DAY 1:  Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
On arrival at Victoria Falls Airport in Zimbabwe you will be met and transferred to Lokuthula Lodges.  This afternoon we explore the mighty Victoria Falls on a guided tour.

DAY 2 & 3:  Victoria Falls to Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe 
After breakfast we depart Victoria Falls and make our way to Hwange National Park.  The afternoon is spent on a game drive with a visit to the Painted Dogs Centre. Hwange National Park is one of Africa's finest havens for wildlife and is home to vast herds of elephant, buffalo, zebra and has a very large concentration of giraffe. It is also home to many predators and endangered species plus very large and varied birdlife.  The whole of the next day is spent exploring this magnificent area. [BLD]

DAY 4:  Hwange National Park to Matopos, Zimbabwe 
We leave the beauty of the Hwange National Park behind us and head to Big Cave Camp in the Matopos area.  The Matopos Hills comprise an extraordinary collection of huge bare granite hills with gravity-defying boulders scattered all over the countryside to create a quite unique and rather mysterious landscape. The national park is famous for its outstanding views, San (bushman) painted caves, wildlife (especially the Black Eagle) and as the chosen burial place of Cecil Rhodes who named his favourite spot.  We visit the grave of Cecil John Rhodes on our way. [BLD]

DAY 5:  Matopos to Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe       
After breakfast this morning we drive to the Great Zimbabwe Ruins via Gweru.  We visit the ruins, before checking into our accommodation for the evening.  The ruins, which are also known as the capital of the Queen of Sheba, according to an age-old legend – are a unique testimony to the Bantu civilization of the Shona between the 11th and 15th centuries. The city, which covers an area of nearly 80 ha, is renowned as an important trading centre from the Middle Ages onwards. [BLD]

DAY 6 & 7:  Great Zimbabwe to Nyanga National Park, Zimbabwe 
We head off to the Nyanga National Park after breakfast.  We have this afternoon and the following day to go on game drives in the park.  Nyanga National Park is situated in one of the most scenic areas of Zimbabwe's Eastern Highlands. Rolling green hills and perennial rivers transverse the 47 000 hectare Park.  Wildlife to look out for are Wildebeest, kudu, zebra, waterbuck, impala, sable, eland and smaller mammals can be seen in the Park. [BLD] [BLD]

DAY 9 & 10:  Harare to Mana Pools, Zimbabwe            
Leaving the city life of Harare behind us, we continue our journey to one of Zimbabwe’s greatest national parks – Mana Pools, where we have this afternoon and the whole of the next day available to search for African wildlife in the park. En-route we stop at Chinoyi Caves for lunch. Mana Pools has the country's biggest concentration of hippo and crocodiles and large dry season mammal populations of elephant and buffalo. This really is as wild a place as you will find in Zimbabwe. [BLD] [BLD]

DAY 11 & 12:  Mana Pools to Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe        
A short drive today (approximately 4 hours) brings us to Lake Kariba.  After lunch we take a speedboat trip across the lake to Rhino Camp, which lies on Elephant Point on the lake in the Matusadona National Park, where we spend the next two nights.  Kariba is unique and a place of outstanding beauty, a great inland sea, nested in mountains, guarded by enormous reserves of game and made beautiful and savage by sun and storm, as well as by earth and water.  [BLD] [BLD]

DAY 14:  Chizarira National Park to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe      
After breakfast we drive back to where our adventure started – Victoria Falls.  There will still be time for optional activities like boat cruises, bungee jumping and elephant back safaris (optional and for own expense). [BL]

DAY 15:  End of tour
Depending on your departure time, you will be taken to Victoria Falls Airport for your onward flight.  We hope to welcome you on one of our adventures again soon.