A single night at the airport hotel to break the long haul before the safari begins properly.
InterContinental Johannesburg O.R. Tambo
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Botswana and Zambia / Southern Africa
Botswana and Victoria Falls
The Zambezi, Chobe elephant country and an island camp in the Delta
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Duration
7 nights, 8 days
Pace
Early starts, long afternoons in camp
Best time
May to October for game viewing
From
$12,000 per person
The idea
Why this works
A short safari that wastes nothing. Two nights above the Zambezi at Livingstone for Victoria Falls, two in Chobe where the elephant density is the highest in Africa, and two on an island in Moremi, widely held to be the best big cat country on the continent. Camps are small, guiding is private where the concession allows it, and every bush flight is held for you.
What sets it apart
- Guided walk along the Zambian side of Victoria Falls
- Treehouse suite on a bend of the Zambezi
- Chobe at dawn, when the herds come down to the river
- Bush flight into Moremi and an island camp in the Delta
- Big cat tracking with a guide who works the same concession year round
The plan
Day by day
Open any day to see where you are, where you sleep and what the day holds. The map follows along, and every point on it opens the day that belongs to it.
Fly to Livingstone and settle into a raised treehouse suite on a quiet bend of the river. A boat cruise with game viewing fills the afternoon.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner
A guided walking tour of the falls, where the Zambezi drops three hundred feet into the gorge, then a game drive in Mosi oa Tunya National Park and a village visit in Nakatindi.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Transfer overland into Botswana and arrive in time for lunch above the Chobe floodplain. Afternoon game viewing from the escarpment.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Out before sunrise for the morning drive. More than a hundred thousand elephants use this park, along with hippo, impala, wild dog and vultures. A siesta at camp, then an afternoon drive that ends with sundowners on the parkland.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner
A light aircraft carries you into the Delta and an island camp of ten pavilions, each with its own plunge pool and viewing deck. Lion, leopard, elephant and buffalo all work this water.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Morning and late afternoon game drives across floodplain, island and forest, with time on your deck in between while the day is at its hottest.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Fly out via Maun to Johannesburg for your onward connection.
Breakfast
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Where you would stay
The hotels we partner with
Your ZOMA perks
Held on every stay in this itinerary
Because we book through preferred partner programmes, the rate matches or beats what you would get direct, and the extras are guaranteed before you travel, not negotiated at check in.
- Room upgrade on arrival, whenever the hotel can offer it
- Daily breakfast for two
- Property credit for spa, dining or experiences
- Early check in and late check out where possible
- VIP welcome and a direct line to your advisor while you are away
The fine print
What the price covers
Included
- All lodges, park fees and light aircraft transfers between camps
- Private guiding where the concession allows it
- All meals and house drinks in camp
- Laundry at every lodge
- On trip support from your advisor across time zones
Not included
- International flights, quoted separately
- Travel insurance
- Visas where required
- Meals and experiences marked as at leisure
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