This self-drive safari visits an undisturbed part of Africa: using a couple of secluded lodges in northern Namibia's Caprivi Strip; observing northern Botswana's Okavango Delta and Chobe National Park from quieter vantage points than is often the norm; and touching on Zambia's Victoria Falls – and throughout it uses small, high-quality lodges, and good guides for your wildlife activities.

Day 1

Starting from London Heathrow, your scheduled South African Airways overnight flight will take you via Johannesburg to Windhoek, where you land around midday.

Days 2-3 Central Highlands, Namibia

On arrival at the airport, pick up your hire car and drive for around 4 hours on tarred roads to Okonjima in the central highlands. Here you have the chance to come up close and personal with the cheetah and learn about the work of the Africat Foundation during your 2 night stay at the comfortable…

Okonjima Main Camp (full board & activities)

Day 4 Caprivi Strip, Namibia

It's an easy 4-hour drive to reach Rundu, the gateway to the Caprivi Strip. The town has the wonderful feel of rural Africa with ramshackle buildings and flashes of colourful fabrics combined with the occasional Portuguese influence from neighbouring Angola. Enjoy 1 night here on the banks of the Kavango River at …

Hakusembe Lodge (half board)

Days 5-7 Okavango Panhandle, Botswana

A 3½-hour drive, and a border crossing into Botswana, will bring you to Nxamaseri Village. Swap your vehicle for a boat and transfer deep into the waterways that form the Okavango Delta's Panhandle. Spend 3 nights bird-watching, fishing and discovering the Delta's aquatic flora and fauna from your island hideaway …

Nxamaseri Lodge (full board & activities)

Days 8-10 Caprivi Strip, Namibia

Back on the road to Namibia, a 3-hour drive takes you through the Bwabwata National Park, formerly the . Your destination for 3 nights is a fantastic little safari lodge on Birre Island, at the eastern border of the park, offering 4WD game drives and boat trips on the Kwando River.

Susuwe Island Lodge (full board & activities)

Days 11-12 Caprivi Strip, Namibia

Today's journey takes about 4 hours, and crosses two borders. From Susuwe, you pass through the busy Katima Mulilo, before reaching the Botswana border at Ngoma. There you cross the Chobe River to drive on a good tar road through Chobe National Park to the town of Kasane, where you leave your hire car and hop into a boat. You are then taken, via a small island immigration post, onto Impalila Island, to stay for 2 nights at the stunning...

Impalila Island Lodge (full board & activities)

Having left your hired vehicle on arrival at Kasane, transfers have been arranged to get you around for rest of your safari.

Day 13 Livingstone & Victoria Falls, Zambia

Boating downstream along the Chobe then Zambezi Rivers, having left Namibia at the friendly island immigration post, you'll reach the Zambia border at Kazungula – on the Zambezi's northern bank. There you'll be met by a driver. It's about 45-minutes' drive, following the northern bank of the Zambezi River, to your base for 1 night at the luxurious –

Tongabezi (full board & activities)

Day 14

At about midday, you will be transferred to Livingstone airport for your flight to Johannesburg, to connect to the overnight South African Airways flight back directly to London Heathrow.

Day 15

With the spray of the great Victoria Falls still in your mind, you'll arrive back into London Heathrow in the early morning – after an unforgettable safari across southern Africa – from Namibia, through Botswana and into Zambia.

Cost of this trip
From	To	Cost
1-Jan-2008	29-Feb-2008	£3,136
1-Mar-2008	20-Mar-2008	£3,238
21-Mar-2008	31-Mar-2008	£3,351
1-Apr-2008	15-Jun-2008	£3,190
16-Jun-2008	30-Jun-2008	£3,462
1-Jul-2008	15-Jul-2008	£3,605
16-Jul-2008	13-Aug-2008	£3,820
14-Aug-2008	19-Aug-2008	£3,820
20-Aug-2008	31-Oct-2008	£3,707
1-Nov-2008	30-Nov-2008	£3,410
1-Dec-2008	11-Dec-2008	£3,484
Notes: • Upgrades to larger hired cars are easy to arrange; ask us for details. • The prices shown are per person sharing; call us for single person supplements.

This itinerary includes:
• Economy flights to and from London Heathrow, plus UK, South African and Namibian airport departure taxes.
• All your meals and activities as specified.
• A Group B hire car for the duration of your trip, to be picked up and dropped off at Windhoek Airport. This includes unlimited mileage.
• Our unique full 100% LDW insurance . Please note that this is only valid for drivers who are aged over 25 and under 75 years and who are resident in the EEC. (Alternative insurance arrangements are possible for others, although this alters the price of the itinerary slightly.)
• See the individual lodges for precise inclusions & exclusions
• A comprehensive pack of maps and information covering the places that you'll be visiting, including the a copy of Namibia: the Bradt Travel Guide, written by Expert Africa's Chris McIntyre
• Most of the activities which are run by Tongabezi's own team of guides, including:
– Guided visits to places of local interest
– Sunrise and sunset boat trips on the Zambezi River
– Guided canoeing excursions
– Lunch on Chundu Island with guided walks
– Fishing (equipment provided)
– Visit to the Zambian side of the Victoria Falls
– Game drive in the Mosi-oa-Tunya Game Park (park fees are extra- charge at $10 per person subject to change)
– Walks in the gorge below the Victoria Falls (park fees are extra)
– Cultural visits to the museum (museum entrance is $5.00 per person –subject to change)
– A visit to a local African village

This itinerary excludes:
• Petrol for your hire car .
• Park fees to enter any national park (unless on an organised prepaid trip arranged by a lodge).
• Tips and gratuities (which are optional).
• All meals and activities not specified.
• Zambian airport departure taxes (normally US$25 per person for international departures).
• The fee for dropping the hire car off in Kasane. The amount is N$3,500 (approx. £280), which is made up of a one way fee of N$2,500 and a collection fee of N$1,000 from Kasane Airport. This cannot be paid in advance, and must be paid locally.
• Activities in the Livingstone area that are not run by the Tongabezi. For example - white-water rafting, bungee-jumping and flights of angels over the Victoria Falls.
• See the individual lodges for precise inclusions & exclusions.


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