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Trip Summary | Sausage Tree Camp | Old Mondoro Bush Camp | Tongabezi Lodge | Locations
A wonderful combination of experiences awaits you on this special trip combining the best of the Lower Zambezi National Park with the spectacular Victoria Falls. Activities are highly varied, including game drives, walking safaris, canoeing, boating and fishing; although this trip is also ideal for guests wishing to relax in luxurious and scenic surroundings.
Within the picturesque Lower Zambezi National Park, your accommodation combines the luxury and sophistication of Sausage Tree Camp with the rustic simplicity of Old Mondoro Bush Camp, both on the banks of the Zambezi River. A stay at the exclusive Tongabezi Lodge just upriver from Victoria Falls provides a fitting finale to what should be a highly memorable trip.
Days 1-3: You will be met at Lusaka Airport for a flight to the Lower Zambezi National Park. Enjoy the land and spirit of the great Nyami Nyami, the serpentine river god of the local Tonga people who have claimed land rights to the harsh Zambezi Valley from before the days of the legendary missionary Scotsman, David Livingstone.
Image supplied courtesy of Sausage Tree Camp
Your first three nights are spent at the exclusive Sausage Tree Camp, featured on the BBC’s Holiday Ten Best programme. Enjoying a prime location, this luxury camp offers a large range of game-viewing activities including day and night game-drives, walking safaris, canoeing, boating and fishing for the world-renowned Tiger Fish. The Tiger International Tournament, a worldwide fishing competition, is help upstream from here. All guiding is personalized and guests decide exactly what activity they would like to take and when.
Lion, buffalo, leopard and hyena are frequently seen in the area, with occasional sightings of wild dogs.
Days 4-5: A full day canoe trip, stopping for a picnic lunch en-route, takes you to Old Mondoro Bush Camp - your home for the next two nights. The camp is set in a grove of acacia trees on the banks of the Zambezi River, near to the Chakwenga River confluence. It is a beautiful site overlooking a maze of hippo-inhabited islands and channels and is unquestionably the best walking area in the Lower Zambezi. Although game drives are available, the emphasis is definitely on walking.
Image supplied courtesy of Old Mondoro Bush Camp
Days 6-7: A transfer by light aircraft brings you to the magnificent Victoria Falls. Described by the Kololo tribe living in the area in the 1800’s as ‘Mosi-oa-Tunya’ or ‘the Smoke that Thunders’, Victoria Falls - one of the seven natural wonders of the world - are a spectacular sight of awe-inspiring beauty and grandeur on the Zambezi River, bordering Zambia and Zimbabwe. Your two nights here are spent at the luxurious Tongabezi Lodge. Tongabezi is positioned upriver from the Falls on the banks of the Zambezi. This unique lodge is a wonderful place to relax and savour the highlights of the trip, but for the active there is also plenty to do. Activities include sunrise and sunset boat trips on the Zambezi, guided canoe excursions, fishing, lunch on Chundu Island and a visit to the Falls.
Image supplied courtesy of Tongabezi Lodge
Day 8: A road transfer returns you to Livingstone to connect with your onward travel arrangements.
Please note that all of our itineraries are tailor-made to suit the particular interests and requirements of our guests. The itinerary shown above is just one recommended combination of camps. Please contact us for a bespoke proposal.
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