Itinerary
Day 1: Okavango Delta, Botswana / Victoria Falls—Zimbabwe or Zambia
Your Victoria Falls adventure begins with a scheduled charter flight from the Okavango Delta to Kasane, Botswana. You'll then head over the border via a private transfer by road to reach your accommodation for the next two nights. Two options are available: Choose a luxurious boutique hotel on the Zimbabwe side of the Zambezi Gorge, where Victoria Falls is accessible via a casual walk and your private veranda offers view of mist clouds rising from the cataract. From this location, you will tour the falls from the Zimbabwe. Or stay in Livingstone, Zambia, where your luxury camp overlooks the Zambezi River upriver from Victoria Falls, surrounded by Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, and view the falls from the Zambia side. In both locations wildlife is often on view, with warthogs and impala roaming the lawn and gardens of our Zimbabwe hotel, and boisterous hippos creating commotion along the riverbanks in front of our luxury camp in Zambia.
Day 2: Victoria Falls Guided Tour / Zambezi Sunset Cruise
Today is focused on experiencing mighty Victoria Falls, the world's most astounding cataract, from varied vantage points on a guided walking tour. The falls are surrounded on both sides by two national parks, Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe and Mosi-oa-Tunya in Zambia. The latter means "the smoke that thunders," and it's an apt name, as we often see huge clouds of spray billowing above the precipice of the falls, creating an iridescent mist that can be seen from 10 miles away. The profuse spray has created a rain forest microclimate on the rim, and a network of walkways weaves through it to varying viewpoints over the falls. The cataract spans more than a mile and plummets 350 feet into the rugged Zambezi Gorge below. Late this afternoon, get a different take on the river during a sunset cruise on a placid stretch of the Zambezi upstream, where we may see hippos and elephants on the banks.
Day 3: Depart
Your Victoria Falls adventure begins with a scheduled charter flight from the Okavango Delta to Kasane, Botswana. You'll then head over the border via a private transfer by road to reach your accommodation for the next two nights. Two options are available: Choose a luxurious boutique hotel on the Zimbabwe side of the Zambezi Gorge, where Victoria Falls is accessible via a casual walk and your private veranda offers view of mist clouds rising from the cataract. From this location, you will tour the falls from the Zimbabwe. Or stay in Livingstone, Zambia, where your luxury camp overlooks the Zambezi River upriver from Victoria Falls, surrounded by Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, and view the falls from the Zambia side. In both locations wildlife is often on view, with warthogs and impala roaming the lawn and gardens of our Zimbabwe hotel, and boisterous hippos creating commotion along the riverbanks in front of our luxury camp in Zambia.
Day 2: Victoria Falls Guided Tour / Zambezi Sunset Cruise
Today is focused on experiencing mighty Victoria Falls, the world's most astounding cataract, from varied vantage points on a guided walking tour. The falls are surrounded on both sides by two national parks, Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe and Mosi-oa-Tunya in Zambia. The latter means "the smoke that thunders," and it's an apt name, as we often see huge clouds of spray billowing above the precipice of the falls, creating an iridescent mist that can be seen from 10 miles away. The profuse spray has created a rain forest microclimate on the rim, and a network of walkways weaves through it to varying viewpoints over the falls. The cataract spans more than a mile and plummets 350 feet into the rugged Zambezi Gorge below. Late this afternoon, get a different take on the river during a sunset cruise on a placid stretch of the Zambezi upstream, where we may see hippos and elephants on the banks.
Day 3: Depart
Your extension ends with a private transfer to the airport in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe or Livingstone, Zambia, to meet departing flights.
