Day notes
Upon arrival in Johannesburg, you will need to collect your bags and make your way to the arrivals hall where you will be met by a representative holding a sign with your name on it, please confirm what company it is for security reasons. They will assist you up to the City Lodge, about 200 yards from the terminal building, in the airport complex.
Here you have an evening at leisure to relax, catch up on sleep and get your body onto African time
Check-in to City Lodge OR Tambo Airport
Expert tips:
Arrive Johannesburg on Emirates flight EK 761 @ 10:15
Day notes
This morning, at a time to be confirmed the day beforehand (around 08:30am), you need to make your way to the hotel lobby where an Airport Ushers representative will be waiting to assist you back to the terminal building at for Check-in at the Airlink counter in domestic departures Terminal B for flight 4Z494 to Victoria Falls.
On arrival at Victoria Falls International Airport, you will be met by a Mack Air representative holding a sign with your name on it. The will assist you to your light aircraft flight down to Hwange National Park. Here you will be met by your guide and road-transferred to The Hide.
Located in a prime position in the Park, The Hide offers a life-enriching safari experience for its guests, from its fantastic game viewing right on your doorstep, to a variety of daily activities to suit everyone and the warm and welcoming staff, who make you feel like family from the minute you arrive.
Scheduled Flight from OR Tambo International Airport [JNB] to Victoria Falls International Airport [VFA]
6 May 2025
Airlink
Scheduled Flight
4Z494
OR Tambo International Airport [JNB]
11:45
Victoria Falls International Airport [VFA]
13:20
2 Hours 30 Minutes
+27 11 451 7300
Scheduled Flight from Victoria Falls International Airport [VFA] to Hwange National Park Airport [HWN]
6 May 2025
Mack Air Zimbabwe
Scheduled Flight
Victoria Falls International Airport [VFA]
Hwange National Park Airport [HWN]
+263 782 913268
Transfer from Hwange National Park Airport [HWN] to The Hide Safari Camp
6 May 2025
Transfer
Hwange National Park Airport [HWN]
The Hide Safari Camp
Stay at The Hide Safari Camp
Included:
- Scheduled flight from Johannesburg to Victoria Falls
- Light aircraft flight from Vicotria Falls to Hwange
- Road transfer to the lodge
Day notes
After your morning activity, you will be road-transferred back to the lodge airstrip in time for your light aircraft flight up to Kariba. Here you will be met by your guide and road-transferred to Changa Safari Camp.
Scheduled Flight from The Hide Safari Camp to Changa Safari Camp
10 May 2025
Mack Air Zimbabwe
Scheduled Flight
The Hide Safari Camp
Changa Safari Camp
+263 782 913268
Stay at Changa Safari Camp
Expert tips:
PLEASE NOTE Light Aircraft Luggage restrictions:
Bags must be soft on all sides similar to that of a duffel bag. No cases with hard sides and frames are allowed. Maximum total luggage weight allowed is 20kg/44lbs per person.
Included:
- Light aircraft flight from Hwange to Kariba
- Airport transfers
Day notes
After your morning activity, you will be road-transferred back to the lodge airstrip in time for your light aircraft flight back to Victoria Falls. On arrival at Victoria Falls International Airport, you will be met and road-transferred to Pamarah Lodge guest lodge in the town.
Check-out from Changa Safari Camp
Scheduled Flight from Changa Safari Camp to Victoria Falls International Airport [VFA]
14 May 2025
Mack Air Zimbabwe
Scheduled Flight
Changa Safari Camp
Victoria Falls International Airport [VFA]
+263 782 913268
Transfer from Victoria Falls International Airport [VFA] to Pamarah Lodge
14 May 2025
Pearls Tours & Transfers Vic Falls
Transfer
Victoria Falls International Airport [VFA]
Pamarah Lodge
+ 263 717 100 475 | + 263 772 323 011
Check-in to Pamarah Lodge
Expert tips:
- This road transfer can be upgraded to a light aircraft flight for an additional $270 per person.
- Let me know if you would prefer to have your guided tour of the falls this afternoon, after check-in.
Included:
- light aircraft flight from Kariba to Victoria Falls
- Airport Transfers
Day notes
This morning you will be collected from the lodge and road transferred across the border into neighbouring Botswana and on to Kalahari Tours in Kasane, where you will meet you guide at 09h00.
Your Small Group Scheduled Mobile Safari kicks off with a morning boat cruise along the Chobe River before your guide drives you through Chobe National Park to your campsite in Central Chobe. Your next few days are spent exploring the Savuti region of Central Chobe with morning and evening game drives.
Transfer from Pamarah Lodge to Kasane Airport [BBK]
15 May 2025
Pearls Tours & Transfers Vic Falls
Transfer
Pamarah Lodge
Kasane Airport [BBK]
+ 263 717 100 475 | + 263 772 323 011
Transfer from Kasane Airport [BBK] to Savuti Mobile Site (HATAB)
15 May 2025
Transfer
Kasane Airport [BBK]
Savuti Mobile Site (HATAB)
+27 15 793 0802 Mobile +27 83 268 7496
Stay at Savuti Mobile Site (HATAB)
Expert tips:
ACCOMMODATION
The tents are 4 x 3m Sahara-style tents with a high roof and a 2 x 3m en-suite bathroom as well as a 2 x 3m covered area in front of the tent. The tents are fitted with solid base camp beds made up with mattresses, sheets, duvets and pillows. The tents have en-suite long drop toilet facilities and a bucket shower at the rear of the tent - so you have privacy and safety. Showers can be ordered as hot, cold or warm and the water is heated in a bucket on the fire. Showers may be taken at any time although the guide may at times ask you to limit water use and showering depending upon the availability of water. Both hand towels and bath towels are supplied for the guests’ convenience but you need to bring your own personal items and toiletries.
Each tent has an oil/paraffin lamp on the veranda and in the bathroom and within the tent itself, a LED rechargeable camp light is supplied along with a side table in the sleeping area and in the bathroom. Although each tent has lighting and there are lamps strategically around the camp for navigation, an essential tool for your safari is a headlamp which lets you read a book at night in your tent or catch up with your safari journal as you listen to the sounds of the wild outside!
The maximum number of people on this trip is 7, and the minimum age on scheduled trips is 12 years and older.
INCLUDED
- Spacious and comfortable tented accommodation, beds and bed linen, with a private bathroom en-suite.
- Services of a professional guide, safari chef and camp assistants, complete with a supply vehicle.
- Game drives and local transfers in customized safari vehicles.
- Exclusive camping in private campsites within the national parks and reserves.
- All entrance and camping fees within the national parks and reserves.
- All meals and drinks (mineral water, so drinks, beer, wine and G&T) whilst in Camp.
- All activities as specified in the itnerary.
- 12% Value Added Tax.
Included:
- Road transfer from Victoria Falls to Kasane - 90min
- Small Group Scheduled Mobile safari (7max)
Day notes
Leaving the parched landscape of Savuti, you continue your journey south to the Mababe Private Reserve area, where you will be based fro the next few days.
The Khwai River meanders through the concession giving ample riverside routes to explore. You spend the following three nights camping at an exclusive campsite in the Mababe concession that has a strict max of 20 vehicles for the whole concession at any given time. Days are spent exploring the riverbanks, Kalahari shrub to the east, cathedral mopane to the south on game drives both during the day and at night. Exploring after dark with spotlights offers you an opportunity to experience some of the nocturnal animals that are rarely encountered during the day.
Transfer from Savuti Mobile Site (HATAB) to Mababe Concession Campsite
18 May 2025
Transfer
Savuti Mobile Site (HATAB)
Mababe Concession Campsite
Stay at Mababe Concession Campsite
Included:
- Small Group Scheduled Mobile safari (7max)
Day notes
This morning you head towards and through Khwai, stopping to do a mokoro excursion on the slower and safer back waters of the Khwai River and the Mbudi channel. The day’s journey follows this water course, with the track weaving from the riverside and floodplains into the mopane veld and the woodlands before crossing the Khwai River and entering the Moremi Game Reserve.
Moremi lies on the eastern extremity of the Okavango Delta. Habitats here range from wide-open floodplains, marshes, lagoons, papyrus fringed channels, vast reed-beds of Miscanthus and Phragmites, woodland and savannah. As a result of the extremely variable habitat the diversity of both wildlife and birdlife is excellent.
Transfer from Mababe Concession Campsite to Xakanaxa Mobile Site (HATAB)
21 May 2025
Transfer
Mababe Concession Campsite
Xakanaxa Mobile Site (HATAB)
Stay at Xakanaxa Mobile Site (HATAB)
Included:
- Small Group Scheduled Mobile safari (7max)
Day notes
Following breakfast and an early morning game drive, you will be taken to the airstrip for your charter flight back to Maun,.
Arriving in Maun you will need to collect your bags and make your way to check in to your Airlink flight 4Z301 to Johannesburg.
Upon arrival in Johannesburg, you will need to collect your bags and make your way to the arrivals hall where you will be met by a representative holding a sign with your name on it. They will assist you up to the City Lodge.
Check-out from Xakanaxa Mobile Site (HATAB)
Transfer from Xakanaxa Mobile Site (HATAB) to Xakanaxa Airstrip
24 May 2025
Transfer
Xakanaxa Mobile Site (HATAB)
Xakanaxa Airstrip
Scheduled Flight from Xakanaxa Airstrip to Maun International Airport [MUB]
24 May 2025
Mack Air Botswana
Scheduled Flight
Xakanaxa Airstrip
Maun International Airport [MUB]
+267 686 0675
Scheduled Flight from Maun International Airport [MUB] to OR Tambo International Airport [JNB]
24 May 2025
Airlink
Scheduled Flight
4Z301
Maun International Airport [MUB]
14:30
OR Tambo International Airport [JNB]
16:00
1 Hour 30 Minutes
+27 11 451 7300
Check-in to City Lodge OR Tambo Airport
Included:
- Transfer to Xakanaxa Airstrip
- Light aircraft flight from Khwai to Maun
- Scheduled flight from Maun to Johannesburg
Day notes
Sadly, today your safari comes to an end!
This Morning, at a time to be confirmed the day beforehand (around 10:30am), you need to make your way to the hotel lobby where a representative will be waiting to assist you back to the terminal building at for Check-in at the Emirates counter in International departures Terminal A for flight EK 762 to Dubai.
Hamba Kahle - go well!
Check-out from City Lodge OR Tambo Airport
Expert tips:
Depart Johannesburg on Emirates flight EK 762 @ 13:25
