BEST OF SOUTHERN AFRICA WING SAFARI
13 Days
Botswana

This superb flying safari has daily guaranteed departures. We fly from Lanseria Airport in Johannesburg through the prime areas of Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe with a private aircraft. The aircraft and pilot stay with the group throughout, and the group gets the benefit of not having to worry about scheduled airlines time tables, thus maximizing time spent in all areas.

Days 1 & 2 : The Namib Desert - Little Kulala

The safari departs early morning from Lanseria Airport in Johannesburg for Keetmanshoop in Namibia. It is then a one hour twenty minute flight up to the Namib Desert and to Little Kulala where we spend 2 nights. This is where one finds the highest sand dunes in the world, with Oryx and Springbok antelope providing a contrast to the incredible desert scenery.

Days 3 & 4 : Etosha and Ongava Lodge

The morning flight takes guests over the dunes of the Namib and over Sossusvlei itself for an aerial view of the dunes and then due westwards to Meob Bay on the shores of the southern Skeleton Coast. There is spectacular desert and Skeleton Coast scenery. We land at Swakopmund. The group is then transferred to Walvis Bay harbour by road for a boat trip (weather permitting) out to sea which will allow guests the opportunity to view seals, schools of dolphins swimming alongside the boat and sometimes even penguins and whales. Following a delicious seafood lunch, the group flies up the coast before turning east to fly up to Ongava Lodge for two nights. This is the base for our Etosha experience.

Days 5 and 6 : The Central Okavango and Jao Camp

We depart from Ongava for Maun in Botswana. From Maun the group flies onto Jao Camp in the heart of the Okavango and will enjoy the complete contrast from the Namib Desert. The waterways of the Okavango and the wildlife of this area are very special.

Days 7 and 8 : Moremi Game Reserve - Mombo Camp

From Jao, we fly to Mombo Camp for the game viewing highlight of the safari.

Days 9 and 10 : The River Club and Victoria Falls

After a mornings game drive, the group departs Mombo for Kasane and then onto Livingstone, the small town on the Zambian side of Victoria Falls. We overnight at The River Club and enjoy the sights and sounds of Victoria Falls.

Day 11 and 12 : Mana Pools - Chikwenya

Guests drive across the famous bridge across the Zambezi River with great views on to the Victoria Falls themselves. We view the Falls from Zimbabwe side before flying onto Mana Pools and possibly the most scenic of all the parks on this safari. Here guests may stay at Chikwenya.

Day 13 : The Safari Ends

After our last game activity in the Mana Pools area, we fly to back to Lanseria Airport in Johannesburg where we land in the afternoon, giving guests enough time to connect onto their international flights - or travel onto places like Cape Town.

Departure Dates

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Guest Comments

Of my nearly 200 overseas trips since 1968, this has to rank right up there with the best. It's entitled: "Best of Southern Africa Winged Safari." (Just what the doctor ordered for the physician who fantasizes a trip of a lifetime!) Five countries. As varied as you can imagine: from the world's tallest and most spectacular 10-story-high ochre colored sand dunes along Namibia's Atlantic Coastline to the Kalahari wilderness further inland... to neighboring Botswana's lush Okavango Delta with excursions through papyrus and lily pads in mokoro dugouts propelled by expert polers...to Zambia and the banks of the Zambesi River just before it plunges over the nearby downstream escarpment creating rainbow-laced Victoria Falls...then into Zimbabwe along the twisting Zambezi River beneath the falls and into the realm of the predators: leopard, lion, crocodiles and the rare cape hunting dog (wild dog) . All flights within Africa by the same private charter light plane with the same pilot-guide accompanying his passengers throughout the 3,250-mile safari journey. My aircraft was a Beechcraft Baron which whisked us at 200 mph between the various destinations. Overland travel on such an itinerary would take several months. My final wildlife scorecard from the 13 day adventure: 154 different kinds of birds and 54 different mammals. But the wildlife was just half the story. The other half was the luxury safari experience itself in the permanently tented camps, game lodges and chalets where all featured flush toilets en suite, great porcelain bathtubs...some out of doors (discreetly out of view of neighbors) where you could laze in the suds and view above you the heavenly firmament of spinning planets and twinkling stars in the evening after savoring a candlelit gourmet meal served on a great solid mahagany dinner table set with the finest silver and china. I focussed in closely, too, on the friendly, hospitable staffs made up of Europeans and Africans and in one case, Americans, who do everything they can to make the whole experience so enjoyable. So far, the best way I can describe the experience is: "Roughing It On Safari (Ha...Ha)!

DB - USA Travel Journalist

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