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| Viewing: Southern Cross (Victoria Falls to Cape Town) |
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| Southern Cross (Victoria Falls to Cape Town) |
Experience the best of Southern African game parks & last great wilderness areas in a small group expedition in extra comfort and innovative facilities, a photographer's dream!
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Travel from Victoria Falls (Livingstone - Zambia) to Cape Town through some of the most beautiful landscapes and wildlife areas that Africa has to offer. With a maximum of 16 persons in our custom built full size expedition truck giving you over a metre of legroom at each seat you can sit back, relax and soak up the incredible sights and sounds from the Victoria Falls to the Okavango Delta and Namib desert.
We provide the services of an expert photographer and digital download facility on all our overland tours, a unique feature making us stand out from the others!
One of our crew (normally the Tour Leader) is a full-qualified, semi-professional, photographer who will be available to give advice on photographic (and video) techniques; and will organise “workshops/tutorials” on photographic subjects and techniques (eg landscape, wildlife and bird photography, night shots, close-ups and portraits) to assist our guests to improve their photographic technique. We also provide a laptop computer with multi-card reader for those clients with digital cameras to enable you to download your memory cards and burn those special memories to CD or DVD while on tour.
Tour price includes all highlights (inclusive activities worth £445), all ground transport except Zanzibar, all road tolls and vehicle taxes, camping and cooking equipment and services of 3 crew.
Local Payment - US$660 - Local Payment covers all food (3 meals a day, - provided by our now legendary Kenyan Cook) and camping fees/accommodation for the whole tour. This is payable to the tourleader at the start of the tour in US dollars only.
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Day 1-3
Starting at the Victoria Falls in Zambia the Southern Cross Tour allows you the opportunity over a few days to choose any number of the adrenaline activities on offer, including a sunset cruise on the Zambezi and a chance to visit one of the seven natural wonders of the world: Victoria Falls itself. CAMPING
Day 4-5
Leaving the Falls we enter Botswana and spend two nights camped on the banks of the Chobe River. We take a morning game drive into the Chobe National Park and then spend the afternoon on the river with a sunset game cruise. CAMPING
Day 6
The following day we head for Maun, spending the night just outside town. Relax for the afternoon or get a different perspective of the vast inland Okavango Delta waterway from a small aircraft. (flight optional) CAMPING
Day 7-9
We then head north to the town of Etsha where we begin our Delta experience. This is the panhandle of the Okavango region. Transfer with 4x4 truck and motorboats. CAMPING
Day 10
Driving north to Namibia we spend the night in a beautiful campsite on the banks of the Kavango river. CAMPING
Day 11-13
We head west to Etosha National Park spending the next 3 days game driving in the park. In the evenings you can sit at the floodlit water holes and watch the "nightlife". Game drive in Etosha. CAMPING
Day 14
After Etosha we head to a local cheetah conservation project, where you have the opportunity to interact with these special mammals. CAMPING
Day 15
Today we make our way north to visit a Himba tribe village. CAMPING
Day16
Today our destination is a campsite near the Twyfelfontein Rock engravings, which we will also visit. CAMPING
Day 17
A short drive takes us to the Brandberg, Namibia’s highest mountain. Here we camp for the night. The views are spectacular, and we also walk into the mountain reserve to visit the famous “white lady” bushman painting. CAMPING
Day 18-20
Next morning we continue to the coast to visit the Cape Cross seal colony, then on to the old German town of Swakopmund where there are more adrenaline pumping activities on offer. Spend the day enjoying the activities that Swakopmund has to offer. Explore this colonial town, with its Germanic architecture. BUNGALOW ACCOMMODATION
Day 21-22
Heading through the Namib Desert we arrive at the dramatic red sand dunes of Sossusvlei. We rise early to watch the sunrise from Dune 45, soaking up the tranquil atmosphere. The rest of the morning we explore Dead Vlei and the massive dunes with a guide. CAMPING
Day 23
Our next stop is the Fish River Canyon. We spend one night here and view the sunset while having a drink on the canyon's rim. CAMPING
Day 24
We then travel to a lush campsite on the banks of the Orange River. Take a short canoe trip down the Orange river. CAMPING
Day 25
We head into South Africa today camping at a Hot Spring resort a few hours outside of Cape Town. CAMPING
Day 26
After a relaxing early morning swim we head off to visit two wine farms in the area and have a chance to taste some of the fine wines on offer from the Citrusdal area. We stay at the same campsite for our last night of tour.
Day 27
Arrival in Cape Town. TOUR ENDS ON ARRIVAL IN CAPE TOWN
Included highlights:
Zambezi Sunset cruise
Victoria Falls National Park entry
Chobe National Park entry - game drive and boat cruise
3-night/4-day trip to Okavango Delta
Etosha National Park entry and game drives
Cheetah Conservation project
Himba Tribe
Twyfelfontein rock engravings
Brandberg - White Lady
Cape Cross Seal Colony
Namib Desert
Sossusvlei dunes 3 hour guide desert walk
Fish River Canyon Park entry
Orange River canoeing
Not Included:
Flight over Delta (~US $80)
Sand-boarding (~US $30-40)
Quad-biking (~US $90)
Activities at Victoria Falls
Visas, travel insurance, vaccinations, flights, airport taxes, sleeping bag, items of a personal nature, curios and alcohol.
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