10-Day South Africa and Zimbabwe Safari

We will leave Johannesburg at 6:30 a.m. for the world-famous Kruger National Park. We will tour the northern portion of the park and stay in the reserve’s Letaba sector. We will take part in morning and afternoon game drives in our safari vehicle in the hopes of seeing lions, elephants, rhinos, and a variety of other creatures in this renowned wildlife protection area.

We’ll get up early and travel through the park to the Pafuri area in the north. Mopane veld dominates the northern Kruger National Park, which is home to huge elephant bulls, wild dogs, and lions. As we move closer to the Limpopo Valley, the foliage turns into a forest, and there are lots of birds. Late in the day, we leave the park and spend the night at a lodge close to the Kruger National Park.

We’ll cross into Zimbabwe at Beitbridge and head north to our overnight halt. We go to the Great Zimbabwe Ruins the next morning. These well-preserved ruins, which date from the 11th to the 14th century, are among the oldest and largest stone buildings in Southern Africa. With the help of a local guide, we will take an educational tour to see these historic stone buildings.

Today we will travel through Bulawayo before arriving at Matobo National Park and our chalets on the park’s boundaries. We will watch the sun set from the granite ridge that overlooks the park in the late afternoon. We will go to World’s View and Cecil John Rhodes’ gravesite the next morning. On our wildlife drive and walk, we stop at a variety of unusual rock formations where old bushman drawings are found. On our trip through the national park, we’re hoping to spot some of Zimbabwe’s rhinos, who also call this area home.

Hwange National Park, which covers an area of around 14,650 square kilometers and is named after a local Nhanzwa chief, is the biggest park in Zimbabwe. Hwange National Park is well-known for its enormous elephant population. Our chalets are located in the park’s wildlife management area and we have a full-day game drive in an open 4×4 game-viewing vehicle to explore the park with our local guide.

We will take a breath-taking guided tour through tropical foliage to the Victoria Falls’ Mosi oa Tunya, or “the smoke that thunders,” brink. In addition, there are options for “flight of angels” rides, bungee jumping, and white water rafting on the powerful Zambezi River.

This day the marks the end of your safari, today you will wake up early in the morning and have breakfast and then in the afternoon after a morning game drive you will be transferred to the airport to catch your flight back to your home country.