Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe - Namibia, Botswana and, for the first time, Zimbabwe – 3 huge and varied countries, in parts dominated by rugged mountain ranges and steep escarpments, elsewhere by tropical green valleys, inland deltas and deserts. The main focus of this trip is safari game viewing in some of Africa’s best game parks. These countries are home to some of the biggest concentrations of game in Africa, a night at one of Etosha’s waterholes will never be forgotten as rhino drink alongside lion and elephant. We’ll meet vibrant, exciting cultures such as the Herero, dressed in their Victorian crinolines or the pastoral Himba, dressed in skins and tinted by the very soil they live upon while the San Bushmen survive in some of the harshest conditions on the planet. On the forbidding Skeleton Coast, we’ll search for desert adapted elephants amongst the dunes and sand rivers, if we are lucky we’ll find lion and rhino as well, in one of the most dry, remote landscapes on the planet. Leaving the sand behind us, we climb up onto the plateaux, first to the fascinating town of Opowa and then into the unrivalled Etosha Park. Continuing east into the tropical Caprivi Strip we’ll see the huge diversity of wildlife and vegetation created by the Okavango River as it flows south to its delta to disappear beneath the sands of the Kalahari. We’ll enter the smaller parks in the north of the delta to explore this unique wetland environment further, before heading to Victoria Falls and Zimbabwe’s Hwange Park. Returning to Botswana via Bulawayo we head across the Makgadikgadi Pans into the Kalahari Desert. In the Central Kalahari Game Reserve we’ll search for game in Deception Valley and spend some time with the San bushmen as we cross the Kalahari Desert from north to south. We’ll then re-enter South Africa and head back to Cape Town. The best way to fully experience these countries is in your own 4x4 to explore the remote north and west of Namibia, Victoria Falls and Zimbabwe and Botswana. Your vehicle is shipped in a container to Cape Town, and every step of the shipping process is overseen and managed by us. Once cleared from Customs your vehicle is ready to meet you after your direct flight, ready to explore the very best these captivating, safe and friendly countries have to offer.
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"your knowledge of the people and wildlife was superb. I always felt safe even in the remotest spots and Van Zyls Pass and the Skeleton Coast were real highlights."
"Paul, we send you this album as a token of our thanks for organising and leading an incredible adventure, which was also our first experience of the Great African Continent. We loved every minute of the search for animals and treasure memories of our first "this" and our first "that". Your knowledge and expertise in not only bush repairs but also the history, geology and nature is, as you know, the reason why we enjoy traveling with you. Without a doubt you have positively influenced our lives and we are eternally grateful for the opportunities that we have had traveling with you in the past and hopefully the future".