Time to explore…..

• 15 – 28 June 2020 R8 800 p/p sharing

Let’s go on the road less travelled and find the hidden gems.

We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and un-trodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey –  “John Hope Franklin”

Come share our passion to travel to remote locations, meet local people, experience their worlds and in the process creating life-enriching experiences and making memories to last a lifetime, all while having the most fun you can. Come live this adventure without just being a spectator.

• Elephant Sands
• Hunters Road
• Kasane
• Chobe (Optional)
• Vic Falls (Optional)
• Sunset boat cruise (Optional)
• Kazangula ferry to Zambia
• Choma
• Itezhi Tezhi dam
• Kafue Nat Park
• Livingstone
• Devils Pool

Adventure Itinerary

Meet up at the Groblersbrug border post. This will be the day with the most driving on the trip and one of the few days we need to get an early start to reach Francistown. We will do a stop in Palapye to purchase meat and greens. The aim is to be at the  border post in the morning, between 7 and 8.

Elephant Sands will be home for the next 2 nights while viewing the elephants at the waterhole right in front of the Elephant Sands lodge. Watch these impressive creatures whilst they drink only a couple of meters away from you, an unique experience! There’s plenty of other wildlife around on the un-fenced 16000 ha private conservancy. The lack of fences allows all animals to roam freely.

We will spend the day taking pictures or just relax in the camp trying to take that million dollar elephant close up photo. They have a resident pack of 18 wild dogs and we might be lucky enough to spot.

Livingstone is situated on the banks of the mighty Zambezi River, this will be home for the next 2 nights. We will visit the Vic Falls Bridge and the falls itself. Livingstone is a vibrant African town with shops and museums to explore. Maybe take a dip in the very daring devils pool on the edge of the mighty falls.

Mukuni, 9.6 km (6.0 mi) to the south-east of present-day Livingstone, was the largest village in the area before Livingstone was founded. Its Baleya inhabitants, originally from the Rozwi culture in Zimbabwe, were conquered by Chief Mukuni who came from the Congo in the 18th century. Another group of Baleya under Chief Sekute lived near the river west of the town.

The most numerous people in the area, though, were the Batoka under Chief Musokotwane based at Senkobo, 30 km (19 mi) north. These are southern Tonga people but are culturally and linguistically similar to the Baleya and grouped with them as the ‘Tokaleya’.

The Southern Province of Zambia. It is the seat of the Itezhi-Tezhi District. It lies west of the town of Namwala on the border of the Kafue National Park. On 6 February 2012, President Michael Sata issued a directive to try to move Itezhi-Tezhi from Southern Province to Central Province which was rejected by the people of Southern Province.

Itezhi-Tezhi came into existence when the Itezhi-Tezhi Dam was constructed on the Kafue River in the early 1970s. The dam was created to hold and regulate the water flow in the river for Kafue Gorge Upper Power Station, downstream. This hidden gem should be the next big thing in Zambia tourism but is not known at all. Let us show you this magical place that will capture your heart. Access to Southern Kafue is a mere 5 minutes from here.

Hook bridge is found in the centre of western Zambia, Kafue National Park is the oldest and largest of Zambia’s national parks. It covers a massive 22,400 km².

First established as a National Park in the 1950’s by the legendary Norman Carr, Kafue is one of the largest national parks in the whole of Africa. Despite its size and prominent location only two hour drive from Livingstone, it remains little-known and largely unexplored with vast tracts of its virgin bush still untouched. Thanks to its size and variety of habitat types the Kafue holds a fantastic diversity of wildlife

Itinerary 

Day 1 Woodlands – Francistown

Day 2 and 3 Elephant Sands

Day 4 Hunters Road

Day 5 and 6 Kasane

Day 7 and 8 Livingstone

Day 9 Choma

Day 10 – 12 Itezhi Tezhi

Day 13 and 14 Hook Bridge Kafue

What do you need:

1. A good reliable, serviced 4-wheel drive vehicle
2. Fuel range of app. 700km’s including extra fuel containers like long range tanks and jerry cans.
3. Vehicle registration papers or letter of consent from the financing institution.
4. Children must have a valid passport and an unabridged birth certificate and letter of consent if not accompanied by both parents.
5. Guests from non-SADC countries will need a Visa.
6. A passport that is valid for 3 months after our return to SA, valid drivers license and ID.
7. Camping equipment and cooking/braai accessories.
8. A ground tent is fine but no open-air camping allowed due to the fact that we camp in predator territory.
9. Fridge/Freezer
10.  Malaria Prophylaxis taken as prescribed by your GP.
11. Last but not least – A good sense of humour and a positive outlook.

2 way radios will be supplied by ourselves.

Price includes:

• All cross border fees, 3rd party insurance and taxes
• All camping fees
• Conservation fees
• Park entry fees (Except Kafue)

Not included:

• 4×4 vehicle hire
• Fuel
• Food
• Daily activities like Vic Falls, boat cruises, fishing etc
• Transfer fees
• Game drives