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ded.

mon

ised

into

a h

ighl

y co

smop

olita

n co

m-

mun

ity.

The

cultu

re is

roo

ted

in it

s un

doc-

umen

ted

hist

ory

whi

ch h

owev

er l

ives

on

in

the

lifes

tyle

s of

th

e n

ativ

e p

eop

leth

ough

with

som

e in

trus

ions

of

Wes

tern

elem

ents

.

Zim

babw

e’s

cultu

re i

s m

ainl

y se

en i

n th

elo

cals

w

ho

vary

fr

om

thos

e of

Sh

ona

orig

in,

Nd

ebel

e an

d

othe

r su

b–g

roup

sea

ch h

avin

g its

ow

n be

liefs

and

eth

ics.

All

shar

e a

cultu

re t

hat

has

a p

hilo

sop

hy o

fgr

eat

dep

th,

valu

e an

d be

auty

. A

cul

ture

fille

d w

ith u

niq

ue t

radi

tiona

l ritu

als,

eve

nts

and

fest

ival

s of

va

ryin

g m

agni

tude

th

elik

es

of

“jit”

w

ith

its

ear–

per

cing

dr

umbe

ats

and

amaz

ing

danc

e fe

ats

all

wel

lor

ches

trat

ed i

n a

trad

ition

al a

ttire

sec

ond

to n

one.

The

peo

ple

gua

rd j

ealo

usly

the

irm

oral

ity

and

pro

mot

e fa

mily

un

ity

and

har

mon

y.

Zim

bab

wea

ns

are

cour

teou

san

d ev

er s

mili

ng t

o vi

sito

rs.

Thei

r cu

lture

can

not

b

e fu

lly

exp

ress

ed

in

wor

ds

beca

use

it ha

s so

muc

h to

offe

r th

at o

neha

s to

exp

erie

nce

it fir

st h

and

to a

pp

reci

-at

e its

man

y fa

cets

.

FOO

DZ

imba

bwe

boas

ts it

s ow

n un

ique

ap

pet

is-

ing

and

mou

thw

ater

ing

dish

es

rang

ing

from

m

ador

a/m

anci

mb

i (m

opan

iw

orm

s)th

roug

h ro

ast

grou

ndnu

ts,

boile

dm

ealie

s, b

ilton

g, Z

imba

bwe’

s st

aple

dis

h‘s

adza

’ (t

hick

por

ridge

fro

m m

ealie

mea

l),sa

dza

fr

om

mh

ung

a ‘s

adza

’ (m

illet

/sor

ghum

por

ridge

), t

he p

opul

ar s

oup

s of

hova

(va

rious

typ

es o

f w

ild m

ushr

oom

)an

d tr

aditi

onal

veg

etab

les

like

mub

oora

(pum

pki

n

leaf

) m

unye

mb

a (r

unn

ing

bean

s) a

nd t

sung

a. V

isito

rs c

an a

lso

enjo

yw

ild

gam

e m

eat

dis

hes

rang

ing

fr

omim

pal

a an

d w

arth

og t

o os

tric

h st

eak,

ela

nd

stro

gano

ff an

d cr

ocod

ile t

ail.

Ther

e is

als

oan

abu

ndan

ce o

f fr

esh

wat

er f

ish

such

as

Moz

ambi

que

and

Karib

a br

eam

, tig

er, c

arp,

cat

fish,

eel

, th

e de

licio

us N

yang

a tr

out,

and

Kape

nta

(sm

all f

resh

& d

ried

fish)

.

HA

RA

RE

Har

are,

af

fect

ion

atel

y kn

own

as

th

e“S

unsh

ine

City

”, i

s a

conv

enie

nt s

tart

ing

poi

nt

for

visi

tin

g

the

coun

try'

s m

any

tour

ist

attr

actio

ns.

A p

rime

exam

ple

of

am

oder

n A

fric

an c

ity,

Har

are

is a

mos

aic

ofhi

gh-r

ise

offic

e bl

ocks

and

wel

l-pre

serv

ed,

hist

oric

bui

ldin

gs,

all

situ

ated

on

the

cen-

tral

pla

teau

x of

thi

s co

untr

y w

hich

is a

bout

thre

e tim

es t

he s

ize

of E

ngla

nd.

Am

ongs

tth

e co

ncre

te a

nd g

lass

str

uctu

res

ther

e is

an a

mp

le s

upp

ly o

f gre

en lu

ngs

- tre

e-fil

led

par

ks a

nd o

ther

op

en s

pac

es w

hich

len

dth

is c

ity it

s vi

bran

t, f

riend

ly c

hara

cter

.

Har

are

has

a lo

t to

offe

r, p

rovi

ded

that

you

know

whe

re t

o go

and

wha

t to

loo

k ou

tfo

r. Th

e ci

ty

is

endo

wed

w

ith

uniq

uesp

lend

our

and

brea

thta

king

bea

uty.

VIC

TOR

IA F

ALL

STh

e na

me

Vict

oria

Fa

lls

was

or

igin

ally

coin

ed b

y ex

plor

er a

nd m

issi

onar

y, D

avid

Livi

ngst

one.

But

the

loc

al p

eopl

e, b

oth

inZ

imb

abw

e an

d

Zam

bia

, re

fer

to

the

Vict

oria

Fa

lls

as

“Mos

i-oa-

Tuny

a”

whi

chm

eans

“Th

e Sm

oke

that

Thu

nder

s”.

The

Vict

oria

Fal

ls a

re n

ot t

he h

ighe

st f

alls

,bu

t th

ey a

re c

erta

inly

the

larg

est

and

mos

tbe

autif

ul in

the

wor

ld!

Besi

des

the

awes

ome

sigh

t th

at t

hese

Fal

lsof

fer,

ther

e is

so

muc

h to

do

in t

he a

rea.

Take

a

mic

rolig

ht

fligh

t ov

er

the

Falls

,th

ere

are

trai

ls f

or h

ikin

g, b

irdin

g, m

oun-

tain

bik

ing

or h

orse

rid

ing,

raf

ting,

riv

er

boar

ding

, ca

noei

ng

or

the

exhi

lara

ting

bung

i ju

mp

off

the

Vict

oria

Fal

ls B

ridge

,th

e se

cond

hig

hest

jum

p in

the

wor

ld.

HW

AN

GE

NA

TIO

NA

L PA

RK

Hw

ange

is

wor

ld-f

amou

s fo

r its

14

000

squa

re

kilo

met

res

of

unsp

oilt

land

scap

e,w

here

ove

r 10

0 di

ffere

nt s

peci

es o

f an

imal

and

400

diffe

rent

typ

es o

f bi

rds

resi

de.

This

Nat

iona

l Pa

rk,

whi

ch i

s on

e of

the

fines

t, is

als

o on

e of

the

last

rem

aini

ng e

le-

phan

t san

ctua

ries

on th

e A

fric

an c

ontin

ent.

Her

ds o

f up

to

a 10

0 st

rong

can

be

seen

mak

ing

thei

r w

ay t

o th

e w

ater

ing

hole

s at

suns

et, p

artic

ular

ly t

he P

resi

dent

ial H

erd

ofEl

epha

nts,

whi

ch a

re r

esid

ent

in t

he a

rea

(the

y ha

ve

a sp

ecia

l pr

otec

tion

decr

eeis

sued

by

the

gove

rnm

ent)

.

Zim

babw

e is

a

Shon

a w

ord

mea

ning

”Zim

ba

ram

abw

e”

(big

h

ouse

of

ston

e),

usua

lly

roya

l. It

is

lo

cate

d

inSo

uthe

rn A

fric

a, s

andw

iche

d b

etw

een

two

rive

rs

the

Lim

pop

o an

d

the

Zam

bez

i.A

par

adis

e fo

r ho

liday

mak

ers,

Zim

babw

eha

s so

met

hing

for

eve

ryon

e.Vi

ctor

ia F

alls

is t

he m

ain

attr

actio

n an

d ha

s so

muc

hto

offe

r -

adve

ntur

e ac

tiviti

es a

t th

e Fa

lls,

exci

ting

wild

life

exp

erie

nces

as

wel

l as

are

laxi

ng h

olid

ay li

ke n

o ot

her.

THO

MPS

ON

S O

FFIC

E A

T TH

E FA

LLS

Thom

pso

ns h

as a

ful

ly o

per

atio

nal

offic

elo

cate

d at

Vic

toria

Fal

ls.

Ther

e ar

e fu

ll-tim

eTh

omp

sons

sta

ff, w

ho w

ill m

eet-

and-

gree

tgu

ests

at

the

airp

ort,

tra

nsfe

r th

em t

o th

eir

hote

ls a

nd a

lso

offe

r a

varie

ty o

f to

urs

and

activ

ities

tha

t ca

n be

boo

ked

whi

le t

hey

are

in Z

imba

bwe.

Staf

f ar

e al

so a

vaila

ble

toas

sist

vis

itors

with

any

thin

g th

at t

hey

mig

htne

ed w

hile

in Z

imba

bwe.

OTH

ER A

TTR

AC

TIO

NS

Man

y N

atio

nal

Pa

rks

are

scat

tere

dth

roug

hout

th

e co

untr

y,

whe

re

one

can

find

a

pro

fusi

on

of

wild

life,

in

clud

ing

Hw

ange

N

atio

nal

Park

w

hich

of

fers

th

evi

sito

r th

e co

mp

lete

g

ame

exp

erie

nce

.La

ke K

arib

a an

d th

e Z

ambe

zi R

iver

for

m a

natu

ral

and

amaz

ing

bord

er w

ith Z

ambi

a.To

th

e ea

st

are

the

Hig

hlan

ds

offe

ring

opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r lo

ng w

alks

and

fis

hing

.

The

Gre

at Z

imba

bwe

Ruin

s an

d th

e Ru

ins

ofKh

ame

are

awe-

insp

iring

tr

ibut

es

to

the

anci

ent

civi

lisat

ions

who

occ

upie

d th

is a

rea.

CU

LTU

RE

Zim

bab

wea

n

cult

ure

is

extr

emel

y ri

chco

mp

risin

g va

rious

and

div

ersi

fied

valu

esan

d et

hics

whi

ch a

re a

ll m

ajes

tical

ly h

ar-

The

best

tim

e to

tra

vel

to V

icto

ria F

alls

wou

ld b

e be

twee

n A

pril

and

Oct

ober

,w

hen

the

dayt

ime

tem

per

atur

es a

re n

otto

o ha

rsh.

Nov

embe

r is

kno

wn

as “

sui-

cide

mon

th”

due

to t

he v

ery

high

tem

-p

erat

ures

and

it is

als

o th

e tim

e of

ver

ylo

w w

ater

, so

not

the

bes

t tim

e to

vie

wth

e Fa

lls.

Dec

embe

r to

Mar

ch i

s th

era

iny

seas

on a

nd it

is a

lso

very

hot

dur

-in

g th

is p

erio

d.

TRA

VEL

LER

’S T

IPIf

exch

angi

ng c

urre

ncy,

onl

y ex

chan

gesm

all

amou

nts

into

Zim

babw

e D

olla

rsas

you

nee

d it.

You

will

not

be

able

to

chan

ge t

his

back

to

Rand

s w

hen

you

retu

rn t

o SA

. SA

Ran

ds a

nd U

S D

olla

rsar

e w

idel

y ac

cep

ted

in Z

imba

bwe.

BE

ST

TIM

E T

O T

RA

VE

L

LOC

ATIO

N: I

n th

e tr

aditi

on o

f Afr

ican

Sun

, the

Kin

gdom

has

bee

nbo

rn,

insp

ired

by t

he g

reat

Zim

babw

e Ru

ins.

The

Kin

gdom

offe

rsa

mag

ical

Afr

ican

hol

iday

clo

se t

o th

e Vi

ctor

ia F

alls

, com

ple

te w

ithev

ery

ente

rtai

nmen

t fa

cilit

y,

luxu

rious

ac

com

mod

atio

n an

d a

Cas

ino.

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CO

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ATIO

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choi

ce

of

air-

con

dit

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room

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stan

dar

d

suit

es,

all

wit

h

pri

vate

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ath

room

,ai

r-co

nditi

onin

g, t

elep

hone

, TV

with

vid

eo c

hann

el a

nd t

aped

mus

ic.

An

attr

activ

e w

ater

feat

ure

in t

he fo

rm o

f a m

an-m

ade

lake

give

s in

war

d fa

cing

roo

ms

the

imp

ress

ion

of h

avin

g be

en b

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onth

e ed

ge o

f th

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spec

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DAT

ION

: Ea

ch o

f th

e 72

air-

cond

ition

ed b

edro

oms

has

its o

wn

balc

ony

and

feat

ure

en-s

uite

bat

hroo

m, a

tel

epho

ne,

haird

ryer

, ce

iling

fan

, m

osqu

ito n

et a

nd s

afet

y de

posit

box

.Bi

nocu

lars

are

ava

ilabl

e at

rece

ptio

n fo

r gam

evie

win

g.

FAC

ILIT

IES:

The

se i

nclu

de e

xclu

sive

gam

e dr

ives

, 2

swim

min

gpo

ols,

a

curio

an

d gi

ft

stor

e pl

us

conf

eren

ce

faci

litie

s.En

tert

ainm

ent

is pl

entif

ul, w

ith t

he n

earb

y aw

ard-

win

ning

Bom

aRe

stau

rant

, whe

re tr

aditi

onal

sin

ging

, dan

cing

and

cul

tura

l ent

er-

tain

men

t com

bine

to g

ive

you

a tr

uly

Afric

an e

veni

ng.

Reno

wne

d fo

r ex

celle

nt s

ervi

ce,

Vict

oria

Fal

ls Sa

fari

Lodg

e w

illm

ake

sure

that

you

’ll b

e em

brac

ed b

y Zi

mba

bwea

n ho

spita

lity.

★★

★★

CO

MBI

NIN

G W

ILD

LIFE

AN

D T

HE

FALL

S24

km72

VIC

TORI

A F

ALL

S SA

FARI

LO

DG

E

LOC

ATIO

N:

Situ

ated

on

the

Vict

oria

Fal

ls Sa

fari

Lodg

e pr

oper

ty,

Loko

thul

a is

surr

ound

ed b

y 80

000

hec

tare

s of

uns

poilt

Afri

can

bush

and

bor

ders

the

unfe

nced

Zam

bezi

Nat

iona

l Par

k.

ACC

OM

MO

DAT

ION

: Afil

liate

d to

RC

I, Lo

kuth

ula

has

cons

isten

tlyac

hiev

ed G

old

Cro

wn

reco

gniti

on.

This

luxu

rious

sel

f-cat

erin

gtim

esha

re r

esor

t ha

s 37

rus

tic t

hatc

hed

lodg

es,

com

prisi

ng o

f3

and

2 be

droo

med

bun

galo

ws,

eac

h w

ith lo

unge

, ter

race

, bra

aiar

ea a

nd fu

lly e

quip

ped

kitc

hen.

FAC

ILIT

IES:

Lok

uthu

la L

odge

s ar

e se

rvic

ed d

aily

and

all

linen

is pr

ovid

ed.

An

exte

nsiv

e ra

nge

of g

uest

fac

ilitie

s ar

e of

fere

d,in

clud

ing

a po

olsid

e re

stau

rant

and

bar

, To

urs

desk

, sa

me

day

laun

dry

serv

ice,

bab

y-sit

ttin

g fa

cilit

y on

req

uest

, int

erne

t fa

cilit

ies

and

a to

ken

oper

ated

gue

st la

undr

omat

.

★★

★★

LU

XU

RIO

US

SELF

-CAT

ERIN

G L

OD

GE

24km

37

LOK

OTH

ULA

LOC

ATIO

N: A

djac

ent t

o th

e Vi

ctor

ia F

alls

Safa

ri Lo

dge

com

plex

, The

Bom

a ne

stle

s in

a G

usu

Fore

st a

nd i

s pa

rtly

ope

n to

the

Afri

can

nigh

t ski

es.

CU

ISIN

E: T

he B

oma

prov

ides

a u

niqu

e cu

ltura

l ex

perie

nce

that

bom

bard

s th

e six

sen

ses

with

the

fla

vour

of

Afric

a. S

peci

alisi

ngin

a s

uper

b se

lect

ion

of t

radi

tiona

l Zim

babw

ean

dish

es s

erve

d on

cast

iro

n pl

ates

, Th

e Bo

ma

offe

rs

a 4-

cour

se

mea

l, ca

terin

gto

ev

eryo

ne’s

tast

e.

The

mor

e ad

vent

urou

s ca

n sa

mpl

e lo

cal

delic

acie

s lik

e M

opan

i wor

ms

and

gam

e st

ews.

ENTE

RTAI

NM

ENT:

A f

east

of

nigh

tly e

nter

taim

ent

inco

rpor

ates

Shan

gaan

dan

cers

and

sin

gers

and

a l

ocal

witc

hdoc

tor.

Afte

rdi

nner

, gue

sts

are

invi

ted

to w

ile a

way

the

even

ing

with

the

rest

au-

rant

s ve

ry o

wn

Sang

oma

- a

trad

ition

al s

tory

telle

r, to

lear

n m

ore

abou

t th

e co

untr

y’s

folk

lore

& c

ultu

re o

r pa

rtic

ipat

e in

the

dru

m-

min

g an

d th

e da

ncin

g. G

uest

s ar

e in

vite

d to

tak

e pa

rt in

a h

and

was

hing

cer

emon

y be

fore

sam

plin

g tr

aditi

onal

bee

r and

sna

cks.

PLAC

E O

F EA

TIN

G24

km

THE

BO

MA

ELEP

HA

NT

HIL

LS

THE

KIN

GD

OM

VIC

TORI

A F

ALL

S H

OTE

L

Z I M B A B W E / H WA N G E - T H E B U S H E X P E R I E N C E

AFRI

CA

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OR

28 Y

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AN

D G

ETTI

NG

BET

TER

ALL

THE

TIM

E

LOC

ATIO

N:

Situ

ated

onl

y 10

min

utes

by

foot

fro

m o

ne o

f th

ena

tura

l won

ders

of t

he w

orld

, the

spe

ctac

ular

Vic

toria

Fal

ls.

ACC

OM

MO

DAT

ION

: Pr

ivat

ely

owne

d, Il

ala

Lodg

e is

built

on

the

clos

est

site

to t

he m

ajes

tic V

icto

ria F

alls.

Thi

s is

the

idea

l spo

t to

conc

lude

a s

afar

i in

Zim

babw

e, Z

ambi

a, B

otsw

ana

or N

amib

ia.

Ther

e ar

e 32

room

s w

ith e

n-su

ite b

athr

oom

s w

ith s

epar

ate

show

-er

, sa

telli

te t

elev

ision

, te

leph

one,

cei

ling

fan,

air-

cond

ition

ing,

room

ser

vice

and

laun

dry.

The

re is

a b

abys

itter

ser

vice

ava

ilabl

e.

FAC

ILIT

IES:

Ila

la L

odge

has

cre

ated

a '

spec

ial

atm

osph

ere'

of

high

ly p

erso

nalis

ed s

ervi

ce o

nly

foun

d in

sm

all p

rivat

e ho

tels,

but

com

bine

d w

ith t

he f

acili

ties

of a

lar

ge H

otel

. En

joy

A 'L

a C

arte

dini

ng in

the

Pal

m R

esta

uran

t or

sip

a c

hille

d co

ckta

il at

the

poo

lba

r ov

erlo

okin

g th

e N

atio

nal

Park

. Ila

la L

odge

also

offe

rs e

asy

acce

ss t

o a

rang

e of

res

taur

ants

, bar

s an

d ca

sinos

and

is a

goo

dch

oice

fo

r “a

dren

alin

e ju

nkie

s”

who

w

ould

lik

e to

in

clud

eop

tiona

l act

iviti

es li

ke ra

fting

or b

unge

e ju

mpi

ng.

★★

★ S

MAL

L &

INTI

MAT

E25

km32

LOC

ATIO

N:

Built

w

ithin

th

e Za

mbe

zi

Nat

iona

l Pa

rk

on

the

Zam

bezi

Riv

er,

The

Hot

el M

ercu

re A

’Zam

bezi

is

just

4km

fro

mVi

ctor

ia F

alls

- an

idea

l ret

reat

in w

hich

to re

lax

and

unw

ind.

ACC

OM

MO

DAT

ION

: W

ith

83

room

s,

som

e w

ith

encl

osed

balc

onie

s ov

erlo

okin

g th

e m

ight

y Za

mbe

zi

Rive

r, Th

e H

otel

Mer

cure

A’Z

ambe

zi h

as i

ts o

wn

pers

onal

cha

rm a

nd u

niqu

ech

arac

ter.

Eac

h ro

om h

as a

ir-co

nditi

onin

g, p

rivat

e ba

thro

om,

radi

o, s

afe

depo

sit b

ox a

nd c

olou

r sat

ellit

e TV

.

FAC

ILIT

IES:

Enj

oy a

refre

shin

g dr

ink

at th

e Za

mbe

zi B

ar o

r coo

l off

in t

he s

park

ling

swim

min

g po

ol w

ith k

ids

play

grou

nd n

earb

y.Ac

tiviti

es

incl

ude

elep

hant

rid

es,

natu

re

wal

ks,

gam

e dr

ives

,ad

vent

ure

spor

ts,

squa

sh,

tenn

is, s

undo

wne

r cr

uise

s, a

cul

tura

lvi

llage

and

also

an

18-h

ole

golf

cour

se n

earb

y. A

goo

d ch

oice

for

fam

ilies

, co

uple

s an

d th

ose

who

sim

ply

wan

t to

esc

ape

to t

hepe

ace

and

quie

t of t

he b

ush.

★★

★ O

N T

HE

BAN

KS O

F TH

E ZA

MBE

ZI25

km83

★★

★★

★ G

RAC

E &

STY

LE15

km16

LOC

ATIO

N:

Just

15-

min

utes

aw

ay fr

om t

he m

agni

ficen

t Vi

ctor

iaFa

lls,

The

Stan

ley

and

Livi

ngst

one

is id

eal

for

gues

ts s

eeki

ng a

luxu

rious

and

tra

nqui

l en

viro

nmen

t, aw

ay f

rom

the

hus

tle a

ndbu

stle

of t

he V

icto

ria F

alls

tow

n.

ACC

OM

MO

DAT

ION

: Ea

ch u

niqu

ely

deco

rate

d su

ite h

as it

s ow

nliv

ing

room

, Vic

toria

n-st

yle

bath

room

and

sepa

rate

bed

room

, with

a ch

oice

of

twin

or

king

bed

s. E

ach

suite

com

es c

ompl

ete

with

air-

cond

ition

ing,

min

i-bar

, el

ectr

onic

saf

e, s

atel

lite

TV a

nd D

VDpl

ayer

, and

pat

io o

verlo

okin

g th

e lu

scio

us g

arde

n.

FAC

ILIT

IES:

Rel

ax a

long

side

the

spar

klin

g sw

imm

ing

pool

or

take

a st

roll

in t

he t

ranq

uil g

arde

ns. O

rder

coc

ktai

ls fro

m t

he p

ool b

arw

hilst

wat

chin

g el

epha

nts,

kud

u an

d w

ater

buck

at

the

wat

erho

leju

st 2

5 m

etre

s aw

ay.

Enjo

y su

mpt

uous

mea

ls an

d de

lect

able

cuisi

ne in

the

eleg

antly

furn

ished

din

ing

room

. Sam

ple

fine

win

esdi

rect

from

the

richl

y st

ocke

d w

ine

cella

r - a

con

noiss

eur’s

del

ight

.

TH

E B

USH

EX

PER

IEN

CE

TH

E FA

LLS

LOC

ATIO

N: T

his

Lodg

e is

40km

ups

trea

m fr

om t

he V

icto

ria F

alls

and

loca

ted

on o

ne o

f Zim

babw

e's l

arge

st p

rivat

e w

ildlif

e re

serv

es.

ACC

OM

MO

DAT

ION

: M

atet

si

Wat

er

Lodg

e of

fers

sp

acio

usac

com

mod

atio

n &

sw

eepi

ng v

iew

s. T

he 3

sep

arat

e, r

oman

ticca

mps

are

all

set o

n th

e riv

er b

ank

unde

r a c

anop

y of

lush

rive

rine

tree

s. E

ach

cam

p co

mpr

ises

6 pr

ivat

e su

ites

with

vas

t te

ak d

oors

open

ing

out

to p

lung

e po

ols

& d

ecks

with

mag

nific

ent

river

view

s.

FAC

ILIT

IES:

With

Mat

etsi

bein

g lo

cate

d on

the

gre

at Z

ambe

ziRi

ver,

ther

e ar

e ex

hila

ratin

g w

ater

act

iviti

es s

uch

as b

oat

crui

ses,

cano

eing

and

fish

ing,

plu

s sp

ecta

cula

r ga

me

view

ing

& b

irdw

atch

ing

on t

wic

e-da

ily g

ame

driv

es.

Wor

ld-r

enow

ned

as o

neof

Af

rica’

s m

ost

unfo

rget

tabl

e na

tura

l re

trea

ts,

Mat

etsi

is a

cons

erva

tion

coup

for

CC

Afri

ca w

ho t

rans

form

ed t

he a

rea,

prev

ious

ly a

hun

ting

conc

essio

n, i

nto

a pr

otec

ted

wild

erne

ssre

serv

e.

★★

★★

★ P

RIVA

TE Z

AMBE

ZI40

kmFr

om VFA

18

MAT

ETSI

WAT

ER L

OD

GE

LOC

ATIO

N:

Thes

e tw

o sm

all c

amps

are

situ

ated

with

in H

wan

geN

atio

nal P

ark

and

have

exc

lusiv

e us

e of

a m

assiv

e co

nces

sion

area

with

in t

he P

ark.

The

are

a is

ecol

ogic

ally

div

erse

with

vas

t, op

enpa

lm-fr

inge

d pl

ains

, gr

assla

nds,

ac

acia

w

oodl

ands

an

d te

akfo

rest

s, h

ome

to g

reat

num

bers

of a

nim

als.

ACC

OM

MO

DAT

ION

: M

akal

olo

Plai

ns i

s an

exc

lusiv

e ca

mp

that

acco

mm

odat

es a

max

imum

of

16 g

uest

s in

8 l

arge

, cu

stom

-de

signe

d lu

xury

tent

s w

hich

are

tast

eful

ly d

ecor

ated

and

hav

e en

suite

fac

ilitie

s.

Litt

le M

akal

olo

is ex

clus

ive,

cat

erin

g to

onl

y 8

gues

ts in

luxu

ry te

nted

room

s.

FAC

ILIT

IES:

The

cam

ps h

ave

sepa

rate

din

ing

& p

ub f

acili

ties.

Expe

rienc

ed g

uide

s con

duct

gam

e dr

ives

in 4

-whe

el d

rive

vehi

cles

& a

lso o

ffer

guid

ed w

alks

. The

are

a ha

s a

num

ber

of w

ater

hole

sw

hich

att

ract

gam

e in

larg

e nu

mbe

rs, p

artic

ular

ly in

win

ter.

Ther

eis

also

a w

onde

rful

rang

e of

bird

life.

Bot

h ca

mps

hav

e pl

unge

pool

s, to

coo

l off

afte

r a h

ard

day

of g

amev

iew

ing.

★★

★★

★ E

XC

LUSI

VITY

IN T

HE

BUSH

265k

mFr

om VFA

12MA

KA

LOLO

PLA

INS

& L

ITTL

E M

AK

ALO

LO

HO

TEL

MER

CU

RE A

’ZA

MB

EZI

ILA

LA L

OD

GE

THE

STA

NLE

Y &

LIV

ING

STO

NE

AT V

ICTO

RIA

FA

LLS

LOC

ATIO

N:

Loca

ted

on

the

east

ern

boun

dary

of

th

e H

wan

geN

atio

nal P

ark.

The

Hid

e is

rega

rded

as

one

of th

e m

ost w

ell-s

ituat

edsa

fari

cam

ps in

the

Park

, with

exc

elle

nt g

amev

iew

ing

oppo

rtuni

ties.

ACC

OM

MO

DAT

ION

: Thi

s con

sists

of 1

0 Ea

st-A

frica

n st

yle

tent

s. Ea

chha

s en

-sui

te fa

cilit

ies

and

a la

rge

front

por

ch w

here

gue

sts

can

rela

xan

d vi

ew g

ame

at th

e pa

n.

FAC

ILIT

IES:

One

of

the

Hid

e’s

uniq

ue a

ttrac

tions

are

the

2 s

peci

ally

cons

truct

ed h

ides

nea

r the

wat

erho

les,

whe

re g

ame

can

be v

iew

ed a

tex

trem

ely

clos

e pr

oxim

ity. T

he c

amp’

s cen

tral f

eatu

re is

a la

rge

that

chA-

fram

e di

ning

are

a w

ith a

n up

stai

rs e

nter

tain

men

t se

ctio

n of

ferin

gm

agni

ficen

t vi

ews.

Activ

ities

incl

ude

gam

e vi

ewin

g at

the

com

fort-

able

und

ergr

ound

hid

es, d

ay a

nd n

ight

gam

e dr

ives

in o

pen

vehi

cles

and

info

rmat

ive

bush

wal

ks. G

uest

s can

also

rela

x on

the

Hid

e’s v

iew

-in

g pl

atfo

rm, i

n a

beau

tiful

old

tre

e w

hich

ove

rlook

s th

e op

en p

lain

area

. Al

l pac

kage

s to

The

Hid

e in

clud

e ac

com

mod

atio

n, a

ll m

eals,

loca

l drin

ks, g

ame

activ

ities

and

teas

and

cof

fees

.

★★

★★

★ H

WAN

GE

HAV

EN21

5km

From VF

A

10

THE

HID

E SA

FARI

CA

MP

Z I M B A B W E - L I V E T H E A D V E N T U R E

AFRI

CA

2006

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T O

UR W

EBSI

TE F

OR

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CIAL

PAC

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ly w

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Briti

sh A

irw

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into

Vic

toria

Fal

ls a

nd t

rans

fer

acro

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oLi

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ston

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HIG

HLI

GH

TS:

• Su

nset

Cru

ise

on t

he A

fric

an Q

ueen

• En

joyi

ng a

coc

ktai

l on

the

deck

of

the

Roya

l Liv

ings

tone

, w

hile

wat

ch-

ing

the

spra

y fr

om t

he F

alls

.

• Ra

ftin

g on

the

wat

ers

of t

he G

reat

Zam

bezi

TRA

VEL

LER

’S T

IP:

Be s

ure

to t

ake

rain

gea

r w

hen

visi

ting

the

Falls

or

you

are

sure

to

get

dren

ched

!

The

best

tim

e to

tra

vel

to Z

ambi

a an

dth

e Fa

lls w

ould

be

betw

een

Ap

ril a

ndO

ctob

er,

whe

n th

e da

ytim

e te

mp

era-

ture

s ar

e no

t to

o ha

rsh.

N

ovem

ber

iskn

own

as “

suic

ide

mon

th”

due

to t

heve

ry h

igh

tem

per

atur

es.

Dur

ing

this

time

the

wat

er o

n th

e Z

ambi

an s

ide

ofth

e Fa

lls a

lmos

t co

mp

lete

ly d

ries

up,

but

visi

tors

can

stil

l vi

ew t

he F

alls

fro

mth

e Z

imba

bwea

n si

de.

Dec

embe

r to

Mar

ch i

s th

e ra

iny

seas

on a

nd i

t is

als

ove

ry h

ot d

urin

g th

is p

erio

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uire

a v

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All o

ther

pas

spor

t hol

ders

to c

heck

with

loca

l aut

horit

ies

AIR

PORT

TA

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partu

re ta

x of

USD

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tern

atio

nal)

& U

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estic

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be p

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at th

e ai

rpor

t prio

r to

depa

rture

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km

2

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IFFE

REN

CE:

Sam

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time

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LTH

REQ

UIR

EMEN

TS:

No

inoc

ulat

ions

are

requ

ired.

Ant

i-mal

aria

prec

autio

ns re

com

men

ded.

Hom

e of

th

e m

ajes

tic

Zam

bezi

Ri

ver,

Zam

bia

is a

land

of

pot

ent

beau

ty a

ndtr

ue A

fric

an w

ildne

ss.

The

Vict

oria

Fa

lls,

dis

cove

red

b

y D

avid

Livi

ngst

one

are

one

of t

he s

even

nat

ural

won

ders

of

the

wor

ld.

This

is

a te

stam

ent

to h

is d

isco

very

and

in

reve

renc

e to

the

sple

nd

our

of

this

W

orld

H

erit

age

site

.A

ny v

isito

r w

ho t

akes

tim

e to

adm

ire t

hem

agni

ficen

ce o

f the

Vic

toria

Fal

ls, w

ill n

ever

forg

et t

he t

hrill

of

seei

ng t

his

spec

tacu

lar

sigh

t.

Enjo

y th

e th

rill

and

ad

ven

ture

of

th

ead

rena

lin s

por

ts a

vaila

ble

belo

w th

e Vi

ctor

iaFa

lls

in

the

fam

ed

Bato

ka

Gor

ge.

Or

if‘r

elax

ing’

is y

our

prio

rity,

the

n a

river

cru

ise

on

the

beau

tiful

A

fric

an

Que

en

and

the

fam

ous

“Flig

ht o

f A

ngel

s” o

ver

the

Falls

wou

ld b

e p

erfe

ct f

or y

ou.

Ap

art

from

the

mos

t sp

ecta

cula

r vi

ews

ofth

e m

agni

ficen

t Vi

ctor

ia F

alls

, Z

ambi

a ha

sso

me

of A

fric

a's

fines

t G

ame

Rese

rves

in t

hew

orld

, in

clud

ing

Th

e M

osi-

O-T

unya

Nat

iona

l Pa

rk.

Situ

ated

alo

ng t

he u

pp

erZ

ambe

zi s

tret

chin

g fr

om a

nd in

clud

ing

the

Vict

oria

Fa

lls

for

abou

t 12

kms

up

the

Zam

bezi

Ri

ver

abov

e th

e Fa

lls,

the

Park

affo

rds

a w

ide

varie

ty o

f w

ildlif

e.

THO

MPS

ON

S O

FFIC

E A

T TH

E FA

LLS

Thom

pso

ns h

as a

ful

ly o

per

atio

nal

offic

elo

cate

d at

Vic

toria

Fal

ls.

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e ar

e fu

ll-tim

eTh

omp

sons

sta

ff, w

ho w

ill m

eet-

and-

gree

tgu

ests

at

Livi

ngst

one

airp

ort,

tra

nsfe

r th

emto

the

ir ho

tels

and

als

o of

fer

a va

riety

of

tour

s an

d ac

tiviti

es

that

ca

n be

bo

oked

whi

le t

hey

are

in Z

ambi

a.St

aff

are

also

avai

labl

e to

ass

ist

visi

tors

with

any

thin

g th

atth

ey m

ight

nee

d w

hils

t vi

sitin

g Z

ambi

a.

BE

ST

TIM

E T

O T

RA

VE

L

LOC

ATIO

N:

Loca

ted

liter

ally

fe

et

from

Vi

ctor

ia

Falls

, th

e Ro

yal

Livi

ngst

one

over

look

s th

e m

agni

ficen

t Fa

lls a

nd is

a p

lace

to

enjo

y th

em

agic

of A

frica

with

all

the

char

m o

f a b

ygon

e er

a.

ACC

OM

MO

DAT

ION

: The

luxu

ry r

oom

s an

d su

ites

offe

r a

tran

quil

retr

eat

from

the

unc

onst

rain

ed b

eaut

y of

the

ir su

rrou

ndin

gs.

Room

sar

e in

2-s

tore

y cl

uste

rs &

eac

h cl

uste

r com

prise

s aro

und

10 e

n-su

ite a

ir-co

nditi

oned

roo

ms

with

priv

ate

balc

onie

s or

ter

race

s.

FAC

ILIT

IES:

Th

e pu

blic

ar

eas

cons

ist

of

Afr

ican

th

atch

-roo

fed

build

ings

, inc

orpo

ratin

g th

e lo

unge

, res

taur

ant a

nd b

ar. A

cla

ssic

swim

-m

ing

pool

visu

ally

link

s th

e w

ater

s of

the

river

with

the

hote

l’s te

rrac

es,

with

a s

wee

ping

tim

ber

deck

pla

nted

in

the

swirl

ing

wat

er o

f th

eZa

mbe

zi. T

he h

otel

offe

rs e

very

faci

lity

for

a de

luxe

hol

iday

, inc

ludi

nga

pers

onal

ised

butle

r se

rvic

e,

exce

llent

di

ning

fa

cilit

ies,

sp

orts

,re

crea

tion,

en

tert

ainm

ent,

impe

ccab

le

serv

ice

&

mor

e.

Faci

litie

sin

clud

e a

trav

elle

rs lo

unge

and

bar

, be

auty

sal

on,

haird

ress

er,

doct

oron

cal

l, flo

rist

& d

ry c

lean

ing

serv

ice.

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UR

IOU

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CH

AR

MIN

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LOC

ATIO

N: N

ext

to t

he V

icto

ria F

alls

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cula

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ster

n si

de, t

heZ

ambe

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un fe

atur

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styl

e ar

chite

ctur

e. S

imp

le fi

nish

eshi

ghlig

ht b

right

mos

aics

& f

abric

s, a

nd t

he i

ntox

icat

ing

envi

ron-

men

t is

cha

ract

eris

ed b

y et

hnic

wal

l ste

ncils

, tim

ber

& p

last

er c

eil-

ings

, Z

ambi

an a

rtw

orks

and

acc

esso

ries.

AC

CO

MM

OD

ATIO

N:

All

en-s

uite

roo

ms

have

priv

ate

balc

onie

sth

at w

elco

me

the

mor

ning

sun

, ar

e co

mfo

rtab

le a

nd o

ffer

ever

yco

nven

ienc

e. T

he Z

ambe

zi S

un i

s co

nstr

ucte

d in

a s

erie

s of

8bu

ildin

gs,

cons

istin

g of

the

gue

st r

oom

s, a

cen

tral

pav

ilion

of

rest

aura

nts

and

a C

onve

ntio

n C

entr

e.

FAC

ILIT

IES:

The

Zam

bezi

Sun

and

Roy

al L

ivin

gsto

ne o

ffer

thei

rgu

ests

a

rang

e of

fa

cilit

ies,

in

clud

ing

an

Adv

entu

re

Cen

tre,

Gam

ing

Are

a, B

oma

and

reta

il ou

tlets

, in

tru

e, f

un-f

illed

Sun

Inte

rnat

iona

l st

yle,

clo

se t

o th

e fa

mou

s Vi

ctor

ia F

alls

. Th

e ho

tel’s

cent

ral r

ecep

tion

area

hou

ses

a hi

gh q

ualit

y bu

ffet r

esta

uran

t, p

ool

bar

and

livel

y al

fres

co g

rill a

nd e

nter

tain

men

t ar

ea.

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OF

THE

FALL

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ISTI

CA

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& E

XC

LUSI

VE

20km

10

LOC

ATIO

N: T

his

sop

hist

icat

ed L

odge

is lo

cate

d in

a s

eclu

ded

area

18km

fro

m V

icto

ria F

alls

. Bu

ilt i

n 19

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in E

dwar

dian

sty

le,

the

lodg

e ca

ters

for

the

dis

cern

ing

trav

elle

r lo

okin

g fo

r a

tran

qui

lre

trea

t.

AC

CO

MM

OD

ATIO

N:

The

luxu

ry

that

ch

chal

ets

per

ch

on

the

river

bank

, op

en-f

ront

ed t

o en

hanc

e th

e vi

sta

acro

ss t

he r

iver

and

are

beau

tiful

ly d

ecor

ated

.

FAC

ILIT

IES:

In

the

mai

n lo

dge

build

ing,

with

its

Col

onia

l-sty

le t

inro

of,

is t

he d

inin

g-ro

om,

draw

ing

room

and

an

inte

rest

ing

libra

ryst

ocke

d w

ith a

var

iety

of

book

s an

d ga

mes

. Th

e ve

rand

ah i

s th

efo

cal p

oint

, of

ferin

g st

unni

ng v

iew

s an

d af

tern

oon

tea.

Th

e sw

imm

ing

poo

l has

a s

pec

tacu

lar

view

acr

oss

the

river

and

isth

e id

eal p

lace

for

a s

undo

wne

r. A

fter

din

ner,

if th

e m

ood

aris

es,

enjo

y a

moo

nlit

gam

e of

cr

oque

t.

Act

iviti

es

incl

ude

fishi

ng,

sund

owne

r bo

at t

rips,

vis

its t

o Vi

ctor

ia F

alls

and

mor

e.

TH

E F

AL

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NE

TH

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IVER

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pson

s’ fu

lly o

pera

tiona

l offi

ces

loca

t-ed

at

The

Falls

in

both

Zim

babw

e an

dZa

mbi

a of

fer

a se

lect

ion

of c

ompr

ehen

sive,

fun-

fille

d sig

htse

eing

to

urs

to

both

sid

esof

Vi

ctor

ia

Falls

as

w

ell

as

to

Cho

be.

Tour

s of

fere

d by

Tho

mps

ons

incl

ude:

TOU

R O

F TH

E FA

LLS

(ZIM

BABW

E AN

D Z

AMBI

A)A

prof

essio

nal

guid

e w

ill t

ake

clie

nts

on a

tour

of

the

Falls

, ex

plai

ning

the

hist

ory

&ge

ogra

phy,

w

hilst

po

intin

g ou

t th

e be

stvi

ewpo

ints

& p

hoto

grap

hic

sites

. T

his

tour

can

be

take

n on

bo

th

Zim

babw

e an

dZa

mbi

an s

ides

of

the

Falls

. C

ombi

ne a

Tou

rof

the

Fal

ls w

ith a

gui

ded

tour

to

the

loca

lcr

aft m

arke

t to

shop

for A

frica

n cu

rios o

n th

eZi

mba

bwea

n sid

e.

DURA

TION:

2 H

ours.

SC

HEDU

LE:O

pera

tes d

aily,

morn

ings &

afte

rnoo

ns.

INCL

USIO

NS: P

ick-u

p &

drop

-off

at H

otels

, guid

e &

Park

fees

TRAD

ITIO

NAL

DAN

CIN

G (Z

IMBA

BWE)

Wat

ch e

nthr

alle

d as

trib

al d

ance

rs d

ress

edin

tra

ditio

nal

garb

unr

avel

a s

tory

thr

ough

danc

e. E

ach

perfo

rman

ce t

ells

a di

ffere

ntst

ory,

eac

h an

unf

orge

ttab

le e

xper

ienc

e as

you

wat

ch th

ese

danc

ers

perfo

rm, t

he s

ight

san

d so

unds

bei

ng r

epea

ted

as t

hey

have

been

for

thou

sand

s of

yea

rs.

This

is he

ld a

tth

e Af

rican

trib

al v

illag

e in

Vic

toria

Fal

ls.

DURA

TION:

1 h

our s

how

at 1

9h00

, pick

-up

18h3

0 SC

HEDU

LE:O

pera

tes d

aily -

eve

nings

.IN

CLUS

IONS

: Pic

k up

& dr

op o

ff at

Vict

oria

Falls

Town

Hot

els a

nd e

ntra

nce

fees

CH

OBE

DAY

TRI

P (Z

IMBA

BWE

AND

ZAM

BIA)

Full-

day

tour

of

the

Cho

be N

atio

nal

Park

,re

now

ned

for

its la

rge

elep

hant

pop

ulat

ion.

Begi

n w

ith a

mor

ning

boa

t cr

uise

on

the

Cho

be R

iver

, w

here

mas

sive

gam

e ca

n be

spot

ted

on th

e ba

nks

of th

e riv

er a

nd o

n th

em

any

islan

ds in

the

riv

er.

Hav

e lu

nch

at t

heC

hobe

Saf

ari

Lodg

e an

d af

terw

ards

enj

oyga

me

view

ing

in a

n op

en la

ndro

ver.

DURA

TION:

8 h

ours.

SC

HEDU

LE:

Oper

ates

dail

y. IN

CLUS

IONS

: Pic

k-up

& dr

op-o

ff at

Town

Hot

els,

guide

, Cho

be N

ation

al Pa

rk fe

es, G

ame

drive

, Rive

rcru

ise, l

unch

& d

rinks

on

the

cruise

.

SUN

SET

CRU

ISE

(ZIM

BABW

E)A

won

derfu

l way

to

end

a de

light

ful d

ay in

Zim

babw

e.

Cru

ise

alon

g th

e m

ight

yZa

mbe

zi a

bove

the

Fal

ls, s

ippi

ng s

undo

wn-

ers

and

view

ing

wild

life

from

a m

ost

uniq

ueva

ntag

e po

int.

You

are

sure

to s

ee h

ippo

and

elep

hant

, a v

arie

ty o

f oth

er w

ildlif

e an

d m

any

bird

s.

DURA

TION:

3 h

ours.

SC

HEDU

LE:D

aily e

very

afte

rnoo

n.IN

CLUS

IONS

: Pic

k-up

& dr

op-o

ff at

Vict

oria

Falls

Town

Hot

els, l

ocal

drink

s & sn

acks

on

boar

d an

d Ri

ver

usag

e fe

es.

HEL

ICO

PTER

FLI

PS (Z

AMBI

A)A

15-m

inut

e fli

ght w

ill ta

ke y

ou o

ver t

he F

alls

and

the

Zam

bezi

Riv

er.

A 30

-min

ute

fligh

tw

ill

take

yo

u ov

er

the

Falls

, th

e Ba

toka

Gor

ge,

the

Zam

bezi

Riv

er a

nd t

he M

osi-o

a-Tu

nya

Nat

iona

l Par

k.SC

HEDU

LE:D

aily a

t gue

sts’ c

onve

nienc

e - f

light

sbe

gin a

t 08h

00 a

nd co

ntinu

e un

til la

st lig

ht.

INCL

USIO

NS:

Retu

rn tr

ansfe

rs.

ELEP

HAN

T TR

AILS

(ZAM

BIA)

Thom

pson

s Za

mbi

a of

fers

an

exci

ting

and

uniq

ue E

leph

ant

Safa

ri Ex

perie

nce.

With

inth

e M

osi-o

a-Tu

nya

Nat

iona

l Pa

rk

on

the

bank

s of

the

Zam

bezi

Riv

er,

gues

ts c

an r

ide

with

the

ir gu

ides

on

an e

xclu

sive

Zam

bian

Elep

hant

Saf

ari

thro

ugh

river

ine

vege

tatio

nan

d be

autif

ul s

cene

ry.

Loca

ted

at T

horn

tree

Lodg

e,

appr

oxim

atel

y 10

km

from

Livi

ngst

one,

Za

mbe

zi

Elep

hant

Tr

ails

has

esta

blish

ed Z

ambi

a's

first

Ele

phan

t C

amp,

offe

ring

a on

ce in

a li

fetim

e in

sight

into

thes

ege

ntle

gia

nts.

DURA

TION:

4 h

ours.

SC

HEDU

LE:D

aily i

n th

e mo

rning

and

afte

rnoo

n.IN

CLUS

IONS

: M

ornin

g tri

p inc

ludes

tran

sfers,

ear

lymo

rning

tea

and

coffe

e an

d lig

ht b

runc

h. PM

trip

includ

es tr

ansfe

rs, te

a an

d co

ffee

on a

rriva

l and

sun-

down

ers a

nd sn

acks

.

AFRI

CAN

QU

EEN

LU

XU

RY C

RUIS

ES(Z

AMBI

A)A

crui

se o

n th

e Af

rican

Quee

n is

an u

nfor

-ge

ttab

le e

xper

ienc

e th

at w

ill ta

ke y

ou b

ack

intim

e to

an

era

whe

re ti

me

stoo

d st

ill.

Full

bars

on

both

upp

er a

nd l

ower

dec

ksse

rve

a se

lect

ion

of c

ockt

ails

and

iced

drin

ks,

whi

le o

ur o

n bo

ard

galle

y w

ill p

rovi

de y

ouw

ith fr

eshl

y pr

epar

ed h

ot a

nd c

old

snac

ks.

DURA

TION:

2 h

ours.

SC

HEDU

LE:O

pera

tes d

aily e

very

afte

rnoo

n.

INCL

USIO

NS:

The

cruise

inclu

des t

rans

fers

to a

ndfro

m Liv

ingsto

ne H

otels

, sna

cks a

nd d

rinks

.

THE

LIVI

NG

STO

NE

QU

ADS

(ZAM

BIA)

The

Livi

ngst

one

Quads

(fo

ur

whe

elm

otor

bike

s) pr

ovid

e an

adv

entu

re to

any

one

visit

ing

the

Livi

ngst

one

regi

on.

The

vario

ustr

ails

star

t fro

m B

ATO

KA L

AND

. No

prev

ious

expe

rienc

e is

requ

ired

and

the

tria

ls ar

eco

nduc

ted

at a

leisu

rely

pac

e. T

he s

afet

y of

our c

lient

s and

resp

ect f

or th

e en

viro

nmen

t is

our p

rimar

y co

ncer

n.

DURA

TION:

2 ho

urs.

SC

HEDU

LE:O

pera

tes d

aily.

INCL

USIO

NS: F

ree

trans

fers,

Exp

erien

ced

guide

,So

ft dr

inks a

nd H

elmet

s.

BUN

GI J

UM

PIN

G (Z

AMBI

A)Lo

cate

d in

a W

orld

Her

itage

Site

, thi

s un

par-

alle

led

Bung

i ex

perie

nce

is in

a t

otal

ly s

afe

envi

ronm

ent.

As t

he j

umpe

rs d

esce

nd i

nto

the

Bato

ka G

orge

, th

ey s

ee t

he Z

ambe

ziru

shin

g up

to m

eet t

hem

, onl

y to

sto

p sh

ort

(abou

t 10

m) fo

r a

com

plet

e re

vers

al o

f the

irdo

wnw

ard

jour

ney

- the

rebo

und!

Pass

port

sre

quire

d.

SCHE

DULE

: Ope

rate

s 365

day

s a ye

ar

WH

ITE

WAT

ER R

AFTI

NG

(ZAM

BIA)

This

one-

day

trip

runs

yea

r-ro

und,

sub

ject

toriv

er le

vels.

The

pop

ular

ity o

f the

Low

Wat

erRa

fting

adv

entu

re o

n th

e Za

mbi

an s

ide

ofth

e Za

mbe

zi R

iver

is d

ue t

o th

e op

port

unity

for

expe

rienc

ing

the

incr

edib

le v

iew

s of

the

Vict

oria

Fal

ls fro

m th

e Bo

iling

Pot

. A q

ualif

ied

prof

essio

nal o

arsm

an e

nsur

es t

hat

the

Floa

tof

Ang

els

is a

trul

y br

eath

taki

ng a

nd m

emo-

rabl

e st

art t

o yo

ur w

hite

wat

er ra

fting

adv

en-

ture

.

DURA

TION:

Full

day o

r half

day

.SC

HEDU

LE: D

epar

ts da

ily a

t 08h

00.

INCL

USIO

NS:

Vary

acco

rding

to lo

w an

d hig

h wa

ter

and

full

and

half

day

MIC

ROLI

GH

T FL

IGH

T O

VER

THE

FALL

S(Z

AMBI

A)Th

e sh

eer s

ize

and

gran

deur

of t

he s

pect

acle

beco

mes

cl

ear

from

ab

ove.

Fl

y ov

er

the

fam

ous

Vict

oria

Fal

ls, a

nd o

n th

e ex

tend

ed30

-min

ute

optio

n,

fly

over

th

e M

osi-o

a-Tu

nya

Nat

iona

l Par

k an

d Ba

toka

Gor

ge.

DURA

TION:

15

or 3

0 mi

nute

s.

SCHE

DULE

:Ope

rate

s dail

y thr

ough

out t

he d

ay, s

ub-

ject t

o we

athe

r con

dition

s. IN

CLUS

IONS

: Inc

ludes

pick

-up

and

drop

offs

at

Living

stone

Hot

els.

ABSE

IL A

ND

GO

RGE

SWIN

G (Z

AMBI

A)AB

SEIL

ING

:Li

ke a

n al

pine

mou

ntai

neer

abs

eil d

own

the

gorg

e fo

r ap

prox

imat

ely

53 m

eter

s. Y

our

optio

n is

to e

ither

abs

eil (m

ovin

g do

wn

the

slope

bac

kwar

ds) o

r yo

u ca

n ra

p ju

mp

dow

n, fa

cing

forw

ard.

You

then

wal

k ou

t the

gorg

e.

GO

RGE

SWIN

G:

Thro

w y

ours

elf

off

the

edge

in a

bod

y ha

r-ne

ss a

nd fr

ee fa

ll fo

r /-

50

met

ers

and

end

your

jum

p w

ith n

umer

ous

pend

ulum

sw

ings

befo

re y

ou a

re l

ower

ed i

nto

the

gorg

e fo

ryo

ur w

alk

out.

DURA

TION:

You c

an do

the a

ctivit

y as m

any t

imes

as yo

ulik

e dur

ing yo

ur re

serve

d per

iod, e

ither

full o

r half

day.

SCHE

DULE

: Full

day

09h

00 -

17h3

0 Ha

lf da

y mor

ning

or a

ftern

oon.

INCL

USIO

NS: T

his a

ctivit

y inc

ludes

tran

sfer t

o an

dfro

m th

e go

rge

at ra

pid N

o. 7(+

/- 15

minu

tes o

newa

y). U

nlimi

ted

comb

inatio

n of

acti

vities

, as m

any a

syo

u ar

e ab

le to

carry

out

. Tea

, cof

fee

and

scon

es o

nar

rival.

Sof

t drin

ks a

nd ic

ed w

ater

dur

ing th

e da

y. Th

e fu

ll da

y tou

r inc

ludes

a co

ld lun

ch, s

oft d

rinks

and

beer

s at t

he e

nd o

f the

day

.

THO

MP

SON

S A

T TH

E FA

LLS

Z I M B A B W E / Z A M B I A - T H O M P S O N S AT T H E F A L L S

AFRI

CA

2006

VISI

T O

UR W

EBSI

TE F

OR

PRIC

ES &

SPE

CIAL

PAC

KAG

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ww.

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s.co.

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A 20

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UST

ED F

OR

28 Y

EARS

AN

D G

ETTI

NG

BET

TER

ALL

THE

TIM

E

LOC

ATIO

N:

Loca

ted

on t

he b

anks

of t

he Z

ambe

zi o

nly

20 m

inut

es fr

om T

heFa

lls, S

ussi

Lodg

e is

nam

ed a

fter D

avid

Liv

ings

tone

’s fa

ithfu

l frie

nd.

ACC

OM

MO

DAT

ION

: G

uest

acc

omm

odat

ion

cons

ists o

f 10

luxu

ry tr

ee-h

ouse

s, b

uilt

into

the

livin

g ca

nopy

of g

iant

ebo

ny t

rees

lini

ng t

he b

ank.

Eac

h un

itha

s a

priv

ate

view

of t

he Z

ambe

zi fr

om it

s ow

n de

ck a

mon

g th

ebr

anch

es.

FAC

ILIT

IES:

The

mai

n lo

dge

build

ing

feat

ures

a s

pect

acul

ar r

aise

d ba

r/lo

unge

deck

, op

en a

ir di

ning

are

a an

d sw

imm

ing

pool

. Th

ere

is al

so a

curio

sho

p, s

afar

i spa

, lau

ndry

and

con

fere

nce

faci

litie

s. A

ctiv

ities

incl

ude

early

mor

ning

or

suns

et r

iver

cru

ises

on a

12

seat

er b

oat,

a gu

ided

tour

of V

icto

ria F

alls

and

rain

fore

sts

on th

e Za

mbi

an s

ide

or e

njoy

one

of t

he m

any

natu

re w

alks

in th

e su

rrou

ndin

g ar

ea.

★★

★★

★ A

UTH

ENTI

C A

FRIC

AN R

ETRE

AT15

km10

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I LO

DG

E

LOC

ATIO

N: S

ituat

ed o

n th

e ba

nks

of t

he Z

ambe

zi R

iver

and

onl

y15

km u

pstr

eam

fro

m t

he s

pect

acul

ar V

icto

ria F

alls,

the

Lod

gebl

ends

nat

ural

ly i

nto

the

river

ine

vege

tatio

n an

d co

mm

ands

supe

rb r

iver

vie

ws

from

its

mai

n de

ck a

nd p

rivat

e ve

rand

ahs.

Gue

sts

are

usua

lly a

ble

to i

nter

act

with

the

ele

phan

ts,

mak

ing

thei

r sta

y he

re a

mem

orab

le o

ne.

ACC

OM

MO

DAT

ION

: Th

ere

are

7 sta

ndar

d ro

oms

and

2 su

ites

offe

ring

a un

ique

Afri

can

expe

rienc

e. A

ll ar

e be

autif

ully

app

oint

ed,

with

en

suite

faci

litie

s, p

rivat

e ve

rand

ahs

and

outd

oor s

how

ers.

FAC

ILIT

IES:

Del

icio

us m

eals

are

serv

ed i

n th

e ce

ntra

lly s

ituat

edlo

unge

and

din

ing

area

. Fac

ilitie

s in

clud

e a

deck

with

spe

ctac

ular

view

s w

here

sun

dow

ners

are

ser

ved

and

a sw

imm

ing

pool

.Th

ornt

ree

Rive

r Lo

dge

offe

rs a

wid

e ra

nge

of a

ctiv

ities

incl

udin

gsu

nset

cru

ises,

gam

e dr

ives

, cul

tura

l tou

rs &

visi

ts to

Vic

toria

Fal

ls.

★★

★★

HO

ME

OF

THE

ELEP

HAN

TS20

km9

THO

RNTR

EE R

IVER

LO

DG

ET

HE

BU

SH E

XP

ERIE

NC

E

B O T S WA N A - C H O B E

AFRI

CA

2006

VISI

T O

UR W

EBSI

TE F

OR

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CIAL

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B O T S WA N A

16AF

RIC

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ED F

OR

28 Y

EARS

AN

D G

ETTI

NG

BET

TER

ALL

THE

TIM

E

BO

TSW

AN

AC

HO

BE

HO

W T

O G

ET T

HER

E:Fl

y Ai

r Bot

swan

a to

Mau

n or

Kas

ane.

Fly

into

Vic

toria

Fal

ls on

SAA

, Brit

ishAi

rway

s or

Air

Zim

babw

e an

d tr

ansf

erby

road

to K

asan

e.Fl

y in

to L

ivin

gsto

ne o

n N

atio

nwid

e,SA

A or

Brit

ish A

irway

s an

d tr

ansf

er b

yro

ad to

Kas

ane.

It is

also

pos

sible

to d

rive

from

Sou

thAf

rica

to th

e Tu

li Bl

ock

in B

otsw

ana.

HIG

HLI

GH

TS:

• Ta

ke a

mok

oro

trip

in th

e O

kava

ngo.

• W

atch

ing

a he

rd o

f ele

phan

ts c

ross

the

Cho

be R

iver

.•

Go

on g

ame/

natu

re w

alks

in th

efa

mou

s O

kava

ngo

Del

ta.

• Se

e th

e fa

mou

s Tu

li El

epha

nt a

rea

atM

asha

tu.

• Vi

sit th

e M

agad

ikga

di P

ans.

TRAV

ELLE

RS T

IP:

Com

bine

Vic

toria

Fal

ls an

d C

hobe

for

an u

nfor

gett

able

hol

iday

exp

erie

nce.

US

EFU

L IN

FOR

MA

TIO

N

CAPI

TAL

CITY

:Ga

boro

neLA

NG

UA

GE:

Sets

wan

a - E

nglis

h is

wid

ely

spok

en.

CURR

ENCY

:Pu

laVI

SA:

Not

requ

ired

for S

A pa

sspo

rt ho

lder

sA

IRPO

RT T

AX:

All t

axes

incl

uded

in th

e tic

ket

ARE

A:6

00, 3

70 k

m2

TIM

E D

IFFE

REN

CE:

Sam

e as

SA

time

HEA

LTH

REQ

UIR

EMEN

TS:

No

inoc

ulat

ions

requ

ired.

Anti-

mal

aria

pre

caut

ions

reco

mm

ende

d.

Cho

be,

in t

he n

orth

, is

a m

agni

ficen

tpl

ace,

ful

l of

a v

arie

ty o

f te

rrai

n on

lym

atch

ed b

y th

e in

cred

ible

div

ersit

y of

its

wild

life.

Cho

be is

mos

t fa

mou

s fo

r its

ele

-ph

ants

, who

mak

e th

eir w

ay to

drin

k at

the

Cho

be R

iver

. It’s

sai

d to

con

tain

the

high

est

conc

entr

atio

n of

ele

phan

ts i

n th

e w

orld

,w

ith

an

estim

ated

w

inte

r po

pula

tion

ofar

ound

25

000.

Ano

ther

spe

cial

fea

ture

of

the

regi

on is

the

annu

al z

ebra

mig

ratio

n.

Whi

le w

inte

r is

the

best

tim

e to

see

wild

life

at c

lose

ran

ge,

anim

als

are

mob

ile y

ear-

roun

d in

Cho

be. O

nce

the

hom

e of

the

leg-

enda

ry B

ushm

en w

hose

pai

ntin

gs a

re s

till

visib

le a

fter

man

y hu

ndre

ds o

f ye

ars,

the

Savu

ti C

hann

el i

s a

uniq

ue p

art

of C

hobe

Nat

iona

l Par

k. F

or a

cen

tury

, the

Sav

uti w

asdr

y, b

ut s

ince

195

9 it’

s be

com

e se

ason

ably

wet

aga

in.

In t

he L

inya

nti

Regi

on,

part

of

the

Cho

beN

atio

nal P

ark,

in t

he d

ry s

easo

n, t

he c

on-

cent

ratio

n of

gam

e ca

n be

so

vast

that

you

can

see

up t

o 3

000

buffa

lo a

t on

e tim

e,an

d a

prid

e of

lio

n 20

-str

ong

follo

win

gth

em, n

ot to

men

tion

zebr

a an

d w

ildeb

eest

in th

eir t

hous

ands

.

Alth

ough

Tho

mps

ons

does

not

hav

e an

offic

e in

Bo

tsw

ana,

Th

omps

ons

Afric

aop

erat

es d

ay-t

rips

to C

hobe

fro

m V

icto

riaFa

lls a

nd L

ivin

gsto

ne.

Nov

embe

r to

Mar

ch is

the

rai

ny s

ea-

son

and

is al

so k

now

n as

the

“G

reen

Seas

on”.

Eve

n th

ough

it is

kno

wn

asth

e ra

iny

seas

on, s

how

ers

are

usua

llyon

ly e

xper

ienc

ed i

n th

e la

te a

fter-

noon

and

do

not l

ast l

ong.

Tem

pera

ture

s du

ring

the

“Gre

enSe

ason

” ar

e at

the

ir hi

ghes

t. Ra

tes

durin

g th

e “G

reen

Sea

son”

dro

p co

n-sid

erab

ly m

akin

g th

is an

opp

ortu

netim

e to

go.

Th

e be

st t

ime

to v

isit

Bots

wan

a w

ould

be

fro

m

April

to

Oct

ober

whe

n th

e te

mpe

ratu

res

are

bear

able

.

BES

T T

IME

TO

TR

AV

EL

LOC

ATIO

N:

An e

xclu

sive

lodg

e on

the

bord

er o

f the

Cho

be N

atio

nal P

ark,

just

10 m

inut

es b

y ro

ad to

Kas

ane

and

1,5

hour

s to

Vic

toria

Fal

ls.

ACC

OM

MO

DAT

ION

: Lu

xury

cot

tage

s ar

e in

divi

dual

ly d

esig

ned

with

a la

rge

com

bine

dlo

unge

and

bed

room

are

a, a

ir-co

nditi

onin

g, e

n-su

ite b

athr

oom

,pr

ivat

e ga

rden

, out

door

sho

wer

& p

rivat

e te

rrac

e.

FAC

ILIT

IES:

H

ighl

y qu

alifi

ed

prof

essi

onal

gu

ides

le

ad

gam

e dr

ives

in

cust

omise

d, o

pen

4x4

vehi

cles

and

adv

entu

rous

wat

er s

afar

is in

spec

ially

ada

pted

mot

or b

oats

. The

cry

stal

cle

ar p

ool,

wel

l-sto

cked

win

e ce

llar

and

the

trad

ition

al

pizz

a ov

en

ensu

re

a un

ique

expe

rienc

e. I

n-ro

om S

pa t

reat

men

ts a

re a

lso a

vaila

ble

to s

poil

your

self,

afte

r a b

usy

day

of g

amev

iew

ing.

★★

★★

★IN

CO

MPA

RABL

E LU

XU

RY80

km VFA

15

CH

OB

E C

HIL

WER

O

LOC

ATIO

N:

Cho

be G

ame

Lodg

e is

one

of B

otsw

ana'

s m

ost

excl

usiv

e sa

fari

reso

rts

and

is sit

uate

d in

the

rem

ote

and

unsp

oilt

nort

hern

ext

rem

ity o

f the

Par

k. A

lso a

ppro

xim

atel

y 90

kilo

met

res

wes

t of V

icto

ria F

alls.

ACCO

MM

OD

ATIO

N: T

hrou

ghou

t the

lodg

e gr

acef

ul h

igh

arch

es, q

uar-

ry

tiled

flo

ors

and

barre

l va

ulte

d ce

ilings

cr

eate

an

atm

osph

ere

of

cool

tra

nqui

llity.

Al

l 45

ro

oms

are

tast

eful

lyfu

rnish

ed, e

ach

with

han

d cr

afte

d Rh

odes

ian t

eak

furn

iture

and

wall

sde

cora

ted

with

or

igin

al

Afric

an

carv

ings

an

d pa

intin

gs.

For

the

conn

oiss

eur

of lu

xury

, th

e lo

dge

also

has

4 su

ites

each

with

an

indi

vidu

al

swim

min

g po

ol

set

on

a pr

ivat

e te

rrace

w

ithbr

eath

takin

g pa

nora

mic

view

s of t

he e

ndles

s lan

dsca

pe a

nd o

pen

plain

s.

FAC

ILIT

IES:

Fac

ilitie

s with

in th

e lo

dge

incl

ude:

a w

ell-s

tock

ed c

urio

shop

and

wild

life

refe

renc

e lib

rary

and

a s

tylis

h Ts

hwen

e ba

r. Th

eC

hobe

Gam

e Lo

dges

bom

a is

situa

ted

unde

r la

rge

Mah

ogan

ytr

ees

on th

e ba

nks

of th

e C

hobe

Riv

er.

★★

★★

★ IN

TH

E H

EART

OF

CH

OBE

10km KA

S45

CH

OB

E G

AM

E LO

DG

E

B O T S WA N A

Why

not

enj

oy th

e be

st o

f bot

h w

orld

san

d co

mbi

ne

Vict

oria

Fa

lls

and

Cho

be?

Gue

sts

are

able

to

enjo

y th

e Fa

llsan

d al

l the

adv

entu

re a

ctiv

ities

as

wel

l as

have

a g

ame

expe

rienc

e th

at is

out

of t

his

wor

ld.

CH

OBE

AN

D V

ICTO

RIA

FALL

S C

OM

BOS

With

the

Vic

toria

Fal

ls be

ing

only

1 &

12 h

ours

driv

e fro

m C

hobe

, it

is a

grea

top

port

unity

for

gue

sts

to c

ombi

ne b

oth

area

s fo

r th

e ho

liday

ex

perie

nce

of

alif

etim

e.

Thom

pson

s re

com

men

ds

the

follo

win

g co

mbi

natio

ns:

DEL

UX

E PA

CKA

GE

Vict

oria

Fal

ls H

otel

Cho

be C

hilw

ero

WIL

DLI

FE P

ACKA

GE

Vict

oria

Fal

ls Sa

fari

Lodg

eC

hobe

Gam

e Lo

dge

or Vict

oria

Fal

ls Sa

fari

Lodg

eC

hobe

Mar

ina

Lodg

e

SPO

RT P

ACKA

GE

Elep

hant

Hill

s H

otel

Mow

ana

Safa

ri Lo

dge

(Gol

f cou

rses

on

the

prop

erty

)

GRE

AT V

ALU

E PA

CKA

GE

The

King

dom

Cho

be S

afar

i Lod

ge

All

of t

he a

bove

com

bina

tions

can

be

tailo

r-m

ade

to s

uit

the

requ

irem

ents

of

the

gues

t.G

uest

s can

spec

ify th

e nu

mbe

rof

nig

hts

in e

ach

plac

e, t

heir

airli

ne o

fch

oice

an

d se

lect

w

hich

ac

tiviti

es

toin

clud

e w

ith th

eir p

acka

ge.

CH

OBE

AC

TIVI

TIES

The

Cho

be N

atio

nal P

ark,

whi

ch is

the

sec-

ond

larg

est n

atio

nal p

ark

in B

otsw

ana

and

cove

rs 1

0,56

6 sq

uare

km

, ha

s on

e of

the

grea

test

con

cent

ratio

ns o

f gam

e fo

und

onth

e Af

rican

con

tinen

t. Its

uni

quen

ess i

n th

eab

unda

nce

of w

ildlif

e an

d th

e tr

ue A

frica

nna

ture

of t

he re

gion

, offe

rs a

saf

ari e

xper

i-en

ce o

f a li

fetim

e.

Gue

sts

at a

ny o

f the

Lod

ges

in t

he C

hobe

area

can

enj

oy a

var

iety

of a

ctiv

ities

in th

eC

hobe

Nat

iona

l Pa

rk a

nd o

n th

e C

hobe

Rive

r.Ac

tiviti

es in

clud

e:

GAM

E D

RIVE

S IN

4 X

4 V

EHIC

LES

The

driv

e w

ould

leav

e fro

m t

he L

odge

inth

e ea

rly m

orni

ng, w

hen

gam

e vi

ewin

g is

at it

s be

st.

Cof

fee

and

tea

is se

rved

in th

em

iddl

e of

the

bus

h, h

alf w

ay t

hrou

gh t

hedr

ive.

The

driv

e re

turn

s to

the

lod

ge i

ntim

e fo

r bru

nch

GAM

E VI

EWIN

G O

N T

HE

RIVE

RM

otor

ised

boat

s ta

ke

visit

ors

onto

th

eC

hobe

Ri

ver

whe

re

som

e of

th

e m

ost

amaz

ing

gam

e si

ghtin

gs

take

pl

ace.

Hug

e isl

ands

of g

rass

are

disp

erse

d in

the

river

and

hug

e he

rds

of e

leph

ants

mak

eth

eir

way

ont

o th

ese

islan

ds d

urin

g th

eda

y to

fe

ed.

Wat

chin

g th

e el

epha

nts

cros

s ba

ck t

o th

e m

ainl

and

in t

he e

arly

even

ing

is a

com

mon

sigh

t and

one

whi

chgu

ests

will

nev

er fo

rget

.

SUN

SET

CRU

ISES

Ther

e is

noth

ing

bett

er th

an si

ppin

g a

cold

drin

k an

d w

atch

ing

an A

frica

n Su

nset

as

you

crui

se p

eace

fully

dow

n th

e C

hobe

Rive

r.El

epha

nts

graz

e ne

arby

and

Kud

uke

ep a

wat

chfu

l eye

on

the

boat

from

the

shor

e, w

hile

the

fish

eag

les

cry

as t

hey

flyov

erhe

ad.

This

is th

e tr

ue n

atur

e of

Afri

caan

d no

whe

re o

n ea

rth

will

you

fee

l mor

ere

laxe

d an

d m

ore

intu

ne w

ith n

atur

e.

SAFA

RI W

ALKS

Hig

hly

qual

ified

pro

fess

iona

l gu

ides

lea

dvi

sitor

s on

Safa

ri W

alks

thro

ugh

the

Cho

beN

atio

nal

Park

im

part

ing

thei

r w

isdom

abou

t th

e bu

sh a

nd s

urvi

val.

The

guid

esha

ve i

ntim

ate

know

ledg

e of

the

wild

life,

bird

s, t

rees

and

gra

sses

in

the

area

and

asto

und

visit

ors

with

inte

rest

ing

and

fasc

i-na

ting

fact

s ab

out t

heir

surr

ound

ings

.

FISH

ING

The

Cho

be R

iver

is h

ome

to t

he T

iger

fish

and

tiger

fish

ing

in t

his

area

is

a gr

eat

attr

actio

n.

BIRD

WAT

CH

ING

The

Cho

be i

s a

bird

wat

cher

s pa

radi

sew

ith so

me

440

spec

ies o

f bird

s in

the

area

.G

uide

s on

the

Gam

e D

rives

and

Riv

erSa

faris

w

ill

poin

t ou

t bi

rd

spec

ies

and

expl

ain

a bi

t abo

ut th

e ha

bits

of e

ach.

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CA

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TIM

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LOC

ATIO

N:

Set

on t

he b

anks

of

the

mig

hty

Cho

be R

iver

, M

owan

a Lo

dge

enab

les g

uest

s to

com

bine

a h

olid

ay in

uns

poilt

terr

ain

in th

e m

ost

luxu

rious

sur

roun

ding

s.

ACC

OM

MO

DAT

ION

: Th

e su

mpt

uous

ly fu

rnish

ed lo

dge

offe

rs 1

08 lu

xury

roo

ms

and

4su

ites

with

priv

ate

bath

room

s an

d riv

er v

iew

s.

FAC

ILIT

IES:

Ac

tiviti

es in

clud

e sw

imm

ing,

mou

ntai

n bi

king

, tig

er fi

shin

g, b

ird-

wat

chin

g, w

alki

ng t

rails

, ga

me-

river

vie

win

g in

mot

orise

d bo

ats,

sund

owne

r cr

uise

s on

a m

otor

ised

river

bar

ge a

nd g

ame

view

ing

in o

pen

4x4

vehi

cles

. The

re’s

a po

ol, p

oolsi

de c

offe

e sh

op, 9-

hole

golf

cour

se, b

ar, l

oung

e, g

ift sh

op, r

esta

uran

ts, j

ewel

lery

shop

and

Afric

an v

illag

e. W

hy n

ot h

ave

a ro

und

of g

olf o

n th

e m

agni

ficen

tgo

lf co

urse

or m

aybe

enj

oy b

ird w

atch

ing

from

a m

okor

o, th

e w

ayth

e lo

cals

trav

el o

n th

e C

hobe

Riv

er.

★★

★★

SO

MU

CH

TO

DO

4km

KAS

112

LOC

ATIO

N:

Uni

quel

y lo

cate

d in

Ka

sane

in

th

e N

orth

-Eas

tern

co

rner

of

Bots

wan

a w

here

the

fou

r Af

rican

nat

ions

of

Bots

wan

a, Za

mbi

a,Zim

babw

e an

d N

amib

ia

conv

erge

, C

hobe

M

arin

a Lo

dge

issu

rrou

nded

by

the

natu

ral b

eaut

y of

Afri

ca.

ACC

OM

MO

DAT

ION

:G

uest

s can

cho

ose

betw

een

that

ched

stud

ios,

apa

rtm

ents

, cha

lets

and

suite

s, w

ith p

rivat

e lo

unge

s an

d m

oder

n co

mfo

rts

such

as

air

cond

ition

ing,

cei

ling

fans

, sat

ellit

e TV

, tel

epho

nes

and

min

i bar

s.

FAC

ILIT

IES:

The

lodg

e of

fers

2

Rest

aura

nts.

Th

ere’

s a

stat

e-of

-the

-art

conf

eren

ce fa

cilit

y se

atin

g 12

0, R

iver

side

Bar,

float

ing

gaze

bo a

ndso

uven

ir st

ore.

Act

iviti

es i

nclu

de g

ame

view

ing,

boa

t &

sun

set

crui

ses,

gam

e dr

ives

, gol

f nea

rby,

bird

wat

chin

g &

wal

king

trai

ls.

★★

★★

PEA

CE

& T

RAN

QU

ILIT

Y4k

mKA

S

66

★★

★ G

REAT

VAL

UE

FOR

MO

NEY

4km

KAS

54

LOC

ATIO

N:

Situ

ated

in K

asan

e, B

otsw

ana,

100

km w

est o

f Vic

toria

Falls

, jus

t 5

min

utes

driv

e fro

m t

he C

hobe

Nat

iona

l Par

k, t

his

110

bed

Safa

ri Lo

dge

over

look

s the

Cho

be R

iver

and

Cap

rivi f

lood

plai

ns.

ACC

OM

MO

DAT

ION

: The

Saf

ari R

oom

s ha

ve s

uper

b vi

ews

dire

ctly

over

the

Cho

be R

iver

and

hav

e st

unni

ng o

pen

plan

bat

hroo

ms w

ithde

ep

bath

s, al

l ar

e eq

uipp

ed

with

ai

r co

nditi

onin

g,

sate

llite

tele

visio

n, d

irect

dia

l tel

epho

ne a

nd te

a an

d co

ffee

mak

ing

faci

litie

s.Al

tern

ativ

es a

re e

ither

luxu

ry, e

n-su

ite 'R

iver

Roo

ms'

over

look

ing

the

Cho

be R

iver

, or t

radi

tiona

l ron

dave

ls w

ith e

n-su

ite a

men

ities

.

FAC

ILIT

IES:

The

re a

re tw

o Re

stau

rant

s: Th

e Ta

ble

d'H

ote

Rest

aura

ntof

ferin

g a

rang

e of

Int

erna

tiona

l and

Loc

al d

ishes

and

the

Buf

fet

with

its

im

pres

sive

choi

ce o

f BB

Q m

eats

, sa

lads

and

ran

ge o

fdi

shes

. Bot

h ov

erlo

ok t

he C

hobe

Riv

er. A

part

from

the

sw

imm

ing

pool

, ot

her

faci

litie

s in

clud

e a

volle

y ba

ll co

urt,

glas

s ba

ck s

quas

hco

urt,

a he

alth

& b

eaut

y sa

lon

and

an In

tern

et C

afe.

CH

OB

E M

ARI

NA

LO

DG

E

MO

WA

NA

SA

FARI

LO

DG

E

CH

OB

E SA

FARI

LO

DG

E

OK

AV

AN

GO

& L

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TheO

KAVA

NG

O D

ELTA

is a

laby

rinth

of

lago

ons,

la

kes

and

hidd

en

chan

nels

cove

ring

an a

rea

of o

ver

17,00

0 sq

uare

km

and

the

larg

est

inla

nd d

elta

in

the

wor

ld.

Trap

ped

in t

he p

arch

ed K

alah

ari s

ands

it is

am

agne

t fo

r th

e w

ildlif

e th

at d

epen

d on

the

perm

anen

t wat

ers

of th

is un

ique

feat

ure.

Som

etim

es c

alle

d a

'swam

p',

the

Oka

vang

ois

anyt

hing

but

. Mov

ing,

mys

terio

us, p

laci

d,ge

ntle

an

d be

autif

ul,

from

a

wid

e an

dw

indi

ng c

hann

el i

t sp

read

s th

roug

h tin

y,al

mos

t un

notic

eabl

e ch

anne

ls th

at

cree

paw

ay b

ehin

d a

wal

l of p

apyr

us r

eed,

into

an

ever

ex

pand

ing

netw

ork

of

incr

easin

gly

smal

ler p

assa

ges.

Thes

e lin

k a

succ

essio

n of

lag

oons

, isl

ands

and

islet

s of

var

ious

siz

es,

open

gra

ssla

nds

and

flood

ed p

lain

s in

a m

osai

c of

land

and

wat

er.

Palm

s an

d to

wer

ing

tree

s ab

ound

,th

row

ing

thei

r sh

ade

over

cry

stal

poo

ls, fo

r-es

t gla

des

and

gras

sy k

nolls

.

The

Oka

vang

o's

wat

er i

s re

mar

kabl

y cl

ean

and

pure

and

thi

s is

alm

ost

cert

ainl

y du

e to

the

fact

tha

t it

pass

es t

hrou

gh v

ery

spar

sely

popu

late

d ar

eas

on it

s jo

urne

y fro

m A

ngol

a.D

espi

te

this,

a

stag

gerin

g 66

0 00

0 to

nsof

sed

imen

t a

year

are

del

iver

ed t

o its

gre

atal

luvi

al fa

n.

The

over

all

leng

th o

f th

e D

elta

fro

m t

hebo

rder

to

the

Tham

alak

ane

Rive

r is

a lit

tleun

der 3

00km

s and

so th

e co

re o

f the

Del

ta is

appr

oxim

atel

y 20

0km

from

end

to e

nd.

MO

REM

IM

orem

i co

vers

so

me

4,871

km2 ,

as

the

east

ern

sect

ion

of

the

Oka

vang

o D

elta

.M

orem

i is

mos

tly d

escr

ibed

as

one

of t

hem

ost

beau

tiful

wild

life

rese

rves

in A

frica

as

itco

mbi

nes

mop

ane

woo

dlan

d an

d ac

acia

fore

sts,

floo

dpla

ins

and

lago

ons.

It

is th

e gr

eat

dive

rsity

of

plan

t an

d an

imal

life

that

mak

es M

orem

i so

wel

l kno

wn.

The

rese

rve

cont

ains

w

ithin

its

bo

unda

ries

appr

oxim

atel

y tw

enty

pe

rcen

t of

th

eO

kava

ngo

Del

ta.

WIL

DLI

FE O

F TH

E D

ELTA

In t

he l

ush

indi

geno

us f

ores

ts o

f th

e de

ltaan

d its

isla

nds

and

alon

g th

e flo

odpl

ains

spaw

ned

by th

is gr

eat m

arria

ge o

f wat

er a

ndsa

nd, m

ore

than

400

spec

ies o

f bird

s flo

urish

.

On

the

mai

nlan

d an

d am

ong

the

islan

ds in

the

delta

, lio

ns, e

leph

ants

, hye

nas,

wild

dog

,bu

ffalo

, hi

ppo

and

croc

odile

s co

ngre

gate

with

a te

emin

g va

riety

of a

ntel

ope

and

othe

rsm

alle

r an

imal

s -

war

thog

, mon

goos

e, s

pot-

ted

gene

ts,

mon

keys

, bu

sh b

abie

s an

d tr

eesq

uirr

els.

CAM

PS O

F TH

E D

ELTA

SAN

CTU

ARY

LOD

GES

OFF

ERS

THE

FOLL

OW

ING

CAM

PS IN

TH

E D

ELTA

:

CH

IEFS

CAM

P (La

nd ca

mp, s

easo

nal w

ater

)LO

CATIO

N:Lo

cate

d on

Chie

f’s Is

land

in th

eM

ombo

conc

essio

n of

the

Mor

emi G

ame

Rese

rveAC

CESS

: Fly

into

Mau

n an

d th

en ta

ke a

ligh

tair

craft

to th

e ca

mp.

The

camp

has

its o

wn

landin

g str

ipAC

TIVITI

ES:G

uided

gam

e dr

ives i

n op

en 4

x4ve

hicles

, Mok

oro

excu

rsion

s (de

pend

ing o

n wa

ter

levels

) and

Spa

trea

tmen

ts in

high

seas

on

STAN

LEYS

CAM

P(La

nd ca

mp, s

easo

nal w

ater

)LO

CATIO

N:Si

tuat

ed in

a 2

60,00

0 ac

re p

rivat

eco

nces

sion,

bord

ering

the

sout

hern

secti

on o

f the

famo

us M

orem

i Gam

e Re

serve

ACCE

SS:

Fly in

to M

aun

and

then

take

a li

ght

aircra

ft to

the

camp

.Th

e ca

mp h

as it

s own

landin

g str

ipAC

TIVITI

ES: M

okor

o ex

cursi

ons (

depe

nding

on

wate

r lev

els),

Day a

nd n

ight g

ame

drive

s in

open

4x4

vehic

les, W

alking

safa

ris w

ith a

rmed

prof

essio

nal g

uide

and

Eleph

ant i

nter

actio

n

BAIN

ES C

AMP

(Land

camp

, sea

sona

l wat

er)

LOCA

TION:

Loca

ted

on th

e so

uthe

rn e

dge

of th

eDe

lta o

n a

priva

te co

nces

sion

bord

ering

the

Mor

emi

ACCE

SS:

Fly in

to M

aun

and

then

take

a li

ght a

ir-cra

ft to

Sta

nley’s

Cam

p air

strip.

50mi

n tra

nsfe

r by

4x4

vehic

le to

Bain

es.

ACTIV

ITIES

: Mot

orise

d an

d M

okor

o ex

cursi

ons

(depe

nding

on

wate

r lev

els),

Day a

nd n

ight g

ame

drive

s in

open

4x4

vehic

les, W

alking

safa

ris w

ithar

med

prof

essio

nal g

uide

and

Eleph

ant i

nter

actio

n.

CC

AFR

ICA

OFF

ERS

THE

FOLL

OW

ING

CAM

PS IN

TH

E D

ELTA

:

SAN

DIB

E SA

FARI

LO

DG

E(La

nd &

wat

er ca

mp)

LOCA

TION:

On p

erma

nent

Oka

vang

o ch

anne

lsad

jacen

t to

the

Mor

emi W

ildlif

e Re

serve

, eas

t of

Chief

’s Isl

and

ACCE

SS: 2

0-mi

n lig

ht a

ircra

ft fli

ght f

rom

Mau

n an

da

45-m

in ga

me-d

rive

to th

e lod

ge fr

om th

e air

strip

ACTIV

ITIES

:Day

& n

ight g

ame

drive

s in

open

4x4

vehic

les, m

okor

o ex

cursi

ons,

eco-

craft

excu

rsion

s,pic

nics,

fasc

inatin

g wa

lks, b

irding

and

fish

ing

NX

ABEG

A O

KAVA

NG

O S

AFAR

I CAM

P(La

nd &

wat

er ca

mp)

LOCA

TION:

At th

e ed

ge o

f the

per

mane

ntOk

avan

go D

elta

on th

e we

stern

bor

der o

f the

Mor

emi W

ildlif

e Re

serve

.AC

CESS

: 25

-min

fligh

t fro

m M

aun

by li

ght a

ircra

ftto

the

camp

’s pr

ivate

airs

trip

follo

wed

by a

5-m

intra

nsfe

r to

the

lodge

ACTIV

ITIES

:Guid

ed n

atur

e wa

lks, M

ornin

g,af

tern

oon

or e

arly

even

ing g

ame

drive

s in

open

4x4

vehic

les, B

oatin

g an

d mo

koro

exc

ursio

ns

WIL

DER

NES

S SA

FARI

S O

FFER

S TH

EFO

LLO

WIN

G C

AMPS

IN T

HE

DEL

TA:

CH

ITAB

E C

AMP

(Land

camp

)LO

CATIO

N: It

is sit

uated

in a

priva

te are

a in t

he so

uthea

st of

the O

kava

ngo D

elta,

which

borde

rs the

More

miGa

me R

eserv

eAC

CESS

: Acc

ess i

nto th

e res

erve i

s by a

ir into

Chit

abe

airstr

ip. Fr

om he

re it i

s abo

ut a 2

0-minu

te dri

ve in

toca

mp. In

times

of hi

gh flo

oding

may

have

to tr

ansfe

rthe

last

few hu

ndred

mete

rs by

mok

oro or

boat.

ACTIV

ITIES

: Day

and n

ight g

ame d

rives

in op

en 4x

4ve

hicles

acco

mpan

ied by

an ex

perie

nced

guide

. Natu

rewa

lks, ta

ilor m

ade t

o suit

the g

uests

, are

also o

ffered

.

JAC

ANA

CAM

P (W

ater

camp

)LO

CATIO

N:Si

tuat

ed a

bout

25

kilom

etre

s wes

t of

Mom

bo, o

utsid

e th

e M

orem

i Gam

e Re

serve

on

the

Jao

flats.

ACCE

SS: B

y ligh

t airc

raft

into

Joa

Strip

ACTIV

ITIES

: Gam

e dr

ives a

nd n

ight d

rives

in o

pen

4 x 4

vehic

les a

re a

vaila

ble -

depe

nding

on

wate

rlev

els. M

okor

o an

d wa

lking

safa

ris a

ll ye

ar ro

und

VUM

BURA

& L

ITTL

E VU

MBU

RA

(Land

& w

ater

camp

)LO

CATIO

N:Si

tuat

ed to

the

north

of M

ombo

, in

apr

ivate

conc

essio

n bo

rder

ing th

e M

orem

i Gam

eRe

serve

in th

e ex

treme

nor

th o

f the

Oka

vang

oDe

ltaAC

CESS

: By l

ight a

ircra

ft an

d mo

koro

or b

oat

trans

fer t

o ca

mpAC

TIVITI

ES: W

ater

and

land

acti

vities

, as w

ell a

swa

lks fo

r tho

se w

ho a

re ke

en. M

okor

os tr

aver

seth

e flo

od p

lains

und

er th

e gu

idanc

e of

our

exp

eri-

ence

d po

lers.

DU

BA P

LAIN

S (La

nd &

wat

er ca

mp)

LOCA

TION:

The

Okav

ango

Delt

a's m

ost r

emot

eca

mp. I

t is l

ocat

ed in

a p

rivat

e 30

000

-hec

tare

rese

rve a

nd in

the

furth

ermo

st re

gion

of th

e De

ltaAC

CESS

: Ac

cess

Dub

a Pla

ins b

y air

into

Omdo

pair

strip

ACTIV

ITIES

: Gam

e dr

ives,

which

are

cond

ucte

ddu

ring

the

day a

nd a

t nigh

t in

open

4 x

4 ve

hicles

JAO

CAM

P (La

nd &

wat

er ca

mp)

LOCA

TION:

Situ

ated

in a

priv

ate

rese

rve o

n a

remo

te la

rge

islan

d, to

the

west

of th

e M

orem

iGa

me R

eser

ve in

the

hear

t of t

he O

kava

ngo

Delta

ACCE

SS:

35-m

in fli

ght b

y ligh

t airc

raft

from

Mau

nAC

TIVITI

ES:M

okor

o ex

cursi

ons,

boat

s, fis

hing,

day a

nd n

ight g

ame

drive

s and

guid

ed w

alks

KWET

SAN

I CAM

P (La

nd &

wat

er ca

mp)

LOCA

TION:

Loca

ted

in a

priva

te re

serve

25k

m to

the

west

of M

ombo

and

to th

e we

st of

the

Mor

emi

Game

Res

erve

ACCE

SS:

By li

ght a

ircra

ft int

o Ja

o St

ripAC

TIVITI

ES: M

okor

oing,

walki

ng o

n pa

lm-fr

inged

islan

ds a

nd g

ame

drive

s dur

ing th

e da

y and

nigh

t

MO

MBO

& L

ITTL

E M

OM

BO(La

nd ca

mps)

LOCA

TION:

Situ

ated

on

Mom

bo Is

land,

adjoi

ning

the

north

ern

tip o

f Chie

f's Is

land,

and

is wi

thin

the

Mor

emi G

ame

Rese

rve

ACCE

SS:B

y ligh

t airc

raft

into

Mom

bo st

ripAC

TIVITI

ES: M

ornin

g an

d af

tern

oon

game

driv

es in

open

4x4

vehic

les

XIG

ERA

CAM

P (La

nd &

wat

er ca

mp)

LOCA

TION:

Situ

ated

in th

e M

orem

i Gam

e Re

serve

in th

e he

art o

f the

Oka

vang

o De

ltaAC

CESS

: By l

ight a

ircra

ft int

o Xi

gera

airs

trip

ACTIV

ITIES

: Foo

t saf

aris,

mok

oro

trips

, gam

e dr

ives

and

powe

rboa

t out

ings i

n to

tal p

rivac

y

OTH

ER O

KAVA

NG

O D

ELTA

CAM

PS:

POM

PO

M C

AMP

(Land

camp

)LO

CATIO

N: In

the

hear

t of t

he D

elta,

with

in a

game

-ric

h pr

ivate

conc

essio

n AC

CESS

:Pr

ivate

air

char

ter o

ption

s fro

m eit

her

Mau

n or

Cho

be in

to P

om P

om C

amp

ACTIV

ITIES

: Nigh

t and

day

driv

es le

d by

high

lyqu

alifie

d gu

ides,

Mok

oro

excu

rsion

s, sa

fari

walks

,fis

hing

and

birdin

g

KWAR

A C

AMP

(Land

camp

)LO

CATIO

N: lo

cate

d in

the

remo

te n

orth

ern

part

of th

eOk

avan

go D

elta

with

in th

e pr

ivate

Kwa

ra co

nces

sion.

ACCE

SS:

Priva

te a

ir ch

arte

r opt

ions f

rom

Mau

nAC

TIVITI

ES:W

ildlif

e Ga

me D

rives

, Saf

ari

Walk

ing/H

iking

, Can

oeing

, Fish

ing P

hoto

grap

hy,

Bird

ing, G

ame

Cruis

e, Sw

immi

ng P

ool,

Mok

oro

excu

rsion

s

SAVU

TI &

LIN

YATI

In th

e fu

rthe

st c

orne

r of C

hobe

Nat

iona

l Par

klie

s th

e fo

rgot

ten

para

dise

of L

inya

nti.

On

the

sout

hern

ban

ks o

f th

e Li

nyan

ti Ri

ver

(in B

otsw

ana)

is th

e Li

nyan

ti W

ildlif

e Re

serv

e.H

ere

the

mar

sh s

ubsid

es i

nto

lago

ons

and

stea

dily

flow

ing

river

s w

ith r

iver

ine

fore

sts

ofja

ckal

ber

ry a

nd s

ausa

ge t

rees

lea

ding

to

open

gra

ssla

nds,

and

dry

inl

and

woo

ded

area

s.

The

wild

life

is pl

entif

ul, e

spec

ially

in t

he d

ryw

inte

r m

onth

s (Ap

ril –

Oct

ober

) whe

n gr

eat

conc

entr

atio

ns

of

elep

hant

, bu

ffalo

an

dze

bra

cong

rega

te

alon

g th

e riv

er,

with

gira

ffe, i

mpa

la a

nd ro

an a

ntel

ope

bein

g se

enin

the

for

ests

. A

cces

s is

roug

h an

d ve

rysa

ndy

and

the

safa

ri ca

mps

in

Liny

anti

can

only

be

reac

hed

by li

ght a

ircra

ft.

TYPI

CAL

DAY

ON

SAF

ARI

Early

m

orni

ng

wak

e-up

w

ith

tea

and

coffe

e. M

eet

in t

he c

entr

al a

rea

for

a lig

htm

eal o

f cer

eal a

nd fr

uit,

etc.

Dep

art

on y

our

activ

ity, w

hich

also

incl

udes

a st

op fo

r a sn

ack

and

coffe

e en

rout

e.

Retu

rn t

o ca

mp

at a

bout

10h

30 f

or a

larg

ebr

unch

at

11

h00,

w

hich

in

clud

es

eggs

,qu

iche

, pas

trie

s, e

tc. T

he a

ftern

oon

is fre

e fo

ra

Sies

ta o

r a

dip

in t

he p

ool.

At 1

5h30

, th

ego

ng w

ill c

all

you

for

afte

rnoo

n te

a w

ithca

kes

and

savo

urie

s.

Dep

art

for

your

afte

rnoo

n ac

tivity

, w

hich

incl

udes

a s

top

for

sund

owne

rs a

nd s

nack

s.Re

turn

to c

amp

in ti

me

for a

3-c

ours

e di

nner

at 2

0h00

.

CO

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ITH

CH

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For

the

Gam

e ho

liday

of a

life

time,

com

bine

Oka

vang

o an

d C

hobe

.Ex

perie

nce

the

mag

ic o

f th

e D

elta

fro

m t

he h

ull

ofa

Mok

oro,

the

n he

ad f

or C

hobe

and

its

abun

dant

her

ds o

f ga

me.

Thom

pson

s ca

nta

ilor-

mak

e th

ese

pack

ages

so

that

gue

sts

will

get

the

mos

t out

of t

heir

holid

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mal

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com

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a ric

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tistic

trad

ition

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ch, i

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it m

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em, c

on-

tinue

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thr

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civi

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pita

l of

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eafo

od.

DURA

TION:

07h3

0 –

16h0

0 Fu

ll Da

ySC

HEDU

LE:D

aily (

subje

ct to

wea

ther

cond

ition

s)IN

CLUS

IONS

: Ret

urn

trans

fers,

retu

rn b

oat t

rip a

nd lu

nch

(if lu

nch

trip

selec

ted)

MAC

ANET

A D

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RIP

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art f

rom

the

hote

l in

the

mor

ning

and

whi

le e

n ro

ute

to M

acan

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top

atM

arra

cuen

e Vi

llage

an

d a

loca

l ho

me-

stea

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ke

a bo

at

tran

sfer

acro

ss t

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ncom

ati

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r to

Mac

anet

aBe

ach

whe

re y

ou w

ill s

pend

the

mor

ning

.Lu

nch

is se

rved

at

Mar

racu

ene

Lodg

e on

the

bank

s of t

he R

iver

and

the

afte

rnoo

n is

spen

t re

laxi

ng i

n th

e su

rrou

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of t

helo

dge.

DURA

TION:

09h0

0 - 1

7h00

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Day

SCHE

DULE

: Dail

yIN

CLUS

IONS

:Ret

urn

trans

fers

and

lunch

MAP

UTO

CIT

Y TO

UR

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sts

will

be

guid

ed t

hrou

gh t

he lu

xuri-

ous

resid

entia

l and

com

mer

cial

are

a of

the

city

, Som

mer

schi

eld

and

the

Pola

na.

You

will

enj

oy a

bea

utifu

l vie

w o

f Map

uto

from

th

e Ba

y an

d al

ong

the

Mar

gina

l

tow

ards

the

Cos

ta d

o So

l Res

taur

ant.

The

tour

in

clud

es

a vi

sit

to

the

Artd

ifco

-ope

rativ

e w

here

yo

u ca

n pu

rcha

setr

aditi

onal

obj

ects

cre

ated

by

the

hand

i-ca

pped

loca

ls. T

hen

proc

eed

thro

ugh

the

city

, st

oppi

ng

at

the

hist

oric

al

site

s,in

clud

ing

the

cent

ral m

arke

t, ci

ty c

ounc

ilbu

ildin

g, t

he f

ortr

ess,

the

CFM

rai

lway

stat

ion,

mus

eum

and

chu

rche

s.G

uest

s ca

n ch

ose

to i

nclu

de o

r ex

clud

elu

nch

on th

is to

ur. F

or g

uest

s w

ho w

ish to

incl

ude

lunc

h, t

hey

can

enjo

y a

sum

ptu-

ous

seaf

ood

lunc

h at

the

ren

owne

d C

osta

do S

ol a

t the

end

of t

he to

ur.

DURA

TION:

10h

00 –

13h

00 e

xclud

ing lu

nch

10h0

0 - 1

4h30

inclu

ding

lunch

.SC

HEDU

LE:D

aily

INCL

USIO

NS: P

ickup

and

dro

poff

at th

e ho

tel,

lunch

(if

lunc

h to

ur se

lecte

d)

NIG

HT

SAFA

RITh

is

nigh

t-tim

e pa

rty

tour

is

an

intr

oduc

tion

to

the

vibr

ant

Map

uto

nigh

tlife

.Th

e fir

st s

top

on th

e to

ur is

the

popu

lar

Pool

Bar

loca

ted

at t

he T

erm

inus

Hot

el.

Then

it's

off

to A

frica

Bar

bef

ore

head

ing

to t

he fi

nal s

top,

Coc

onut

s N

ight

Clu

b. T

his

is an

exp

erie

nce

not

to b

em

issed

. G

uest

s ca

n ch

ose

to i

nclu

de o

rex

clud

e di

nner

on

this

tour

.Fo

r gu

ests

who

wish

to

incl

ude

dinn

er,

ade

licio

us se

afoo

d di

nner

can

be

enjo

yed

atth

e C

osta

do

Sol b

efor

e th

e Sa

fari

begi

ns.

DURA

TION:

23h0

0 - 0

2h00

exc

luding

dinn

er21

h00

– 02

h00

includ

ing d

inner

SCHE

DULE

: Dail

yIN

CLUS

IONS

:All

trans

fers

and

dinne

r(if

dinn

er to

ur se

lecte

d)

KEN

YAK

ENYA

‘S N

ATI

ON

AL

PAR

KS

HO

W T

O G

ET T

HER

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y Ke

nya

Airw

ays

or S

AA d

irect

toN

airo

biKe

nya

Airw

ays

also

flie

s di

rect

toM

omba

sa

HIG

HLI

GH

TS:

• Ex

perie

nce

the

Anim

al m

igra

tion

betw

een

the

Sere

nget

i and

the

Mas

ai M

ara.

Thi

s is

one

of th

em

ost s

pect

acul

ar s

ight

s in

all

Afric

a.•

See

the

fam

ous

Pink

Fla

min

goes

inth

e G

reat

Rift

Lak

es.

• Ta

ke a

sce

nic

hot a

ir ba

lloon

ride

ove

rth

e M

asai

Mar

a Pl

ains

.•

Safa

ri in

Mas

ai M

ara,

Sha

ba a

ndAm

bose

li Re

serv

es.

TRAV

ELLE

R’S

TIP:

Com

bine

a s

afar

i with

Mom

basa

for t

hepe

rfect

bus

h an

d be

ach

geta

way

.

US

EFU

L IN

FOR

MA

TIO

N

CAPI

TAL

CITY

:N

airo

biLA

NG

UA

GE:

Swah

ili.

Engl

ish

is w

idel

y sp

oken

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RREN

CY:

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Keny

a Sh

illin

gVI

SA:

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requ

ired

for S

A pa

sspo

rt ho

lder

s.Al

l oth

er p

assp

ort h

olde

rs to

o ch

eck

with

loca

lau

thor

ities

.A

IRPO

RT T

AX:

All t

axes

incl

uded

in th

e tic

ket.

ARE

A:5

86, 6

00km

2

TIM

E D

IFFE

REN

CE:

SA ti

me

+ 1

hrH

EALT

H R

EQU

IREM

ENTS

: Ye

llow

feve

r cer

tific

ate

is re

quire

d.

Anti-

Mal

aria

pre

caut

ions

reco

mm

ende

d.

Kenya

bo

asts

fo

rty

eigh

t pa

rks

and

rese

rves

and

nin

e m

arin

e na

tiona

l par

ksan

d re

serv

es, h

ome

to a

myr

iad

of fi

sh a

ndm

agni

ficen

t cor

al re

efs.

The

beau

tiful

Ke

nyan

co

ast

has

tran

quil

beac

hes,

tu

rquo

ise

seas

, ar

chae

logi

cal

trea

sure

s an

d ex

celle

nt h

olid

ay re

sort

s.

Keny

a is

divi

ded

into

four

regi

ons.

The

Gre

atRi

ft Va

lley

is ho

me

to e

ight

exq

uisit

e la

kes

and

incr

edib

le b

irdlif

e. M

ost f

amou

s ar

e th

egr

eat

conc

entr

atio

ns o

f pi

nk f

lam

ingo

at

Lake

Nak

uru.

The

Cen

tral

Hig

hlan

ds s

prea

ds l

ike

a lu

shm

antle

ove

r 3

mou

ntai

n ra

nges

- M

ount

Keny

a, t

he A

berd

ares

and

Mau

. Th

e th

irdre

gion

is a

n ar

id o

ne; it

s aw

esom

ely

rugg

edte

rrai

n is

full

of a

var

iety

of

gam

e an

dcr

owne

d by

mou

ntai

n pe

aks

of M

arsa

bit,

Mou

nt K

ulal

, M

ount

Nyi

ru a

nd t

he N

doto

Mou

ntai

ns.

The

480k

m-lo

ng

coas

tline

bo

asts

lo

ngst

retc

hes

of i

dylli

c sil

ver-s

ande

d be

ache

s.A

cora

l re

ef r

uns

alm

ost

the

entir

e le

ngth

of

the

area

, cr

eatin

g a

spec

tacu

lar

unde

rwat

er w

orld

.

Thom

pson

s ca

n ar

rang

e a

varie

ty

ofSa

fari

Hol

iday

Pr

ogra

mm

es

to

diffe

rent

gam

e ar

eas

in

Keny

a.

Thes

e in

clud

eco

mpr

ehen

sive

prog

ram

mes

visi

ting

a nu

m-

ber o

f diff

eren

t nat

iona

l par

ks o

f you

r cho

ice

to se

e a

wid

e an

d va

ried

sele

ctio

n of

wild

life.

The

high

se

ason

is

durin

g th

eM

igra

tion

and

falls

bet

wee

n Au

gust

and

Oct

ober

. T

his

is al

so w

hen

it is

cool

est

and

drie

st.

The

dry

sea

son

star

ts

in

June

an

d la

sts

until

Nov

embe

r. B

ut t

his

is al

so t

he m

ost

expe

nsiv

e tim

e of

the

year

to v

isit.

Nov

embe

r to

M

arch

is

cons

ider

eda

low

sea

son

and

tem

pera

ture

s ar

ege

nera

lly q

uite

hig

h, p

eaki

ng a

t 28

degr

ees i

n Fe

brua

ry. M

ay a

nd Ju

ne a

reco

nsid

ered

low

sea

son.

BES

T T

IME

TO

TR

AV

EL

K E N YA

AFRI

CA

2006

VISI

T O

UR W

EBSI

TE F

OR

PRIC

ES &

SPE

CIAL

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OR

28 Y

EARS

AN

D G

ETTI

NG

BET

TER

ALL

THE

TIM

E

MAS

AI M

ARA

RESE

RVE

The

Mas

ai M

ara

Rese

rve

is th

e 1

510k

m2

nort

hern

ext

ensio

n of

the

Sere

nget

i Pla

ins.

The

rese

rve

is

wor

ld-f

amou

s fo

r th

ean

nual

m

igra

tion

of

over

a

mill

ion

wild

ebee

st a

nd z

ebra

s on

the

ir tr

ek f

rom

the

Sere

nget

i in

the

sou

th i

n se

arch

of

fresh

gra

ssla

nds.

Thi

s tak

es p

lace

eac

h ye

arbe

twee

n Ju

ly a

nd O

ctob

er.

HOW

TO

GET

THER

E:Th

e M

asai

Mar

a Re

serve

is lo

cate

d 27

0km

from

Nairo

bi,a

5 to

6 h

our j

ourn

ey b

y roa

d an

d ab

out 4

5 mi

nute

s by a

ir.

AMBO

SELI

RES

ERVE

The

rese

rve

lies

belo

w M

ount

Kili

man

jaro

,Af

rica’

s hi

ghes

t mou

ntai

n, a

nd th

e hi

ghes

tfr

ee-s

tand

ing

mou

ntai

n in

th

e w

orld

.An

un

forg

etta

ble

expe

rienc

e he

re

isth

e sig

ht

of

anim

als

in

the

sava

nnah

silho

uett

ed a

gain

st s

now

-cap

ped

“Kili

”, a

sth

e m

ount

ain

is ca

lled.

HOW

TO

GET

THER

E:4

hour

s by r

oad

or 3

5-mi

n fli

ght f

rom

Nairo

bi.

TSAV

O N

ATIO

NAL

PAR

KTh

is is

one

of t

he w

orld

’s la

rges

t w

ildlif

esa

nctu

arie

s. I

t is

acce

ssib

le b

y ro

ad f

rom

Mom

basa

and

is

fam

ous

for

its e

leph

ant

view

ing

and

man

-eat

ing

lions

, fa

mou

sfro

m t

he m

ovie

, G

host

in

the

Dar

knes

s.Th

e pa

rk i

s di

vide

d in

to T

savo

Eas

t an

dTs

avo

Wes

t.

HOW

TO

GET

THER

E:4

hour

s by r

oad

from

eithe

r Nair

obi o

r Mom

basa

, 35

-min

fligh

t fro

m Na

irobi

LAKE

NAK

URU

Lake

Nak

uru

is a

soda

lake

bel

ow th

e cl

iffs

of

the

Gre

at

Rift

Valle

y,

160k

m

from

Nai

robi

. It

is w

orld

fam

ous

for

havi

ng t

hegr

eate

st v

arie

ty o

f bi

rds

on e

arth

, w

ithne

arly

one

mill

ion

flam

ingo

es f

orm

ing

anun

forg

etta

ble

pink

ribb

on a

long

the

edge

sof

the

Lake

s.

HOW

TO

GET

THER

E: 2

hour

s by r

oad

or 1

5-mi

n fli

ght f

rom

Nairo

bi.

SAM

BURU

/SH

ABA

RESE

RVE

Sam

buru

is

a

fasc

inat

ing,

dr

amat

icco

mbi

natio

n of

ar

id

sem

i-des

ert

scru

blan

ds c

ombi

ned

with

the

spr

ings

of

Buffa

lo S

prin

gs.

Visit

ors

here

enj

oy s

eein

g so

me

of K

enya

’sra

rer

spec

ies,

inc

ludi

ng t

he l

ong-

neck

edG

eren

uck

and

the

blue

-legg

ed S

omal

i.

HOW

TO

GET

THER

E: 6

hour

by r

oad

or 1

hou

r flig

ht fr

om N

airob

i.

MO

UN

T KE

NYA

NAT

ION

AL P

ARK

Mou

nt

Keny

a is

an

im

posi

ng

extin

ctvo

lcan

o do

min

atin

g th

e la

ndsc

ape

of t

heKe

nyan

H

ighl

ands

, Ea

st

of

the

Rift

.Th

e m

ount

ain

has t

wo

mai

n pe

aks -

Bat

ian

(520

0m) a

nd N

elio

n (5

188m

).

The

mou

ntai

ns

slope

s ar

e cl

oake

d in

fore

st,

bam

boo,

sc

rub

and

moo

rland

givi

ng w

ay o

n th

e hi

gh c

entr

al p

eaks

to

rock

, ic

e an

d sn

ow.

Mou

nt

Keny

a is

an

impo

rtan

t w

ater

ca

tchm

ent

area

,su

pply

ing

the

Tana

& N

orth

ern

Ewas

oN

giro

sys

tem

s. W

ildlif

e in

clud

es b

aboo

n,bu

ffalo

, bu

shbu

ck,

duik

er,

elep

hant

,hy

ena,

jack

al, b

lack

rhin

ocer

os a

nd z

ebra

.

HOW

TO

GET

THER

E: 2

hour

s by r

oad

or 1

5-mi

n fli

ght f

rom

Nairo

bi.

KEN

YA S

AFA

RIS

THE

GR

EATE

ST S

HO

W O

N E

AR

THK E N YA

The W

ildeb

eest

Mig

ratio

n is

a dr

amat

icst

ory.

It

take

s pl

ace

with

in K

enya

and

Tanz

ania

and

is t

he g

reat

est

wild

life

show

on e

arth

. Be

twee

n th

e op

en p

lain

s of

the

Sere

nget

i and

the

Mas

ai M

ara,

tho

usan

dsof

w

ildeb

eest

an

d ze

bras

m

igra

te

togr

eene

r pa

stur

es a

s th

e se

ason

s ch

ange

and

the

circ

le o

f lif

e an

d de

ath

cont

inue

s.Pr

edat

ors

follo

w t

he w

ildeb

eest

Mig

ratio

ncl

osel

y, w

aitin

g fo

r an

oppo

rtun

ity to

str

ike

wea

k pr

ey a

s th

ey m

ake

thei

r w

ay i

nto

diffe

rent

terr

itorie

s.

REM

EMBE

R:Th

is is

a m

igra

tion

that

is c

on-

trolle

d by

nat

ure

and

of c

ours

e th

e w

eath

erpa

ttern

s, so

the

tim

ing

can

vary

mon

th b

ym

onth

and

yea

r by

year

.

One

and

a h

alf

mill

ion

wild

ebee

st a

nd20

0 00

0 ze

bra

and

gaze

lles

gath

er fo

r th

ean

nual

mig

ratio

n fro

m t

he v

ast

Sere

nget

ipl

ains

to

the

cham

pagn

e hi

lls o

f Ke

nya’

sM

asai

Mar

a. T

hese

ani

mal

s ar

e re

lent

less

lytr

acke

d by

pre

dato

rs a

s th

ey m

igra

te in

acl

ockw

ise f

ashi

on o

ver

1,80

0 m

iles

each

year

in s

earc

h of

rain

-rip

ened

gra

ss.

If yo

u ar

e in

the

Mas

ai M

ara

you

can

expe

ctth

e w

ildeb

eest

to m

ake

thei

r arr

ival

as e

arly

as J

uly,

but

the

y ge

nera

lly a

rriv

e be

twee

nAu

gust

and

Sep

tem

ber

and

rem

ain

in t

heM

ara

durin

g O

ctob

er

and

Nov

embe

r.Be

twee

n D

ecem

ber

and

Janu

ary

the

wild

ebee

st g

radu

ally

beg

in t

heir

mig

ratio

nba

ck to

war

ds th

e Se

reng

eti.

Log

onto

ww

w.w

ildw

atch

.com

to

see

the

loca

tion

of th

e w

ildeb

eest

at a

nytim

e.

Wild

wat

ch is

an

onlin

e pu

blic

atio

n cr

eate

dby

CC

Afri

ca (

Con

serv

atio

n C

orpo

ratio

nAf

rica)

, one

of A

frica

's m

ost c

ompr

ehen

sive

eco-

tour

ism

co

mpa

nies

. C

C

Afric

a is

com

mitt

ed

to

mak

ing

a si

gnifi

cant

cont

ribut

ion

to th

e lo

ng-t

erm

con

serv

atio

nof

w

ildlif

e on

th

e co

ntin

ent

thro

ugh

sust

aina

ble

ecot

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itsm

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ficen

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akes

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ount

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me

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frica

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fam

ous

sites

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ount

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liman

jaro

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e cr

ater

of

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rong

oro

and

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nget

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atio

nal

Park

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gre

at la

kes

- Vi

ctor

ia, T

anga

nyik

aan

d M

alaw

i (N

yasa

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form

the

cou

ntry

’sbo

unda

ries.

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urne

y th

roug

h th

e la

nd o

f the

Ser

enge

tire

veal

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wea

lth o

f br

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atur

alw

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rs in

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ing

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nt K

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ro,

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ctor

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er.

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rnat

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mou

s gam

e pa

rks l

ike

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rong

oro,

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enge

ti an

d M

anya

ra,

whe

re w

ildlif

e ro

am in

teem

ing

num

bers

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fari

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n un

belie

vabl

e ex

perie

nce.

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e G

reat

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ratio

n in

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enge

ti is

aph

enom

enon

tha

t is

beyo

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escr

iptio

n -

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mas

s ex

odus

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ion

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alf a

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ear

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ratio

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tter

n fo

llow

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nya

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ania

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e So

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g to

th

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est

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ctor

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ack

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ya.

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ania

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lso th

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anki

nd: t

heea

rlies

t man

live

d he

re 3

and

a h

alf m

illio

nye

ars

ago,

and

evi

denc

e is

seen

at

the

Old

uvai

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ge n

ear

Ngo

rong

oro,

whe

refo

ssils

and

oth

er re

mai

ns h

ave

been

foun

d.

The

best

tim

e to

visi

t Tan

zani

a w

ould

be

betw

een

July

and

Oct

ober

and

the

nag

ain

Dec

embe

r to

Mar

ch.

The

perio

dbe

twee

n Ju

ly a

nd O

ctob

er i

s th

e dr

yse

ason

and

the

tim

e of

the

big

mig

ra-

tion.

Th

is is

also

the

mos

t ex

pens

ive

time

to tr

avel

.

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een

Dec

embe

r an

d M

arch

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the

perio

d of

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sho

rt r

ains

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ch m

eans

that

th

ere

is ra

infa

ll bu

t on

ly

shor

tsh

ower

s, u

sual

ly i

n th

e la

te a

ftern

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pera

ture

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gher

be

twee

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ovem

ber

and

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ch a

nd c

an r

each

over

30

degr

ees

durin

g Fe

brua

ry.

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T T

IME

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TR

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TA N Z A N I A

SERE

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ATIO

NAL

PAR

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e m

agni

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enge

ti N

atio

nal P

ark

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ly

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t m

ost

peop

le

envi

sage

whe

n th

ey i

mag

ine

“rea

l” A

frica

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ide-

open

pla

ins

teem

ing

with

wild

life,

ani

mal

sro

amin

g fre

ely

in se

arch

of f

ood

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wat

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autif

ul

and

dram

atic

la

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apes

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ar a

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of t

he S

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Ser

enge

tiha

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rs t

he g

reat

est

rem

aini

ng c

once

n-tr

atio

n of

wild

gam

e in

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ca a

nd is

hom

eto

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annu

al p

heno

men

on w

here

mill

ions

of h

erbi

vore

s m

igra

te e

n m

ass

acro

ss t

hepl

ains

of T

anza

nia.

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enge

ti”

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rived

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m

the

Mas

aiw

ord

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ngit”

whi

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an

exte

nded

plac

e. T

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egio

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hom

e to

app

roxi

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atel

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quar

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igh

dens

ities

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goro

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fari

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perie

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mer

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me

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per

ma-

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one

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lace

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you

sta

nd a

ver

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hanc

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seei

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in t

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aga

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driv

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Ngo

rong

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ter

form

s pa

rt o

f the

Ngo

rong

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ter

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serv

atio

n Ar

ea

whe

re t

he w

ildlif

e is

prot

ecte

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d is

a‘W

orld

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itage

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e lo

cal M

asai

hav

epe

rmiss

ion

to g

raze

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ir ca

ttle

on

the

Cra

ter

floor

, an

d it

is no

t un

usua

l to

see

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ai c

attle

and

buf

falo

gra

zing

toge

ther

,w

ith a

lio

n ga

zing

fix

edly

mer

e m

etre

saw

ay.

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e ar

e ar

ound

70

lions

in

the

Cra

ter,

and

abou

t 15

bla

ck r

hino

, an

d th

e sp

ec-

tacu

lar

Lera

i Fo

rest

is

one

of t

he b

est

plac

es in

Afri

ca to

spo

t leo

pard

.HO

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O GE

T TH

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light

from

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sha

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YARA

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ION

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ARK

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n fo

r its

ele

phan

ts a

nd tr

ee-c

limbi

nglio

ns,

Lake

Man

yara

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also

exc

elle

nt f

orfla

min

gos

and

othe

r fa

scin

atin

g bi

rds

inan

d ar

ound

the

soda

lake

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ake

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safa

ri is

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scin

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g ex

perie

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iona

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rk i

s a

bird

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para

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an 4

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peci

es),

part

icu-

larly

for

wat

erfo

wl a

nd m

igra

nts,

and

the

fore

sts

are

fam

ous

for l

ion

sight

ings

. Lio

nshu

nt o

n th

e gr

assy

sho

res

of th

e La

ke, a

ndar

e kn

own

for

thei

r ha

bit

of c

limbi

ng a

ndlo

ungi

ng in

tree

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e Pa

rk w

as o

nce

favo

ured

by

big

gam

ehu

nter

s –

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st H

emin

gway

feat

ured

it in

his

book

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Gre

en H

ills

of A

frica

. To

day

the

wild

life

is pr

otec

ted,

and

incl

udes

blu

ean

d ve

rvet

m

onke

ys,

babo

ons,

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asai

gira

ffe a

nd im

pala

. HO

W T

O GE

T TH

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rush

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IRE

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600

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are

kilo

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mile

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ngire

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by

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ns

the

bigg

est

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he T

anza

nian

par

ks,

but

itsla

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ape

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open

pl

ains

do

tted

w

ithth

ousa

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aoba

bs m

akes

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for-

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ari.

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ngire

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lso k

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n fo

rits

tre

e-cl

imbi

ng l

ions

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r its

ver

y la

rge

herd

s of

buf

falo

and

its

pred

ator

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acki

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e va

st h

erds

of a

ntel

ope.

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rdin

g pa

radi

se,

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anci

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Des

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