On arrival into Johannesburg, connect on to your flight to Windhoek. Once you arrive into Windhoek Airport, you will be met and transferred to the hotel to enjoy an afternoon at leisure. There will be a pre-departure meeting this evening.

Today you will depart from Namibia’s capital and head south to towards the Namib Naukluft National Park, which houses one of the world’s oldest deserts, and to your accommodation for the next two nights. The following day, you are greeted with an early morning to visit the world’s highest sand dunes at Sossusvlei and Deadvlei. The towering dunes can reach over 300m and provide an ideal photo opportunity! A stop at the Sesriem Canyon affords a stunning view over the formations carved millions of years ago by the Tsauchab River.

A scenic day is spent driving through the Namib Naukluft National Park en route to Swakopmund. There is wildlife that thrives in this harsh environment that can be spotted on the journey. You will stop in the small town of Walvis Bay where you might find a variety of birds including flamingoes in the lagoon. Arrival into Swakopmund is in the late afternoon, from when you can enjoy a relaxing evening at leisure. The following day offers optional activities or the opportunity to explore this quaint town. Once a German colony, Swakopmund has retained much of the German colonial architecture, providing a distinct European feel and unique backdrop to the Namibian seaside town.

Departing Swakopmund, today you will head to one of Namibia’s most well known areas - Etosha National Park. The premier safari destination within Namibia, Etosha National Park hosts a plethora of game making for excellent game drives. Your first afternoon is spent at leisure in the lodge, or you can partake in an optional game drive.

After breakfast you will enter the Etosha National Park via the Andersson gate, named after Karl Johan Andersson, one of the first European explorers to come across the Etosha pan, which means “Great White Place” in the Ndonga dialect of the Ovambo tribe. The next two days are spent enjoying game drives in the park, hoping to spot lion, leopard, elephant and rhino as well as cheetah, giraffe, zebra and the numerous types of antelope the park has to offer.

Heading north from Etosha today, you will make your way to the town of Rundu. Here you visit the Mbunza Living Museum, a traditional cultural school and communal business for the local Kavango people who make a living from fishing, tending cattle and cultivating crops, before making your way to your lodge on the banks of the Okavango River in time for a sundowner on the banks of the river.

Travelling east into the Caprivi region, after the option for an early morning boat cruise, you will arrive at your lodge further along the banks of the Okavango River in time for a sunset cruise to Popa Falls.

This morning you will drive to Mahangu, meaning ‘food of the local people’, which is situated next to the Okavango River. Enjoy a morning game drive in the Greater Bwabwata National Park, which extends from the Kavango River in the west to the Kwando River in the east and incorporates the Mahangu Game Reserve. Another opportunity to spot exciting game before returning to the lodge for an afternoon at leisure.

Today sees you leave the Caprivi and cross the border into Botswana to head south to Maun, the gateway to the Okavango Delta. You will have the afternoon at leisure where you can relax, either by the pool, in your room or at the bar, or get a little more adventurous with a sunset cruise along the river. In the evening at 18h00, you will meet your guide and the rest of the group for a pre-departure meeting.

The traditional capital of the Tswana people, Maun got its name from the San word “Maung”, which means the “place of short reeds”. It’s now generally known as the Tourism capital of Botswana, with great access to many of Botswana’s most iconic game reserves and national parks.

After breakfast, you will be collected by your Botswana guide and make your way to the mokoro station, where you will enjoy a float through the winding waterways of the Okavango Delta channels in a traditional dug out canoe. The delta offers ample opportunity for getting up close to the smaller wildlife, and is ideal for birdwatching. Next you will move on to your lodge in time for dinner, before setting off into the private concession for a night game drive - an ideal time to spot game that is not usually active during the day.

Today offers the chance to explore the Moremi Game Reserve on morning and afternoon game drives. This reserve forms part of the greater Okavango Delta region and has a fantastic variety of terrains suitable for different game activities. Seasonality of the region will dictate the routes of safaris as well the movement and location of animals. The Moremi Reserve will offer brilliant game viewing no matter the season, and always offers fantastic birdwatching.

Leaving behind the bush and heading to the Makgadikgadi Pans, this afternoon offers the opportunity to visit the Nata Bird Sanctuary and take in the panoramic view of the Sowa Pan, which forms part of the greater Makgadikgadi Pans. Once a thriving lake, today all that remains in the Makgadikgadi region are vast salt flats, though this has not deterred the wildlife, many of whom have adapted to thrive in this arid region.

After some time exploring the pans region, you will head north to Kasane, from where you can access the Chobe National Park which is the second largest in Botswana and has one of the greatest concentrations of elephant anywhere in Africa. The afternoon offers you the option for activities or simply relaxing by the pool. The next day you can search out game on a morning drive through the Chobe National Park or on the river in the afternoon river cruise - is there a better way to spot animals than with a drink in hand at sunset!

Depart from Chobe in the morning for a road transfer over the border into Zimbabwe, where you will travel on to Hwange National Park for some time in this wildlife rich area.

Over the next days, explore Hwange National Park that spans 14,000 square kilometres, is the largest reserve in the country and is renowned for its huge population of Elephants. From November to April the seasonal rains transform the park to lush grasslands where an abundance of plains game and birds are found, and between August and November the dried out plains drive animals to congregate at the few waterholes. You can opt to add an afternoon game drive in the reserve, or simply relax and spot game from the comfort of the lodge.

The following day sees you spend a full day out on a game drive in the park, to search out the wildlife that resides in the park, and you can opt for a night drive to see if you can find those skittish creatures that hide away during the daytime.

Travelling north today, you will arrive in Victoria Falls to enjoy a guided tour of the mighty falls, known by the local Kololo tribe as Mosi oa Tunya- “the Smoke that thunders”. The afternoon offers a relaxing sunset cruise up the Zambezi river to bask in the afternoon glow. In the spare time you may choose to partake in one of the many activities that the Victoria Falls region offers, from helicopter flips to white river rafting.