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21 day Southern Sun Overland Tour. Cape Town to Victoria Falls
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Your overland tour in Africa starts in Cape Town, travels through South Africa, Namibia and Botswana, and ends in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.
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Day 11: Cheetah Park to Okaukuejo, Etosha National Park, NamibiaStopping briefly in Outjo to get supplies, then it is on to Etosha. Game drive your way into Okaukuejo rest camp before setting up camp and heading out for an afternoon game drive. Etosha is the major nature reserve of Namibia, covering over 20 000 square kilometres with a large variety of animal and bird species.
The park is situated around the Etosha Pan, and has an extensive network of gravel roads that enables you to get to remote areas of the park. A feature of the park is the floodlit water holes at both Okakuejo and Namutoni. Evenings can be spent sitting on the specially constructed viewing benches watching the game as it comes in to drink. Breakfast, lunch and dinner is included. |
Day 12: Etosha National Park – Okaukuejo to Namutoni, NamibiaAnother full day of game driving as you make your way the 150kms across the park form west to east. After a full day of game driving you will then have another opportunity to spend the evening watching the game at Namutoni's floodlit waterhole. Breakfast, lunch and dinner is included. |
Day 13: Namutoni, Etosha National Park to Rundu, NamibiaDeparting Etosha, you head in a northeasterly direction towards the lush Kavango region of northern Namibia. You will stop at Rundu for supplies before reaching your nearby campsite. This campsite is spectacular and located right on the banks of the Kavango River complete with “open air” facilities and the occasional hippo grazing on the lawn. Breakfast, lunch and dinner is included. |
Day 14: Rundu to Maun, BotswanaContinuing along the Kavango River, you enter Botswana and travel east along the course of the Okavango River to the southern reaches of the Okavango Delta and your destination of Maun. It is from here that you set off to explore the Okavango Delta. Breakfast, lunch and dinner is included. |
Day 15: Maun to Okavango Delta, Botswana (Optional)The Delta is a huge expanse of water, which has travelled from the Angolan highlands, spreading out to form the largest inland Delta in the World. Studded with exotic islands, the Delta is renowned for its incredible variety of bird life as well as many other animals unique to Southern Africa. Here you have the opportunity to take the optional 3 day / 2 night excursions into the Delta. This is the drive in Mokoro excursion. Breakfast, lunch and dinner is included.
This drive in trip to the Okavango Delta takes you approximately 1-2 hours north to the Mokoro polers station. From there you hire mokoros, the local dug out canoes, which are poled by local guides through the winding waterways. Your guides will select a place to set up camp. An afternoon game walk will allow you to experience the Delta wilderness.
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Page: 1 Day 1: Cape Town to Ceres Area, South Africa
Leaving Cape Town, you head north through the wine growing regions and cross the Piketberg pass into the rich fruit growing area of Citrusdal. You will make camp tonight in the area of Citrusdal or Clanwilliam, both towns being shadowed b ...
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Page: 2 Day 5: Helmringhausen Area to Sesreim, Namibia
Heading north on this Africa overland tour you enter the Namib - Naukluft Park, considered to be one of the oldest deserts in the world, and a major tourist destination. Sesreim is a good place to experience the Namib and it's many mood ...
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Page: 4 Day 16: Okavango Delta, Botswana
A day of rest, relaxation and Delta experiences await. Today you will have the opportunity to partake in a number of activities including game walks, mokoro cruises, swimming and even a chance to try your hand at poling your own mokoro! B ...
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The Victoria Falls constitutes one of the most spectacular natural wonders of the world. 1700 metres wide and around a 100 metres high, this is the world's largest sheet of falling water and a memorable sight of any African Safari. All y ...
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Elephant Calf
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The trunk is an elongation of the nose and upper lip and contains 150 000 muscles in adult Elephants.
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Chobe National Park Botswana
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Chobe National Park is home to the largest herds of Elephant in Africa, and is also known for its large herds of Buffalo.
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Victoria Falls
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Experience the majesty and beauty of the famous Victoria Falls, one of the seven wonders of the world.
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