DAY 1 – Cape Town
Day at leisure in
Cape Town to enjoy the many optional attractions and activities available in this magnificent city. Optional activities include tours to Robben Island, Cape Point Nature Reserve and Boulders Beach Penguin Colony, Table Mountain, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens and the many wine estates of Paarl, Franschoek and Stellenbosch. Check out all our
Cape Town Day Tours!
The pre-departure meeting takes place at the Breakwater Lodge at 18h30 today.
Meals: All meals for own account.
Accommodation: Breakwater Lodge or similar
DAY 2 – Lamberts Bay
Departing after breakfast, we head up the West Coast past the West Coast National Park to Lamberts Bay, an attractive fishing town on an unspoilt stretch of coastline. Particularly spectacular in spring, when the masses of wild flowers bloom, turning the entire region into a yellow, red and orange maze.
Meals: Breakfast. Lunch and dinner own account
Accommodation: Lamberts Bay Hotel or similar
DAYS 3 & 4 - The Fish River Canyon
Our first border crossing is into Namibia on day 3 as we head for the awesome
Fish River Canyon. Your guides will assist with all border formalities. We spend the night at Ai Ais Hot Springs Resort, which is run by Namibia Wildlife Resorts. There is a restaurant, small shop which only stocks basics and a swimming pool for relaxation. There will
be ample time to take in beautiful sights of the canyon or partake in an optional walk.
Meals: Breakfast & lunch. Dinner for own account
Accommodation: Ai Ais Hot Springs Resort or similar
DAYS 5 & 6 - The Namib Naukluft National Park
We continue on to The Namib Naukluft National Park and the giant sand dunes of
Sossusvlei. This is one of the world’s oldest deserts, offering over 130 million years of natural wonder, and the highest sand dunes in the world! Adventure activities abound, including guided walks, hot air ballooning and light aircraft flights. On day 6 we leave
early in the morning and enter the park. We head for Dune 45 and climb the dune for a stunning aerial view, after which we proceed to Sossusvlei and the 2x4 parking area. From here it is an approximate 5 km walk to the vlei where you are free to explore.
Stunning photographic opportunities are available in the dunes. On our return to our lodge we’ll stop off at the Sesriem canyon. Back at our lodge, there is a small swimming pool if you wish to relax and soak up the sun.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch & dinner on day 5 – breakfast & lunch on day 6. Dinner for own account on day 6
Accommodation: Betesda Rest Camp or similar
DAYS 7 & 8 - Swakopmund
Two nights in simple hotel accommodation at
Swakopmund. A delightful Bavarian-style town, situated snugly between sea and desert. Great beaches, deep-sea fishing, quad biking, dune boarding, flights over the desert, plus an array of shops, bars and restaurants await you. In Swakopmund you are free to explore at your leisure or
partake in the many optional activities. This is also a chance to catch up on laundry, banks and communications.
Meals: All meals except breakfast are to your own account.
Accommodation: Alte Brucke or similarDAYS 9 & 10 - Etosha National Park
Leaving Swakopmund we journey via the awesome granite moonscape scenery that Namibia is so famous for. The mountains and granite mounds provided a home to the San people for thousands of years. We will arrive at the world famous
Etosha National Park, ready for our Big Game safari experience. Dominated by shimmering white saltpans you have a chance to see elephant as well as black rhino, lion and leopard. All camps have floodlit water holes, which are excellent for after dinner game viewing, as well as swimming pools for cooling
off during the heat of the day. We will enjoy 3 game drives whilst at Etosha – all taken in your Overland vehicle. Typically we will make an early start, which is ideal for morning game viewing and drive to some of the waterholes in the park before heading back to the rest camp for brunch. In the afternoons we will take another game drive and return back to the rest camp before dark for dinner.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner on day 9 - breakfast & lunch on day 10. Dinner for client’s own account on day 10.
Accommodation: Okaukuejo Rest Camp - Etosha National Park or similar
DAY 11 - Waterberg Plateau National Park
We leave Etosha bound for the stunning
Waterberg Plateau National Park. Historically significant because it was the site of the war between the Germans and the Hereros, the area has now become a haven for many endangered species. It is renowned for its incredible rock formations and walks. Your time in the Waterberg is your own and you are free to walk in the park at your leisure. Excellent sign posted
hiking trails make for easy self-guided walks. Optional game drives and guided walks are available.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: Bernard De La Bat – Waterberg Plateau
DAY 12 - Gobabis
If clients are being dropped off or picked up at this point on the tour, we will travel via Windhoek. We then travel towards the border between Namibia and Botswana and to Gobabis where we will overnight at a private game farm. This is our last night in Namibia and a fitting place to hear fireside tales of your journey so far.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Accommodation: Zelda’s Guest Farm or similar
DAY 13 - Maun
We wake up early for our departure for the border post to Botswana. Once all the formalities have been completed we will head for Maun, which is the gateway to the amazing
Okavango Delta. We will prepare for the following days to come and be briefed by your guides on what to take into the Delta. Please remember space in the makoros (local word for canoe - and your mode of transport in the delta) is at a premium and a small overnight bag for necessary clothes for 3 days is all that is needed. WildLife Adventures will provide all camping and catering equipment, bedding and all foods. Our lodge is just outside the center of Maun. Although a small town, Maun has several shops, good communications and banks.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch. Dinner for own account
Accommodation: Crocodile Camp or similar
DAYS 14 & 15 - Okavango Delta
An early morning pickup awaits us where will be transferred to the “makoro” poling station by vehicle. We will be assigned our makoro - each complete with a poler/guide. After a two to three hour makoro journey in the delta we will arrive at our camp. The Delta is an incredible maze of inland waterways and lagoons. We’ll be on safari
‘makoro’ style, poled gently along in “makoro’ (canoes, hand hewn from logs), floating through this haven of wildlife and birds. You will be taken on game walks by your guides to experience the full splendour of the region. Meals will be carefully planned for this duration.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Accommodation: Camp in the Okavango Delta
DAY 16 - Nata
After breakfast we are gently poled back to the vehicle pick up point and transferred by vehicle back to Maun. We depart Maun, heading east towards Nata. Situated 10 KM from Nata Town, our lodge has a large swimming pool, curio shop and restaurant. The birdlife in this area is particularly spectacular, due to the nearby Makgadikgadi Pans
and Nata Sanctuary.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch & dinner.
Accommodation: Nata Lodge or similar
DAY 17 - Chobe National ParkWe depart Nata and head for Kasane and our lodge on the banks of the Chobe River. We will arrive around midday at our lodge in time for an afternoon sunset game viewing cruise on the Chobe River. The following day you will have a few hours at leisure in the morning for an optional game drive in
Chobe National Park or boat cruise on the Chobe River. The fabulous Chobe National Park is famous for its huge herds of elephant and your guided river cruise should provide excellent sightings of elephant, hippo, crocodile, and an impressive array of birds and plains game. There is a swimming pool, restaurant, curio shop and bar at the lodge.
Meals: Breakfast & lunch. Dinner for own account
Accommodation: Chobe Safari Lodge or similar
DAY 18 - Victoria FallsA short drive from Chobe takes us to the spectacular
Victoria Falls - one of the ‘seven natural wonders’ of the world. You are free to explore it at your leisure. Take a sundowner cruise or enjoy hoards of other adventure activities. Our lodge is close to all the bars, restaurants and hot spots for that last big splurge.
Meals: Breakfast. Lunch and dinner for own expense
Accommodation: Pamusha Lodge or similar
DAY 19 – Victoria Falls - Tour Ends
Breakfast. End of services. Airport transfers and additional accommodation can be arranged beforehand with
Rhino Africa's central reservations team.
This is a 19 Day Accommodated Tour that can split into two shorter modules:
Module 1: Cape Town to Windhoek - Canyon and Desert Deluxe is a 13 Day Accommodated Tour
Module 2: Windhoek to Victoria Falls - Wildlife Discovery is a 9 day Accommodated Tour
Drop us an
enquiry to find out dates of our scheduled departures.
Includes:
Itinerary as specified, fully equipped safari vehicle, services of tour leader and camp courier, all accommodation, all camping and catering equipment and National Park entrance fees. Breakfast (B) Lunch (L) Dinner (D) where specified. Meals not shown will be to the clients account. Occasionally breakfast and lunch may be combined into a brunch where necessary e.g. mornings with early game drives.
Excludes:
Airfares, travel and medical insurance, personal spending money, visas, passports, vaccinations, personal taxes (including departure and border taxes) all optional activities, unscheduled or optional national / game parks and other activities, gratuities, sleeping bag if required, restaurant meals and all other items of a personal nature. All drinks, even on days with full board basis.
Notes:
Many of our tours, though not all of them, will require a kitty or local payment that goes that goes into a communal fund to pay for campsite fees, food, and game park entrance fees.
Those tours that do not have a kitty are usually the shorter tours within one country where prices are more fixed and can be included in the tour cost. The tour leader manages the kitty and it covers all the local expenses the tour encounters on a day to day basis for all the passengers and crew. The kitty is paid to the tour leader at the pre-departure meeting or on the morning of departure. In almost all cases it must be paid in US$ cash – this is the easiest currency to change for local currency in Africa and the tour leader has no method of accepting your kitty by travellers cheques or credit cards.
It’s best to buy US$ from your own country before leaving home, as US$ cash is hard to obtain in Africa. The local payment applicable to this tour is
US $ 500. Please note single supplement applies.
This tour also occurs in reverse from Vic falls to Cape Town and can be split into 2 shorter modules (see above).
Drop us an
enquiry to find out dates of our scheduled departures.
