Victoria Falls to the Okavango

Fly overnight from London Heathrow, via Addis Ababa, to Victoria Falls.

Transfer on arrival to the 5-star Victoria Falls Hotel, a member of the prestigious ‘Leading Hotels of the World’, and Zimbabwe’s grandest and oldest luxury hotel, gazing out from its gardens to the spray cloud from the Zambezi River’s 110m high cataract, forming the fantastic Victoria Falls. Two-night stay.

More evocatively known as Mosi-oa-Tunya, ‘the smoke that thunders’, the Falls’ constant spray creates a thriving rainforest, which is buzzing with birds, insects, and small mammals. With a morning guided walk of the Falls and a sunset Zambezi River cruise, there is also a bird’s-eye-view option of a helicopter flight (12 minutes, £170).
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Transfer to Kasane, at the north-eastern edge of Chobe, Botswana’s first National Park; famed as one of Africa’s great wildlife parks for its concentration of game and unrivalled population of elephants. Three nights at Chobe Bush Lodge or adjoining Chobe Safari Lodge, each within 150m of the Chobe River.
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Spread around the riverbanks, the park’s floodplains and mahogany forests are home to impala, giraffe, zebra herds, majestic kudu, and 450 species of birds. An early morning game drive is followed by an afternoon river cruise.
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Rise early for a morning game drive, perhaps seeing the wild dogs, buffalo and Big Cats; and look out for hippos and crocodiles on an afternoon cruise of the Chobe River.
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Fly from Kasane to the Okavango Delta, where clear water channels link blue lagoons, cloaked with lilies, cutting through grassland and woodland, and punctuated with papyrus and palm islets. Enjoy a game drive en route to the boutique Mma Dinare Lodge, within the private Dinare wildlife concession, adjacent to Moremi National Park. Afternoon game drive. Three-night stay.
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Take to the region’s ‘mokoro’ traditional canoes, where your guide propels the craft through the channels with a long ‘nkashi’ pole, for early morning game and birdlife viewing from the channels of the delta (replaced by land-based safari if water levels are low); and enjoy an afternoon game drive.
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Enjoy a morning game drive or optional helicopter flight above the wilds of the Okavango (30 minutes £385, bookable locally). Afternoon game drive.
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Fly to Kasane and transfer to the Victoria Falls Hotel for an overnight stay.
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Transfer to the airport for the return flight via Addis Ababa. (B)
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Arrival at London Heathrow.