Africa Cruise Safari

Arrive into Cape Town at your leisure and meet your Expedition Leader and fellow expeditions for a sumptuous welcome dinner.

Enjoy a full day exploration of the Cape Winelands region, sampling a wide range of local produced wines and cheeses. Spend time exploring Cape Town’s colorful Malay quarter and Milnerton Lagoon’s spectacular views of Table Mountain as well as enjoying a cultural dining experience at one of Cape Town’s finest African restaurants.

Take a mid-morning flight to Hoedspruit and transfer to your lodge in the Kapama Private Game Reserve, situated in South Africa’s northern most province of Limpopo and renowned for its prolific and diverse wildlife, including over 40 different mammal species (including the famous Big Five), over 350 bird species, and a myriad smaller species. Predawn safaris feature the departure of night predators, the dawn chorus, and visits to many local waterholes. Rest during the hottest part of the day then board open-sided Land Rovers for a night safari before returning for dinner and entertaining talks.

Your charter flight to Botswana offers a spectacular bird’s-eye view across the African landscape. Arriving into Kasane. travel to luxury Mowana Safari Lodge, set amongst baobab trees with magnificent views to where the Chobe and Zambezi Rivers meet. In the surrounding Chobe Game Reserve, some 45,000 elephants share their lands with lion, leopard, giraffe, cheetah, zebra, buffalo and more than 450 species of bird. As in Kapana, your overland safaris are early in the morning and early evening, with a rest in the middle of the day.

Today board the Zambezi Queen on the Chobe River. Over three days delight in viewing Chobe National Park’s teeming wildlife from the open air lounge or from watercraft that allows close views of the wildlife that has come to bathe and drink. Generator-free evenings allow darkness for stargazing and the stillness to enjoy sounds of the Africa night.

Disembarking the Zambezi Queen, make your way to Victoria Falls and the elegant Victoria Falls Hotel for three nights, delighting in the magnificent views over the Fall’s Bridge to Zambia. A sunset cruise on the Zambezi River reveals crocodiles, hippos and birdlife, while on a trek through the rainforest, learn local legends of ‘The Smoke that Thunders’. Enjoy a traditional Boma dinner, featuring kudu, warthog, crocodile and the local delicacies like Mopani worms, while being entertained by tribal dancing and storytelling.

Today transfer to Victoria Falls Airport for your flight to Johannesburg and trip’s end.