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Highly recommend Encounters Travel. Entire tour was conducted without a hiccup, tour guides were amazing - friendly, highly knowledgeable, courteous and nothing was too much trouble to ensure our trip was of a high standard.
Chook31, 23 Oct 2018
Country(ies): South Africa , Namibia , Botswana , Zimbabwe
Tour type: Overland
Group size: Min: 4 | Max: 20
Accommodation: 2 to 4-star hotels, lodges or camping
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Transport: Overland expedition vehicle, 4x4 safari jeeps & flight
Highlights: Cape Town, Orange River, Cederberg Region, Fish River Canyon, Giants Playground, Sesriem Canyon, Namib Desert, Dune 45, Swakopmund, Brandbert rock art, Etosha National Park, Okavango Delta, Chobe National Park, Victoria Falls
This comprehensive 20-day tour covers the well worn route from Cape Town to Victoria Falls, crossing South Africa, Namibia and Botswana, and ending in Zimbabwe. It's a truly grand African safari. This is an 'accommodated' tour, staying in hotels and lodges rather than camping.
Leaving Cape Town, we head north through the Cederberg Mountain Region en route to Namibia. Crossing the border into Namibia our first stop is the Fish River Canyon where we take a scenic hike along the rim in order to gain some perspective as to just how large this natural phenomenon is. We continue to the Namib-Naukluft Park, which is one of Namibia's geographic gems and at 50,000km2, is one of the largest parks in Africa. There are massive sand dunes in the Sossusvlei desert area as well as the remarkable landscape.
Next we stop at Swakopmund the adventure capital of Namibia, where you can enjoy many fun options such as skydiving, sand boarding and quad biking. We continue on to the Etosha National Park, which boasts an amazing abundance of wildlife making it one of Southern Africa's finest and most important game reserves. We spend plenty of time wildlife viewing before moving onto Namibia's capital city Windhoek. After a short tour of the city we wave goodbye to Namibia and cross the border into Botswana.
Our first stop is at Ghanzi for a cultural evening of tribal song and dance from the San community. We then spend time exploring the Okavango Delta. The Okavango Delta is the world's largest inland delta, a labyrinth of lagoons, lakes and hidden channels covering 17,000km2. We have a full day in this unique inland delta with nature walks and boat cruises on board Mokoro's, traditonal boats used in the Delta. An upgrade is also available to fly into a lodge within the delta for a more in depth experience. We then visit Bostwana's second largest wildlife reserve, the Chobe National Park, before crossing the border into Zimbabwe and our final destination the one and only Victoria Falls, crossroads of Africa.
Note: the itinerary below is written with the optional Activity Package included - please check the Options tab for full details. This Activity Package is being phased out for 2020 departures and more activities included in the standard tour price. Please contact us for detailed 2020 itineraries and inclusions.
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Please plan to add at least 1 extra day before & after your tour. 2020 departures have more activities included in the price and do not require an additional activity package. Private charters are also available.
