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26 day East–South Safari. Dar Es Salaam to Johannesburg
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Your Africa budget tour starts in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, travels through Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, and finishes in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Day 17: Victoria Falls - Kasane, BotswanaThis morning you depart Victoria Falls after breakfast and cross the border of Zimbabwe into Botswana. You will set up camp for the night and prepare for your afternoon game drive in Chobe National Park. Chobe is one of Botswana's premier game parks, renowned for the large herds of Elephant around the Chobe River. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner is included. |
Day 18: Kasane - Maun, BotswanaAn early morning start sees you travelling in southwesterly direction to Maun, your base camp before you start your Optional Excursion into the Okavango Delta. Today is a long day's drive with lunch on the roadside. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner is included. |
Day 19: Okavango Delta, BotswanaThe Delta is a huge expanse of water, which has travelled from the Angolan highlands, spreading out to form the largest inland Delta in the World. Studded with exotic islands, the Delta is renowned for its incredible variety of bird life as well as many other animals unique to Southern Africa. Here you have the opportunity to partake in the optional 3 day / 2 night excursions into the Delta.
In this excursion you travel approximately 1-2 hours north to the mokoro polers station. From there you board mokoros, the local dug out canoes, which are poled by local guides through the winding waterways. Your guides will select a place to set up camp. An afternoon game walk will allow you to experience the Delta wilderness. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner is included. |
Day 20: Okavango Delta, BotswanaA day of rest, relaxation and Delta experiences await. Today you will have the opportunity to partake in a number of activities including game walks, mokoro cruises, swimming and even a chance to try your hand at poling your own mokoro! Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner is included. |
Day 21: Okavango Delta - Maun, BotswanaThere is a final opportunity for a morning game walk before packing up camp and setting off back to Maun. After arriving back in the early afternoon you have the opportunity to complete your picture of the Okavango Delta by taking an optional sunset scenic flight over the Delta region. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner is included. |
Day 22: Maun - Francistown, BotswanaToday is a long day's drive to Francistown. Francistown was originally a gold-mining centre, but now the town has expanded into a retail and wholesale shopping mecca. You stock up with supplies for the next few days. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner is included. |
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Page: 1 Day 1: Dar es Salaam - Zanzibar
A ferry from Dar es Salaam takes you to the 'Spice Island', where you will spend 3 nights on this legendary island. Zanzibar is steeped in history and was one of the major starting points for most East African explorers in their quest for ...
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Page: 2 Days 6 - 9: Iringa to Lake Malawi, Malawi
The next morning you head for Malawi passing through the beautiful tea plantations of Tikuku before exiting Tanzania. You enter Malawi through the border post of Songwe and head to Chitimba Beach campsite in Malawi for the night. ...
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Page: 3 House Boat option 2 night / 2 day:
You board the House Boats at approx 1pm and have lunch after you have settled yourself in. You depart the harbour at approx 2pm and sail out to the Maaze River for a beautiful sunset and overnight on the House Boats. Lake Kariba is famous ...
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Page: 5 Day 23: Francistown - Polokwane, South Africa
You start the day early by crossing the border into South Africa. Your tour drives through the North Province of South Africa, crossing the Highveld and then the Lowveld. You will overnight at a lovely campsite before your trip to the fam ...
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Adrenalin-pumping white water river rafting
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Exciting, exhilarating and adrenalin-pumping, the gorges of the Zambezi River, beneath the massive Victoria Falls is considered to be the best white-water rafting in the world with rapids up to Grade 5.
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Okavango Delta as life source
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The Okavango is an incredible life source in a country that is 80% arid. It is a unique ecosystem of permanent waterways lined by shady forest glades and seasonal savannah floodplains interspersed with water-lily lagoons and palm tree islets.
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