Compare African Insight (Southbound) by Acacia Africa
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5 | Excellent
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| Duration | 7 days |
| Price From | $ 1,100 |
| Price Per Day | $ 157 |
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| Trip Style | Small group tour |
| Lodging Level | Basic |
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| Flights & Transport | Ground transport included |
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| Meals Included |
6 Breakfasts, 5 Lunches and 5 Dinners |
| Description |
This short overland safari tour from Livingstone to Johannesburg is ideal for the traveller who is short of time. It includes some of the best attractions Southern Africa has to offer including the Kruger National Park in South Africa, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, and the Victoria Falls in Zambia |
Day 1 – 3: Victoria Falls, Bulawayo - Matobo National Park
Our tour begins in Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe), where there are numerous activities and excursions to choose from, easily enough for an extra day or two if time allows you a bit more time in Africa before our safari starts: white water rafting, bungee jumping, abseiling, gorge swinging, scenic flights (microlight, helicopter or small aircraft) and horse riding. But don’t leave without seeing the Victoria Falls themselves. At over a mile wide and some 100 metres deep, in high water it forms the largest curtain of falling water in the world with spray visible from 20 kilometres away; hence their local name Mosi au Tunya ( ‘smoke that thunders')
We depart Victoria Falls and drive south to the second city Bulawayo where we explore the majestic Matobo National Park on Game Drive and on foot with a resident guide. This is a great opportunity to experience being out in the African bush and possibly spot some Rhino too!
Day 4 – 6: Bulawayo – Tshipise - Kruger National Park, South Africa
Leaving Bulawayo, we continue south to the border at Beitbridge. Completing formalities we cross the Limpopo River -the second largest in South Africa and an important water source for this arid region. From here we visit southern Africa’s most famed national park - Kruger. The fences between the private game reserves on the fringes of the park, and the park’s borders with adjoining Mozambique and Botswana, have been taken down to form Greater Kruger and the park’s animals are free to roam the whole area. Kruger and Greater Kruger cover over 24,000 sq km and is home to an incredible wealth of African animals from the dwarf mongoose to Africa’s ‘Big Five’ (leopard, lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo). There is also an incredible diversity of birdlife and flora to be discovered. We spend two nights within the Kruger area and take game drives across the savannah to glimpse some of the wildlife that inhabits the park.
Day 7: Johannesburg
On the last day of the tour, we travel via the Panorama region of Mpumalanga with its beautiful scenery and dramatic escarpment views, to Johannesburg where our tour ends. Also known as the ‘City of Gold’, it is one of the most cosmopolitan cities on the African continent.
