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Cape, Safari & Falls

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The one that combines Cape Town, Kruger National Park & Victoria Falls

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  • Duration

    11 days

  • Places

    5 places

  • Meals

    10 Breakfasts, 1 Lunch, 4 Dinners

  • Transport Style

    Minivan + Safari Vehicles

  • Group Size

    Max 30 people

  • Team

    Expert Trip Manager, Driver and Local Guides

Cape Town, Kruger National Park, Emalahleni, Victoria Falls, Chobe

Cape, Safari & Falls

11 Inclusions

Experiences that are included with your trip

  • Enjoy an South African feast at a local food market
  • Experience a Local Township to see and learn the impacts of Apartheid
  • Get a city tour of the beautiful capital of Cape Town
  • Free time to explore the V&A Waterfront
  • Keep your eyes peeled for 'The Big Five' on a full day game drive in the Kruger National Park
  • Second chance in the Kruger Park awaits with another morning Game Drive
  • Take part in an eye-opening anti-poaching experience with Protrack, Kruger National Park
  • See Victoria Falls Tour (one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World)
  • Take an afternoon game drive through the famous Chobe National Park
  • Experience the wilderness with a night at our Special Stay camp in the middle of the African bush (Apr-Oct)
  • Spot wildlife on a morning game drive in the Chobe

10 Free Time Add-Ons

Optional experiences that you can choose from and pay for on your trip

  • Enjoy a local dinner in Cape Town R395
  • Check our seals & dolphins on an exclusive Marine Safari cruise in Cape Town R300
  • Take a day trip to Cape Point Peninsula & meet the local penguins at Boulders Beach R950
  • Taste some of Cape Town's best wines on a Constantia wine route tour
  • Take a sunset cruise along the Zambezi river with dinner & drinks USD 47
  • Raft down the Zambezi, one of the world's best spots for white water rapids USD 125
  • Get your adrenalin pumping with a Victoria Falls Bungee Jump
  • Swing off the famous bridge connecting Zimbabwe and Zambia
  • Take a scenic Helicopter flight over the falls and the neighbouring Chobe game reserve USD 285
  • Drift past hippos and crocs on a wildlife cruise along the Chobe river USD 79

Where I'll Stay?

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  • 10 nights

    All accommodation is included on this trip

    3 nights in Hotel, 6 nights in African Lodge, 1 night in Luxury Safari Camping Special Stay (not available from October to January)

    9 nights in twin share or solo it in hotels and African Lodges. But the highlight of the trip will be in the Chobe, for a night around the campfire in the middle of the African wilderness camping in luxury tents under a canopy of stars.

About this trip

Don't want to compromise? Think of this trip as the best of the best. From seeing the beautiful coast of Cape Town from the top of Table Mountain, to having a chance of spotting the Big 5 in two of Africa's top wildlife destinations, and experiencing the adrenaline fuelled activities of one of the 7 Natural Wonders of the World, Victoria Falls, this trip lets you tick off all the highlights that Southern Africa has to offer.   

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On this trip you'll truly experience the wilderness of Africa with one of the nights spent sleeping out under starswept skies in the middle of the African bush. Nestle in to your private twin-share tent and fall asleep to the sounds of Africa.

Map & Itinerary

  • Start location
  • End location
  • Trip day
  • Via location
  • River route
  • Plane route

Nights spent per location

  1. 3 3 nights

    Cape Town

  2. 2 2 nights

    Kruger National Park

  3. 1 1 night

    Emalahleni

  4. 2 2 nights

    Victoria Falls

  5. 2 2 nights

    Chobe

  6. Victoria Falls

DAY 1 - Arrive Cape Town

Cape Town

The adventure begins. Drop off your bags at the hotel and meet your Trip Manager and new Contiki fam in the lobby. We'll all walk across to the food market next door for your choice of dinner along with some drinks to get to know each other.

Stay

Mojo Hotel (or similar)

INCLUDED EXPERIENCES

  • Enjoy an South African feast at a local food market

DAY 2 - Cape Town

Cape Town

Our time in Cape Town is dedicated to sightseeing and today is no exception. We start at the very top with a cable car ride up Table Mountain, followed by a city tour of Cape Town so you can navigate your way around this coastal city. The rest of the day is at your leisure, start by exploring the Waterfront and sign up to some of the Add-Ons exploring the city further. Tonight we will go to a restaurant in the city followed by a night in the town. 

Stay

Mojo Hotel (or similar)

INCLUDED EXPERIENCES

  • Experience a Local Township to see and learn the impacts of Apartheid

  • Get a city tour of the beautiful capital of Cape Town

  • Free time to explore the VA Waterfront

FREE TIME ADD-ONS

  • Enjoy a local dinner in Cape Town

    R395

  • Check our seals & dolphins on an exclusive Marine Safari cruise in Cape Town

    R300

DAY 3 - Cape Town

Cape Town

After breakfast, this is your day to take advantage of the abundance of local excursions available to Cape Town. Our favourite is a scenic drive along the cliffs of Chapman's Peak down to the most South-western tip of Africa - Cape Point. This is followed by a stop at Boulders Beach, home to a colony of African penguins. For the perfect afternoon activity, you can't go wrong with a classic wine tasting tour of the Cape Winelands, sampling some of Africa's best.

Stay

Mojo Hotel (or similar)

FREE TIME ADD-ONS

  • Take a day trip to Cape Point Peninsula & meet the local penguins at Boulders Beach

    R950

  • Taste some of Cape Town's best wines on a Constantia wine route tour

DAY 4 - Cape Town to Kruger National Park

Cape Town

Today we fly to Johannesburg, the city of Gold, where we jump in vehicles for our trip up to Kruger National Park.

Kruger National Park

We'll travel through the region to our accommodation for the night on the border of this famous wildlife haven. Here the Kruger National Park awaits us. Site of the epic YouTube viral video Battle at Kruger, the Park is a sprawling wilderness of bush and terrain that houses the famous Big Five (lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and buffalo) along with hundreds of species of native birds, ancient trees and meandering rivers. It's ours to explore for the next two days. After the long days travel, the included buffet dinner will taste even better tonight. 

Stay

Shalati Safari Camp (or similar)

DAY 5 - Kruger National Park

Kruger National Park

We're up early for our first taste of the fresh morning air that tells us we're deep in the African bush. We'll venture to the Park gate and enter at sunrise, just the right time to see some of Africa's elusive predators finishing off their nocturnal hunts. We'll discover who in the group has the 'Luck of the bush' and best spotting eyes. Lunch will be at one of the main camps in the park and we'll relax here in the midday heat. In the afternoon we depart for another game drive, as the temperatures start cooling and the wildlife become more active, as we make our way to the park exit for sunset. A buffet dinner awaits us at the Lodge tonight. 

Stay

Shalati Safari Camp (or similar)

INCLUDED EXPERIENCES

  • Keep your eyes peeled for 'The Big Five' on a full day game drive in the Kruger National Park

DAY 6 - Kruger National Park to Emalahleni

Kruger National Park

The game of hide and seek continues as we traverse into the park, keeping our eyes open for any wildlife that evaded us the day before. Keep your eyes peeled for any movement of giraffe, hyena, antelope or even the elusive cheetah lurking deep in the bush. Around midday we depart the park for the final time and stop in at the Protrack Anti-Poaching Centre to learn about wild animal conservation with a local ranger. Walking through a 'poaching pit', we'll be shown how to look out for poaching snares placed around the area, simulating what rangers have to do in the bush, as the ranger explains the plight of poaching and rhinos in Africa. Fully schooled, we'll hop back in our vehicles and drive halfway to Johannesburg.

Emalahleni

Here, halfway to Johannesburg, we'll bunk down before for our flight to Victoria Falls tomorrow.

Stay

Hippo River Lodge (or similar)

INCLUDED EXPERIENCES

  • Second chance in the Kruger Park awaits with another morning Game Drive

  • Take part in an eye-opening anti-poaching experience with Protrack, Kruger National Park

DAY 7 - Emalahleni to Victoria Falls

Emalahleni

Today we travel to Johannesburg to catch our flight up to Victoria Falls.

Victoria Falls

After lunch on our flight we'll check into our accommodation and drop off our bags. From January to June you will be staying on the Zambian side of Vic Falls and from July to December you will be staying on the Zimbabwean side of the Falls. Today we're off for a hike along the Victoria Falls, one of the Seven Natural Wonders and the largest waterfall in the world. You might want to pack your raincoat, as during certain times of the year you can get drenched from the rising spray, giving the falls its local name: 'The smoke that thunders'. The evening will end off with a magnificent sunset cruise on the Zambezi including drinks and snacks.

Stay

Shearwater Explorers Village (Jul-Dec) Victoria Falls Waterfront (Jan-Jun)

INCLUDED EXPERIENCES

  • See Victoria Falls Tour (one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World)

FREE TIME ADD-ONS

  • Take a sunset cruise along the Zambezi river with dinner & drinks

    USD 47

DAY 8 - Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls

Today is all about adventure. In the morning you can raft down the Zambezi, one of the world's best white water rapids.That afternoon get that adrenaline really pumping - jump, zip line or swing off the famous bridge connecting Zimbabwe and Zambia over the Zambezi River. That evening, wind down after a hectic day with a traditional dinner and dance.

Stay

Shearwater Explorers Village (Jul-Dec) Victoria Falls Waterfront (Jan-Jun)

FREE TIME ADD-ONS

  • Raft down the Zambezi, one of the world's best spots for white water rapids

    USD 125

  • Get your adrenalin pumping with a Victoria Falls Bungee Jump

  • Swing off the famous bridge connecting Zimbabwe and Zambia

DAY 9 - Victoria Falls to Chobe

Victoria Falls

Opt to finish off our time at the falls in breathtaking style with an incredible helicopter flight above the thunderous waters below - the best way to see the falls in all their glory. We then leave the spray of the Falls behind us as we travel across the border to the prolific wildlife-rich haven that is Botswana.

Chobe

We enjoy lunch at our lodge before we take our overnight bags into open Safari vehicles with our own personal guides, and drive to the famous Chobe National Park. Known for having the largest density of elephants, driving along the Chobe River front is a non-stop action adventure with wildlife coming and going, quenching their thirst. Then to top this off, this is the night where you get to truly experience the wilderness with a night out in the middle of the African bush. We have a private Contiki site exclusively set up just for you with your own guides, cooks and a bonfire set under the stars. After a deliciously prepared meal, lying in your tent that night you will fall asleep to the sounds of Africa: a jackal calling in the distance, the loud whoop of a hyena, and perhaps the roar of lions seeking each other out after their daytime slumber.  TIA -This is Africa!

Stay

Private camping in the Chobe

INCLUDED EXPERIENCES

  • Take an afternoon game drive through the famous Chobe National Park

  • Experience the wilderness with a night at our Special Stay camp in the middle of the African bush (Apr-Oct)

FREE TIME ADD-ONS

  • Take a scenic Helicopter flight over the falls and the neighbouring Chobe game reserve

    USD 285

DAY 10 - Chobe

Chobe

This morning we'll wake up to watch the sunrise over the African bush with a light breakfast, before departing on a morning game drive to hopefully see some of the wildlife we may have heard the night before. We will arrive late morning to check into our new lodge and spend the rest of the day relaxing around the pool and swapping stories from the night before. On our last evening together you can opt for a wildlife cruise on the Chobe river. Surrounded by pods of hippos, crocs basking on the banks and all forms of African animals coming down to drink, this is truly one African sunset you'll never forget followed by a buffet dinner tonight.

Stay

Kwalape Lodge (or Similar)

INCLUDED EXPERIENCES

  • Spot wildlife on a morning game drive in the Chobe

FREE TIME ADD-ONS

  • Drift past hippos and crocs on a wildlife cruise along the Chobe river

    USD 79

DAY 11 - Depart Chobe

Chobe

It's time for our last breakfast together this morning before you're dropped off at Kasane Airport or make the journey back to Victoria Falls. Time to say goodbye to your group and swap numbers so you can stay in touch until the next amazing adventure.

Victoria Falls

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We got to see the best of Africa - all in one well planned and thoughtful trip!
The Cape Safari Falls trip is amazing! We had the best time exploring Southern Africa with Contiki. Our tour manager, Alfie was incredible he was so knowledgeable about the region and wildlife. We have traveled with another company in Africa and it was nothing compared to our experience with Contiki. Everyone get to Africa!!!
This trip is by far the best one I’ve ever done with Contiki. Alfie the tour manager was exemplary! 100% would recommend!

Frequently Asked Questions

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Are flights included in my trip?

International flights to/from the destination your trip starts and ends in are not included in the cost of the trip, and must be purchased separately. You can book these independently if you want to shop around for the best quote, or through your travel agent. You can depart from Kasane Airport in Botswana on the 14.00 flight to Johannesburg or take the free transfer back to Shearwater Village in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe where it is easy to arrange a transfer to Victoria Falls Airport for flights from 13.00. 

Any flights you take during your Contiki are included in the cost of your trip. On certain African trips we use planes to get you from A to B as quickly as possible, and all of this is included.

What documents do I need to travel?

All Visas can be acquired on arrival in the countries we visit. It is also essential that you have any necessary vaccinations & comply with all laws of the countries visited.

What are the luggage restrictions?

Luggage restrictions are due to our two internal flights – which means baggage of 20kg and a day bag. Suitcases with wheels are discouraged as some for some accommodation you will need to drag them through the sand. Your day bag should be a backpack, duffel bag or satchel only (no small luggage cases or suitcases with wheels)

A pair of binoculars is crucial for any safari and your most important tool for wildlife viewing. It is highly recommended to bring a pair with you. Summers are very hot with scattered thunder showers while winters get cold, especially on safari, so please pack accordingly.

What do the Contiki team do?

People are at the heart of everything we do, and our team is what makes our trips the best. Our worldwide On-Road Team, locally based staff & network of Local Guides are all extensively trained & widely travelled, & are the best in the business. But we know it’s not just about training, it’s about passion & our team have it in their blood. 
Your Trip Manager is like your walking, talking guidebook – just for you. They plan your itinerary every day, organise your food and accomodation and book your Free Time Add ons, and because they know everything about where you’re going, you will too. Your Drivers are the experts on getting you from A to B efficiently and safely in Africa. They know their way around like the back of their hands & they’ll drop you at your door & unload your bags for you. Local Guides provide specialist knowledge when you need it, like when you’re on a safari, and will always help you avoid the tourist traps.

 

What's not included that I should budget for?

How much spending money you’ll need will depend on the duration of the trip and how much you anticipate spending on personal expenses like alcohol or shopping. Before you travel, it’s also a good idea to read up on and get an idea of the Free Time Add-Ons you think you’ll want to do on trip, as these will form part of your overall budget. We’d advise doing some research on your chosen destinations beforehand, looking at things like:

- Cost of a local lunch
 
- Cost of a local dinner
 
- Cost of a local taxi
 
- Cost of entry to a sightseeing spot

 
It is crucial to have US$ in cash before your arrival to Africa. Most of our accommodations and activities take card however there is always the chance that card machines are down and having US$ in hand will 100% be required at some stage of the trip. In all areas of the service industry in Africa, whether it’s restaurants, bars, hotels or taxis, it’s common practice to tip if you feel that the service received has been excellent. The same goes for your Contiki team; if you feel that their service has been exceptional then feel free to tip them. Our travellers often ask what to tip, we suggest 3.00 US$ per person per day. Remember that tipping (& how much you tip) is optional - it’s entirely up to you.

 

Will I be able to access WiFi on my trip?

There will be WiFi at some lodges and most hotels, but when you’re staying in safari camps you may be off-grid. But when you’re this close to nature, camping under starswept skies, a mobile detox isn’t such a bad thing. You’ll still be able to upload your best snaps as you travel. Trip departures from the 27 October 2019 to 22 March 2020 will be staying for two nights in lodge accommodation rather than camping due to the heat and rainy season over this time in the Chobe.

What are Contiki’s sustainability credentials?

We believe that travelling sustainably and consciously, matters. Contiki Cares is our commitment to protecting the communities we visit, the wildlife we interact with, and the planet we all share. Our founding partner, the TreadRight Foundation was established 10 years ago as a not-for-profit organisation focused on promoting sustainable tourism within The Travel Corporation’s family of brands. From a Township visit in Cape Town to an Anti-Poaching experience outside Kruger National Park, we make sure our African experiences give something back to this incredible continent.