Botswana, South Africa & Zambia

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One of our most compelling trips in Botswana and South Africa tours some of the continent’s most spectacular wildlife reserves. Start with a two-night stay in Livingstone, Zambia – where you'll walk with teenage lions, visit remarkable Victoria Falls, and begin a safari adventure that takes you through the awe-inspiring national parks of Zambia and Botswana, ...

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Trip type
Group Tour
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Moderate

Highlights

    • Walk with teenage lions
    • Visit the remarkable Victoria Falls
    • See the awe-inspiring national parks of Zambia and Botswana,
    • Spend three nights inCape Town, South Africa
    • Stay in luxury tented camps and five-star luxury hotels
    • Enjoy sundowners under a blazing African sunset
    • Motorboat safari along the intricate waterways of the Okavango Delta

What's this trip about?

    One of our most compelling trips in Botswana and South Africa tours some of the continent’s most spectacular wildlife reserves. Start with a two-night stay in Livingstone, Zambia – where you'll walk with teenage lions, visit remarkable Victoria Falls, and begin a safari adventure that takes you through the awe-inspiring national parks of Zambia and Botswana, home to some of the largest concentrations of big game on the planet, including Mosi-oa-Tunya, the Okavango Delta, and the Makgadikgadi Pans on the edge of the Kalahari Desert. Your journey concludes with three nights in Cape Town, South Africa, at the continent's southernmost tip – a dazzling metropolis of exotic urban life, art, history, and culture. 

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Itinerary focusOperator does not provide
Group sizeSmall Group - max of 20 people
Age rangeNo age restrictions
Flights and transportN/A
Start CityLivingstone, Zambia
End CityCape Town, South Africa

Travel Themes

  • Nature & Wildlife
  • Safari
  • 50 Plus
  • National Parks

Destinations

Activities

  • Educational/ Learning
  • Game Drive
  • Sailing
  • Wildlife Viewing

Max Group Size

  • Max Group Size: 20

Trip includes

    • Three nights in a traditional, authentic safari camp in deluxe tents on the Makgadikgadi Pans
    • A traditional braai(barbecue) dinner with drinks and good company at a private home in Cape Town
    • Airport transfers upon arrival and departure as noted
    • 29 meals (11 breakfasts, 8 lunches, 10 dinners); gratuities to local guides, service charges, admissions fees, taxes and porterage

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Itinerary

Travel Map
DAY 1
Meal: Dinner Tour begins: 5:00 PM, Royal Livingstone Hotel. Transfers are included from Livingstone Airport to the Royal Livingstone Hotel in Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park in Livingstone, Zambia, named for 19th-century missionary and explorer, Dr. David Livingstone, the ...
DAY 2
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Visit a reserve where lions are raised to be reintroduced into the wild. The teenage lions are accustomed to humans, so you can enjoy the unique thrill of walking with the pride*; get up close as they romp with one another, relax togethe...
DAY 3
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner A ferry transports you across the Zambezi River from Zambia to Botswana this morning, where you'll embark on a motorboat safari on the Chobe River. After lunch, hop a flight to the Moremi Game Reserve on the Okavango River, in the world...
DAY 4
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner  Tauck's South Africa tours include days of optional activities. This morning, choose between a game drive or a walking safari* with local guides who demonstrate their knowledge and skills in tracking animals in the bush (where you’ll be...
DAY 5
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Game drives in the Okavango Delta are often filled with drama, an opportunity for a front-row seat to view a day in the life of Africa's premier wildlife – elephants, hippos, giraffes and more. It is a beautiful land, where nature's pale...
DAY 6
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Fly from Okavango to Maun, then from Maun to Makgadikgadi Pans, the salt plains at the edge of the Kalahari Desert. A parched wasteland most of the year, seasonally the plains come alive with water and grass, drawing spectacular herds of...
DAY 7
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner “Meerkat” is Dutch for “lake cat,” which seems odd, since the meerkat is not a cat and it lives in a desert. But you’ll find the name somehow suits these hyperactive, charming creatures as you encounter them on their daily routine, diggi...
DAY 8
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Today you’ll go on either the game drive or the fascinating walking safari with the San Bushmen in Makgadikgadi Pans as described in day 6. Both experiences really give you the full picture of daily life in this extraordinary region, and...
DAY 9
Meal: Breakfast Fly today from the Makgadikgadi airstrip to Maun, then on to Johannesburg, South Africa for a flight to Cape Town, where you'll spend three nights One&Only Cape Town. Your aptly-named hotel is one of a kind, an urban oasis designed around a series o...
DAY 10
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner The continent’s most urbane, visually exciting and eclectic city, Cape Town nestles in a setting of breathtaking beauty, between an azure sea and a range of peaks dominated by Table Mountain. The city’s mix of modern towers and ornate colonial ...
DAY 11
Meals: Breakfast, Luncha, Dinner Set sail this morning for Seal Island, a rock off the coast that is home to thousands of fur seals... and a magnet for the Great White Sharks that leap out of the water to grab them (it doesn’t get much wilder than this). Arrive at the ...
DAY 12
Meal: Breakfast This most extraordinary of South Africa tours ends: Cape Town. Tauck’s South Africa tours conclude this morning with a transfer from the One&Only Cape Town to Cape Town Airport for your journey home. Fly home anytime. Allow at least 3 hours for flight check-in.

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Price per day$791
Last Updated: 6/9/2018

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