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is this trip for me?
Route: Livingstone to Cape Town or v.v.
Length of Section: 21 Nights
Profile: Southern Africa is home to some of the continent's finest game reserves, and travelling overland means that we can stay right in the heart of the wildlife hotspots. Beginning at the magnificent Victoria Falls, we'll take a safari in Chobe National Park, which feels like walking into a wildlife documentary - all the animals you could ever hope to see are here. In the Okavango Delta we'll canoe through lush waterways threading through the wilderness, and you can get up close to the game in mokoro canoes. We head overland across the Kalahari to Namibia for a stay with the Bushmen, and camp in the superb Etosha National Park before travelling down the forbidding Skeleton Coast. We'll journey through the starkly beautiful Namib Desert, crossing into South Africa and ending our unforgettable trip in Cape Town.
Comfort Zone: 2 out of 5 [explain comfort zone rating]
Physical Rating: 2 out of 6 [explain physical rating]
Crew: 3 crew members including an African camp master
Vehicle: Overland expedition vehicle, boats
Accommodation: Mainly campsites with good facilites, a few wildcamps and some small hotels. (90% camping, 10% hotels)
Why not add one of these trips to the start or end of your adventure:
Madventurer South Africa Volunteer Project (a 2, 4 or 6 week building and teaching project)
what's included?
Nights 1-4: Zambia & Botswana
- Take an open top jeep safari in Chobe National Park
- See Chobe's profilic wildlife by boat
- 2 night stay at Livingstone to experience the amazing Victoria Falls
Nights 5 -7: Namibia & Botswana
- 2 night safari into the Okavango Delta
- Overland through northern Chobe and the Caprivi Strip
- Relaxing overnight stay at Ngepi, a stunning campsite on the Kavango River
Nights 8 -12: Northern Namibia
- 2 nights at Etosha campsites with excellent game viewing waterholes
- Bushwalking, tracking and food gathering with Bushmen
- Overland safari through Etosha National Park with excellent wildlife
- Overnight bushcamp with Namibian Bushmen
- Overnight at the beautiful Nkwazi Lodge on the Angolan border
Nights 13 - 16: Namibian Coastal Desert
- Visit the Skeleton Coast's Cape Cross seal colony
- Explore and hike in the ancient landscapes of Spitzkoppe
- 2 nights in Swakopmund, Namibia's adrenaline city
Nights 17-20: Namib Desert
- Guided trek through the Sossusvlei Dunes and dawn trek up the huge Dune 45
- Canoe or relax on the banks of the Orange River
- Journey through the mountains, dunes and plains of the Namib Desert
- Explore the unique Quiver Tree Forest & the Giant's Playground rock formations
- Overnight stay at Fish River Canyon with time to explore
Nights 21: South Africa
- Soak up the atmosphere in colourful Cape Town
- Journey from Namibia to the southern tip of Africa, the Cape of Good Hope
what can I do on the way?
(Activities available at extra costs)
- Rafting, bungee jumping, horses, boats and elephant riding around Victoria Falls in Livingstone
- Mokoro trips, village visits and football games with local villagers at Ngepi
- Quad bike, sand-board, skydive or ride horses through the Swakopmund dune fields
- Take a balloon trip over the Namib Desert and Dune 45
- Canoe or relax on the banks of the Orange River
notes:
General notes: Kitty does not cover food while staying in hotels and hostels or at Livingstone.Northbound trips do not visit the Quiver Tree Forest and Giant's Playground.
Please note: South of Nairobi, Dragoman Overland runs this trip in conjunction with Intrepid Overland. Intrepid share our ethos for overlanding and have many years' expertise in adventure travel. Our departures are codeshared, with certain departures run by Dragoman in one of our vehicles, others by Intrepid (Intrepid Guerba Kenya) in one of theirs. This allows us to run many more departures so you have more choice when you want to travel.
You'll get the same itineraries, activities and accommodation on both Dragoman and Intrepid departures, and the vehicles of both fleets have been standardised to a common specification, so you won't be compromising on quality. All departures have three crew, including an African camp master. The only difference is that the Intrepid crew will all be African.