Overview
This amazing, premium 8-day safari allows you to see three countries and three incredible destinations! First, you’ll fly into Hwange, Zimbabwe’s largest national park, where you’ll spend three nights exploring the rich animals. Next, you’ll spend two nights on the banks of the enormous Zambezi River, upstream from the mighty Victoria Falls in Zambia. Finally, you are staying in Chobe National Park to see amazing animals on game drives and by boat on the Chobe River.
Tour Highlights
- Day 1-3: Hwange National Park - The Hide Safari Camp
- Day 4-5: Victoria Falls - Chundukwa River Lodge
- Day 6-7: Chobe National Park - Muchenje Safari Lodge
- Day 8: Departure - Victoria Falls Airport
Itinerary
After arriving at Victoria Falls Airport, you will be taken to Hwange National Park for a 30-minute scenic flight. Your Hide Safari Camp guide will take you on a short game drive to the campsite.
The Hide Safari Camp is a superb setting on the Kennedy Vlei line, with its own waterhole and subterranean observation hide. During the drier months, enormous herds of elephants, buffalo, giraffes, and antelope gather here to drink.
Hwange National Park covers 14,500 square kilometers and boasts some of Africa's most diverse fauna. This park is home to approximately 40,000 elephants and a thriving predator population that includes lions, leopards, hyenas, cheetahs, African wild dogs, and the uncommon sable and roan antelope.
During your three days at The Hide, you will experience fantastic guided game drives as well as guided walking safaris, allowing you to fully immerse yourself in the wonders of the African savannah and ecosystems. The Hide also provides night drives through its private concession.
Main Destination: Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe.
Accommodation: The Hide Safari Camp.
Same as above.
Refer to day 1.
After flying from Hwange National Park to Victoria Falls Airport, you will be chauffeured to Chundukwa River Lodge on the Zambian side of the Falls.
This modest owner-run resort has only six luxury cabins on stilts, all of which front the great Zambezi River and are located 25 kilometers upstream of Victoria Falls. Your stay includes everyday activities such as sunrise and sunset boat cruises, a Victoria Falls day trip, a horse ride (for all abilities), a Zambezi noon floating picnic, bush walks, and mountain bike rides.
A helicopter "Flight of Angels", white-water rafting, swimming in the Devil's Pool on Livingstone Island, rhino tracking in adjacent Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, or visiting the surrounding community to engage in local culture are all popular bucket-list experiences in Victoria Falls.
Chundukwa's values are around conservation and community. The farm-to-fork philosophy of healthy cuisine inspires menus to use ingredients from the garden and the neighborhood.
Main Destination: Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.
Accommodation: The Chundukwa River Lodge
Same as above.
On the sixth day of your safari, you will cross the new Kazungula Bridge into Botswana. Your Muchenje Safari Lodge guide will take you on a 45-minute game drive to camp.
Muchenje is excellently placed in the more exclusive western side of Chobe National Park, with panoramic views of the Chobe floodplain and river below. This long-established owner-run luxury resort offers guided game drives, boat cruises, mokoro rides (during the season), guided hikes, and night drives.
Enjoy a full-day expedition into the park as well as a boat journey along the Chobe River. Their small private boat will explore the river for 2.5 hours. The guides know where the elephants like to congregate, drink, and travel to Sedudu Island. On the route, they will explore the banks, trees, and pools to show the tourists the other amazing wildlife that lives in the Chobe River. Guests have a great lunch while watching elephants cluster along the banks.
The main destination is Chobe National Park (Botswana).
Accommodation: Muchenje Safari Lodge.
Same as above.
The conclusion of your safari has come.
After an early morning activity (if time allows), you will depart after breakfast for your 2-hour road trip back to Victoria Falls Airport. Here, you'll connect with your flight home or to your next destination.
The main destination is Victoria Falls Airport in Zimbabwe.
