Cape Town - Cape Point - Stellenbosch - Windhoek - Namib Naukluft Park - Sossusvlei - Sesriem Canyon - Walvis Bay - Swakopmund - Skeleton Coast -Etosha - Maun - Okavango Delta - Victoria Falls

     DAY 1 Arrival in Cape Town, transfer to the hotel, short rest.
Departure for a sightseeing tour of the city centre, District 6, Camps Bay and famous pearly white Clifton beaches. The town is funky and old, vibrant and new, colourful and exiting. It has ancient tradition of hospitality and a modern reputation as the favourite destination of South Africans and visitors alike. The "Mother City" is a cosmopolitan mix of culture and business, industry and leisure, history and innovation.
Visit to the Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, beautifully set against the eastern slopes of Table Mountain, which is a floral treasure famouse for its beauty and diversity of the indigenous South African flora it displays. The estate covers 528 ha. Late in the afternoon watching the most stunning sunset at Signal Hill with a panoramic view of the Mother City will conclude the tour.
Evening at the historic working harbour - V&A Waterfront - most visited tourist place in Cape Town. One finds here buskers, entertainers and street festivals, lively music at the open air amphitheatre, cinemas, historic buildings, numerous restaurants and much more.
Overnight at the hotel.

     DAY 2 Full day excursion to the Cape of Good Hope. Scenic drive along the Western coast via small picturesque fishing harbour of Hout Bay where we go on a cruise to Duiker Island - seal and seabird colony.
Later we continue our drive through Chapman's Peak, a 10-km stretch blasted into the partially vertical rock considered one of the most spectacular coastal roads in South Africa. It starts at the Hout Bay and then winds up to Chapman's Point, revealing breathtaking views of the sandy bays down below, until the road reaches sea level again at Noordhoek.
Afterwards visit to the Cape Peninsula National Park that contains beautiful coastal scenery, beaches, diverse plant and animal life, shipwrecks and dramatic mountains. Wildlife in the reserve includes baboons, bucks of all sorts and wild cats. There is also an abundance of birdlife including ostriches and flamingos. The park is the smallest of the world's six floral kingdoms, and has one of the highest concentrations of different plant species, some of which are found nowhere else in the world. The special vegetation of the region is called "fynbos" and includes the protea which is a South Africa's national flower.
We reach the Cape Point and use a funicular (or railway) that leads up to the historic lighthouses that were built at the end of the Point. This is a stunning place to look out over the cliffs, rocks and endless sea which smell and sight of huge waves crashing into the rocks is really spectacular.
In the afternoon return to Cape Town along Eastern coast and through old colonial curorts of Muizenberg and Simonstown. We will also stop at the Boulders Beach with a large breeding colony of Jackass penguins. This endearing little creatures nest just above the beaches along the coast, so one can well experience an encounter with some of them whenever enjoying the exellent sunbathing or swimming anywhere along Simon's Town' s coast.
Overnight at the hotel.

     DAY 3 Excursion to the famous Cape vineyards. Visit to the historical university town of Stellenbosh which is the second oldest town in South Africa and every effort has been made to preserve the atmosphere of its I9th century calm and elegance. Nowhere is this more evident than in Dorp Street with charming, thatched, white houses with green shutters and elegant fanlights. The town is also known for its stately oaks and gracefully proportioned Cape Dutch homesteads.
Later drive through the picturesque valleys of Stellenbosch, Paarl and Franschhoek. The Stellenbosch Wine Route is arguably the country's most famous, and the Stellenbosch Wine area includes over 300 wine farms of which more than a 100 are open to the public. One will taste South African way of life by visiting one of the wine estates, touring of the farm and wine tasting.
Return to Cape Town, time at leisure. In the afternoon transfer to the airport and flight to Windhoek - the capital of Namibia.
Drive thrugh the city. Overnight at the hotel / guest house.

     DAY 4 Drive towards Namib Naukluft Park (thought to be the oldest desert in the world) to Sesriem Canyon. The Namib Naukluft Park is the largest conservation area in Namibia and one of the largest in the world. Parts of this park resemble a lunar landscape while other places rise with the purple-hued rocky mountains of the Naukluft Mountain massif. The famous, stunning orange sand dunes blown into razor sharp ridges and peaks along the road to Sossusvlei are certainly impressive just as watching the sunset on the Elim dune with the view on the Naukluft Mountains.
Overnight at the lodge.

     DAY 5 Departure before dusk to the wild Sossusvlei dunes and watching the sunrise over the highest dunes in the world. Afterwards visit to Sesriem Canyon. Walking through this incredible canyon takes you on a journey back 10-20 million years when sedimentary layers of gravel and sand were deposited and cemented together by lime. The ledges are now inhabited by pigeons, raucous pied crows and chattering starlings. But look a little higher and you might see a lanner falcon or the soaring spread of a lappet faced vulture with a wingspan of 2.6m.
Drive through the desert to Walvis Bay - main Namibian harbour and also home of a large colony of aquatic birds gathering in the lagoon. The harbour town of Walvis Bay stands on flat land beside a wide bay and tidal lagoon, sheltered from the open ocean behind a spit of sand with a lighthouse at its tip. The site does not rise much above sea level, but high dunes crowd together on the landward side of town, where desert sands spill into the streets.
After visitig the bay we drive to Swakopmund. Overnight at the hotel/guest house

     DAY 6 A short sightseeing of Swakopmund, a picturesque Germanic town enclosed between Atlantic ocean and Namib Desert. Visit to a historic museum, Kristall Galerie, old railway station and aquarium. In the afternoon time for the optional activities like: quad biking on the vast dunes, kayak trip around the harbor and waching flamingo colony, exciting sand boarding, parachuting or horse riding.
Overnight at the hotel/guest house.

      DAY 7 Early morning drive through the National Park of the Skeleton Coast to the Cape Cross with a huge seals colony. Days along the coast are often windy and shrouded in fog. Numerous shipwrecks litter the treacherous coastline, which gained its name from the dismal fate of castaways lost in the unfriendly terrain.
After visiting the cape return inland towards the Brandberg mountain. We visit Twyfelfontein with its prehistoric rock paintings which are one of the most prolific occurrence of rock engravings in the world. The current estimated numbers of the engravings is more than two thousand.
Short drive North - West will take us to the Petrified Forest. Here we can see how the antediluvian flood deposited gaint treetrunks, some up to 30 m long. The age of these fossil trunks is estimated to be 200 million years.
Overnight at the lodge.

     DAY 8 Departure from the lodge for a few-hour drive to the Etosha Park. Afternoon game drive through the park to the rest camp. The Etosha National Park is one of the major sanctuaries of wildlife in Africa and was proclaimed a game reserve by German Governer von Lindequist in 1907.
The heart of the park is the Etosha Pan, meaning 'place of dry water', an extensive, flat depression of about 5 000 sq km. This great, white expanse is a place of shimmering mirages, and seeing large herds of game in this setting makes Etosha a unique experience in Africa.
Overnight in one of the camps in the reserve.

    DAY 9 Early morning game drive in the reserve and afterwards departure for Windhoek. Our route runs through Otjiwarongo, famous for the unusually dressed Herero women. A short stop over at Okahandja at the large African art market gives opportunity to admire talent of African people. Upon arrival in Windhoek dinner and overnight at the hotel or guest house.

     DAY 10 In the morning transfer to the airport and flight to Maun, in Botswana. Maun is the gateway to the Okavango Delta and one of the best safari experiences one can ever have. Maun has developed rapidly from a rural frontier town and has spread along the wide Thamalakane River. It now boasts good shopping centres, hotels and lodges. However, it still retains a rural atmosphere and local tribesmen still bring their cattle here to sell and you might see antelopes grazing the riverbanks.
Transfer to the lodge. Time at leisure. Dinner. Overnight in chalets.

     DAY 11 In the morning flight over Okavango Delta and then a trail in traditional mokoro canoes through the waterways that stretch out far over the plains and a game walk on one of the islands where we have lunch. This trip gives the opportunity to see the Okavango at eye level with its lush scenery under the cobalt blue sky.
The Okavango Delta is the greatest jewel in Botswana's tourist crown. It is a shifting web of crystal-clear channels, lagoons, sweeping floodplains and palm-studded islands. This magical world is a home to over 450 birds and 1,000 plant species, crocodile, hippo, elephant, buffalo - in fact the full spectrum of African big-game and several species of antelope that are amongst the world's rarest.
The Okavango has earned its reputation as one of the world's premier wilderness areas. It is the largest inland delta in the world. Instead of flowing into the sea, the annual flood of fresh water flows inland, spreading over 15 000 km˛ of the Kalahari sand in a maze of lagoons and channels.
Return to Maun in the late afternoon. Dinner. Overnight in chalets.

     DAY 12 Air transfer from Maun to Kasane and further to Victoria Falls which is one of the Seven Wonders of the World and greatest natural spectacles. Declared a World Heritage Site, the Falls - and much of the town of the same name - constitute a 23,4km˛ national park, which neighbours onto the 573km˛ Zambezi National Park. After check-in at the hotel we depart for a tour of the town. Overnight at a lodge or guest house.

     DAY 13 In the morning we will view the Falls - the stuff of legends, romance and myth. The local people called this magical place, where mighty Zambezi plunges into a mile-wide ravine, Mosi-oa-Tunya - the "Smoke that Thunders". The spray billowing up from a series of magnificent cataracts, some over 100m high, can be seen 70 km away.
The thundering energy of the Falls stays in vivid contrast to the tranquility of the surrounding wilderness. Walk on the paths through rain forest, which grows in the arc of the spray, to dozens of view points - each one better then the last, will give incredible oportunity to take magnificent pictures.
In the afternoon visiting to the local craft market. Shortly before the dusk we board the houseboat for a cruise on the Zambezi River above the waterfalls to watch one of the most unforgettable sunsets in the world.
Overnight at the hotel/lodge.

     DAY 14 Day for optional activities. Most of the activities depend on a choice of the group members and are not included in the price of the tour. One of the most popular attractions is the white water rafting over the gorges of mighty Zambezi below the falls. The white water rapids offer Grade 5 rapids most of the way. It requires some physical fitness and good team work to survive the pass through the rough waters of the river. Another hi-adrenaline attraction is a bungi jump from the famous steel bridge joining both sides of Zambezi River on Zimbabwean and Zambian side. It is one of the highest and most interesting jumps.of its kind in the world. For the less extreme but equally adventurous there is a micro light flight over the stormy waters of the falls and more comfortable helicopter flights, both giving the most incredible views of the full 1700 meters of the Victoria Falls. Other activities include: horse and elephant back safaris, jet boating, tandem kayaking, abseiling, gorge swing and flying fox. Overnight at the hotel/lodge

     DAY 15 After breakfast transfer to the airport. Flight to Windhoek and later to Europe.

The price includes:
- Air transfer from Maun to Kasane and further road transfer to Victoria Falls
- accommodation in the hotels 3*, bungalows and guesthouses in double rooms with bathrooms
- breakfasts and dinners
- service of a driver and a tourist guide
- transport in air-conditioned microbuses

The price excludes:
- flights: from Europe to SA via Windhoek, Windhoek-Maun and Victoria Falls-Windhoek
- lunches
- cold and alcoholic beverages during the trip
- entry fees to the parks and visited places
- insurance
- visa fees
- optional excursions and activities

The above itinerary is based on the flight schedule of Air Namibia. Safpol Safaris offers tickets on the following route: Europe - Cape Town-Windhoek-Maun and Victoria Falls-Windhoek-Europe.

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