruger cover over 24,000 sq km and is home to an incredible wealth of African animals from the dwarf mongoose to Africa’s ‘Big Five’ (leopard, lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo). There is also an incredible diversity of birdlife and flora to be discovered. We spend two nights within the Kruger area and take game drives across the savannah to glimpse some of the wildlife that inhabits the park.
Day 7 On the last day of the tour, we travel via the Panorama region of Mpumalanga with its beautiful scenery and dramatic escarpment views, to Johannesburg where our tour ends. Also known as the ‘City of Gold’, it is one of the most cosmopolitan cities on the African continent.
Age: 18-39
Included in Price: Fully equipped safari vehicle, camping and cooking equipment, all road tolls and vehicle taxes, transport, sleeping mattress, services of two crew and meals as indicated
Not Included: Local Payment excursions, visas, travel insurance, flights, departure taxes, airport transfers, sleeping bag, optional activities, drinks, tips and items of a personal nature
Price: GBP 375 PLUS Local Payment (Mandatory) US$ 190
Optional Local Payment US $ 60 made up of: Shangaan cultural evening US$35 Chobe Fish Eagle Cruise US$25
