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1-2: VICTORIA FALLS - ILALA LODGE - LODGING
On arrival you will be met
at the airport in Vic Falls and transferred to your hotel.
TERRAIN: Ilala Lodge is the
closest hotel to the falls. Situated on the edge of the Victoria Falls
National Park it is within an easy walking distance to the “Smoke that
Thunders”. We spend two nights here.
GAME: Elephant, buffalo,
bushbuck, baboon, vervet monkeys and warthogs are common.
ACTIVITIES (includied): Visit
To the Victoria Falls & Rain Forest; Free time to explore the markets
& shops; Dinner at Mondi Village;
Elephant-back ride (early
morning); “Flight of the Angels” by helicopter (1/2 hour); Zambezi River
Sunset Jet-Extreme Cruise.
DAY 3-4: ZAMBEZI NATIONAL
PARK – CANOE TRAIL - CAMPING
Transfer by road to our launch
spot in Zambezi National Park from where our canoe trip will start.
TERRAIN: Zambezi National
Park, situated on the Upper Zambezi River, is one of Zimbabwe's most beautiful
national parks. It consists of well wooded riverine forest and is home
to a wide range of fauna and avifauna. It offers good game viewing and
guests have the ideal opportunity of combining a walking with a canoeing
safari. Our walking safaris are conducted in remote sections of this park
and our camps are private and secluded, ensuring privacy and a wilderness
experience.
GAME: Elephant, buffalo,
kudu, impala, baboon, vervet monkeys, warthogs, waterbuck, and hippo are
common. One could also hope to see: lion, leopard, wild dog, giraffe, bushbuck,
sable, roan, mongoose, crocodile and leguan.
ACTIVITIES: Canoeing.
DAY 5-7: NORTH-EAST
CHOBE NATIONAL PARK - NGOMA - CAMPING
Road transfer by bus across
the border to Botswana. Transfer in our open game drive vehicle to our
private camp set up at Ngoma overlooking the Chobe river where we spend
the next three nights.
TERRAIN: Along the Chobe
riverfront the terrain is that of a typical riverine ecosystem. Away from
the river we have mixed miombo and broadleaved woodland that harbours rich
avifauna.
GAME: Northern Chobe is famous
for its elephant & buffalo herds, puku, kudu, Chobe bushbuck and hippo.
One could also hope to see: lion, leopard, wild dog, giraffe, waterbuck,
zebra, impala, baboon, vervet monkeys, warthog, sable, roan, lechwe, banded
mongoose, crocodile, leguan.
ACTIVITIES: Game drives;
birding; boat trip on the Chobe River
DAY 8: SOUTH-WEST CHOBE NATIONAL
PARK - MANKWE CAMP - LODGING
While the staff pack up and
move camp we will do a full day’s game drive with a picnic lunch en route
through Chobe National Park and Savuti to Mankwe Camp situated on the outskirts
of Chobe. We spend one night here only.
TERRAIN: The Marsh in Savuti
is typical grassland surrounded by Accacia bush and stony outcrops reminiscent
of Serengeti.
GAME: Savuti is famous for
its lions and hyeanas, lone elephant bulls, zebra and wildebeest migrations.
Other game one can hope to see include: giraffe, tsessebe, warthog, black-backed
jackal, leopard, cheetah, bat-eared fox, impala, wild dog, kudu, baboon,
steenbok, dwarf, slender and banded mongoose.
ACTIVITIES: Game drives;
birding.
DAY 9: EASTERN MOREMI WILDLIFE
RESERVE - KHWAI AREA - CAMPING
Game drive along the Khwai
River from Mankwe Camp to Moremi where our mobile camp had been set up
in advance in a private campsite and where we spend the next night.
TERRAIN: Moremi being an
extension of the Okavango offers a typical wetland system with grassy plains
and pans surrounded by well-developed mopane forests and riverine woodland.
This part of the Okavango Delta consists of grassy flood plains dotted
with large termite mounds, small islands fringed with palms and larger
islands with riparian forests of sausage and ebony trees. Water lilies
adorn the bracken-lined watercourses and streams.
WILDLIFE: Elephant, lechwe,
waterbuck, impala, hippo, warthog, squirrels, baboon, vervet monkeys and
banded mongoose are common. So are crocodiles and leguan. One can also
hope to see buffalo, giraffe, bushbuck, lion, wild dog, leopard, cheetah,
black-backed and side-striped jackal, zebra, wildebeest, tsessebe, bush
babies, fruit bats, sable, kudu, roan, steenbok, duiiker, honey badger.
The birdlife includes waterbirds as well as dry land birds.
ACTIVITIES: Game drives;
birding.
DAY 10: EASTERN MOREMI WILDLIFE
RESERVE - SOUTH GATE AREA - CAMPING
While the staff pack up and
move camp to the South Gate area of Moremi we do a game drive with a picnic
lunch en route. We spend one night only here.
TERRAIN: This part of Moremi
is drier and affords a better chance of seeing more plains game.
WILDLIFE: Elephant, impala,
tsessebe, wildebeest, zebra, kudu, warthog, squirrels, baboon, vervet monkeys
and banded mongoose are common. One can also hope to see buffalo, giraffe,
bushbuck, lion, wild dog, leopard, cheetah, black-backed and side-striped
jackal, bush babies, fruit bats, sable, roan, steenbok, duiker, honey badger.
The birdlife includes waterbirds as well as dry land birds.
ACTIVITIES: Game drives;
birding.
DAY 11-12: SOUTHERN OKAVANGO
DELTA – MOKORO TRAIL - CAMPING
Pack up camp and transfer
by road to Maun. Transfer by single-engine plane to our mokoro launch station
in the south-east of the Okavango Delta where we spend the last two nights
of the safari.
TERRAIN: This part of Okavango
is typical southern Delta terrain with its grassy flood plains dotted with
large termite mounds, small islands fringed with palms and larger islands
with riparian forests of sausage and ebony trees. During peak flood season
most of it is under water and accessible by boat or mokoro only. Water
lilies adorn the bracken-lined watercourses and streams.
WILDLIFE: Lechwe, waterbuck,
reedbuck, impala, hippo, warthog, baboon and vervet monkeys are common.
So are crocodiles and leguan. The birdlife is spectacular. One can also
hope to see elephant, buffalo, giraffe, bushbuck, lion, wild dog, side-striped
jackal, otter, zebra, wildebeest, tsessebe, serval, civet, bush babies,
fruit bats, sable, kudu, cane rats, springhare and squirrels.
ACTIVITIES: Explore the islands
and waterways of this part of the Okavango by mokoro and on foot, birding.
DAY 13 (FRI): RETURN
TRIP
Transfer to the airport in
Maun in time for your return flight.
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