Itinerary

Day 1: Elephant sands (Botswana)
The tour departs early morning from Johannesburg and Pretoria. Your guide will stop en-route for breakfast (own cost), banks and last minute shopping while still on the South African side of the border. Your guide will assist you with changing money after you have crossed the border into Botswana. We head further north to Elephant Sands which is a lovely lodge close to Nata, where we stay the night. Here you can relax at the swimming pool or at the waterhole while watching animals such as large herds of elephants and other animals including lion coming to drink water.
Accommodation: Camping with option to upgrade to bedded accommodation.
Included meals: Dinner

Day 2: Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe)
After an early morning light breakfast we drive further north to the Zimbabwe border post. This drive takes us through the Kasane forest where we always see herds of elephants and often see a variety of antelopes and sometimes lion, hyena and wild dog. From here we drive another hour to the vibrant town of Victoria Falls where we will be staying the next three nights. The campsite is situated in the middle of town, within 10 minutes walking distance of just about everything. Your guide will assist you with the bookings of optional activities that you would like to do and changing of money. This afternoon we visit the magnificent Victoria Falls waterfall (optional), which is one of the seven natural wonders of the world and 1700 meters (1,1 mile) wide, making it the largest sheet of falling water in the world. The Zimbabwean side is the best side to view the waterfall from, as 1400 meters of the waterfall is on the Zimbabwean side, as well as the main falls. Therefore there is water throughout the year, where the Zambian side is only 300 meters of the 1700 meters, and has no water during the winter months. This afternoon is ideal to book an optional sunset cruise on the beautiful Zambezi river which is the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, with national parks on either side of the river. You have a great opportunity to see animals coming down to the river for a drink, as well as a reasonable variety of bird life. We often see elephants, zebra, blue wildebeest, rhino, buffalo and a variety of antelope species. Obviously hippo and crocodile are plenty-full in this region. All soft drinks, wine and beer is included while on the sunset cruise. Most days you will have fantastic photo opportunities of the sunset, depending on the weather. The Zambezi river is the forth largest river in Africa.
Accommodation: Camping with option to upgrade to bedded accommodation.
Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Days 3 & 4: Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe)
Victoria Falls and the surrounding areas offer a great variety of things to see and do. You will have plenty of free time to explore the town, meet the locals, visit the African markets with its wide variety of very affordable arts and crafts made from wood, stone and beads, or to relax by the pool at the campsite in the heat of the day. The Victoria Falls region is nicknamed the adventure capital of Africa for a reason. It is well known for the large variety of fantastic activities (optional excursions) such as the best one day white water rafting in the world, the 111 meters bungi jump off the bridge between Zimbabwe and Zambia which is the second highest bridge bungi jump in the world, elephant back and horse safaris, flights over the waterfall, canoe safaris, day trips to Hwange national park, fishing safaris, game walks, super fast jet boat trips, abseiling, gorge swings and much more. On day 4 dinner is out at one of the local restaurants (own cost), which is normally a festive outing.
Accommodation: Camping with option to upgrade to bedded accommodation.
Included meals - Day 3: Breakfast, Dinner
Included meals - Day 4: Breakfast

Day 5: Chobe National Park (Botswana)
After a light breakfast we drive back to the Botswana border post through the Matetsi game reserve where we often see herds of elephants, sable antelope, buffalo and many more animal species. We arrive late morning in Kasane where we will be staying at a campsite on the shores of the Chobe River that is close to the gate of Chobe National Park. Here we often see hippo and large herds of animals. You will have the opportunity to change money and / or relax at the swimming pool and at the river shores. This afternoon we do a game drive in an open 4x4 vehicle inside Chobe national park, which is well known for its large variety and numbers of wildlife. These game drives are always very successful with spotting large numbers of wildlife. Dinner will be served on return to camp.
Accommodation: Camping with option to upgrade to bedded accommodation.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 6: Khama Rhino Sanctuary (Botswana)
We leave Kasane after a light breakfast, driving south to Palapye where we enjoy lunch (own cost). A short drive takes us to Khama Rhino Sanctuary where we stay the night. Here you can relax in the bird hide from where you will see many of the local birds at a watering hole, or you can take part in one of the many optional game viewing activities, such as a game drive, night drive, nature walk, rhino tracking or giraffe tracking.
Accommodation: Camping with option to upgrade to bedded accommodation.
Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 7: Return to Johannesburg & Pretoria (South Africa)
We depart early morning driving south, crossing the border into South Africa. Your guide will drop you off at your backpacker hostel or hotel in Johannesburg & Pretoria. You will stop en-route for breakfast and lunch (own cost).
Included meals: No meals included

Included

Accommodation:

The Chobe national park & Victoria Falls: The included accommodation on this tour is camping. However, every camp that we stay at on this tour offers a variety of chalets, private rooms etc. Therefore clients do have to option to upgrade from camping accommodation to bedded accommodation. The safari operator will pay the camping rate and clients who upgrade their accommodation must pay the balance. Upgrades cannot be booked in advance. Upgrades must be done on tour when you arrive at a camp and seen the bedded accommodation. Depends on availability.

Max Group Size: no more than 12 passengers

All transport
All accommodation
Qualified and registered guide
All camping and other equipment
Meals as specified in the detailed itinerary
Entrance & conservation fees to Chobe national park
Chobe national park game drive (open vehicles)

Excluded

All drinks (except coffee & tea with meals)
Meals not specified in the detailed itinerary
Optional activities
Visas if required

List of Optional Activities:
Victoria Falls
Full day white water rafting (Low water, August to January) (rapids 1 to 21) US$ 130
Full day white water rafting (High water, February to July) (rapids 11 to 24) US$ 120
Half day white water rafting & river boarding (Low water, August to January) (rapids 1 to 21) US$ 185
Bungee jump from the Victoria Falls bridge US$ 120
Bridge slide US$ 35
Tandem Bridge slide (2 people) US$ 55
Bridge swing US$ 120
Tandem bridge swing (2 people) US$ 190
Historical bridge tour US$ 50
Helicopter flight over the Victoria Falls waterfall (13 minutes) US$ 130
Helicopter flight over the Victoria Falls waterfall (25 minutes) US$ 250
Elephant interactive safari US$ 130
Walk with lions US$ 130
Game drive: Night drive including bush dinner US$ 110
Game drive: Morning or afternoon US$ 90
Game walk: Morning walk US$ 90
Half day upper Zambezi canoeing US$ 110
Full day upper Zambezi canoeing US$ 125
Upper Zambezi canoeing (wine route) (3 hours) US$ 60
Multi day canoe safaris on the Zambezi River On request
Morning elephant interactive safari + Lion walk US$ 200
Morning elephant interactive safari + Lion walk + Rhino tracking & Vulture restaurant US$ 230
Afternoon elephant interactive safari + Rhino tracking + night game drive + bush dinner under stars US$ 260

Khama Rhino sanctuary
Game drive (Minimum fee up to first 4 people) Pula 410
Game drive (per additional person more than 4 people) Pula 110
Night game drive (Minimum fee up to first 4 people) Pula 560
Night game drive (per additional person more than 4 people) Pula 170
Nature walk Pula 170
Rhino tracking Pula 280
Giraffe tracking Pula 280


Sleeping bag hire: R60 (once off) per person, if you do not have a sleeping bag of your own.

Departures

Starts: Johannesburg, Pretoria
Selected list of Backpackers, Guest House, Hotel

Finishes: Johannesburg, Pretoria
Selected list of Backpackers, Guest House, Hotel
Airport drop off by arrangement

Departing every Monday

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