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Arrival
Day 1
Rendezvous in Vic Falls & Drive to Hwange National Park
Rendezvous in Vic Falls & Drive to Hwange National Park
Your adventure starts at Victoria Falls (4x4 Handover & depart to Hwange NP). Your driver will collect you from your Vic Falls accommodation in our 8-seater Land Cruier with bush trailer + pop-up game viewer roof to take you on the 4hr drive through the Matetsi Safari Area to Robins Campsite in the Western section of Hwange NP.
Set up camp for your first night in the bus, a gentle introduction in a fenced site whilst you acclimatise for wilder things ahead!
- Main Destination:
- Hwange National Park
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
Wildlife in Hwange NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Explore Western Hwange National Park
Explore Western Hwange National Park
Wake up to the dawn chorus for your first full day in the bush. We are still in the acclimatization phase so game-drives will be the order of the day, then relax around the pool and get into the right frame of mind for the escalating levels of adventure ahead.
- Main Destination:
- Hwange National Park
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Drive through the heart of Hwange National park
Drive through the heart of Hwange National park
Your first little adventure, a day-long game-drive through the centre of Hwange National Park, stopping at pans and game viewing platforms as you traverse the park from West to East in the big rig. You have a very good chance of seeing all sorts of sightings along the route to reach your campsite for the night. Settup camp overlooking the waterhole and sleep deeply.
- Main Destination:
- Hwange National Park
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Explore Sikumi Area
Explore Sikumi Area
Leirurley breakfast then a drive through the bush to visit the Wild Dog Conservation Centre in teh morning. Then back through the winding, sandy bush roads to camp for a lazy afternoon brunch then spend the afternoon watching animals coming down to drink.
- Main Destination:
- Hwange National Park
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Drive to Mlibizi, Embark the Kariba Ferry
Drive to Mlibizi, Embark the Kariba Ferry
Break camp very early and take the winding roads through the bush to Mblibizi in the upper reaches of Lake Kariba where you will board the kariba Ferry for the 300km voyage the length of the largest man-made lake on earth. Spend the afternoon passing through the narrow upper reaches of the lake and fall asleep to the trhum of the motor, well-fed on tasty Zimbabwean treats.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Kariba
- Accommodation:
- Kariba Ferry
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Rockstar Mid-water Transfer to your Private Sailing Catamaran
Rockstar Mid-water Transfer to your Private Sailing Catamaran
Wake up aboard the Kariba Ferry as you steam into the expansive Eastern Basin (fat end) of Kariba. Your private 30 foot safari catamaran will approach over the horizon and draw alongside the Ferry (weather permitting). You will de-buss ver the railings and sail into the wide blue yonder under the expert guidance of our expert skipper. He will teak you to teh ropes as you sail the open water and game-view the shallow Matusadona shoreline.
- Main Destination:
- Matusadona National Park
- Accommodation:
- Sail With Elephants - Kariba Private Catamaran
Wildlife in Matusadona NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Sail with Elphants, Kariba
Sail with Elphants, Kariba
Wake up under the stars in paradise, have breakfast and put out to sail. Our boats are nimble and stable and able to get into places that lumbering houseboats can't. You will see hippos and elphant and the whole menagerie of Matusadona National Park the best way possible, from the water as tehy graxe the grassy shoreline. Dine on some deserted island draw alongside swimming elephants frolicking in the warm, clear water.
- Main Destination:
- Matusadona National Park
- Accommodation:
- Sail With Elephants - Kariba Private Catamaran
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Disembark Sailboats and Drive to Mana Pools National Park
Disembark Sailboats and Drive to Mana Pools National Park
Disembark the Catamaran at Halls' Beack in Kariba town where your driver will be waiting in the big rig to whisk you 4 hours through the national park all the way to Mana Pools. Here you will have an exclusive campsite all to yoursleves in the middle of the bush. You will be more acclimatized now to having all manner of animals wandering through at all hours. Relax and enjoy beautifull Mana.
- Main Destination:
- Mana Pools National Park
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
Wildlife in Mana Pools NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Explore Mana Pools
Explore Mana Pools
Relax and enjoy wild Mana Pools. Game-drive the open plains and see more animals than you can shake a stick at. Elelphant, Hippos, Hyenas. Eland, Kudo, Impala, Ground Hornbills, Monkeys, Baboons, Buffalo, Lion, Honey Badgers, Sqirrels, Civets, Gennets, you name it, theycan all wander through ast any moment.
- Main Destination:
- Mana Pools National Park
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Drive to Chitake Spring
Drive to Chitake Spring
Break camp and driver 70km through the bush to the wildest campsite on earth, Chitake Spring. Your driver will show you the ropes as you set up camp in the heart of lion country. Keep a low profile as you sit patiently near the spring watching animals come to drink, then fall asleep to the roaring in teh darkness not too far from where you lie. Once you feel a lion roar, resonate in your chest, you will know your place in this world.
- Main Destination:
- Chitake Springs (Mana Pools NP)
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 11
Experience Chitake Spring
Experience Chitake Spring
A full day to sit quietly and experience raw nature. You are unlikely to see much lion action during the heat of the day, but thousands of birds and multitudes of other animals use this spring for water. You can go up to the Baobab forest, but it may be more productive to sit quietly at the spring and watch the world go by.
- Main Destination:
- Chitake Springs (Mana Pools NP)
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 12
Drive back to Harare
Drive back to Harare
Break camp relctantly for the 8-9 hour trip to Harare. Ponder your experiences as you slowly ascend theZambezi escarpment and return to civilisation. There is no other country in Africa that can give you such a diversity of wild landcapes as Zim. Your will love our warm climate and decent, warm-hearted people. Once you have caught Zambezi Fever, you will find the only treatment is more of the same.
- Main Destination:
- Harare (City)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
