Kruger National Park, South Africa
AFRICA
Chidobe Village, Zimbabwe Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
ITINERARY
DAY 1 • Depart U. S. Depart for your overnight flight to Johannesburg, South Africa.
DAY 2 • Johannesburg, South Africa Upon arrival this evening, meet your fellow travelers, including those who took the optional pre-trip extension, South Africa’ s Entabeni Private Game Reserve.
ANEW Hotel Centurion or similar
DAY 3 • Fly to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe Fly to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, this morning. Upon arrival this afternoon, enjoy a Welcome Briefing followed by a Welcome Dinner at a local restaurant.
Meals: B, L, D | Shearwater’ s Explorers Village or similar
DAY 4 • Explore Victoria Falls • Optional tours • Sunset boat cruise
We’ ll enjoy a walking tour of Victoria Falls— the largest curtain of water in the world and one of the world’ s Seven Natural Wonders. After lunch at a restaurant overlooking the falls, enjoy a free afternoon. Or you can join one of three optional tours, including a helicopter ride over Victoria Falls. Later, enjoy a sunset boat cruise along the Zambezi River.
Meals: B, L | Shearwater’ s Explorers Village or similar
DAY 5 • A Day in the Life of Chidobe Village • GCF school visit • Evening musical performance
Today we’ ll enjoy A Day in the Life of Chidobe, a tribal village near Victoria Falls, where we’ ll experience village life and help a local family prepare a traditional dish. Then, we’ ll visit the Chidobe Primary School( when in session)— supported in part by Grand Circle Foundation. After dinner this evening at a local restaurant, we’ ll walk over to the Ndlovu Theatre, an open-air venue with tiered seating to watch a live performance of Simunye: We Are One.
Meals: B, D | Shearwater’ s Explorers Village or similar
DAY 6 • Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, Zambia • White rhino tracking on foot • Dambwa Market
This morning, we’ ll make a short drive across the border to Zambia’ s Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. After a game-viewing drive, we’ ll have the rare opportunity to set off on foot with two local guides to track the endangered Southern White Rhinoceros. After lunch at a local restaurant, we’ ll spend some time in Livingstone’ s bustling Dambwa Market, where locals gather to buy and sell fresh produce and other items.
Meals: B, L | Shearwater’ s Explorers Village or similar
DAY 7 • Fly to Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
This morning, we’ ll fly to Kruger National Park, South Africa’ s first and largest national park.
Meals: B, L, D | Kruger Safari Lodge or similar
DAY 8 • Kruger National Park • Morning and afternoon game-viewing drives
Kruger National Park is home to all of Africa’ s legendary“ Big Five” safari animals— lion, leopard, rhino, elephant, and Cape buffalo— and if we’ re lucky, we’ ll be able to witness them in person today during morning and afternoon game-viewing drives. We’ ll also engage in a conversation about conservation in Greater Kruger National Park.
Meals: B, L, D | Kruger Safari Lodge or similar
ADVENTURE HIGHLIGHT
On Day 6, cross the border to Zambia for a white rhino tracking excursion by foot in Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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