What's Included
- 2 Crew
- 20 Passengers Max
- Meals (5 Breakfast, 3 Lunch, 5 Dinner)
- All transport
- Accommodation (two-person room or camping)
WHERE WE VISIT
- Hwange National Park
- Victoria Falls
- Matopos National Park
- Bulawayo
- Great Zimbabwe Ruins
- Johannesburg
What's Excluded
- Items of a personal nature (snacks, alcohol, bottled water, soft drinks)
- Entrance fees (associated with optional activities)
- Souvenirs
- Tips
- Sleeping bag
What to Expect
Itinerary:
Accommodated: Two per Room with En-Suite Bathroom - Hwange Main Camp
Camping: Campsite with shared washroom - Hwange Main Camp
This morning we leave the rumble and adventure of Victoria Falls behind us as we make the journey south to Hwange National Park. After lunch, we spend the afternoon exploring Hwange National Park in open game-viewing vehicles. Hwange is the largest of Zimbabwe’s national parks and offers excellent opportunities for viewing the diversity of wildlife that calls the park home. We return to camp this evening and enjoy dinner around our campfire.
Accommodated: Two per Room with En-Suite Bathroom - Hwange Main Camp
Camping: Campsite with shared washroom - Hwange Main Camp
You'll be collected from your accommodation in the morning and will spend the day game driving (in open 4x4 vehicles) through Hwange in search of the animals!
Accommodated: Two per room with shared washroom - Banff Lodge Hotel
Camping: Two per room with shared washroom - Banff Lodge Hotel
Our afternoon will be spent exploring the Matopos National Park with a local guide. The park received recognition as a UNESCO natural World Heritage Site in 2003 and includes an intensive protection zone that is home to both Black and White Rhinoceros. Named after the Ndebele word “Matobo “, whose meaning “bald heads” refers to the rounded granite hills that surround it.
Later, we return to Bulawayo and our overnight stop for the night.
Accommodated: Two per Room with En-Suite Bathroom - Norma Jeans Lake View Resort
Camping: Campsite with shared washroom - Norma Jeans Lake View Resort
Dating back to the Late Iron Age, this UNESCO World Heritage Site was once the capital of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe. We take time this afternoon to marvel at the intricate stonework and experience the heritage of this monument to early Zimbabwean civilisation.
Day 5 - Tshipise (breakfast, dinner)
Accommodated: Two per Room with En-Suite Bathroom - Forever Tshipise Resort
Camping: Campsite with shared washroom - Forever Tshipise Resort
Leaving the sites of Zimbabwe behind we cross the Limpopo River and enter South Africa this afternoon. Our overnight stop allows us an
opportunity to end the day with a swim in the hot springs of Tshipise.
Please organise your own accommodation tonight.
Frequently Asked Questions
Please be sure to arrive 1 day before your tour is due to depart. This will avoid any unforeseen problems.
Meals listed on the itinerary are included. Vegetarians can be catered for and we do our best to offer a varied menu. Our guides can produce miracles on a camp-stove but please remember that they are cooking for the whole group on two gas burners. Special dietary requirements can be catered for, but only by special request. In East Africa it is more difficult to cater to certain requirements.
On our camping tours you will be staying in two-man dome tents. We supply a mattress and you supply your own sleeping bag.
The accommodated tours stay in traditional huts, permanent tented camps and hotel rooms, the majority of these are ensuite.
Please ensure you have the relevant vaccinations. Proof of inoculation is required on certain tours.
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- Nomad will accept a maximum of two children between the ages of 13 to 15 years on any tour without requesting permission from agents or clients. If more children want to join a tour once the maximum has been reached, this will be allowed on a request basis.
- Children between the ages of 8 – 12 years will be accepted to travel with Nomad on a request basis only.
- No children under 8 years of age may travel on Nomad’s scheduled tours.
- Passengers can bring one bag (backpack or soft bag, and not a suitcase) that weighs not more than 20 kilograms, and a daypack.
- Should a client cancel a booking 60 days or less prior to the date of departure of the tour for any reason (except due to death or hospitalization), the client shall be liable to pay a cancellation penalty. The cancellation penalty is calculated by having regard to the nature of the booking, length of notice of cancellation and reasonable potential to find alternative customers.
- More than 60 Days: No fee applies
- 30 - 60 Days: 50% of the tour price
- 10 - 29 Days: 75% of the tour price
- 0 - 09 Days: 90% of the tour price
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