Includes: meals, local drinks
Excludes: park fees and camping fees
Activities: game drives and walking
Walking Safaris are the ultimate African experiences. They allow for flexibility and closeness to the essence of Africa that is just not possible on any other type of Safari. To follow a Matabele Tracker on the spoor of a Lion or a Black Rhino is to be transported back into a timeless tradition that is almost lost to the modern world. To approach a single Elephant on foot is worth a hundred sightings of elephant from the back of a vehicle. When you're on foot everything is of significance - the wind direction, terrain, vegetation and how the animals are behaving. To walk in Africa is to be part of Africa. You will have it forever.
The camps are comfortable with traditional large walk in tents with bush bathrooms en-suite and proper beds and bedding. Dining is either around the campfire or in a dining tent well placed to overlook the river bed. All camp chores, food preparations and laundry service are carried out by experienced camp staff.
These camps are known as Eco Camps where there are no permanent structures and everything must be taken in and then removed after every safari. During the safari they are exclusive and reserved to a single party. The camp is on the Lukosi river bed where we do keep watch for nocturnal visitors.
The transport is by open game viewing vehicle and each safari is taken by Leon Varley and a traditional Matabele tracker. The guide is fully licensed armed and carries a well stocked first aid kit and satellite phone. The tracker carries a back up weapon and extra water.
Walks are taken in the morning after an early breakfast and late afternoon when it is cooler and participants must be fit enough to be able to cover 15 -20 kilometres in a day split into two or three separate walks. Much of the time on the ground is spent tracking and stalking large game, mainly Rhino and Lion, as they are the more elusive and unlikely to be come across by chance. Leopard is notoriously hard to track but is an animal of habit and tends to be found in the same areas. Other game is prolific enough to chance on or see at the water holes.
The middle of the day is spent either in camp or at a waterhole where lunch will be served. We return to camp 30 minutes after sunset for sundowners, a hot shower, dinner and drinks around the fire. Food is as filling, tasty and variable as camping restrictions will allow, vegetarians are catered for on request and a full bar, cold drinks, wine, beer, spirits, soft drinks and bottled water are supplied.
INCLUDES – no single supplement, no high/low season – accommodation, meals, local drinks, return Victoria Falls transfers (safari vehicle), professional guide/owner & tracker
EXCLUDES – park fee USD 20 pp per entry, camping fee USD 20 pp per night
AIRPORT TRANSFER TIME:
VFA airport 4 hours (1½ hrs road, 2 hrs game drive), HWN NP airport 3 hour game drive
