TOUR PACKAGE : Botswana & Zimbabwe Wildlife Safari


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800-221-2216

Tour Operator

Alexander Roberts Tours

Tour Continent

Africa

Tour Country

Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe

Package Id

56

Tour Start City

Johannesburg

Tour End City

Cape Town

Tour Style
Tour Quality
Tour Category
Tour Duration

15 Days

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 SPECIALITY

After an introduction to the continent at Victoria Falls, spend a week scanning the horizon for cheetah in Hwange National Park, tracking the elephant herds in Chobe and gliding through the lush lagoons of the Okavango Delta. Journey from grasslands to woodlands, through waterways and byways, to experience Africa’s incredible diversity.

Maximum tour group size: 14 travelers

Tour Pace: You will walk for about 2 hours daily across moderately uneven terrain, including paved roads and unpaved trails, with some steep hills.

 ITINERARY

Your tour includes

  • 9 nights in handpicked hotels

  • Breakfast daily, 6 lunches, 7 three-course or buffet dinners with beer or wine

  • 6 game drives

  • 5 Connect & Conserve Highlights

  • Multilingual Tour Director

  • Private deluxe motor coach, guided sightseeing and select entrance fees

Your tour highlights

  • The power and the glory of Victoria Falls

  • Hundreds of species of colorful, exotic birds

  • Relaxing rides in the mokoro

  • The Okavango Delta’s one-of-a-kind landscape

  • Elephants, lions, leopards, Cape buffalo and more

Overnight Flight 1 night

Day 1: Travel day

Board your overnight flight to Johannesburg, South Africa today.

Victoria Falls 3 nights Hotel info

Day 2: Arrival in Victoria Falls

  Included meals: Dinner

Land in Johannesburg and connect to your flight to Victoria Falls. Later, meet your Tour Director and fellow travelers at a welcome dinner.

Day 3: Victoria Falls National Park

  Included meals: Breakfast

Set out to experience the power and beauty of Victoria Falls firsthand.

• Discover the falls from multiple angles and learn about the area’s flora and fauna

• Visit the Rose of Charity, an organization helping to transform the lives of impoverished children, their families and their communities through education

Day 4: Free day in Victoria Falls

  Included meals: Breakfast

Enjoy a full free day in Victoria Falls.

Hwange 2 nights Hotel info

Day 5: Hwange National Park

  Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Travel to Hwange National Park, the largest game reserve in Zimbabwe. 

• Ramble across sweeping landscapes during a short sunset drive though Hwange Conservancy in the late afternoon

• Keep watch for over 100 species of mammals and 400 species of birds that make their home in the park

Day 6: Game drive in Hwange National Park

  Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Embark on a full-day game drive in Hwange National Park.

• Experience the diverse landscape of dense teak forest and open grassy plains with acacia as well as islands of mopane woodland and Ilala palms

• Spot herds of buffalo, prides of lions and wealth of plains game

• See elephants trudge along in herds

• Scan the landscape in search of giraffes

Chobe 2 nights Hotel info

Day 7: Chobe National Park

  Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Get a chance to see more wildlife as you leave Hwange Conservancy and cross the border into Botswana and enter Chobe National Park, one of Africa’s best off-the-beaten-path safari destinations.

• Take a peaceful late afternoon wildlife cruise along the Chobe River

• Watch for elephants, crocodiles and hippos who come to drink and bathe at sunset

Day 8: Chobe National Park

  Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Spend another day roaming among Chobe’s exotic wildlife.

• Cross the border into Namibia to walk around the village on Impalila Island and visit with the community there

• Embark on a late afternoon game drive in Chobe National Park, which boasts Africa’s highest concentration of elephants

Okavango Delta 2 nights Hotel info

Day 9: Chobe game drive & flight to Okavango Delta

  Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Follow along the varied landscapes of Chobe on an early morning game drive before flying by chartered plane to Botswana’s Okavango Delta. 

• Explore the delta’s serene surroundings by boat

• Glide along reed-fringed waterways to see wildlife from a different perspective

Day 10: Okavango Delta

  Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Begin your day floating along the delta’s tranquil channels in your mokoro, a traditional canoe.

• Keep your eyes peeled for giraffe, lion, leopard, jackal, impala, red lechwe and other denizens of the delta

• Traverse the region’s rugged landscape on a guided bush walk

• Take to the water again on a motorized boat 

Celebrate your adventures with your fellow travelers at a farewell dinner.

Day 11: Morning boating excursion & departure

  Included meals: Breakfast

Get one last glimpse of Africa’s wild landscapes on a boating excursion. Then, take a chartered flight to Maun to connect to your overnight flight home.

Overnight Flight 1 night

Day 12: Arrival at home

Arrive home today.

Add Cape Town $1,299 pp

Please note: Extension is not available on all departure dates.

Discover the splendors of Cape Town, one of the world’s most beautiful, vibrant and multicultural cities. On the rugged Western Cape coast, the “Mother City” is nestled at the foot of iconic Table Mountain. Explore this magnificent metropolis—from the elegant Victoria and Alfred Waterfront to the eclectic Malay Quarter, from striking Cape Point to the idyllic Winelands.

Cape Town 4 nights Hotel info

Day 11: Flight to Cape Town

  Included meals: Breakfast

Fly from Maun to Johannesburg and continue on to the jewel of southern Africa: Cape Town.

Day 12: Sightseeing tour of Cape Town

  Included meals: Breakfast

Get acquainted with Cape Town on a guided tour.

• Explore the Houses of Parliament, the lively Greenmarket Square and the 17th-century Castle of Good Hope

• Stop at the historic Company’s Garden

• Ride a cable car to the top of Table Mountain (weather dependent) 

• Stroll the colorful streets of Bo-Kaap and learn the history behind this Cape Malay corner of the city

Day 13: Cape of Good Hope

  Included meals: Breakfast

Discover the wonders of the Peninsula.

• View Camps Bay Beach, a ribbon of white sand along the bottom of the Twelve Apostles mountains

• Wind along Chapman’s Peak Drive

• Arrive at the Cape of Good Hope Nature Preserve and Cape Point

• Stop at historic Simonstown

• See the African penguins at Boulders Beach

• Wander Kirstenbosch Gardens, one the world’s greatest botanical gardens

Day 14: Free day in Cape Town

  Included meals: Breakfast

Enjoy a free day in Cape Town or add an excursion.

Optional Excursion - Cape Winelands Tasting & Lunch $95pp* Details

Day 15: Departure

  Included meals: Breakfast

This afternoon, transfer to the airport for your overnight flight home.