Best of Zimbabwe and Kruger Tour
The Best of Zimbabwe and Kruger Tour departs from Victoria Falls and ends in Johannesburg, South Africa.
This overland tour offers a great combination of adventures, safaris, natural landscapes and some pretty cool cultural groups
The Best of Zimbabwe and Kruger Tour departing from Victoria Falls to Johannesburg is an excellent way of extending your African Experience. An ideal addition in case you have travelled to Zimbabwe on any of our tours ending in Victoria Falls, such as our Cape Town to Victoria Falls or the East Africa Adventure – South Tour
Starting from one of the 7 natural wonders of the world– Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, the Best of Zimbabwe and Kruger tour spends the first few days in Zimbabwe exploring some of it’s different National Parks and including the Great Zimbabwe Ruins which is a UNESCO World Heritage site and once the capital of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe. The tour will eventually cross borders into South Africa where you will take the route from Johannesburg to visit the Kruger park. On the way back to Johannesburg the route will take you via the Panorama Route which has many of the touristic highlights in the Mpumalanga province.
When arriving in Johannesburg, you could consider any of our tours departing from here.
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This tour is offered in two travel styles:
1. Camping: Clients mostly overnight in comfortable two-man dome tents, with built in mosquito nets and of course a mattress… and a couple of nights are upgraded to budget rooms.
2. Accommodated (hotels/ lodges): Clients overnight in a comfortable twin rooms or permanent safari tents, mostly with en-suite bathrooms.
Route Preview
Reference # 10SSBZK
| Tour Price: | ZAR 36,450 |
| Single Supplement: | ZAR 750 |
| How long: | 10 days |
| Group size: | 20 clients max |
| Start point: | Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe |
| End point: | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Meals: | Breakfast x 9, Lunch x 10, Dinner x 9 |
| Countries: | Zimbabwe, South Africa |
Included: Accommodation and meals as indicated in the itinerary, transport, registered guides and selected activities as per itinerary.
Excluded: flights, all items of a personal nature, alcohol, snacks, souvenirs, tips and optional activities etc.
Day 1 – Victoria Falls to Hwange National Park
This morning we leave the rumble and adventure of Victoria Falls behind us as we make the journey south to Hwange National Park. Hwange is the largest of Zimbabwe’s national parks and offers excellent opportunities for viewing the diversity of wildlife that calls the park home.
Day 2 – Hwange National Park
Home to the big-5, Hwange National Park also offers a wide variety of plains game and birdlife. We will spend the day game driving (in open 4×4 vehicles) through Hwange in search of the animals.
Day 3 – Matopos National Park
After breakfast we continue south towards Bulawayo, the second largest city in Zimbabwe. 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. We return to Bulawayo and our overnight stop for the night.
Day 4 – Great Zimbabwe Ruins
Our journey today takes us to Masvingo and the Great Zimbabwe Ruins. This afternoon we will enjoy a guided walking tour of this historic site. 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 stone work and experience the heritage of this monument to early Zimbabwean civilisation.
Day 5 – Tshipise
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.
Day 6 – Johannesburg
This morning we take the highway south to Johannesburg, we arrive at Belvedere Estate in the late afternoon and all travellers are invited to join us for a traditional meal tonight. This can be booked with your guide on the day before arrival. Many great tales are shared and tonight is for celebrating the many wonders of African travel.
Day 7 – Johannesburg to Great Kruger National Park Area
Please note that during the next few days (while we are visiting Kruger National Park), the order of activities could change without prior notice and a degree of flexibility is needed. This is to allow for maximum game viewing opportunities and experiences.
Leaving the city of Johannesburg behind us we make our way east through the coalfields of Mpumalanga. Our journey today follows in the footsteps of the old trade-routes to the Lowveld and the Kruger National Park. We set up camp at our base for the next three nights and enjoy a lovely sundowner drive.
Day 8 – Kruger National Park
Rising early this morning we enter the Kruger National Park to enjoy a full-day of game viewing. The abundance of wildlife presents us with opportunities for excellent sightings, while the Kruger is also home to the famed members of Africa’s Big-5. The game drive offers the excitement of experiencing the park from an open-sided 4×4 vehicle.
Day 9 – Panorama Route
This morning we will journey along the scenic Panorama Route where we will visit God’s Window, Bourke’s Luck Potholes and the Three Rondavels.
Day 10 – Kruger National Park to Johannesburg
We enjoy our last drive through the park before setting off to Belvedere Estate. We arrive at Belvedere Estate in the late afternoon and all travellers are invited to join us for a traditional meal tonight. This can be booked with your guide on the day before arrival. Many great tales are shared and tonight is for celebrating the many wonders of African travel.
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Before and after the tour services
To help with the planning of your trip, you are more than welcome to book these hotels before and/ or after your tour through us. These hotels are either the starting or end point of your tour, or it will be conveniently close to it. These hotels also offer airport transfers. For information on prices, just click “Hotels and Transfers“.
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