Victoria Falls, Botswana & Cape Town

Tour Itinerary

• Day 1 • Departure

  Start your journey to Livingstone.

• Day 2 • Arrival in Livingstone

  This morning we approach Victoria Falls for an outstanding guided walking tour. It may be a cliché, but the falls really do take your breath away and it is at places such as this, that visitors realise just how powerful Mother Nature really is. The statistics are awesome: three times as long as Niagara and twice as high, this is the largest single body of falling water in the world! Enjoy the afternoon at leisure in the hotel, or take advantage of the optional boat trip excursion available.

• Day 3 • Victoria Falls

  Depart for the open spaces and farmlands of the Highveld following the Panorama Route to Kruger National Park.

• Day 4 • Cross the border into Botswana

  Relax with a morning at leisure before heading across the border into Botswana and to our safari lodge in Chobe National Park. Today we cross the border into Botswana using the newly constructed Kazungula Bridge over the Zambezi River. Here we stay three nights half-board at a safari lodge, blending superbly with the natural surroundings of Chobe National Park. Take in the spectacular views and marvel at the magnificent African sunset, join your fellow travellers for a sundowner drink while enjoying the sights and sounds of Africa.

• Day 5 • Chobe Safari

  Prepare for an early start as we take a game drive in the African dawn around Chobe National Park, and then board a boat safari along the Chobe river.

• Day 6 • Free day in Chobe

  Today is at leisure at your lodge. You may either relax and enjoy the excellent facilities or take additional optional game drives or river safaris in this, the real heart of Africa. One of the trips on offer includes trying your hand at fishing for the fearsome tigerfish.

• Day 7 • Flight to Cape Town

  After breakfast we cross back into Zambia across the Chobe River and drive back to Livingstone airport. From Livingstone we fly to Cape Town, via Johannesburg and transfer to our hotel, beautifully located within walking distance of the V&A waterfront. Backed by ever-present blue skies and the iconic Table Mountain, fringed with white sand beaches and the nearby fertile, seemingly never-ending valleys of the Winelands, South Africa’s ‘Mother City’, was the first settlement founded by Europeans and now it’s a lively, cosmopolitan centre.

• Day 8 • Cape of Good Hope

  This morning we drive to Cape Point, visiting the legendary Cape of Good Hope, the southernmost point on the African continent, originally known as the Cape of Storms. We pass pristine beaches, the fishing harbour of Hout Bay and continue along the breathtakingly scenic Chapman’s Peak Drive, full of rugged seascapes and cliffs, to the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, one of the world’s biodiversity hot spots. At Cape Point itself you see the confluence of the Indian and Atlantic Ocean currents and the treacherous promontory of rocks, the scourge of mariners for centuries. Finally, you visit Boulders Beach and its resident penguin colony before returning to the city in the afternoon. Lunch is included today.

• Day 9 • Winelands

  Today you tour the awesomely beautiful Winelands. Set in a wide valley backed by majestic mountains, rows of manicured vines and orchards stretch into the distance, studded by lime-washed, often thatched, 300-year-old wineries built in the unique Cape Dutch style, sympathetically mirroring the undulations of the surrounding countryside. Later you visit the small town of Franschhoek in a magnificent setting at the head of a valley, then elegant Stellenbosch, established 300 years ago and home to South Africa’s most prestigious university. Period buildings and historic streets reinforce the town’s dignified atmosphere. We have an included lunch and time to explore this delightful town before enjoying a fascinating cellar tour and tasting at the award-winning Blaauwklippen Wine Estate.

• Day 10 • Free day in Cape Town

  Explore Cape Town - one of the world’s most naturally beautiful cities - at your leisure.

• Day 11 • Return home

  Transfer to the airport for your return flight.

• Day 12 • Arrive home

  Arrive back in the UK.