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Safari Overview
When you put the word highlights in the name of a trip, you better be confident that it lives up to the hype. This trip does. Across 30 epic days, you’ll go round-trip to Cape Town via Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, and Namibia a new spin on one of our most popular routes taking comfortable touring vehicles as well as staying in a mix of hotels and campsites for a well-rounded experience. Wildlife sightings and cultural moments come standard here everything from searching for the Big Five in national parks to enjoying meals with local families you’ve got memories made for a lifetime.
Countries Visited
Is This Highlights of Southern Africa Safari Right For You?
Duration: 30 days
Cost: Starting From:$5599 USD PP
Travel Style: Classic
All of the highlights, culture, access, and I-can?t-believe-we-did-that moments, all at a great price.
Service Level: Standard
Comfortable tourist-class accommodations with character; mix of public and private transport.
Physical Rating: 2 – Light
Light walking and hiking suitable for most fitness levels. Nothing too challenging.
Trip Type: Small Group
Small group experience; Max 18, avg 14
Age requirement: 12+
All travelers under age 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
What’s Included
- Cape Town orientation walk
- Traditional meal in a local home
- Soweto township tour
- Panorama Route drive
- Kruger National Park game drive (half-day)
- Traditional dance experience
- Kruger transfer (full-day)
- Great Zimbabwe National Monument visit
- Rhino walk (Matobo National Park)
- Victoria Falls visit (Zimbabwe side)
- Livingstone stay
- Okavango Delta excursion with entrances, game walks, and dugout canoe trips
- Etosha National Park entrance with game drives
- Swakopmund stay
- Sossusvlei Dunes and Sesriem Canyon entrance
- Fish River Canyon entrance
- Border-crossing support
- Internal flight
- All transport between destinations and to/from included activities
Accommodations
Hotels (13 nts), bushmen hut (1 nt), lodge/chalet (7 nts), guesthouse (1 nt), basic camping (1 nt), adventure tents (2 nts), participation camping (4 nts).
Meals
23 breakfasts, 1 lunch, 7 dinners
Allow USD625-815 for meals not included.
Transportation
Plane, air-conditioned touring vehicle, safari vehicles, mokoro, ferry, walking
Experts & Staff
Chief Experience Officer (CEO) & driver throughout, local guides
Itinerary
Including Livingstone (Zambia)
Day 1Cape Town
Arrive at any time.
Day 2Cape Town
Enjoy a full day in Cape Town with options to visit Robben Island or Table Mountain. Choose to explore Cape Point or embark on a wine tour around Stellenbosch. In the evening, experience an authentic meal in a local home in a nearby township.
Meals included: Breakfast | Dinner
Day 3Cape Town/Johannesburg
Take a short flight from Cape Town to Johannesburg. In the afternoon, travel to Soweto for a bicycle tour and learn more about its important history and significant role in bringing the issues of segregation to the forefront. Opt to visit Nelson Mandela’s home and the Apartheid Museum.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 4Johannesburg/Manyeleti
Take the Panorama Route into the Kruger National Park area. In the evening, enjoy a traditional dance experience in Shalati.
Meals included: Breakfast | Dinner
Day 5Manyeleti
An afternoon game drive in Kruger NP (own vehicle). Keep an eye out for elephants, lions, rhinos, leopards, and buffalo?Africa’s famed Big Five.
Meals included: Breakfast | Dinner
Day 6Manyeleti/Kruger National Park
Start early for a long day driving straight up the middle of Kruger National Park. While transferring to the northern part of the park there will be ample opportunity to spot animals from our vehicle.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 7Kruger National Park/Beitbridge
Enjoy a free morning, and opt to take a game drive in the northern region of Kruger NP. Travel to Mashovela Lodge for the night.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 8Beitbridge/Great Zimbabwe Monument Area
Get an earlier start and cross the border into Zimbabwe. Continue on to the Great Zimbabwe Monument Area and spend the afternoon enjoying free time to explore the surrounding area.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 9Great Zimbabwe Monument Area/Matobo National Park
Start the day with a visit to the Great Zimbabwe National Monument, Africa’s most significant ruins site south of Cairo. Learn the history of the ruins and climb to the citadel for a view over the site. Continue on to Matobo National Park.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 10Matobo National Park
Wake up early and opt to explore ancient cave paintings, visit the grave of Rhodes, hike the unique and stunning landscape, or hang out by the pool. In the afternoon, enjoy an included rhino walk, with the opportunity to get up close and personal with this endangered species.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 11Matobo National Park/Hwange National Park
Travel to Hwange National Park for an opportunity to spot more wildlife. Opt to enjoy an evening game drive in a safari vehicle.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 12Hwange National Park/Livingstone
Opt for more game viewing in the morning before continuing on to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Enjoy the spectacular falls before crossing the border to Livingstone, Zambia.
Day 13Livingstone
Enjoy a free day to explore all the Livingstone area has to offer.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 14Livingstone/Kasane
Drive to the Chobe Area in Botswana, including a ferry across the Zambezi. Try to spot the elephants, crocodiles, and hippos this region is famous for during an optional river cruise or photo safari.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 15Kasane/Nata
Travel to Nata. Opt for a sunset game drive or bush walk in the area. Watch elephants drink from the camp’s watering hole at night.
Meals included: Breakfast | Dinner
Day 16Nata/Maun
Prepare for a 1-night/2-day journey into the delta. Opt to take a scenic flight over the delta.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 17Okavango Delta
Enjoy game walks, traditional mokoro excursions, and birding. Learn the ways of the bush from the local polers.
Meals included: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Day 18Maun/Kalahari Desert
Traverse the Kalahari Desert. Learn fascinating survival skills of the local San Bushmen on an optional walk and choose to enjoy a traditional bushmen dance in the evening.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 19Kalahari Desert/Windhoek
Travel to Windhoek, the German-influenced capital city of Namibia.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 20Windhoek/Etosha National Park
Enter Etosha National Park and enjoy an afternoon game drive in our touring vehicle. Opt to explore more on an open safari vehicle game drive.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 21Etosha National Park
Enjoy another game drive in our touring vehicle and keep your eyes peeled for some of the famous wildlife.
Day 22Etosha National Park/Swakopmund
Drive to the historical town of Swakopmund. Optional activities include sandboarding, a dolphin cruise, skydiving, quad biking, and a Living Desert tour.
Day 23Swakopmund
Spend a day exploring all the area has to offer.
Day 24Swakopmund/Namib Desert
Travel into the beautiful Namib Desert, stopping at Walvis Bay on the way.
Meals included: Dinner
Day 25Namib Desert
Visit Sossusvlei Dunes and Sesriem Canyon. Opt to climb up breathtaking Dune 45
Meals included: Breakfast | Dinner
Day 26Namib Desert/Fish River Canyon
Continue on to the Fish River Canyon, the largest canyon in Africa, and take in its majestic beauty. Opt to relax in the hotel’s pool while enjoying the beautiful scenery
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 27Fish River Canyon/Orange River
Continue on to the banks of the Gariep River with time to swim, canoe, or just relax. Enjoy the beautiful scenery in this part of the country.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 28Orange River/Lambert’s Bay
Cross the border into South Africa and continue down the coast to Lambert’s Bay, stopping along the way. Opt to visit Bird Island or stroll through this charming town.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 29Lambert’s Bay/Cape Town
Continue on the last stretch of the trip to lovely Cape Town. Opt to enjoy a wine tasting or wander through the vibrant streets of this scenic coastal city.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 30Cape Town
Depart at any time.
Including Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe)
Day 1Cape Town
Arrive at any time.
Day 2Cape Town
Enjoy a full day in Cape Town with options to visit Robben Island or Table Mountain. Choose to explore Cape Point or embark on a wine tour around Stellenbosch. In the evening, experience an authentic meal in a local home in a nearby township.
Meals included: Breakfast | Dinner
Day 3Cape Town/Johannesburg
Take a short flight from Cape Town to Johannesburg. In the afternoon, travel to Soweto for a bicycle tour and learn more about its important history and significant role in bringing the issues of segregation to the forefront. Opt to visit Nelson Mandela’s home and the Apartheid Museum.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 4Johannesburg/Manyeleti
Take the Panorama Route into the Kruger National Park area. In the evening, enjoy a traditional dance experience in Shalati.
Meals included: Breakfast | Dinner
Day 5Manyeleti
Enjoy an afternoon game drive in Kruger NP (own vehicle). Keep an eye out for elephants, lions, rhinos, leopards, and buffalo?Africa’s famed Big Five.
Meals included: Breakfast | Dinner
Day 6Manyeleti/Kruger National Park
Start early for a long day driving straight up the middle of Kruger National Park. While transferring to the northern part of the park there will be ample opportunity to spot animals from our vehicle.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 7Kruger National Park/Beitbridge
Enjoy a free morning, and opt to take a game drive in the northern region of Kruger NP. Travel to Mashovela Lodge for the night.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 8Beitbridge/Great Zimbabwe Monument Area
Get an earlier start and cross the border into Zimbabwe. Continue on to the Great Zimbabwe Monument and spend the afternoon enjoying free time to explore the surrounding area.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 9Great Zimbabwe Monument Area/Matobo National Park
Start the day with a visit to the Great Zimbabwe National Monument, Africa’s most significant ruins site south of Cairo. Learn the history of the ruins and climb to the citadel for a view over the site. Continue on to Matobo National Park.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 10Matobo National Park
Wake up early and opt to explore ancient cave paintings, visit the grave of Rhodes, hike the unique and stunning landscape, or hang out by the pool. In the afternoon, enjoy an included rhino walk, with the opportunity to get up close and personal with this endangered species.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 11Matobo National Park/Hwange National Park
Travel to Hwange National Park for an opportunity to spot more wildlife. Opt to enjoy an evening game drive in a safari vehicle.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 12Hwange National Park/Victoria Falls
Opt for more game viewing in the morning before continuing on to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Enjoy the spectacular falls.
Day 13Victoria Falls
Spend the day exploring your beautiful surroundings.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 14Victoria Falls/Kasane
Cross the border into Botswana, and stay in Kasane, just outside of Chobe NP. Try to spot the elephants, crocodiles, and hippos this region is famous for during an optional river cruise or photo safari.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 15Kasane/Nata
Travel to Nata. Opt for a sunset game drive or bush walk in the area. Watch elephants drink from the camp’s watering hole at night.
Meals included: Breakfast | Dinner
Day 16Nata/Maun
Prepare for a 1-night/2-day journey into the delta. Opt to take a scenic flight over the delta.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 17Okavango Delta
Enjoy game walks, traditional mokoro excursions, and birding. Learn the ways of the bush from the local polers.
Meals included: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Day 18Maun/Kalahari Desert
Traverse the Kalahari Desert. Learn fascinating survival skills of the local San Bushmen on an optional walk and choose to enjoy a traditional bushmen dance in the evening.
Meals included: Breakfast | Dinner
Day 19Kalahari Desert/Windhoek
Travel to Windhoek, the German-influenced capital city of Namibia.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 20Windhoek/Etosha National Park
Enter Etosha National Park and enjoy an afternoon game drive in our touring vehicle. Opt to explore more on an open safari vehicle game drive.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 21Etosha National Park
Enjoy another game drive in our touring vehicle and keep your eyes peeled for some of the famous wildlife.
Day 22Etosha National Park/Swakopmund
Drive to the historical town of Swakopmund. Optional activities include sandboarding, a dolphin cruise, skydiving, quad biking, and a Living Desert tour.
Day 23Swakopmund
Spend a day exploring all the area has to offer.
Day 24Swakopmund/Namib Desert
Travel into the beautiful Namib Desert, stopping at Walvis Bay on the way.
Meals included: Dinner
Day 25Namib Desert
Visit Sossusvlei Dunes and Sesriem Canyon. Opt to climb up breathtaking Dune 45
Meals included: Breakfast | Dinner
Day 26Namib Desert/Fish River Canyon
Continue on to the Fish River Canyon, the largest canyon in Africa, and take in its majestic beauty. Opt to relax in the hotel’s pool while enjoying the beautiful scenery
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 27Fish River Canyon/Orange River
Continue on to the banks of the Gariep River with time to swim, canoe, or just relax. Enjoy the beautiful scenery in this part of the country.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 28Orange River/Lambert’s Bay
Cross the border into South Africa and continue down the coast to Lambert’s Bay, stopping along the way. Opt to visit Bird Island or stroll through this charming town.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 29Lambert’s Bay/Cape Town
Continue on the last stretch of the trip to lovely Cape Town. Opt to enjoy a wine tasting or wander through the vibrant streets of this scenic coastal city.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 30Cape Town
Depart at any time.
Available extras (Add these to your tour when you book)
Okavango Delta Flight – $120.00
Get a fresh perspective on the vast African wilderness with a view only a select few will ever see. Hop aboard a 5-seater airplane and enjoy the stunning scenery from above.
Chobe Photo River Safari – $130.00
Experience this once in a lifetime wildlife photo safari where you’re set up with everything you need plus the instruction required to take incredible safari photos! Perfect for both beginner and experienced photographers.
Chobe Photo Game Drive – $130.00
Experience this once in a lifetime wildlife photo safari where you’re set up with everything you need plus the instruction required to take incredible safari photos! Perfect for both beginner and experienced photographers.
Victoria Falls Helicopter Ride (Zambia) – $160.00
You don’t want to miss the opportunity to see Victoria Falls from above. Watch the raging Zambezi River make its way toward the gorge, forming the largest waterfall in the world. During your 15 minute ride, you will have time to take in the incredible views while snapping as many pictures as you like. You may be lucky enough to see some giraffes and elephants in the surrounding landscape and even catch a rainbow over the falls.
Victoria Falls River Rafting (Zambia) – $160.00
Take the opportunity to go whitewater rafting on the Zambezi River while Victoria Falls roars above. Depart in the morning and head to the river, spend the morning navigating through the canyon that forms the famous falls. This adrenaline filled day will be one to remember. Please note: River conditions and activity pricing vary depending on the seasons. High water season is from about February to July. Low water season generally runs from August to January each year – this is when the Zambezi is at its very wildest. The “closed season” is dependent on the season?s rains, and usually is from March to April; during this time rafting on the river is not permitted. This activity price excludes a $10 park entrance fee.
My Own Room – $699.00
If you’re traveling solo and would prefer to have your own private room throughout your trip, select this option during the online booking process.