Swakopmund to Victoria Falls
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Swakopmund to Victoria Falls 2021
Enjoy this journey that combines culture, safari and nature. Meet the Himba tribe of Namibia and learn the preserved culture of Namibia. You’ll have safari in Africa’s 2 distinct regions, the Etosha and the Okavango Delta stretching to Chobe national park. Sign off with the breathtaking view of the largest waterfalls in the World!!!
14 days 13 nights
11 Breakfast 13 Lunch 12 Dinner
Namibia, Botswana and South Africa
Price From $850.00
Tour Overview
The first of this Tour is a Tour of Namibia’s countryside and the Etosha national park for your experience of Safari. The drive through the skeleton coast and further inland of Namibia is great experience for landscape.
The last half is a real experience of wilderness in the Okavango Delta and the Chobe national park where you travel you’ll view game from a wooden canoe (mokoro), from a boat and on-land.
The roar of the splashing water on the Batoka Gorge makes the spirit of adventure in Victoria Falls Town.
Tour highlights
Swakopmund – A few kilometres from Walvis Bay on the same coastline is a German established town of Swakopmund (since 1892). The sand dunes facing the Atlantic ocean are white. The Swakopmund museum, the lighthouse, the marine museum and the Railway Station are part of the colonial era
The skeleton coast – Known for the harsh winds, the skeleton coast has still wreckage of ships that lost control and stunk on shore.
Spitzkoppe – Inland the boulders from volcanic eruptions thousands of years ago gives an impressive sight.
Etosha national park – Its a 22 000 ha national park proclaimed on 1907. It is still in the desert characterized by dry short grass, isolated trees and mostly shrubs and bushes of acacia species; there is a lot to see from the biggest land mammal to the smallest animals.
Windhoek – It is Namibia’s capital city and one of the smartest towns in Africa. It bears also much of the history and the economy of Namibia.
Okavango Delta
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8 | Khorixas country club | Khorixas | 317 km |
9 | Opuwo country club | Opuwo | 370 km |
10, 11, 12 | Halali Campsite | Etosha NP | 458 km |
13 | Heja Lodge | Windhoek | 433 km |
14 | Ghanzi Trailblazers | Ghanzi | 542 km |
15 | Delta Rain | Maun | 325 km |
16 | Okavango | Delta | --- |
17 | Delta Rain | Maun | -- |
18 | Nata lodge | Nata | 301 km |
19 | Kasane | Kasane | 307 km |
20 | Chobe safari camp | Chobe NP | -- |
21,22 | Shearwater village | Victoria Falls | 100km |
Location: Swakopmund Town
Included on Tours
Included in package | Excluded in package |
Ground transportation in customized vehicles | International Airfares; Excess baggage charges; |
Guiding in English and/or translations in German, French and Dutch | Country to country Visa fees |
Accommodation as indicated on the itinerary | International vaccinations and inoculations |
Meals as shown (breakfast/lunch/dinner) | Personal items |
All Park Entrance fees | Beverages, Communication charges, laundry etc |
Postage and Porterage fees, Tips and gratuities for your driver/guide and lodge staff | |
Shopping charges for personal items | |
Optional activities unless specified | |
Any other services not shown or indicated as included on the itinerary |
Itinerary
Today it’s an open day for relaxing after some time in the Desert and also time to experience Swakopmund. The Swakopmund museum, the lighthouse, the marine museum and the Railway Station are part of the colonial era that are worth to visit. You have a choice of optional activities that you can book for the day
You drive through the skeleton coast to see one of the sea wreckage in the history of Namibia’s coast. By noon you will have a walking tour of the Spitzkoppe. Get to know the Damara land and the history of the ‘bushmen’.
Namibia is well known for cultural preservation and today you meet one of the many cultural groups of the himba tribe. Opuwo is an an exciting town to mingle and to relate with Himbas and the Herero people.
Safari in Etosha national park; It’s Africa’s biggest game reserve situated in the semi desert part of Namibia. The grass is dry so is the land, short shrubs and bushes with isolated acacia trees. The animal kingdom congregates at a few waterholes, the prey has to be extra cautious. The eagles and vultures sitting high on the trees; as the ostrich ad the secretary birds can be seen in this open veld.
Enjoy game viewing at it’s best in this extra-ordinary game reserve. The Etosha pan, a salty white dry lake covers 21% of the park.
From Safari to Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. In the late afternoon you have a city tour of the country’s administrative buildings in colonial times and other landmarks in the town. Get to know modern day Namibia.
Today we leave Windhoek in the morning heading North to Gobabis town and cross the border into Botswana. Later in the afternoon you mingle and interact with the last groups of the Khoisan people who are original inhabitants of this vast country Botswana. They showcase their way of life in the Kalahari desert.
You drive further inland Botswana to the Okavango Delta, the largest inland Delta in Africa. Maun meaning ‘a place of reeds’ is a small town just outside the Delta and serves as the gateway to the Delta. Today you have the afternoon to take scenic flights over the Okavango Delta and later in the evening you prepare your backpack for your excursion in the Delta.
Your excursion in the Delta starts in the morning today. You have a transfer by 4×4 vehicles a couple hours drive to the mokoro poler- point. The delta here is only accessed by the poler driven mokoro which refers to the ‘ wooden canoe’. There are few remote villages for tribes that have always lived here. The polers mostly are from these villages and will navigate your way to your campsite through the reeds, grass and shallow waters but sometimes deep as well.
Your campsite is a modern tented with stuff working there who will welcome you and show around and of course outline the ground-rules. This is way inside the Delta surrounded by water, wildlife could come as close to the campsite but you are always safe. You will have guided walks as part of the activities.
The mokoro ride back the way you came will take you to the pick-up point where you will be transferred to the lodge in Maun. Enjoy the Delta and also have an optional late afternoon activities in Maun or an opportunity to do shopping.
We leave Maun to Nata today through the Xai-Xai national park. The Makgadikgadi salt pans will be visible as you drive through the now Savanna region with predominant butterfly trees, baobab trees and acacia trees. At your campsite there you will have a sunset drive to the salt pans or you can take a walking tour with local guides.
You get to Chobe by mid day today. The Chobe river merges with the Zambezi river in this region and forms the border between Zambia and Botswana and across the Zambezi river forms the border between Zambia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. This whole region falls under the Kazungula-Zambezia (KAZA) Trans-frontier allowing free passage of wildlife. The town of Kasane and Kazungula has buffaloes, hippos, elephants, antelopes sometimes hippos seen roaming and grazing around campsites.
We take this morning to prepare for another overnight adventure in the Chobe national park. Chobe National park is 14 000 ha and home to the largest herds of elephants in Africa. As you drive to your campsite through the national park you will already be enjoying game viewing. The afternoon you continue with game viewing until sunset. Tonight you are once again surrounded by wildlife as you easy to sleep.
In the morning we head back to kasane, pack our luggage and proceed to the border of Botswana and Zimbabwe. We arrive in Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe) late afternoon.
Victoria Falls is Zimbabwe’s busiest small tourist town where tourists from the North and South converge. Its a real wonder of the World and forms the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia. A short walk from your campsite and you are already on the entrance of the Victoria Falls national Park. Enjoy the thundering and deafening sound of the Zambezi river as it plunges to a depth of 108 metres.
There is a lot of activities to do in Victoria Falls. The other side of Victoria Falls is on the Zambian side and activities can as well be booked from here.
End of Tour !!!!!
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