6 DAY VICTORIA FALLS & HWANGE SAFARI ADVENTURE

DAY 1: ARRIVAL AT VICTORIA FALLS AIRPORT 

On arrival at the airport, your driver will be waiting to transfer you to Old Drift Lodge. After checking in to your room, you can enjoy some lunch before departing on your first-afternoon activity.

You have the choice of an afternoon game drive in the Zambezi National Park or afternoon River Safari

DAY 2: VICTORIA FALLS

Spend this day enjoying the many activities on offer from the lodge.  Old Drift Lodge is ideally situated within the National Park and offers guests an all-inclusive insight into an exquisite natural world.

The activities offered to emphasize the rich natural environment, focusing on the abundance of wildlife that roams through the Park and swims beneath the surface of the Zambezi. The Zambezi National park can be explored on a 4 x 4 game drive, river safari, and walking safari, satisfying guests needs to experience every aspect of this natural utopia.

Choice of activities available and included are:

Guided Tour of the Falls – Zimbabwe.

It’s a truly awe-inspiring experience – the sight, the sound, the smell; the humbling feeling that here indeed is Nature’s Supreme Masterpiece. No photograph can begin to depict the reality…and nothing prepares you for your first sight.

This tour is conducted in the morning and afternoon. En route, clients may be taken past the ‘Big Tree’ where they may stop and take photos. Clients will be accompanied through the Rainforest by one of our qualified Guides who will give a brief history of the Falls themselves as well as detailing the flora, fauna, bird & wildlife and other points of interest. Guides are also happy to assist clients with photographs whilst visiting this most spectacular of waterfalls. Raincoats are provided when needed.

Lunch at the Lookout Café (Including drinks).

Guests enjoy complimentary transfers and the fully inclusive use of the Lookout Café. Perched 120 meters above the turbulent rapids of the Zambezi River, the café overhangs the spectacular chasm of the Batoka Gorge, just down from the iconic Victoria Falls Bridge, which forms part of its backdrop.

Morning & Afternoon Game Drive

Using an open four-wheel-drive vehicle, the game drive allows the guests to discover many interpretations of the bush and all its inhabitants, related to them by our suitable trained and qualified guides. This is an uncontrived bush experience, covering a genuinely wild, unfenced wilderness area.

Morning & Afternoon River Safari

With the iconic river at your doorstep, it is hard not to be charmed by the calming ebb of the current. Breathtaking, complex ecosystems thrive around the lodge, and as the boat bobs on the water, guests can drink in a 360-degree view of this magnificent environment.

Guided Walking Safari

From a vehicle, you see Africa. On foot, you feel, hear and smell Africa” As the sun warms the back of your neck, the dust from your steps rises to meet you, and the stray leaves crunch underfoot, you become fully immersed in your safari experience.

DAY 3: VICTORIA FALLS TO HWANGE NATIONAL PARK

Today after a leisurely breakfast, you have time to pack and check out from the lodge for your transfer to Hwange National Park.

On arrival at the camp, you are checked in and can enjoy some lunch before departing on your first-afternoon safari activity.

DAT 4 - 5: HWANGE NATIONAL PARK

Nehimba sits firmly on the edge of the mopane woodlands associated with the north of the park and the Kalahari Sandveld of the south and west. All the diversity of Hwange's fauna and flora is within easy reach. No two days are the same at Nehimba and game viewing experiences are tailor-made to our guest’s preferences, including game drives, walking safaris, and night game drive on our private concession in search of nocturnal species of wildlife. Whether you choose to track a herd of elephant on foot with your highly trained guide at dawn or spend the afternoon relaxing overlooking the waterhole on the deck by the pool, this wild and unspoiled bush paradise will guarantee you leave with memories to last a lifetime!

Game Drives: Nehimba is situated right on the edge of the mopane woodlands of northern Hwange and the Kalahari sandveld of the west, and so offers the full spectrum and diversity of fauna that Hwange has to offer. The elephant hunting Lions of this area are famous. The area is well watered so is host to large numbers of animals throughout the year but particularly during the dry season. Game drives are conducted in specially modified Land Rovers designed to provide wildlife enthusiasts with ideal opportunities for photography. During drives, our expert guides enjoy sharing their extensive knowledge with you - be it while watching the African bush come to life as the sun starts to rise, or whilst marveling at a large elephant herd drinking at a waterhole as the sun slips behind the horizon.

Game Walks: For an entirely different perspective, join one of our armed professional guides and get close to nature. During a game walk, you can experience the thrill of approaching wildlife on foot. Your guide will also teach you the basics of how to track wildlife from the ground as well as interesting facts about the surrounding vegetation and ecology.

Night Drives: For those who would like to view Hwange in a different 'light', we offer our guests the opportunity to accompany one of our guides on a night drive through our concession. Filtered spotlights are used to pick out the various nocturnal species that can be found such as hyena, porcupines, civets, genet cats, and if you're lucky, perhaps even a leopard on the hunt!

The Nehimba viewing platform: Situated close to camp, this lovely platform is the perfect spot to marvel at the splendor of an African sunset, providing the perfect backdrop to the abundance of wildlife that sips and slurp at the nearby water hole.

Visit the Nehimba Seep: This specially designated conservation area is one of the only year-round, naturally occurring water supplies in the massive Hwange National Park. The seep is an ancient source of surface water that was once used by the San Bushmen. Today the area is frequented by elephant, who can be found digging for minerals as well as enjoying the water.

Visit Mandavu Dam: Situated in a scenic hilly spot only 15-kilometers from Sinamatella Camp, the Mandavu Dam is a wonderful location for both birds watching and game viewing.  Take a leisurely morning drive to the dam before joining a variety of wildlife for a picturesque picnic brunch at the water’s edge.

DAY 4: DEPARTURE 

Enjoy one last morning activity of your choice ( if time permitted ) before needing to pack and check out from camp for your transfer back to Victoria Falls Airport.  On arrival at the airport your tour with us ends.