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Namibia & Botswana Self Drive Holiday Safari: Etosha + Caprivi + Victoria Falls

Namibia (self drive): Etosha + Caprivi + Botswana + Vic Falls
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14 NIGHTS

FROM $3,226

Per person sharing

Flights + car hire quoted separately

Namibia Botswana Self Drive Holiday Safari Etosha Caprivi Victoria Falls

This Namibia & Botswana self drive holiday allows you to experience the diverse wildlife of three different countries. Starting in Windhoek, visit the Africat Foundation in Okonjima & enjoy a safari in Etosha, before driving through the Caprivi Wetlands to Chobe National Park, famous for its elephants & river based wildlife. Complete your holiday relaxing at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. Africat activities included.

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• Windhoek	• Africat Foundation	• Safari Etosha National Park	• Oryx & Springbok
• Caprivi Wetlands	• BwaBwata National Park	• Chobe National Park	• Elephants & Buffalo
• Victoria Falls	• Namibia & Botswana Self Drive Holiday

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• Windhoek	• Africat Foundation	• Safari Etosha National Park
• Oryx & Springbok	• Caprivi Wetlands	• BwaBwata National Park
• Chobe National Park	• Elephants & Buffalo	• Victoria Falls
• Namibia & Botswana Self Drive Holiday

Days 1 To 2

You will be met at Windhoek Airport and transferred 1-hour to your hotel in this small capital city, where you can relax under warm blue Namibian skies.

In the afternoon your hire car will be delivered to your hotel.

Note: Please be aware that many roads in Namibia are rough gravel with corrugated surfaces, resulting in a tougher and slower drive that can be very bumpy.

Day 3

After an early morning game activity in the Africat Reserve, drive 3-hours to Etosha National Park, one of the largest and greatest game parks in Africa.

Etosha owes its unique landscape to a vast shallow depression – the Etosha Pan. During the dry season it becomes an expanse of white cracked mud, shimmering with mirages and spiralling dust devils, with its open pans offering magnificent game viewing. Etosha is home to over a hundred different species of mammals including elephant, rhino, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, lion, cheetah and leopard.

Check into your rest camp situated near the southern gate (pay park entrance fee locally).

Day 4

Today is devoted to self drive game viewing in the famous Etosha National Park, which surrounds an enormous salt pan that is the size of the Netherlands.

We recommend setting off as soon as the park gates open after sunrise, to take advantage of the best game viewing conditions of the day, as the vast Etosha Pan offers magnificent game viewing opportunities - including springbok, oryx, black-faced impala, roan, cheetah and the Damara dik-dik, Namibia’s smallest antelope. A series of waterholes throughout the park guarantees rewarding game viewing, with Etosha being renowned for its vast array of plains game and its 'great cats' which are more easily seen on the open pans.

With over 100 different species of mammals and reptiles in this park, you can hope to see lion, elephant, rhino, leopard, cheetah, giraffe, kudu, sable antelope, warthogs, baboons and many other interesting animals. Etosha is also a bird watchers paradise, with hundreds of recorded bird species and many migrants during the summer months.

In the evening enjoy a beautiful African sunset and the pristine stars of the Milky Way as you have never seen them before – including the spectacular Southern Cross.

Note: All game drives are self-drive. Vehicles are not allowed to drive off-road in any national park in Namibia.

Days 5 To 6

Enjoy another superb day of game viewing in the great Etosha National Park as you drive through the park to your next accommodation.

With over 100 different species of mammals and reptiles in the park, you can hope to see elephant, giraffe, hyena, kudu, warthog, baboon, roan antelope and many other interesting animals. Waterholes along the southern edge of the pan frequently offer rewarding game viewing experiences, including sightings of rare species such as black and white rhino.

Etosha also offers rewarding bird watching, with over 350 different species recorded, including migrants that visit during the summer months. At the end of the day check into your lodge situated outside the eastern gate.

Day 7

Today follow the route of the Okavango River, travelling eastwards for 2-hours through the game-rich Caprivi region.

The Caprivi Strip (or Zambezi Strip) is a narrow finger of land connecting Namibia to the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls, surrounded by Angola and Zambia to the north and Botswana to the south. The region has abundant wildlife, with hundreds of elephants, large herds of rhino and many other species that migrate to the Kwando Floodplains before the onset of the summer rains. Roan antelope, kudu, impala and zebra also roam across these vast plains.

Drive through the Kavango region, which is famous for its woodcrafters, towards the western edge of Bwabwata Game Park. Check into your lodge situated on the lush banks of the Kavango River and enjoy an optional sundowner cruise to Popa Falls (pay locally).

Day 8

Today enjoy an optional game drive in Mahango National Park, Namibia's smallest but most densely populated national park.

Mahango has a high population of elephants, as well as many rare antelopes such as puku, tsessebe, red letchwe, sitatunga, roan and sable. These in turn attract a large variety of predators such as lion, leopard and even the highly endangered wild dog.

The park is divided into three different habitats - the Kavango River, the flood plains known as Omurambas and dense woodlands - which combine to create a habitat for over 400 different bird species.

Day 9

This morning continue driving eastwards for 2-hours towards the lush woodlands of the Kwando River.

Hundreds of elephants, large buffalo herds and numerous antelopes roam these majestic riverine woods. With over 400 species of birds, this area is also one of the best birding spots in Southern Africa.

Check in to your next lodge and in the late afternoon enjoy an optional game viewing sunset cruise.

Day 10

Rise early when game viewing conditions are at their best, for an optional game drive in Bwabwata National Park - a lush wilderness that has the woodlands of the Kwando River as its border (pay park fees on entry).

This park forms part of an ancient migration route between Botswana and Namibia, so hundreds of elephants and large herds of buffalo pass through each season, whilst numerous antelope roam the riverine woods. If road conditions permit it, you may be fortunate enough to see hundreds of animals gathering at Horseshoe Bend. Bwabwabata is also a birders' paradise and with over 400 recorded species, it is regarded as one of the best birding hot spots in the whole of southern Africa.

In the late afternoon enjoy an optional game viewing Sunset Cruise on the river. Optional tiger fishing is also available.

Day 11

This morning you can visit a traditional Caprivi Village to learn more about their customs and traditions.

Afterwards drive 2-hours to Katima Mulilo - “the place where the fires were put out”. After completing immigration formalities, drive across the border into Botswana and drop off your hire car at your lodge situated near the Chobe River.

Chobe National Park is Botswana’s premier wildlife reserve and is uniquely situated at the confluence of the Zambezi and Chobe Rivers, where four African countries meet – Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia. The Chobe River is the life-giving force of this region and provides a border between Botswana on the southern banks and Namibia on the northern banks. The river has extensive grassy floodplains on either side, which disappear under the annual floodwaters, making boats the best way of getting around.

After checking in to your lodge, enjoy a boat ride on the Chobe River, which is home to some of Botswana’s most spectacular wildlife, as well as abundant bird life. Game viewing opportunities should present themselves almost immediately in this vast game sanctuary and hopefully you will see elephant, buffalo, zebra, wildebeest, antelope and other river-based wildlife today. Afterwards dine in the atmosphere that only the African bushveld can provide.

Day 12

Rise at dawn to take advantage of the best game viewing conditions of the day and enjoy a thrilling shared open-top game viewing drive with a lodge ranger.

Chobe National Park 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. This migration of wildlife is possibly due to the creation of protected wildlife corridors, which allow the elephants to travel between the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Park (KAZA) countries safely. Also hope to see lion, leopard, cheetah, giraffe, hippo, kudu, crocodiles, antelope, waterbuck, warthogs, baboons and many other interesting animals before returning to your lodge.

Bird life along the river is also plentiful and you can hope to see a Fish eagle, Tawny eagle, African openbill stork, Marabou stork, Sacred ibis, Pied kingfisher, Cattle egret, Great egret, Spur-winged goose and much more, including Botswana's national bird - the glorious Lilac-breasted roller.

In the afternoon, enjoy another game drive or boat ride on the Chobe River.

Day 13

This morning transfer to Kasane on the Zimbabwe border. After completing border formalities, connect with your 2-hour shared transfer to your hotel situated near Victoria Falls on the mighty Zambezi River.

Located in the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA), where the borders of five African countries converge, the sheer scale of this vast international conservation project is difficult to comprehend. It encompasses a bewildering range of experiences, ranging from the mighty Victoria Falls to the lifeforce of the region, the Zambezi and Chobe Rivers.

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 from February to June following the summer rains, but they are a magnificent sight at any time of year.

Note: As transfer vehicles cannot cross the border, you will be dropped off on one side of immigration control and collected on the other side.

Day 14

Today we recommend exploring on foot the mighty Victoria Falls and its rainforest.

Afterwards you may wish to visit Elephants Walk, a small crafts complex across the road from The Kingdom hotel, where you can see talented local artists and sculptors at work and support them by buying one of their items. Alternatively you can participate in various optional activities, such as a helicopter flight over the falls or an elephant interaction.

In the late afternoon enjoy an included cruise on the Zambezi River where you may see hippos, crocodiles and abundant birdlife.

Note: We suggest you take your own raincoat for walking in the rainforest, as those on hire are well used.

Day 15

Transfer to Victoria Falls Airport for your flight home.

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