Malawi, Zambia & Zimbabwe
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- Feel the thunder of Victoria Falls (UNESCO)
- Explore Great Zimbabwe ruins (UNESCO)
- Enjoy game drives in Hwange, Matobo (UNESCO), Matusadona N.P, South Luangwa N.P, Lake Malawi N.P., Lower Zambezi N.P.
- Enjoy visits to local villages and schools
- Khami ruins, (UNESCO)
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You are met upon arrival in Lilongwe and transferred to your hotel. There are no planned activities today except for dinner and your orientation meeting with the group. Overnight in Lilongwe.
We have an early start to explore Lilongwe with a city tour including Lilongwe Natural Sanctuary, the old town and the new parliament building and Kamuzu memorial pillar and mausoleum. After lunch, we depart for Lake Malawi. Dinner and overnight on Lake Malawi.
Today we have a full day on Lake Malawi to soak up the culture and atmosphere of this lake that takes up much of this small country. We have visits to a local fishing village and school.
“Cape Maclear”-Lake Malawi National Park is home to an amazing diversity o...
Today we travel South to Liwande National Park where we safari by jeep and boat! Liwonde National Park is a true evocative of a vanishing Africa. Here you can experience the best of Malawian safaris. Hippos bask in slow moving pools and crocodiles lurk on mudflats. He...
Today, we travel to Kungoni (Mua Mission) which is the best museum presenting the country’s history culture and art. The museum describes Malawi’s three tribes namely Yao, Ngoni and Chewas, their origins and their battles, slave trade influence, Christian and Islam in...
Today we depart early to travel to the boarder of Zambia, where our destination is South Luangwa, where we will spend the next two nights. Here we enjoy game drives in search of big game. Our camp is set on the Luangwa River. An abundance of wildlife such as elephants...
We travel towards Chipata, stopping at the Tribal textiles where local villages create beautiful crafts of their trade. Chipata, formerly Fort Jameson, was the capital of North-Eastern Rhodesia until 1911, when Northern Rhodesia — later to become Zambia — was created....
Today we journey to the capital city of Lusaka. Lusaka was the site of a village named after its headman Lusaaka, which, according to history, was located at Manda Hill, near to where Zambia's National Assembly building now stands. In the Nyanja language, Manda means ...
We journey to a lesser visited region but one of the best game viewing regions in Zambia, the Lower Zambezi. The next two days we will safari by boat looking for some of the common animals that are sighted all year round such as elephant, buffalo, hippo and crocodile....
Today we say good by to Zambia as we cross the border into Zimbabwe and make our way to Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe's largest lake. Our destination on the lake is Spurwing Island, accessible by boat transfer only. On arrival, enjoy a boat cruise to spot some of the hippos a...
Today we have an early start as we make the long journey to the greatest medieval city in sub-Saharan Africa, The Great Zimbabwe ruins. Enroute we stop in the capital city of Harare for lunch.
The Great Zimbabwe ruins (UNESCO) are impressive, built over hundred...
We start early to take our time exploring the Great Zimbabwe Ruins before we depart for Zimbabwe's oldest national park, Matobo (UNESCO). Enroute, we pass through Zimbabwe's second capital, Bulawayo, where we have lunch, followed by a visit to nearby Khami ruins, a UN...
Matobo park is 423 square kilometers and has approximately 3,000 San (bushman) art paintings, some more than 15,000 years old. Today's excitement starts with a morning hike to see some of these impressive, ancient San paintings, We later visit the grave of Cecil John ...
Today we depart Matobo and head out to Hwange National Park, arguably Zimbabwe's best game reserve. Enjoy a relaxing lunch overlooking the watering hole, which often attracts wildlife. In the afternoon, we set out on our first game drive to search for the "Big Five" -...
Today we enjoy 2 games drives to explore the superb wildlife in the park. We set out in the very early morning and late afternoon as these are the best times for wildlife viewing as the animals are most active during the cooler times and often rest during the heat of midday. Dinner and overnight in Hwange National Park.
This morning we drive to Victoria Fall. Enroute, we stop at a tribal village to visit with a sangoma, a traditional healer and fortune teller.
After our arrival in Vic Falls, enjoy hearing about the life and legacy of 2 of Africa's greatest explorers, personali...
Today we have a unique wildlife encounter as we visit a reserve where we can actually walk alongside 'young' lions. The lions are under the watchful eyes of the lion keepers. This is easily a once in a lifetime experience that you will not soon forget!.
We retu...
Today we say goodbye to Vic Falls and Africa and transfer to the airport to connect with our international flights homeward.
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