9 Nights
Captivating Zambezi
DAY 1
ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK
Departing Windhoek, travel north through extensive cattle farming areas and bushland to the Etosha National Park, famous for its vast amount of wildlife and unique landscape. In the late afternoon, once we have reached our camp located on the outside of Etosha National Park, enjoy the rest of the day at leisure.
Accommodation: Eldorado Lodge
Meals: N/A
ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK
The day is devoted purely to the abundant wildlife found in the Etosha National Park, which surrounds a parched salt desert known as the Etosha Pan. The park is home to 4 of the Big Five – elephant, lion, leopard and rhino. The Park was proclaimed as Namibia’s first conservation area in 1907 by the then Governor, von Lindequist. Despite the size of the Etosha National Park, only the southern edge of the pan is accessible to visitors. Game viewing in the park is primarily focussed around the waterholes, an ideal place to sit and watch over 114 different game species, or for an avid birder, more than 340 bird species. An extensive network of roads link the over 30 water holes allowing visitors the opportunity of a comprehensive game viewing safari throughout the park as each different area will provide various encounters.
Accommodation: La Rochelle Lodge
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Included Activities: Game Drive Etosha National Park
DAY 2
DAY 3
KAVANGO REGION
After breakfast, travel north towards Namibia’s lush Kavango region. En-route, we pass numerous villages lining the roadside. We arrive at our lodge just outside to Rundu, known for its rich selection of hand-made wooden crafts. With its magnificent woodlands and perennial rivers, the Kavango region contrasts sharply with the rest of Namibia. Large swathes of tall woodland, riverine forests, floodplains and reed-lined channels dominate the area. This is also the area where you will see many of the traditional huts and homesteads still in popular use today. At our lodge, we can enjoy an optional Sundowner boat cruise on the Okavango River.
Accommodation: Taranga Safari Lodge
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Optional Activity: Sundowner Boat Cruise
MAHANGO NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast, we follow the route of the Okavango River into the lush and green Zambezi Region. This juxtaposition is what makes Namibia the “Land of Contrasts”. The area is typified by perennial rivers and large forests of trees. Whereas most of Namibia is arid, this area is lush, the soil rich and the wildlife plentiful. From the banks of the Okavango River directly at the footsteps of our lodge we have a magnificent view onto the Popa Falls, a series of small rapids in paradisiacal environment before arriving at our lodge on the banks of the Okavango River and close to the Mahango National Park where the following two nights are spent. Your bedrooms award us with an uninhibited view onto the Buffalo Park across the river.
Accommodation: Shametu River Lodge
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Optional Activities: Afternoon boat cruise on the Okavango River, short walk to a local Habukushu village.