ZIMBABWE: SAFARI TRIPS

TWE will be offering Safari Trips to Botswana & Zimbabwe.

THE BOTSWANA & VIC FALLS EXPERIENCE – 11 Days / 10 Nights

• Day 1 : Arrival Maun / Makgadikgadi Pans
• Day 2 : Makgadikgadi Pans
• Day 3-4 : Moremi Game Reserve
• Day 5-6 : Okavango Delta
• Day 7-8 : Chobe National Park
• Day 9-10 : Vic Falls
• Day 11 : Departure Day

Day 1: Arrival Maun / Makgadikgadi

• On Arrival at Maun Airport you will take a micro light flight to your Lodge (attention: luggage is limited to 20 kg in a soft bag including hand luggage)
• On the Arrival at your Lodge you will be warmly welcomed by a Lodge Representative
• Lunch at the Lodge (depending on time of arrival)
• Afternoon Safari in open 4×4 vehicle with Experienced English Speaking Ranger
• Dinner and Overnight at Leroo La Tau on a Full Inclusive basis in a Double Room (including accommodation, all meals, refreshments, local spirits & wines (excluding premium brands), all game drives.
• No Walking Safari or Game Drive are allowed in the National Park at night.

Makgadikgadi Pans National Park stretches away from the banks of the now dry Boteti River, through its interior of scrubland and grasslands, ending at the extraordinary salt pans in the east. The Makgadikgadi Pans are the remains of a great lake that once occupied a significant portion of Northern Botswana, covering approximately 60 000 square kilometers. After the start of the rainy season, this desert area teems with wildlife as herds of zebra and wildebeest graze to their heart’s content on the wide open green grassland plains of the Makgadikgadi. During the wet season there is an influx of migratory bird species, while resident desert species welcome their visitors by showing off their breeding plumage. At the onset of the dry season, this area is populated by up to 30000 wildebeest and zebra, which have remained after migrating down to the Makgadikgadi in their search for wet season grazing. The migration brings with it an increase in levels of predator activity.

Days 1+ 2 - Your Accommodation in the Makgadikgadi - Leroo La Tau - 5 Star Accommodation

Leroo La Tau is built on cliffs over 10m high above this arid riverbed, and in the dry season wildlife concentrates around the water hole in front of the lodge. The main reception and lounge area of Leroo La-Tau is located on top of these cliffs; this raised vantage point ensures unsurpassed views of these desert inhabitants as they congregate below to quench their terrible thirst. The lodge offers 12 luxury thatch and glass suites with en-suite bathrooms, each one a raised wooden platform. The main lounge and dining area, with its inviting wooden and thatch finishes, offers guests the opportunity to sit back and relax at the bar while listening to the wide variety of night sounds so characteristic of the African bush. Alternatively you can lounge around the pool while appreciating the herds of zebra and wildebeest which are often seen around the lodge grounds and the waterhole.

Day 2: Makgadikgadi National Park

• Tea and Coffee at Dawn
• Morning Safari in open 4×4 vehicles
• Hearty breakfast back at the lodge
• Lunch at the Lodge
• Time at Leisure or Guided Walking Safari in the Bush
• Afternoon Safari in open 4×4 vehicles
• Dinner and Overnight at Leroo la Tau Lodge on a Full Inclusive basis in a double room (including accommodation, all meals, refreshments, local spirits & wines (excluding premium brands), all game drives.

Day 3: Moremi Game Reserve

• Tea and Coffee at Dawn
• Early Morning Safari in open 4×4 vehicles
• Back to the Lodge for a Hearty Breakfast
• Flight Transfer to Moremi Reserve
• Arrival at the Lodge Airfield
• Transfer to the Lodge and check in
• Lunch at the Lodge (depending on time of arrival)
• Open 4×4 Safari or Boat Trip on the Xakanaxa Lagoon
• Dinner and Overnight at Camp Moremi on a Full Inclusive basis in a Double Room (including accommodation, all meals, refreshments, local spirits & wines (excluding premium brands), all Game Drives

The Moremi Game Reserve was originally the hunting grounds of the Banoka, the River Bushmen, closely related in physique and language to the San of the Kalahari. They hunted the area as long as 10,000 years ago. Later, the Bia Tawana settled here and used the area for subsistence hunting and cattle farming. The Moremi was set aside in 1962 for this purpose and was extended in 1970 to encompass most of Botswana’s north eastern and central Okavango Delta. The first reserve excluded Chief’s Island as this was the chief’s personal hunting ground, but in 1976 the tribe decided to include Chief’s Island, and in 1991 the reserve was further enlarged by 1,046km². The Moremi Game Reserve stretches over an area of 4,872km², including both delta and desert, and supporting a vast range of animals including cheetah, wild dog and an abundance of birdlife.

Days 3 & 4 - Your Accommodation in Moremi - Camp Moremi - 5 Star accommodation

Camp Moremi is located in the Moremi Game Reserve of Botswana’s Okavango Delta. The tree lodge is an elevated thatch and timber structure consisting of a main lounge, library, dining room and cocktail bar. The sun deck looks out over the Xakanaxa Lagoon. Each of Camp Moremi’s 11 East-African-style safari tents is situated on a raised teak platform and is furnished with a wardrobe, luggage rack, dressing table, bedside pedestal and director’s chairs. Colourful woven rugs, designer linen and matching interior blinds complete the warm, African ambiance. The lodge also has a curio shop, swimming pool, boma and an elevated observation platform. Rates are inclusive of accommodation, all meals, all local brand drinks, scheduled game-viewing activities, park entrance fees and laundry service. Please note that due to its location within the Moremi Game Reserve, there are no night drives at Camp Moremi; afternoon game drives are required to be back at the lodge by sunset.

Day 4 – Moremi Game Reserve

• Breakfast at the Lodge
• Early morning safari in open 4×4 vehicle or River boat trip
• Lunch at the Lodge and free time
• Safari in open 4×4 vehicle or River boat trip
• Dinner and overnight at Camp Moremi on a Full Inclusive basis in a double room (including accommodation, all meals, refreshments, local spirits & wines (excluding premium brands), all game drives.

Day 5 – The Okavango Delta

• Breakfast at the Lodge
• Safari in open 4×4 vehicle or River boat trip
• Transfer to the airstrip and charter flight to the Okavango Delta
• Arrival and transfer to the Lodge
• Lunch at the Lodge (depending on your time of arrival)
• Mokoro (canoe) activity or Boat Safari
• Dinner and overnight at Camp Okavango on a Full Inclusive Basis in a Double Room (including accommodation, all meals, refreshments, local spirits & wines (excluding premium brands), all Game Drives.

The Okavango Delta

In northern Botswana lies a vast inland delta in an otherwise arid region. This ecosystem offers the ultimate in African bush- and water- game viewing experiences. The Okavango River has its source in the highlands of central Angola, where torrential summer rains feed this young river. It then drains to the southeast for 1,000 kilometres until it fans out across the vast plains of the Kalahari, forming the world’s largest oasis: the 15,000 square-kilometre Okavango Delta. The Delta itself is a complex of inland waterways, with an intricate maze of meandering channels and isolated islands, fringed by tangled old riverine forests and broad flood plains with water levels regulated by seasonal flooding. On the northeastern extremity of this «jewel of the Kalahari» is a mysterious overflow. This overflow, by way of erratic tectonic movements, links the Delta to the verdant plains of the Selinda Spillway, the swamps of Linyanti, the marshes of Savuti, the woodlands of the Chobe river and to the mighty Zambezi River and its Victoria Falls.

 

Days 5 & 6 - Your Accommodation in the Okavango Delta - Camp Okavango - 5 Star accommodation

Camp Okavango is situated on the remote Nxaragha Island in the heart of the permanent Okavango Delta. The camp has 12 East African-style safari tents, each situated on raised teak platforms with en-suite bathrooms and private sun decks. Each tent is furnished with an African teak wardrobe, luggage rack, dressing table and bedside pedestals. The facilities offered at the camp include a dining room leading onto an open-air patio, cocktail bar, lounge, wildlife reference library, bird-viewing hide, shaded hammocks, sun-deck and plunge pool. The activities offered at the camp include game viewing by canoe and river craft or guided nature walks on the islands of the Delta. The fully inclusive rate includes accommodation, all meals, refreshments on game activities, local spirits and wines, game activities, park fees and laundry services (on request).

 

Day 6: The Okavango Delta

• Breakfast at the Lodge
• Mokoro Safari or Guided Walking Safari in the Bush (Camp Okavango also offers a birding and a fishing trip)
• Lunch at the Lodge
• Time at Leisure
• Afternoon Mokoro or Boat Safari
• Dinner and overnight at Camp Okavango on a Full Inclusive Basis in a Double Room (including accommodation, all meals, refreshments, local spirits & wines (excluding premium brands), All Game Drives.

Day 7: Chobe National Park

• Breakfast at the Lodge
• Mokoro Cruise or Guided Walking Safari in the Bush
• Charter Flight to Kasane APT in the Chobe region.
• Upon Arrival at Kasane APT transfer to your Lodge
• Lunch at the Lodge (depending on time of arrival)
• Sunset Boat Cruise on the Chobe River
• The River attracts many animals and the number of elephants is impressive. As herds of buffaloes go down the river to drink early
• Dinner and Overnight at Chobe Game Lodge on a Fully Inclusive Basis in a Double Room (including accommodation, all meals, refreshments, local spirits & wines (excluding premium brands), All Game Drives.

Chobe National Park

Much of Botswana consists of flood plains, sandy depressions, grasslands and Kalahari-type desert. Chobe National Park, with an area of 1,1 million hectares is a combination of all these – a spectacular, game-rich wilderness interspersed with patches of swamp land and stands of Mopane, Kiaat, Teak and Acacia trees. It takes its name from the Chobe River, which forms an irregular boundary between Botswana and Namibia’s Caprivi Strip. The river, running from West to East, is known by other names further upstream; it starts as the Cuando River, which rises in Angola and soon becomes the Linyanti River, then the Itenge River and finally the Chobe River. The Chobe, in turn, is a major tributary of the Zambezi River. Chobe National Park offers a wide variety of habitats for the herds of elephants, buffaloes and zebras for which the park is world-famous. The game provides ample prey for predators such as lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas and wild dogs. Tiger-fish and bream lure fishermen to the papyrus-fringed waterways of the Linyanti River. The Chobe Riverfront is the park’s most densely game-populated area, and it may seem that the word ‘wildlife’ is synonymous with ‘elephant’: an estimated 73,000 elephants inhabit Chobe National Park, and herds numbering up to 500 can be seen on the river bank.

 

Days 7 – 8 - Your Accommodation in the Chobe National Park - Chobe Game Lodge - 5 Star accommodation

Chobe Game Lodge is the only permanent game lodge situated within the Chobe National Park. The lodge has 46 rooms (which are all river facing) with private verandas, air-conditioning, overhead fans, bars and en-suite bathrooms. Activities on offer include land and water-based options. A complete game experience is available in 4×4 vehicles or on small, shallow-draft and highly manoeuvrable boats piloted by boatmen. Other activities include game walks, stargazing and sunset cruises. Facilities at the lodge include a swimming pool with terrace, boma, conference facilities, business centre, a bar with outdoor terrace and a cigar bar. A restaurant on the terrace is also available during meal times. The fully inclusive rate includes accommodation, all meals, refreshments on game activities, local spirits and wines, complimentary mini bar, national park fees and game activities.

Day 8: Chobe National Park

• Breakfast at the Lodge
• Safari in open 4×4 vehicles in Chobe Park
• Lunch at the Lodge and free time
• Boat Cruise in the Afternoon on the Chobe River
• Dinner and Overnight at Chobe Game Lodge on a Full Inclusive Basis in a Double Room (including Accommodation, All Meals, Refreshments, Local Spirits & Wines (excluding premium brands), All Game Drives.

Day 9: Victoria Falls/Zimbabwe

• Breakfast at the Lodge
• Last Safari in open 4×4 vehicles
• Refresh yourself back at the Lodge before the road transfer to the Victoria Falls.
• Check in at Victoria Falls Safari Lodge
• Lunch and Dinner at Leisure (excluded)
• Afternoon at Leisure to enjoy the activities offered on site
• Please contact us for activity booking
• Your accommodation at Victoria Falls Safari Lodge includes Breakfast

Victoria Falls form the greatest curtain of falling water in the world. They are 1,708 metres wide, 103 metres deep (at their highest point), and carry 500 million litres of water per minute in full flood. David Livingstone, the Scottish missionary who discovered the Falls on an African expedition in November of 1855, named it in honour of Queen Victoria, the Queen of England at the time. A wide variety of animals are found around this great natural wonder of the world. Their ancestries go back 150 million years to the age of the dinosaurs; a time when widespread volcanic activity changed the shape and form of southern Africa Where the Falls now thunder and rage, a huge slab of basalt was pushed up during that time. Today, Victoria Falls is an exceptionally popular tourist destination, whose beauty will be kept intact by the conservation ethics of its country and visitors.

Offered activities in the Vic Falls region

• Water: Cruises on the Zambezi, Jet Boat, Rafting, Fishing, Canoeing
• Air: Glider, Helicopter Flights, Ultra Lights
• Land: Safari Walk with Rhinos, Lion Encounter, Elephant Back Safari, Horse Riding, Victoria Falls Tour etc.
• Cultural: Visit a Zimbabwean Craft Village, Dances etc.
• Adrenaline: Abseiling, Adrenaline High Wire, Bungee Jumping, Throat Swinger

Days 9 & 10 - Your Accommodation at Vic Falls Safari Lodge

• Breakfast
• Day at Leisure to Enjoy Activities (excluded)
• Lunch and Dinner at your own account
• Your Accommodation in Vic Falls Safari Lodge includes Breakfast

Victoria Falls Safari Lodge

Situated on a Plateau which forms a natural boundary to the 80 000 hectare Zambezi National Park, the westward facing Victoria Falls Safari Lodge enjoys uninterrupted views and spectacular African sunsets. The lodge consists of 66 bedrooms and 6 split level suites, which boast much comfort. Each bedroom has it’s own balcony and is equipped with binoculars and nature books so that one can enjoy the natural habitat. There is the well-known wildlife that can be seen in the area throughout the year, and the mighty Victoria Falls is only 5 minutes away from the lodge.

Day 11 – Departure Day

• Enjoy your last Breakfast
• Transfer to Vic Falls Airport
• Flights to your onwards journey (excluded)
• End of our Services -

Includes -

Excludes -

• Travel Insurance (compulsory in Botswana)
• All additional entrance fees/activities
• Porters and Gratuities
• Personal Expenses
• All Additional Meals (Vic Falls)
• Drinks and Tips at Restaurants/Lodges in Vic Falls
• Premium Drinks in Botswana
• Visa Fees & Airport Taxes
• International flights

Botswana & Vic Falls Experience is an Unforgettable Experience that offers you the very Best of Botswana & Zimbabwe, so you don’t need to look any further! This is the Perfect Getaway for couples, honeymooners, small and large families and it is a Must See if you are in Africa. Start Your Dream Journey Now!