Cape Town, Botswana & Vic Falls

On arrival in Cape Town, you are transferred to the Twelve Apostles Hotel & Spa for your five night stay. The intimate Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa is ideal if you're looking for a romantic yet fun hotel with a distinctly glamourous feel to it. Five minutes drive from Camps Bay and sandwiched between the 12 Apostles mountain range and the Atlantic Ocean, it has enough on offer to keep you happily ensconced there all day with the top-of-the-range Spa, a breath-taking garden magically perched above the ocean, walking trails up the mountain complete with picnic spots, two heated outdoor pools and Jacuzzis.

Inside, the Azure Restaurant offers seductive sea-views and an innovative Fynbos-inspired tasting menu. There's lots of unique features at this hotel: a 16-seater private cinema showing 3 movies a day, complete with milkshakes on hand; a massage pavilion in the garden for alfresco treatments, a DVD library to choose from, beach bags in the room ready for use and so forth!

Optional day tours in and around Cape Town can easily be added at an additional cost or we can arrange to have a rental car delivered to the hotel.
Bed & Breakfast

Today you are transferred back to Cape Town Airport where you board your scheduled flight to Johannesburg for your connecting flight to Maun in Botswana. On arrival, you are spent by a representative and shown to your charter flight for the short 20 minute hop in to the Okavango Delta.

The Okavango, the jewel in the middle of the Kalahari Desert, is Africa's largest and most beautiful oasis - an isolated, lush green paradise with some of the richest wildlife in the world. This exceedingly beautiful maze of waterways, lagoons, vast grassy plains and palm-fringed and wooded islands is home to crocodile, hippo, elephant, lion, leopard, hyena, giraffe, wild dog, rare antelope and around 400 bird species. But wildlife is just one of many elements that combine to make the delta a treasure house. It is the brooding quietness of the waterways, the plaintive cry of the fish eagle, the malachite kingfisher reflected in the waters and the scent of the water lilies, which will stay with you forever.

The evocative mokoro trips - a traditional dugout canoe made from an ebony or sausage tree - largely take place in shallow waters and seasonal flood plains of the semi-permanent sector of the delta. Gliding along in a mokoro, in total harmony with nature, with a knowledgeable guide behind you, is an experience not to be missed. Camps in the semi-permanent waters tend to offer water-based activities from June to October (exactly when varies by lodge and by season) when the water levels are highest, as well as 4x4 game drives in open vehicles and game walks.

Nxabega Safari Lodge lies in a private Delta concession on the western border of the Moremi wildlife reserve. The lodge has been beautifully hand crafted and designed so that its open-plan dining room, lounge, wildlife reference library, and expansive sundecks all offer unobstructed views over the endless floodplains of the Delta. Beautiful details such as burnished teak floors, huge wooden bowls full of chillies and a solitaire game made from local vegetable ivory pods add a signature style to Nxabega.

You have a choice of daily activities including meandering along the floodplains and channels by mokoro or tracking big game on foot or by open 4x4-safari vehicle. The main lodge has a sitting and dining area and there's a plunge pool for cooling off during the warm days.
Fully Inclusive

After a final morning game activity, you are transferred back to the airstrip for a charter flight to Kasane Aiport. Here you are met and transferred to your lodge close to the Victoria Falls where you stay for 3 nights at Matetsi Water Lodge. 

Matetsi Water Lodge lies on the banks of the Zambezi within a 50,000ha game reserve 45 minutes drive upstream from Victoria Falls. You enjoy both the adventure and the tranquillity of life beside the Zambezi, combining game viewing with complimentary excursions to the Falls. The Zambezi river is known for some of the best elephant viewing in Africa in the winter months (May to October), with huge herds often seen at the end of the dry season. The river is alive with crocodile and hippo and marvellous birdlife, including kingfishers and bee-eaters. Languorous sunset cruises are a speciality of Matetsi.

Shaded by Mangosteen and Waterberry trees, Matetsi Water Lodge has three intimate camps of six air-conditioned suites each, a sophisticated harmoney of slate, teak and thatch reflecting the themes of ancient Zimbabwe. Each suite has its own plunge pool, spacious bathroom and river deck with breathtaking views over the waters.
Fully Inclusive with Game Activities & Complimentary transfers to Victoria Falls

Alternatively for an additional supplement, you can also opt to stay on the Zambian side of the Zambezi river at Tongabezi Lodge or one of the other romantic riverside lodges.

Why not stay two nights at Tongabezi Lodge with a night at the romantic Sindabezi Island, a private island in the middle of the Zambezi river....

Tongabezi is set on a sweeping bend of the Zambezi, upstream from the Falls and facing west toward the sunset. A swimming pool is landscaped into a rock face. Canoeing, bird walks, river cruises, village visits and guided tour of the Falls are some of the inclusive activities. There's even a croquet lawn. Sindabezi Island is a romantic yet more rustic camp of 5 open-fronted chalets on an island.
Fully Inclusive of Meals & some activities

This morning you are transferred back to the Livingstone airport in time for your onward flight arrangements.