CAPRIVI NAMIBIA: 8 Game Reserves in 14 days

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1 CAPRIVI NAMIBIA: 8 Game Reserves in 14 days Day1/2 Your tour guide will pick you up at the airport in Windhoek. You will continue to Okonjima Game Reserve. This is a beautiful lodge just three hours from Windhoek where you will experience the dreamy version of Africa. This is the place of the Big Cats where you can experience leopards in the wild and see how they search for food and start a hunt. This is also the place where cheetahs get rehabilitated and reintroduced to the wild. Accommodation: Okonjima Lodge Activities: Game drives, Cats

2 During this two day period you will do game drives, interact with cats and just relaxed to get over your jet lag and set into Namibia s laid back rhythm. DAY 3 Leave after breakfast for Ongava Game Reserve. This is the place of the White Rhino. You will have the opportunity to track white rhinos on foot. This is only possible in a few places on the planet and not to be missed. Skilled guides will be with you all the time teaching you about their behavior and leading the path towards these majestic beasts. It is very safe as long as you are quiet and obey the guide s instructions. You will also see lions at this reserve. Accommodation: Ongava Lodge

3 Activities: Tracking rhinos DAY4/5 Depart after breakfast to Etosha National Park. Tour half of the park the first day. You will weave between herds of different species. Lots of difference antelope can be seen. Lions crossing the ivory landscape bullying anything near the waterholes. Zebras, hyenas, caracal, bat-eared fox and the mighty elephant herds. Overnight at Halali Rest Camp in the middle of Etosha National Park. You can sit and watch the game, rhinos,

4 elephants, lions, antelopes after dinner into the night hours at the waterhole at the lodge. Accommodation: Halali Rest Camp Activities: Etosha National park game viewing

5 Travel further the next morning and explore the rest of the park. Overnight at Onguma Lodge just outside of the park. Accommodation: Onguma Lodge Activities: Etosha National Park DAY 6 Depart after breakfast towards Rundu. This is the longest journey on the itinerary where you will be heading east, crossing into Namibia s pan handle and familiarizing yourself with the waterways that run along the Caprivi on the route of nomadic wanderers. Elephants and Zebra are the main beneficiaries, although the resident hippo pods don t give up their wading space. Sit back, watch

6 the wind ripple through the reeds and the sun gently bounce off a hippo s snout. Overnight at the Hakusembe River lodge. Accommodation: Hakusembe River lodge Acitivities: Game viewing DAY 7 Depart after breakfast for the Mahangu Game Reserve. You will be travelling along the Okavango River, following its descent from Angola. On one side is Namibia, across the water is Botswana and if front of you are hippos wading around. They are the beasts of Mahangu. The Nile crocodile is also plentiful in this area. Visit the Popa Falls on your way to Mahangu Game Reserve, do a game drive in the afternoon in the Reserve or go on a sunset boat cruise on the river seeing lots of crocodiles and

7 hippos and on the banks elephants and buffalo. Overnight at Nduvo Lodge. Accommodation: Nduvo Lodge Activities: Popa Falls, sunset boat cruise DAY 8 Depart after breakfast to the Riverdance lodge in the Bwabwatu National Park. Tour the park or go on a boat cruise and see elephants, hippos, crocodiles and buffalo. Two days ensure your safari adventure can go at an idyllic place. Accommodation: Riverdance Lodge Activities: Tour the park or boat cruise

8 DAY9/10 Continue after breakfast to the Mdumu National Park. You will see hippos, elephants, gemsbok, roan, lions, puku, red lechwe, buffalo. Another breathtaking experience for two days in the Mdumu National Park. Leopard will be waiting on low tree branches, meerkat, eland, cheetah and giraffe. Do as many game drives as you want. You can also do some fishing or visit the heritage centre. Overnight at Namushasa lodge. Accommodation: Namushasa lodge Activities: Game viewing, fishing, heritage centre

9 DAY 11/12/13 Continue after breakfast to the Majestic Victoria Falls. You will leave Namibia behind and cross into Zambia. Elephants still dot the main road and cheetahs, leopards and lions can be seen along the road. You can hear it before you see it. Volume intensifies and mythical clouds become real, each mile bringing you closer to Victoria Falls. The local name is the smoke that thunders.

10 You will spend the next three days visiting the majestic falls, you will ride on the back of an elephant, you will walk with lions, you will go on sunset cruises. The last three days of your safari in the Dark Continent spending each and every minute soaking up nature and the true meaning of Africa. Stay at the Maramba River lodge.

11 Accommodation: Maramba River Lodge Activities: Victoria Falls, Elephant back riding, lion encounters, sunset cruises DAY 14 Your journey came to an end, your tour guide will take you back to the airport where you will depart back home, to reality.

12 PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR PRICE; PRICE VARIES DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE. OUR TOURS ARE ALL EXCLUSIVE AND IT IS ONLY YOUR GROUP WITH YOUR OWN PERSONAL TOUR GUIDE. THE BIGGER THE GROUP THE LESS YOU WILL PAY PER PERSON. INCLUDED: YOUR OWN VEHICLE AND PERSONAL ENGLISH SPEAKING TOUR GUIDE. ALL ACCOMMODATION ALL MEALS PARK AND ENTRY FEES ALL ACTIVITIES EXCEPT FOR OPTIONAL ACITIVIES YOU WANT TO DO THAT ARE NOT ON THE SCHEDULE. ALL DRINKS AND WATER WHILE DRIVING. EXCLUDED: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AS WELL AS OTHER BEVERAGES AT ALL THE ACCOMMODATION FACILITIES CURIOS ITEMS OF A PERSONAL NATURE

13 GRATUITIES TRAVEL INSURANCE AIRLINE TICKETS Note: This tour can be changed with more or less days, more days at one lodge, different activities, anything that you want. We tailormake all our tours, this is just a guideline of what can be done. PLEASE CONTACT: ELAINE africandreams@telus.net Cell: LET ME BE YOUR GUIDE AND FRIEND IN THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE DARK CONTINENT.