10 Day Lower Zambezi Canoeing and Kafue National Park Safari
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Overview
Highlights
- Five Nights of Lower Zambezi Canoe
- Three days of Kafue National Park safari
- Adventure and Big Game Safari (Land & Water-based Activities)
- Lower Zambezi & Kafue National Park Safari
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Trip includes
- At Pioneer Lodge & Camp, Lusaka 2 Nights Ensuite Miombo Chalet Accommodations
- 2 Breakfast & 2 Dinner At Great Zambezi (5 Night Canoe Safari), Lower Zambezi All Canoeing Safari Activities
- Walking safari (on request)
- Camping gear
- Five nights’ accommodation
- Three meals a day and beverage At Mukambi Safari Lodge, Kafue National Park 2 night’s chalet accommodation
- All meals Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner daily
- Drinks from the bar. Excl Bottled wines of premium brands
- Two Game activities per Day; Walking Safari or Boat Cruise and Morning/Night Game Drive (Walking Safari in Weather Dependant)
- Complimentary Laundry Services
- National Park Entry Fees Transportation included All Road and Airport Transfers
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Itinerary
Arriving at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in Lusaka (LUN), where you will be welcomed by our representative who will then assist you with luggage and transfer you to Pioneer Lodge where you will spend your night before your fantastic canoeing Safari on the Zambezi River in lower Zambezi.
Check-in relax, enjoy your room and later it's dinner and bedtime.
Morning Breakfast at Pioneer Lodge, then our driver will transfer you to Zambezi Breezes in Chirundu where your canoeing Safaris will start.
Meet at Zambezi Breezes in Chirundu at approximately 10:00 for a two-hour drive downstream to the lunch place. After a b...
Canoeing begins early after morning tea or coffee and biscuits. About at 06:30, depart Mtondo Island for a downstream breakfast stop at roughly two-hour canoeing.
Continuing through the Lower Zambezi National Park for lunch between 12:30 to 14:00 away from the ...
All daily routine, on this day, you will canoe through offshoot river channels where birdlife and game abound. Leaders will stop at points of importance to witness wildlife. Fascinating parts of the river at this point pass three kilometres in width with a labyrinth o...
Exiting Mana Pools National Park and enter the safari area on the south bank while staying within the Lower Zambezi National Park. Starting to narrow down, and the current becomes stronger as the stream proceeds into what is known as the False Mupata Gorge.
Fro...
The day is spent canoeing through the rest of the Mupata Gorge, watching the 300-million-year-old volcanic rock that forms part of the Great Rift Valley. At approximate midday, the canoes exit the gorge and the guide proceeds through to Red Cliffs for lunch and a brea...
Depending on the choice of campsite, there is an early rise tea or coffee and breakfast before the remaining canoeing through to the end of the canoeing safari. The take-out point arrives at approximately 09:00 for the return transport to Lusaka.
This ride is i...
Morning breakfast and transfer to Mukambi Safari Lodge in Kafue National Park. This will be an adventurous road trip, passing through villages and most of it is in the bush, so there is a lot to see along the way, and the fact that it is a private safari means you hav...
Begin your day with breakfast and then go for a morning game drive you can choose to do a walking safari and return to the lodge for the lunch break and relax time. Later afternoon tea and night game drive or a Sunset Boat Cruise and return to the lodge for dinner and bed.
The morning will start with breakfast and depending on your flight time out of Lusaka our driver will pick you up after breakfast or you will do your morning game viewing activity and then depart for Lusaka. You will be transferred to Lusaka International Airport (LUN) in Lusaka for your onward connection.
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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
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What's excluded
- Visa Fees & All Flights
- Travel & Medical Insurance (Recommended Comprehensive)
- Only Park entry fees of 150 USD per person for the whole Canoe trip
- Any other drinks during Canoe Safari
- Laundry Service during Canoe and at Pioneer lodge
- Lunch at Pioneer Lodge and Camp
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Breakfast, Lunch & Three Course Dinner
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