African Safari with Spike in three countries!

Welcome to Africa! After collecting our bags, our local driver will be waiting for us to take us to the lodge. For two nights you will be staying in Sandton, the suburb of Johannesburg. A relaxing first day and a welcome dinner for our group!

Our first stop after breakfast is to Motsoaledi informal settlement. Walk through the streets with our local guide past street cafés and craft markets to a community center to learn about their way of life. Then we travel from Orlando West down Vilakazi Street. We see famous monuments and the homes of Nelson and Winnie Mandela. We also see the home of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Time permitting, you have the option of stopping at Nelson Mandela Museum for a visit. In the late afternoon, we will head back to our hotel for dinner.

Victoria falls is located on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe in southern Africa. It is one of the most popular tourist spots in Africa. The mighty Zambezi River flows over the edge of the falls. It drops 300 feet (as tall as the Statue of Liberty) into the Zambezi Gorge. After lunch, we will rest before an evening game drive at Zambezi National Park nearby.

After breakfast, we travel to Botswana. There, we will enjoy great game drives and stay at the best luxury lodge. The drive is in a private van, and it’s about 1hr drive through nature on a paved road. Once across the border, we will be transferred to our safari jeep and enter the Chobe park at around 11am. We will have a game drive en-route to the lodge. Lunch, rest and afternoon game drive with bush bar drinks by the river. We will return to the lodge at around 5:30pm for some dinner and more drinks.

It’s market day in Lausanne! Enjoy browsing and packing a picnic lunch for our 11 AM boat cruise on Lake Geneva. A few miles downshore we’ll dock at Château de Chillon, where we’ll have a guided tour of this medieval castle on the water. On our way back we’ll take time to peek into the vineyards surrounding Lutry before returning to Lausanne.

Today, we have a flight scheduled for our group only, landing on a private air strip. Our next stop is Moremi game reserve. Okavango Delta is a ”World Heritage Site” and the most famous of all in southern Africa. Here for the next two days you will be taken on game drives in the morning and evening. As usual, breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks will be included.

Today you will learn more about the history of the Delta. We will go on a game drive and a walking safari with an armed ranger. You will enjoy drinks and a bush dinner in the park. A sunset boat ride is also one of the best ways to do a game viewing. All game drives are optional if you’d rather have a relaxing day on the lodge resort. You can also take a water safari in dugout “mokoros.” This is one of the best ways to see the animals of the Okavango Delta.

Your last day at Moremi game reserve. After breakfast, you will have another chance to do a morning game drive, followed by relaxation in the afternoon or another game drive in the afternoon. We give the option as some people want as much nature and wildlife as possible while others want some relaxing vacation downtime. Tomorrow, we will return to Johannesburg.

Sadly, it is time to head home. After breakfast, we will drive to Maun. The trip takes about one and a half hours. We will enjoy nature along the way which means we can see more animals. This is a fun route. When we arrive in Maun, we will board our flight to Johannesburg. The flight takes about 2 hours. In Johannesburg. We will be picked up and transferred to the same hotel we stayed in when we arrived in Johannesburg.

Today we will say goodbye to Africa. We hope you have a beautiful safari with us, and hope to travel with us again soon.