CRU10C: Cape Town + Chobe + Victoria Falls

Day 1

You will be met at Cape Town Airport and transferred to your luxury hotel conveniently situated near the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront. Check in and relax in your magnificent surroundings.

Day 2

Today is free for independent sightseeing in Cape Town.

You will be given a day pass for the convenient red Hop-On Hop-Off Bus, which stops at all Cape Town’s key sights and beaches. Start by ascending Table Mountain by cable car (optional) to enjoy one of the world’s most famous views.

Continue to Camps Bay beach and then explore the shops and many other attractions of the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, which is also the centre of Cape Town’s nightlife.

Day 3

Today choose between a small group excursion to:

• Cape Point where two oceans meet, and where you may see baboons, penguins, ostrich, antelope and dolphins; or
  
  Your tour travels along spectacular Chapman’s Peak Drive to the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, returning via Simons Town, Constantia and Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. There is also the opportunity of visiting the penguin colony at Boulders Beach (optional)



• Stellenbosch Winelands to visit some of the famous the wine estates of Paarl, Stellenbosch and Franschhoek; or
  
  Your tour includes a visit to the Victor Verster Prison where Nelson Mandela was released in February 1990; at least three wine tastings; and a tour of the historic university town of Stellenbosch. There is also the opportunity of touching a cheetah (optional).



• Hermanus for a full day of whale watching in season (July to November)
  
  Your tour travels over Sir Lowry’s Pass with spectacular views of False Bay and includes wine tasting at the Hamilton Russell estate (closed Sundays) and a visit to the Harold Porter National Botanical Garden with its fynbos flora and bird life. There is also the opportunity of taking a boat ride for closer views of the whales (optional).

You will be collected from your hotel between 08h30 and 09h00 and return to Cape Town around 17h30.

Days 4 and 5

At leisure in the beautiful city of Cape Town.

Choose one of the many optional excursions available today, such as a visit to Robben Island the infamous prison home of Nelson Mandela, or explore the many sights of Cape Town. Alternatively simply relax on golden Camp’s Bay beach – the choice is yours!

Day 6

Early morning transfer to Cape Town Airport for your 2-hour flight to Johannesburg and your connecting 2-hour flight to Livingstone, Zambia.

You will be met at Livingstone Airport, Zambia and transferred 1-hour by road and ferry to the Botswana border at Kasane. After completing immigration formalities, continue 15-min to your luxury game lodge overlooking the great Chobe River.

Check in to your safari lodge, settle in and relax in Botswana’s premier wildlife reserve – surrounded by vast landscapes, open plains, baobab trees and the abundant river-based wildlife of Chobe National Park.

Day 7

Chobe National Park is set on the banks of the perennial Chobe River, overlooking the fertile flood plains of both Botswana and Namibia across the river.

It is home to vast herds of buffalo and elephant, as well as numerous other species which roam in profusion and diversity. During the dry season, vast elephant herds migrate from both south and north to congregate in their thousands along the Chobe River – the largest concentration of elephants in the whole of Africa!

Land-based game drives are conducted twice a day (early morning and late afternoon) by experienced rangers in open-top safari vehicles. River-based game viewing is also offered in small shallow draft boats, to give a completely different wildlife perspective, as well as river walks.

Optional angling for ferocious tiger fish and wild bream is available at an extra charge, as well as a day excursion to the famous Victoria Falls in Zambia, or pampering at the spa.

Each evening relax on the outdoor terrace whilst watching a spectacular sunset over the river.

Day 8

After a final early morning open-top safari, you will be transferred back across the border to your hotel on the banks of the Zambezi River, near the mighty Victoria Falls in Zambia.

Check in, settle-in and relax whilst you catch your first glimpses of the magnificent Smoke That Thunders first discovered by Dr. David Livingstone and still one of the greatest natural wonders of the world. The flow of water over the Victoria Falls is greatest during the wet months (February to June) but the falls are a magnificent sight at any time of year.

Day 9

Today explore on foot the mighty Victoria Falls situated close to your hotel and offering magnificent views.

Later relax by the swimming pool and enjoy the many pleasures of your hotel, or participate in one of the many local activities, such as a helicopter flight over the falls or an elephant-back safari.

In the late afternoon enjoy a Sunset Cruise on the Zambesi River to see hippos, crocodiles and the abundant bird life.

Day 10

At leisure at Victoria Falls.

Adrenalin seekers can participate in many adventure holiday activities, such as canoeing in the gentler rapids above the falls; white water rafting in the turbulent gorge below the falls (grade 5) or watch bungi jumping from Victoria Falls Bridge.

There is also an interesting local craft market.

Day 11

Return transfer to Livingstone Airport for your flight home.