Welcome to Zimbabwe!
On arrival into Victoria Falls Airport, clear immigration, collect your bags, and proceed through customs to the arrivals hall. Here, meet a driver who will transfer you to your accommodation. Check in and spend two nights at Lokuthula Lodge with dinner and breakfast included. In the afternoon, be ready at the agreed time in the main area. Here, meet a guide and walk down to the Siduli Hide. Enjoy a wildlife viewing session with light refreshments provided. Afterwards, return to your room to freshen up or head straight to The Boma for your official welcome dinner!
The morning is after breakfast, please be ready at the agreed time and meet a guide and head down to the Siduli Hide again for a morning session this time. Then at the agreed time, be ready in reception and meet a driver who will transfer you to the Falls and the fantastic Lookout Cafe. Enjoy lunch here and if you're up for it, don't miss the gorge swing (payable locally). After lunch, meet your driver who will take you over to the actual Falls, sign you in and guide you through the National Park. Return in the evening for dinner and an evening at leisure.
After breakfast, please pack up and checkout. Be ready in reception at the agreed time. Meet a driver who will assist you with luggage into the vehicle. Road transfer to the border. Here, disembark the vehicle with your passport and any valuables. Then once you get stamped out of Zimbabwe, return to the vehicle and meet your driver who transfers you just a few metres more. Here you change vehicles and cross the usual no man's land before arriving at the Botswana immigration. You'll disembark again and get stamped into Botswana. So welcome! The fun now truly begins as you're officially on safari. Meet a driver now from The Old House who will assist you with bags and transfer you to your accommodation.
On arrival, check in and spend four nights at The Old House in standard rooms with dinner and breakfast included. We don't include lunch because it is had in between activities and some guests get very hungry whilst others prefer to just snack. So the choice is yours!
This afternoon, be ready in reception at the agreed time and meet a representative who will transfer you to the jetty. Here, board the Pangolin boat and head off on afternoon sunset safari on the Chobe River. A professional photography guide is with you and you have swivel seats, camera mounts and the ultimate speed boat to get away from the crowds!
Return after sunset to your accommodation for dinner and an early night.
On safari in the Chobe enjoying morning and afternoon boating with Pangolin Photographic guide.
Today you will have a morning boating activity and afternoon 4x4 game drive in the Chobe.
Pangolin Photographic Game Drive
Your last day in the Chobe is spent out on the boat morning and afternoon.
After breakfast, it's time to pack up and check out. Meet a lodge driver and transfer to Kasane airport in time to catch the light aircraft flight with Mack Air to Khwai. On arrival at Khwai airstrip, ensure you have everything before you disembark and collect your main bag. Meet your guiding team and load into the 4x4 vehicles. Game drive to your mobile safari camp set up in the bush complete with tents, shared bathroom facilities (unless you wish to pay the supplement for private ensuite bathroom), main tent for dining, drinks and camp fire nights! Here you have 4 nights to enjoy immersed in the bush. You will venture out on game drives as discussed and agreed with your guides and team. Note Khwai is on the outskirts of the Greater Okavango Delta and so you are not in amongst the Delta waterways and islands due to camping limitations. There is water around plus open plains abundant with wildlife. Your activities are in open sided 4x4 vehicles with fantastic guides.
After breakfast, its time to pack up and head off game viewing along the way to the airstrip. Catch the scheduled Mack Air light aircraft flight to Maun. On arrival, disembark, collect your bags, and proceed to check in and catch your outbound international flights.
All arrangements with Encompass Africa come to an end.
