Botswana & Zimbabwe

Independent arrival at Kasane International Airport where you will be met and escorted to your flight to Linyanti Wildlife Reserve, a private concession adjacent to Chobe National Park. Helicopter transfer from the airstrip to your first camp where you’ll spend 3 nights in an intimate expedition camp in a private concession bordering the Chobe National Park. This camp is perfect for safari-goers looking for an authentic African experience – while still enjoying every comfort.

The camp has 6 amazing new tents which offer the unique opportunity to sleep under the stars while in the safety of your luxury tent. At night you are welcomed to the main tented area for a dining extravaganza and drinks around the campfire. Relax between game drives and enjoy the view overlooking the vast Linyanti wetlands.

The Chobe Enclave offers an abundance of wildlife including large herds of elephants and buffalo making for exhilarating walking safaris which are the focus at Linyanti. Here you will also be able to experience superb wildlife sightings in an open 4 X 4 vehicle. Our guides at Linyanti are some of the best in the industry. They have grown up with the bush at their back door and have come to know its wildlife well.

Fly to Kasane and road transfer across the border to Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe where you will join your flight to Hwange National Park. Your expedition camp is set in the heart of Hwange National Park, known as the land of the giants for its big elephant herds. It is nestled under an incredible grove of Acacias, along the edge of a seasonal floodplain.
The camp includes a lounge and dining area on raised decking which overlooks a small pool where elephants come to drink. There is also a nearby waterhole, frequently used as a mud bath and a popular rendezvous for the elephants. The up-close encounters and photographic opportunities with these majestic animals are endless.
Consisting of six elegantly furnished Meru Style Tents, each tent has en suite bathroom facilities with an outdoor feel. Activities include guided walks led by qualified and passionate guides who will share their knowledge and love of the bush with you on game drives and night drives. Wildlife sightings include elephant, kudu, sable antelope, zebra, wildebeest, gemsbok, the rare and endangered roan antelope, buffalo, giraffe, lion, leopard, hyena, and many other wildlife species.

Fly north to your camp in Mana Pools National Park for 3 nights. The camp is set in the shade of winter thorn and ebony trees on the banks of the Zambezi River. You’ll fall asleep to the sound of the flowing river and grunting hippos and wake up with the dawn chorus to a spectacular African sunrise. Your days here are filled with canoeing on the river, tracking game along the shoreline by foot, and fishing for the iconic tiger fish. Elephants, eland, buffalo, impala, waterbuck, baboons, monkeys, zebra, warthog, and hippos are regularly seen eating the fallen albida fruit on the river terraces. Game drives in an open 4 x 4 will take you along the flood plains and into the heart of the Mana Pools UNESCO World Heritage Site to look for Lions, leopards, spotted hyenas, cheetahs, and the endangered African wild dogs made famous in David Attenborough’s Dynasties documentary which was filmed here. 

After breakfast fly to Harare International Airport where your Botswana and Zimbabwe adventure ends.