Africa:Zambia
Zambia Highlights
Tour Highlights:
- Discover the awesome power and beauty of Victoria Falls through a wide choice of activities such as micro lighting over the falls, bargaining in the local market, game viewing in Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, and a cultural tour of Livingstone including a visit to the museum and the Maramba village.
- Venture to the remote Lower Zambezi National Park during your Zambia safaris, a rich, water sanctuary for great herds of elephant, buffalo and impala, as well as warthog, zebra, baboon, lion and hyena.
- Spend four nights in South Luangwa National Park, a premier wildlife sanctuary of primeval forest and lush savanna stretching hundreds of miles.
- Stay in distinctive and stylish lodges and tented camps for an exceptional African adventure.
- Try your hand at angling for tiger fish in the Lower Zambezi or game viewing by canoe.
Day 1: Arrive Johannesburg, South Africa
Arrive in Johannesburg, where you meet a Big Five representative, who escorts you to your elegant hotel. Grace Rosebank
Day 2: Johannesburg / Livingstone, Zambia
This morning, you board your flight to Livingstone, Zambia. On arrival, a representative takes you to your secluded retreat –ten luxury tree houses built into the living canopy of giant ebony trees lining the riverbank. Sussi Lodge (B,L,D)
Day 3: Livingstone
Today, you have a full menu of inclusive activities to choose from, according to your interests. A guided tour features the falls and rainforest on the Zambian side. A game drive takes you into Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park. Enjoy a cultural tour of Livingstone, including a visit to the museum and the Maramba village. Or, you may select an optional, high adventure activity such as a helicopter flight over the falls. Sussi Lodge (B,L,D)
Day 4: Livingstone / Lower Zambezi National Park
Fly to the Lower Zambezi National Park on the edge of the Zambezi River. On arrival at the private airstrip, you transfer to your safari camp by road and boat. The remote Lower Zambezi National Park in Zambia is relatively undeveloped and lies opposite Zimbabwe’s famed Mana Pools Reserve. Chiawa Camp (B,L,D)
Day 5 - 6: Lower Zambezi National Park
Wake to the beautiful river setting under the shade of ancient mahogany trees. Activities at this luxurious camp include day and night drives in open 4 x 4 vehicles, game viewing by pontoon boat, nature walks with professional armed rangers, sunset boat cruises, and fishing for the infamous tiger fish on a catch and release basis. A highlight at the camp is game viewing by canoe, which enables you to glide silently among animals, especially elephant, gathered a long riverbanks or at watering holes. Chiawa Camp (B,L,D)
Day 7: Lower Zambezi National Park / South Luangwa National Park
After a final early-morning game activity, you transfer back to the airstrip to board your charter aircraft to South Luangwa National Park, one of Africa's best wildlife sanctuaries. Settle into your renowned safari camp. Here, you need not go far to begin your game viewing! From the thatched dining room and bar, you see elephant, hippo and antelope on the riverbanks. Tena Tena (B,L,D)
Day 8: South Luangwa National Park
You can track game in 4 x 4 open safari vehicles, but it is the walking safari for which the region is famed. The concept of safari on foot was started and perfected in this area, and camps here still set the standard. Expert guides lead you through the bush to observe animals at incredibly close range. You may meet elephant, many species of antelope, as well as buffalo, kudu, zebra, Thornycroft's giraffe and wildebeest. The park is known for plentiful leopard sightings. Tena Tena (B,L,D)
Day 9: South Luangwa National Park
After a final early-morning game activity, you are escorted to Nsefu Camp, also on the Luangwa River. With superb views, Nsefu was the first photographic safari camp in Zambia, and dates back to the early 1950s. Begin game viewing this afternoon. Nsefu Camp (B,L,D)
Day 10: South Luangwa National Park
The Nsefu Sector has long been recognized for its phenomenal game. Your focus today is centered on day and night game drives in especially adapted open safari vehicles as well as game walks. Between drives, relax and enjoy views of the river and the animals grazing near the camp. You also have an opportunity to visit Kawaza village to learn about life in an African village. Nsefu Camp (B,L,D)
Day 11: South Luangwa National Park / Lusaka / Johannesburg
Leave the wilds of Zambia to fly via Lusaka to Johannesburg. After check-in to your hotel, the remainder of the day is at leisure (subject to flight schedules). Grace Rosebank (B)
Day 12: Johannesburg / Depart
Transfer to Johannesburg International Airport for your international flight home.
Rates/Departures:
Zambia Highlights | Double | Single Supplement | Comments |
| May 18 - 31, 2010 | $8350 | $1250 | |
| Jun 01 - 30, 2010 | $9390 | $1290 | |
| Jul 01 - Oct 15, 2010 | $10890 | $2250 | |
| Oct 16 - 31, 2010 | $9790 | $1790 | |
| Internal Airfare (Sample fare) | $570 | N/A | Airfare subject to change until ticketed |
Rates are for land arrangements only. Airfares are not included unless specifically mentioned in inclusions and can be quoted separately. Rates are per person, in US dollars, and based on two people sharing a room. Valid Jan. 01 – Dec. 21, 2010, unless otherwise noted. The single supplements indicated are based on a single room supplement after the two passenger minimum is met. For solo travelers, additional supplements will apply.