Classic Victoria Falls & Safari
8 nights, 3 stops — falls, elephants and the zambezi.
Victoria Falls → Hwange National Park → Lower Zambezi National Park.
Round trip · returns to Victoria Falls
What you'll see
The journey, one day at a time
Arrive Victoria Falls
Arrive in Victoria Falls, met and transferred to your accommodation. Victoria Falls is the most connected point in the region — which makes it the natural hinge between Zimbabwe, Zambia and Botswana.
Victoria Falls
See the falls on foot, from the air, and on a sunset cruise on the upper Zambezi. Arrive and settle in.
To Hwange National Park
Transfer to Hwange National Park. Morning and evening game drives, with sundowners over the elephant pans. Arrive and settle in.
Hwange National Park
Morning and evening game drives, with sundowners over the elephant pans. Hwange's wildlife survives the dry months because of pumped water — a reminder that this wilderness is actively kept alive.
Hwange National Park
Morning and evening game drives, with sundowners over the elephant pans.
To Lower Zambezi National Park
Transfer to Lower Zambezi National Park. Canoe and boat the Zambezi channels, with floodplain game drives. Arrive and settle in.
Lower Zambezi National Park
Canoe and boat the Zambezi channels, with floodplain game drives. What Mana Pools is to Zimbabwe, the Lower Zambezi is to Zambia — the same river, a different shore.
Lower Zambezi National Park
Canoe and boat the Zambezi channels, with floodplain game drives.
Departure
A final morning in Lower Zambezi National Park — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
The season changes what you see.
Peak season
Peak flow. The falls are at their most thunderous, wrapped in spray and rainbows.
Good season
Low water. Less spray, clearer views of the rock face, and Devil's Pool swims open.
Where this journey goes
Hand-picked camps & lodges
Mpala Jena
An intimate private camp on the Zambezi above the falls, all river frontage and quiet luxury.
Somalisa Camp
An elegant tented camp on a Kalahari seep, with elephants drinking at the camp's own pan.
Lolebezi
A sleek contemporary lodge on the Zambezi, blending river, canoe and game-drive days.
The Victoria Falls Hotel
The grand Edwardian landmark, with manicured lawns running toward the bridge and the spray.
Linkwasha Camp
A polished camp in a game-rich private concession in Hwange's south-east, strong on predators.
Royal Zambezi Lodge
A riverfront lodge with spa and fishing, on the park's edge.
Make it yours.
Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.