13 Day Zambia, Botswana & South Africa Adventure - Wednesday Departure
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Johannesburg
Cape Town
First Class
13 days
8+ Years Old
22 people
4 - Active
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Please Note: Land Price does not include airfare, departure or arrival transfers, airline taxes and fuel surcharges.
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| Wednesday, Aug 27, 2025 | Monday, Sep 08, 2025 | Get Quote | |||
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DAY 1, Wednesday - Depart for South Africa
Depart for Johannesburg, South Africa
DAY 2, Thursday - Arrive in Johannesburg
Arrive in Johannesburg, a gold mining town, often called "Gauteng - the City of Gold." The rest of the day is at leisure, to rest, relax and acclimate to your new time zone
Overnight: Johannesburg
DAY 3, Friday - Sundowner Cruise on the Zambezi River
This morning, transfer to the airport for the flight to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Celebrate your arrival with a sundowner cruise as you sail on the Zambezi River. Look for hippos, elephants, and buffalo that come to drink at the water's edge. This evening, attend an orientation meeting with your Tour Manager, followed by dinner
Overnight: Livingstone
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
DAY 4, Saturday - Guided Tour of Victoria Falls, Royal Livingstone Express
This morning's guided tour of Victoria Falls,* in both Zambia and Zimbabwe, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, begins with a walk through the rainforest. View the cataracts, named after Queen Victoria, and a wide variety of wildlife, and plants. Afternoon is at leisure. Tonight, board a restored steam train for a journey along one of the historic railway lines in Africa. Savor dinner on board before returning to your hotel*Guided tour of the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe may take place on day 3 depending on arrival time.
Overnight: Livingstone
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
DAY 5, Sunday - Sunset Safari Cruise in Chobe National Park
Travel to Chobe National Park in Botswana, arriving in time for lunch. Settle into your new surroundings and get ready for this afternoon's adventure. Board a motorized boat for your sunset safari cruise where you will glide through the water searching for hippos, buffalo, antelope and more. Return to the lodge in time for dinner
Overnight: Chobe
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 6, Monday - Morning & Afternoon Game Drives in Chobe National Park
Set out on a game drive early in the morning. Navigate in open safari vehicles in search of lions, warthogs, buffalo, giraffe and more. Return to the lodge for lunch and relaxation before this afternoon's game drive. You can watch the wildlife from up-close including a variety of birds, as Chobe is one of Africa's premier venues for bird watching. This evening, dine al fresco in the lodge restaurant
Overnight: Chobe
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 7, Tuesday - Safari Activities in the Okavango Delta
Transfer to the airport in Kasane to board a light aircraft flight (4 or 5 seat plane) to the lush, Okavango Delta, a unique wildlife location. A World Heritage Site, the Okavango is a vast and virtually untouched freshwater wetland at the heart of Botswana's arid Kalahari Desert with an abundance of wildlife. In the afternoon, look out for ostrich, antelope, wildebeests along with hippos and crocodiles along the water's edge, as well as hundreds of bird species. Dinner is at your camp
Overnight: Okavango Delta
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 8, Wednesday - Safari Activities in the Okavango Delta
Game activities in the morning and afternoon include leisurely cruises in local mokoros (canoes) or motorized boats, guided nature walks along the river and fishing expeditions. Lunch and dinner are at the lodge. Tomorrow, depart the Okavango for your adventure in Southern Africa
Overnight: Okavango Delta
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 9, Thursday - Flight to Cape Town
Following breakfast at the lodge, board a light aircraft flight (4 or 5 seat plane) to Maun where you will board a flight and continue your journey to Cape Town. As you transfer to your hotel, you'll see the towering symbol of the city - Table Mountain. The rest of the evening is at leisure
Overnight: Cape Town
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 10, Friday - Cape Town City Tour & Cape Malay Experience Tour
Today, explore the city of Cape Town. Drive to Kloof Nek and Table Mountain, where you can ascend to the top by aerial cable car* (weather permitting) and see the panoramic views of the city and beaches. After descending from the plateau, tour the Desmond Tutu Legacy Foundation. Learn about Archbishop Tutu's life through immersive exhibits, multimedia displays and personal artifacts. Next, visit the Milnerton Lighthouse before continuing to the prominent Shimansky Jewelers. Savor a home-cooked lunch at the home of your gracious host family, a highlight of the day. The rest of the day is at leisure to explore Cape Town on your own*Table Mountain Aerial Cableway will be closed between Jul 28 - Aug 3, 2025.
Overnight: Cape Town
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
DAY 11, Saturday - Excursion to the Cape Winelands
Drive through South Africa's fertile valleys along the principal wine route to Paarl, Franschhoek, and Stellenbosch. In Franschhoek stop in at some of South Africa's wine estates. After lunch, travel to Stellenbosch, with its Cape Dutch architecture, before returning to Cape Town. Evening is at leisure
Overnight: Cape Town
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
DAY 12, Sunday - Cape Peninsula Tour
Depart on a half day Cape Peninsula Tour. Stop at the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, where you may see baboons by the roadside, rheboks, cape mountain zebras, bonteboks, and the elusive eland. Following the coastline along False Bay, return to Cape Town by way of Simon's Town. Here, visit the penguin colonies at Boulders Beach, and continue with a scenic drive over Muizenberg Mountain. Tonight, bid farewell to your Tour Manager at dinner
Overnight: Cape Town
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
DAY 13, Monday - Depart South Africa
Transfer to the airport for your departure flight
Meals: Breakfast
Please Note: Land Price does not include airfare, departure or arrival transfers, airline taxes and fuel surcharges.
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Please Note: Land Price does not include airfare, departure or arrival transfers, airline taxes and fuel surcharges.
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Other departure cities available.
*Light aircraft (4 to 20 seat planes) are used for flights to and from the Okavango Delta
Tour Highlights
Thanks to our small group size, we can get to the heart of our destination, visit places that other tours miss, and get to know the locals.
†Departure transfer is available for purchase for land only or on alternative flight dates
Not Included:
Gratuities.
Additional Information:
Land only price does not include the departure transfer, but does include arrival transfer and flights Johannesburg-Victoria Falls, Kasane-Okavango Delta, Okavango Delta-Maun & Maun-Cape Town.
Due to limited space in safari vehicles, please pack your belongings in a soft-sided duffel bag. Traditional suitcases with rigid frames or hard plastic sides should not be used. Due to the use of light aircraft flights (4 or 5 seat small planes), there is a weight restriction for luggage of 44 pounds per person (including hand luggage), and maximum size for duffel bags of 24 inches long by 12 inches wide by 10 inches high.
Please note, all passport holders should have four or more entirely blank (unstamped) visa pages in their passport when traveling to South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Botswana. for more information.
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Radisson Hotel & Convention Centre Johannesburg, O.R. Tambo
This first class hotel is located in Kempton Park.
The David Livingstone Safari Lodge & Spa
This first class lodge overlooks the Zambezi River and the Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park.
Chobe Bush Lodge
This first class lodge is located within walking distance of the Chobe River.
Moremi Crossing
This first class lodge is located on a palm fringed island surrounded by the Moremi's game-rich seasonal floodplains.
Southern Sun The Cullinan
This deluxe hotel is within walking distance to the world-renowned Victoria and Alfred Waterfront.
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I was very happy with the Tour Manager and Driver. I would definitely book another tour with Gate 1 Travel.
My husband and I enjoyed our latest Gate 1 trip. Our guide Meme was knowledgeable, friendly and efficient. She was well organized, and took care in attending to our groups needs including appropriately timed rest stops. Many of the hotels on this trip were among the nicest I’ve ever stayed in including the Wagner in Triana and the Hilton in Montenegro. My only criticism of the trip is the restaurants used for our group dinners. At best they were very mediocre. Breakfasts at the hotels were fine.
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very great trip. We are very happy with the gate1.
Vivian was our tour guide…and she was wonderful!! She was very informative with our tours! I would highly recommend her!!
Fine trip for the most part. Good pace and time management, except for Neuschwanstein where another half hour would have enabled us to make it to the bridge overview for best pictures. First two hotels air-conditioning was not working, problematic for me keeping prescription eyedrops cool. Other than that, I\'d appreciate help in being able to choose from available flight options, and selecting seats with better/cabin leg room. Thanks!
Beautiful countries & nice itinerary. Great guide on trip.
Reliable …and what was advertised is what you get . Would love to book with this company again…
Gate 1 has always provided good travel experiences for me.
Speaking for my wife and I, we are of the age where we need slower guided tours. For example, we would be with the local guide and they would point out various shops, etc., but we would not be able to stop until the end of tour. We could not remember how to back track and find our way back in time.
I really liked this tour! It was nice only unpacking once.
Rui Miguel, tour guide could not have been a better match for the group of experienced travelers which made our group. Knowledgeable, professional, and humorous. Passionate about his country, his work and enjoyable to be around. Likewise the 2 other city guides, Pedro (Lisbon) and Marta (Porto). These tour guides were all cracked out of the same egg. Excellent!!! We have toured with two other companies. Gate 1 has something the others do not. Exceptional guides, exceptional communication, and exceptional itineraries which are affordable and fair. Because we choose to travel off season or shoulder I feel we get the best of all worlds. I always feel that we got the best we could at a price we were happy to pay. I have referred many to Gate 1. I will continue. (No, I did not collect a referral fee; they failed to mention, but they have all become Gate 1 travelers). Suggestions on the Affordable Portugal Itinerary: *Shorten Lisbon stay to 2 nights to allow personal time in Tomar or Porto. *Change "Bed options" in booking. It is not to my liking, as well as those we chatted with, to have to request a bed type at check in. I would like to preface this concern with the fact that the check-in rep was lovely, kind, and well spoken. The compaint: A tour reservation, (although many hotels do same thing),bed preference should be known and booked at time of booking. Our room, (we checked in at 3PM) was offered at twin, request was made for queen/double at desk. The request was given to a desk manager, then to the front Supervisor. Finally 15 minutes later with the desk lined up with check-ins were told "ok" and were told it was a very quiet room, in which we were most pleased. No, it was NOT a quiet room. Room 410 and those along that corridor were very noisy. EXTREMELY! Air conditioners/recycling bottle dump at 2AM/trash trucks/voices. Not a good sleeping experience at the Hotel Mondial. Others experienced same and mentioned as casual chit-chat.
Everyone loved our Tour Director, Jared, who was very competent and professional with a great sense of humor. We were lucky to have such a compatible large group of congenial and friendly people from all over the U.S. and a few from Canada.. The hotels, whether new and deluxe or in historic haciendas, exceeded our expectations as did the fully-packed itinerary of enjoyable museum and home visits, activities.
The trip was much more than i expected. Even though we had a relatively large group all activities ran very smoothly. The guide was extremely knowledgeable and informative. He answered questions easily and thoroughly. Several stops on the tour showed the life of the Turkish people.
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