Cape Town to Victoria Falls - Camping

Cost per person sharing: R15,250

Single Supplement:  R840

Optional Green Seat:  R210

Meals Included:  19 Breakfasts, 18 Lunches and 15 Dinners

Day 1 South Africa – Cederberg Mountain Region

Leaving Cape Town you make your first stop at Table View and take photos of Table Mountain from across Table Bay. On the way to the Cederberg you visit !Khwa ttu where you enjoy a San guided tour and museum visit. After the tour, lunch will be prepared, after which you continue to your campsite in the Cederberg region.  You arrive at your camp and your guides will give you a full briefing on the tour.
Meals: Lunch, Dinner

Day 2 Namaqualand – Gariep (Orange) River

An early start this morning sees you heading north via the distant town of Springbok, best known for its diamonds, copper and spring flowers.  You then proceed to your camp located right beside the Namibian border. The camp is situated on the riverbank that forms the border between South Africa and Namibia.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3 Namibia – Gariep (Orange) River - Fish River Canyon

This morning there’s the chance to see the beautiful river valley by canoe or just relax at camp. After lunch you cross the border and travel to the Fish River Canyon. After a scenic walk along the edge of the canyon you enjoy your dinner while watching the sunset. This is also a fantastic photo opportunity.
Optional Activities: Half-Day Canoe Adventure
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4 Namib-Naukluft National Park

You arrive at the Namib-Naukluft National Park and set up camp, then enjoy a short hike into the Sesriem Canyon. Tonight enjoy the star-studded sky and enduring silence of the Namib Desert, only occasionally interrupted by the call of a jackal or the rather unique lizard, the barking gecko!
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5 Sossusvlei Dunes - Namib-Naukluft National Park

This is your earliest morning as you prepare for your hike up Dune 45 to marvel at the sunrise. After your hike, you will have the chance to visit Sossusvlei. Later, you join a local expert on a guided hike and learn more about the unique desert ecosystem and how the Bushmen survived in the harsh desert conditions.
Optional activity: Transfer into Deadvlei
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 6 Swakopmund

After a brief photo stop while crossing the Tropic of Capricorn, you travel onto Namibia’s Atlantic coast and the adventure capital, Swakopmund. Just before you arrive in Swakopmund, you stop at the Walvis Bay lagoon en-route, where there is often flamingos to be seen. You will be briefed on the many optional activities available here and there is time to explore the town before dinner out at one of the local restaurants.
Optional Activities: Dinner out
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 7 Swakopmund

The whole day is free to relax, explore or partake in one of the many activities available here.  Most popular activities are quad biking in the dunes or tandem skydiving.  On a clear day’s skydiving you can see all the way to the next day’s destination! Taking a walk around Swakopmund’s shops and having a leisurely lunch is also a great way to spend your day.
Optional Activities: Quad biking, sand boarding, sky diving, dinner out etc
Meals: Breakfast

Day 8 Spitzkoppe

Leaving the coast you drive through arid landscapes to Spitzkoppe Mountain. The enormous granite monoliths dominate the otherwise flat landscape and you set up camp in the wild plain at the base of the mountain. This afternoon your guide will take you on a guided walk to explore the unique rock formations.  The more adventurous among you may want to try some mountain climbing behind camp for some stunning views of the landscape.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 9 Himba Tribes

After some early morning exploration you continue north and drive towards Kamanjab. Today you have the chance to experience life within a Himba tribe.  The Himba are pastoral people and predominantly breed cattle or goats. They are easily recognisable by their unique style of dress.  The Himba have been extremely diligent about upholding the roots of their culture but they are also very curious about visitors to their home.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 10/11 Etosha National Park

Etosha is the venue for some of the most unique game viewing experiences in Africa. The sparse grasslands allow great opportunities to see animals normally hidden in dense vegetation. You may even see some of the amazing animals crossing the road in front of your truck!  You will go on various game drives and spend your evenings at the abundant waterholes for some excellent game photography.
Optional Activities: Night or dawn game drives in safari vehicles
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 12 Windhoek

After an early morning game drive you set off towards Windhoek, the capital city of Namibia.  On the way you stop at a popular craft market where you can barter for handmade gifts to take home.  Windhoek is not only the capital, it is also the cultural, social and economic centre of Namibia.  On arrival in Windhoek your guide will take you on a short city tour in our truck.  Joe’s Beer House is an exciting dining experience for your optional dinner out.  
Optional Activities: Dinner out
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 13 Botswana - Ghanzi

After an early start, you cross into Botswana and drive to Ghanzi. After setting up camp you meet with a local Bushman (San) community and experience some traditional tribal dancing.
Optional activity: Bushman walk
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 14 Maun

Your journey takes you from Ghanzi towards Maun. Maun is the gateway to the Okavango Delta and this afternoon you will prepare for this excursion, packing small overnight bags. There may be an opportunity this afternoon to visit the local crocodile farm or take a scenic flight over the Okavango Delta.
Optional Activity: Scenic flight (time permitting)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 15/16 Maun – Okavango Delta

This morning you board the big 4x4 truck that will take you into the Delta. In high-water season it is sometimes necessary to take a boat to the poling station where you meet up with the members of a local community who will be showing you their homeland.  You spend 2 nights bush camping in the wilderness and, if the water level allows, you will take a mokoro (traditional canoe) trip through the waterways. You will also be going on some nature walks in the hope of seeing some wild animals in their natural habitat.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 17 Nata

You leave the Delta behind you and travel east towards the town of Nata.  The shady tree canopy surrounding the campsite is a hive of activity.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 18 Botswana - Chobe National Park

You travel to Chobe and this afternoon you enjoy a sunset river cruise as the animals are best spotted from the Chobe River.  Elephants, hippo, crocodiles, eland and many other creatures reside in Chobe so keep your cameras ready.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 19 Zimbabwe - Victoria Falls

Today you cross the border and enter Zimbabwe.  Once in Victoria Falls town, you have time to plan the next day’s adventure activities before you visit the spectacular Victoria Falls and experience the thundering of the mighty Zambezi. An optional dinner out is a friendly way to end your tour with all the new friends you’ve made along the way.
Optional Activities: Chobe morning game drive, Zambezi sunset cruise
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 20 Victoria Falls

Officially your tour finishes after breakfast but most people will spend the day white water rafting, a not-to-be-missed experience of a lifetime! Vic Falls offers many exciting alternatives such as a walk with lions or a bungee jump from the bridge that joins Zimbabwe with Zambia.
Optional Activities: Full day white water rafting, flight over the falls, full day low/high water river boarding, sunset cruise, bungee jump (solo), morning/afternoon lion or elephant encounter.
Meals: Breakfast

This is an optional additional payment that covers what is considered to be ‘essential activities’ on this tour and therefore this itinerary has been written with these items included in the day-by-day itinerary.  Ideally we would include all of these, but not everyone can afford this.

Includes Cederberg guided walk; guided desert walk with local expert; Himba tribe visit; 3 day Delta drive-in; Chobe National Park boat cruise; Victoria Falls National Park entry fee.

Cost per person:  R5,000