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| Viewing: Northbound Johannesburg to Nairobi - 4 weeks |
Package ID: 1496 |
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| Northbound Johannesburg to Nairobi - 4 weeks |
A great medium length tour trekking north along the East Africa overland routes ending in Nairobi 4 weeks later.
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Week 1 - South Africa, Botswana
Leaving Johannesburg we head north up through Pretoria to Martins Drift where we cross into Botswana. Heading across the Nxai Pan, we come to Maun where we can go in the Okavango Delta for a true wilderness experience, before heading up to the Chobe National Park for game drives and a river boat cruise. Crossing the Zambezi by Ferry, we arrive in Zambia to see the mighty Victoria Falls; locally called Mosi-oa-Tunya, The Smoke That Thunders, when the river is in full flow you will understand why.
Week 2 - Zambia/Zimbabwe
You can also join the trip here in Victoria Falls. We spend a few days in Livingstone, a town where you can blend in, and soak up the culture of a busy town.. There is an interesting Museum and a large curio market beside the Falls. From here we head up to Lake Kariba where you have the option of spending two nights on a houseboat. Here the chef cooks the food and we can relax and go fishing for the famous Tiger Fish. Then we spend a night in Lusaka at a game farm where zebra and giraffe walk through the campsite.
Week 3 - Zambia, Tanzania
We travel up the Great North Road to Shiwa House and Kapishya Hot Springs where Sir Stuart Gore-Browne built a stylish English manor house in the heart of the Zambian bush, and we can relax in the hot springs, which produce water at a constant 40 C. From the hot springs we enter Tanzania near Mbeya, a bustling little market town before heading down into the impressive Baobab Valley. We pass Mikumi National Park and onto Dar es Salaam, where we see the Indian Ocean, before catching the ferry to Zanzibar Island.
Week 4 - Tanzania, Kenya
In Zanzibar we can wander through the streets of Stone Town and explore the many wonders of the town, which had electricity ahead of London before heading up to the Northern Coast for the beautiful white sandy beaches. Then back to Dar es Salaam for a night before heading north. In Arusha we hire Landrovers to visit the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater. From Arusha we then head up to Kenya, crossing the Athi Plains, where you should glimpse Mount Kilimanjaro. We finish in Nairobi in Karen, a suburb named after Karen Blixen who first settled there.
For the Dec 07 departure : Christmas Day is spent at the Kapishya Hot Springs and then New
Year on Zanzibar Island.
This overland trips is not suitable for children
Plus: Local payment of GBP£200 payable to the driver on day 1.
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