From CAD 4,536 Was CAD 6,049
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Small Group
Light
Rating
(21 reviews)
Experience Overview
This 18-day journey through four African countries hits the highlights and is perfect for the adventurer who wants to discover the region’s diversity. Explore the Okavango Delta by traditional mokoro canoe, marvel at some of the highest sand dunes in the world in the Namib Desert, and meet the San Bushmen of the Kalahari. Your knowledgeable CEO will take care of the hassles and planning while you recharge in hotels, local lodges, and camps for a once-in-a-lifetime cultural experience you'll forever treasure.
Highlights
- Marvel at Fish River Canyon
- Explore giant sand dunes and Victoria Falls
- Track the 'big five'
- Take wildlife walks and traditional canoe rides.
Trip Details
Product Code: 2110
Tour Type: Small Group
Accommodation: Budget
Transport: Air-conditioned touring vehicle, safari vehicle, walking, mokoro.
Guide Language: English
Travel Styles:
Budget
Supplier Code: DZDD
Starts: Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Finishes: Cape Town, South Africa
Duration: 18 days
Departures: Guaranteed
Physical rating:
Light
Includes
Activities
- Your G for Good Moment: Penduka Village Restaurant & Shop, Windhoek Your G for Good Moment: !Khwa ttu San Culture and Education Centre, Yzerfontein Your Welcome Moment: Welcome Moment - Meet Your CEO and Group Your Discover Moment: Swakopmund
- Okavango Delta overnight bush camping excursion
- San/Bushmen walk
- Traditional dinner
- Wine tasting in Lambert's Bay
- Etosha National Park entrance with wildlife safari drives in the touring vehicle
- Sossusvlei Dunes and Sesriem Canyon entrance
- Fish River Canyon entrance
- All transport between destinations and to/from included activities
Accommodation
- Hotels (6 nts), lodge/chalet (4 nts), guesthouse (1 nt), basic camping (1 nt), adventure tents (1 nt), participation camping (4 nts).
- 16 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 5 dinners
Transport
- Air-conditioned touring vehicle, safari vehicle, walking, mokoro.
Group Leader
- CEO (Chief Experience Officer) and driver throughout, local guides.
Price
Price per person: (Double Occupancy) CAD 4536 (CAD 252 /day)
Itinerary
Day 1: Victoria Falls
Arrive at any time.
There are no planned activities until an evening welcome meeting.
Day 2: Victoria 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 sundowner cruise.
Drive to the border and cross from Zimbabwe into Botswana. Continue to the Kasane area, outside the gates of Chobe National Park, home to the largest elephant population in Southern Africa.
Opt to check out one of Botswana's national parks and its thousands of resident elephants, crocodiles, and hippos on a sunset boat cruise on the Chobe River.
Day 3: Kasane/Nata
Opt to rise early for sunrise and marvel at your surroundings as you set out on a safari drive in Chobe National Park. Travel to Nata and watch for elephants drinking from the camp's watering hole at night.
Day 4: Nata/Maun
Prepare for a 1-night/2-day journey into the delta.
Travel to Maun, the biggest town in the Okavango Delta area, pick up any supplies needed, and prepare for the journey into the Okavango Delta.
Day 5: Okavango Delta
Enjoy wildlife walks, traditional mokoro excursions, and birding. Learn the ways of the bush from the local polers.
The excursion begins with a drive in customized safari vehicles for about 1-2 hrs to the "dock" to board a mokoro (canoe) that takes us deep into the delta. After a 1-2 hrs in the mokoro, arrive to the basic bush camp.
In the evening, watch a traditional dance performance.
Day 6: Maun/Ghanzi
Hop into a mokoro with your friends on the way back to Maun. Search for wildlife in the reeds along the river as you make your way back towards civilization. Zoom through the western part of Botswana to Ghanzi; the heart of the Kalahari. Catch a glimpse of how the Indigenous San Bushmen adapted to the Kalahari Desert on a bushman walk. They will teach you about wilderness survival skills in a place that seems uninhabitable.
Enjoy the sunrise in the delta before travelling back to Maun by mokoro. Travel along the northern portions of the Kalahari Desert throughout the day – this is a severely arid and barren landscape, though very beautiful.
Arrive in the late afternoon and camp in the Ghanzi area.
Day 7: Ghanzi/Windhoek
Travel to Windhoek, the German-influenced capital city of Namibia.
Today, new travellers may join you for the rest of your adventure. You are welcome to join them at a group meeting this evening, followed by an optional dinner.
Day 8: Windhoek/Etosha National Park
Visit the G Adventures supported Penduka Village Restaurant & Shop, just outside of Windhoek, to pick up a tasty packed lunch, then continue up to Etosha National Park. Enjoy an afternoon wildlife safari drive in our touring vehicle, then opt to explore more on an open vehicle night drive.
Leave Windhoek and head north through the Namibian countryside to Etosha National Park and enjoy a wildlife safari drive in our touring vehicle. Keep an eye out for lions, giraffes, elephants, and antelopes. After sunset, some animals may head to the watering holes near the campground.
Day 9: Etosha National Park
Enjoy another wildlife safari drive in our touring vehicle and keep your eyes peeled for some of the famous wildlife.
Day 10: Etosha National Park/Swakopmund
Sit back and watch the stunning desert landscape go by enroute to western Namibia.
Watch the beautiful desert landscape go by en route to western Namibia.
Spend two nights in the area exploring this historical town or trying some of the numerous activities available, such as sandboarding or a skydiving.
Swakopmund has bizarre lunar landscapes, unforgettable sunsets, and prehistoric Welwitchia plants.
Day 11: Swakopmund
Spend a day exploring all the area has to offer. Optional activities include sandboarding, skydiving, and a township tour.
Day 12: Swakopmund/Namib Desert
Travel into the beautiful Namib Desert, stopping at Walvis Bay on the way.
Get a real feel for the Namib Desert as we spend hours crossing this empty region.
En route, take a coffee break in Solitaire, a mystical village consisting of a filling station, a general dealer/coffee shop, and a small mechanical workshop. Drive through Walvis Bay, the only town on the Namibian coastline that boasts a deep sea harbor.
Arrive in the area in the late afternoon, where the towering red sand dunes of Sossusvlei form the gateway into the Namib Desert.
Day 13: Namib Desert
Visit Sossusvlei Dunes and Sesriem Canyon, and climb the towering Dune 45. Opt to visit Deadvlei.
Enjoy a visit to Sossusvlei, a clay pan enclosed by the world's largest sand dunes, up to 300m (984 ft) high. Here, use some free time to enjoy the sand dunes on your own. Visit the Sesriem Canyon, a small canyon typical of the area.
Day 14: Namib Desert/Keetmanshoop
Continue south through the Namib Desert to Keetmanshoop, enjoying dramatic Namibian landscapes along the way. In the afternoon enjoy a visit to the rare Quiver Tree Forest.
Day 15: Keetmanshoop/Orange River
Early start and visit the geological formation: Giant's Playground. Drive South and later in the day visit the breathtaking Fish River Canyon. Then, continue on to the banks of the Orange River with time to swim or just relax. Enjoy the beautiful scenery in this part of the country.
Day 16: Orange River/Lambert's Bay
Cross the border into South Africa and continue down the coast to Lambert's Bay, stopping along the way for an included wine tasting. Then, opt to visit Bird Island or stroll through this charming town.
We head towards the coast again and on to Lambert's Bay, a picturesque town on the west coast of South Africa.
Enjoy an included wine tasting at Lambert's Bay. Learn how to analyze your palates, listen to your taste buds, and how to pair your food with the best wine raised in the foothills of the Cederburg Mountains.
In the afternoon, opt to visit the well known Bird Island where you can find more than 25,000 blue-eyed gannets at certain times of the year. Penguins also gather on this island for breeding between August and October.
Opt to stroll through this lovely town, visiting unique artisan shops and boutiques.
Day 17: Lambert's Bay/Cape Town
Continue on the last stretch of the trip to lovely Cape Town. Stop at the G Adventures supported !Khwa ttu San Culture and Education Centre along the way, then get ready to explore the vibrant streets of this scenic coastal city.
While travelling towards Cape Town, through Namaqualand, keep an eye out for fields of Namaqualand daisies (in season August and September).
Cape Town has many different options should you book extra time to explore after the tour.
Visit Table Mountain, explore Cape Point (Cape of Good Hope), or join a wine tour in and around Stellenbosch (45 min drive). Visit the old French Huguenot town of Franschoek and surroundings (1 hr drive). For the truly adventurous, try skydiving, abseiling, or even cage diving, for a close encounter with the great white sharks.
Opt to wander through the city centre, which has some of the oldest buildings and gardens in South Africa (Botanical Gardens and Parliament Gardens), or visit the Cultural Historical Museum, Planetarium, and numerous other small museums and theaters.
Day 18: Cape Town
Depart at any time.
We highly recommend booking post-accommodation to fully enjoy this city.
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Tour Operator
G Adventures
G Adventures is an operator of small-group escorted tours. It is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with 28 offices worldwide. It offers more than 700 itineraries in more than 100 countries, and carries 200,000 travelers from 160 countries each year.
In Business Since 1990
Reviews
Cristina C. - Traveled, September 2024
Diverse experiences, excellent CEO, fabulous group of co-travelers, great cultural exposures.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 10/15/2024
Mindy O. - Traveled, September 2024
Great itinerary. Camping was a unique experience.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 10/03/2024
Amanda Y. - Traveled, August 2024
Overall, I think this was a fantastic tour and would highly recommend for anyone looking experience the highlights of Southern Africa. This tour packed in an incredible amount of experiences at a reasonable pace.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 09/30/2024
Nicola B. - Traveled, August 2024
Brilliant trip, - great experience, great CEO and driver, great group of people. Loved the combination of wildlife and scenery. Need a holiday to recover having packed so much in but wouldn’t have missed any of it.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 09/30/2024
Matthew L. - Traveled, August 2024
So grateful to have done this trip. I’ll be recommending this exact trip to people back home. I think minimal camping means we were able to enjoy everything so much more than if we had been camping/cooking.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 09/26/2024
Isabelle M. - Traveled, August 2024
A brilliant introduction to travelling in Africa. Personally next time I will choose to do a more active trip with less mileage. Good accommodation and food.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 09/26/2024
Christopher W. - Traveled, August 2024
A great tour, with a lovely guide that made visiting these countries more engaging.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 09/25/2024
Andrew W. - Traveled, August 2024
Great trip for me to re-discover the continent i live on - Trust and Peter were exceptional and key to my enjoyment. BUT the fact that i was erroneously booked for the optional wine tour on arrival in Cape Town
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 09/19/2024
Dale L. - Traveled, August 2024
A trip of a lifetime! I’ll cherish my memories forever. This was my third trip with G Adventures and I recommend to all my friends, family, coworkers, and fellow travelling women on social media. I will definitely be booking again soon!
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 09/19/2024
Samiwel D. - Traveled, August 2024
An incredible journey through the heart of Southern Africa, experiencing fantastic sights and sounds in some of the most beautiful parts of the World. I cannot recommend this trip enough.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 09/12/2024
Emily M. - Traveled, August 2024
I knew our trip to Southern Africa was going to be incredible, but it truly exceeded my expectations. Kudos to our guide Berv and our driver Larry for making that extra bit special. I would recommend this trip to anyone. It’s a once in a lifetime adventu...
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 09/11/2024
Ming L. - Traveled, August 2024
This trip was excellent experience in my life, I love it!
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 09/04/2024
Juliet A. - Traveled, August 2024
My first experience with G Adventures was wonderful! It was so nice having someone else plan all the details and arrange the transport and accommodations, while also giving us free time to explore and get to know the local culture. Normally after a coup...
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 09/04/2024
Kahlyn A. - Traveled, July 2024
This was my family’s first time travelling this way. The tour allowed me to relax and enjoy my travels. I felt safe. I appreciated the community feel of the group.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 08/30/2024
Erik A. - Traveled, July 2024
From the first day on our tour, our guide Kirstie brought a high, positive energy to the group. The group was well managed, timely, and maintained the energy throughout the trip.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 08/28/2024
Ernesto N. - Traveled, July 2024
Once in a lifetime for sure. So many great experience including our encounters with animals and meeting the locals. The scenery was beautiful and the people I travelled shared similar passion for exploration and general sense of adventure.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 08/27/2024
Lucia T. - Traveled, April 2024
One of the great tours to remembered with. Really enjoyed the counties we visited on this trip. Botswana and Namibia are more than I expected.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/23/2024
Susan M. - Traveled, July 2024
This trip was a wonderful experience for a first trip to southern Africa! Although there are some long travel days covering the 5400 kilometers from Victoria Falls to Capetown, it is absolutely worth it to experience so much! We loved camping in Etosha...
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 08/21/2024
Sophie J. - Traveled, May 2024
The Adventure was the best I‘ve ever did. Thank you so much. Francois was the best ceo i can imagine. Just the busdrivingtime somedays was to long for me.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 06/19/2024
Nora M. - Traveled, May 2024
It was an unforgettable tour, fantastic and fun. I loved the amazing landscapes and wildlife and activities. Shadwell the CEO and driver Barry were most helpful.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 06/12/2024
Ana C. - Traveled, April 2024
I had the most amazing time on the tour! The itinerary allowed me to see everything I wanted, the CEO was super, and as a solo female traveler being with G Adventures made me feel safe and very happy!
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/16/2024
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