With this 17-day time frame, expect to have the best safari and tours in Southern African where you’ll discover some iconic destinations. Your memorable journey begins with two nights of pure luxury and relaxation in Pretoria, before heading North on your safari journey with three nights on the Rovos Rail to the breathtaking Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. Enjoy a two-night stay at the colonial-style Victoria Falls Hotel before continuing your journey into one of Africa’s leading wildlife destinations, Chobe National Park, set on the banks of the famous Chobe River in Botswana, for three nights of amazing land and river safari activities. We then enter the waterways of the Okavango Delta, where we spend the next three nights, the largest inland delta in the world. Here, you’ll find yourself exploring a lush paradise home to Africa’s most beautiful wildlife and bird species while enjoying an African landscape, unlike any other. Flight to Cape Town where you’ll spend your last three nights. Explore the historical city of Cape Town; summit its famed Table Mountain, visit Cape Winelands and drive along the remarkable landscape of the Cape Peninsula. A journey filled with unforgettable experiences.
Meet-and-greet by a company representative at OR Tambo Airport. Private transfer to Pretoria.
Stay: Castello Di Monte
Room: Standard room
Meals: Breakfast
Enjoy a half-day private tour of Soweto, an area known for its rich political history and vibrant trendsetting culture. The Soweto tour includes a visit to the Mandela House Museum, Walter Sisulu Square, where the South African Freedom Charter was signed in 1955, and the famous Vilakazi Street that President Nelson Mandela once lived on.
Stay: Castello Di Monte
Room: Standard room
Meals: Breakfast
The train departs at 09h30 from the Rovos Rail Station in Pretoria with a steam locomotive before switching over to diesel or electric locomotives. Lunch is served in the dining cars as the train travels north through the South African towns of Bela-Bela and Modimolle. The train then passes the edge of the escarpment and crosses the Tropic of Capricorn en route to the South Africa/Zimbabwe border.
Stay: Rovos Rail
Room: Standard room
Meals: Lunch, dinner, breakfast & selection of drinks
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The train journey continues through the beautiful landscape to Bulawayo, the second-largest city in Zimbabwe. The overnight stop is at Mpopoma Train Yard, situated outside Bulawayo.
Stay: Rovos Rail
Room: Standard room
Meals: Lunch, dinner, breakfast & selection of drinks
Traveling along the eastern edge of Hwange Park along with one of Africa's most extended stretches of straight railway lines – 114 kilometers. Arrive at Kennedy Siding (which is a railroad siding) from where you will continue for a game drive at The Hide, a private concession in Hwange National Park in search of predators and prey alike.
Stay: Rovos Rail
Room: Standard room
Meals: Lunch, dinner, breakfast & selection of drinks
Continues to the Victoria Falls Station where your journey ends around 10h00. Your hotel is 500m from where the train stop. Afternoon transfer to the Zambezi River for your Sundowner Cruise.
Stay: The Victoria Falls Hotel
Room: Standard room
Meals: Breakfast
Enjoy a guided tour of Victoria Falls. It's a truly awe-inspiring experience – the sight, the sound, the smell; the humbling feeling that here indeed is Nature's Supreme Masterpiece.
End the day by enjoying the famous Boma Dinner. The Boma offers a unique experience that bombards the senses with the tastes, sights, sounds, and smells of Africa. Specializing in a superb selection of traditional Zimbabwean dishes, The Boma offers a four-course meal combining a mouthwatering choice of starters from the kitchen, soup from the campfire, and a substantial barbeque buffet served on cast iron plates.
Stay: The Victoria Falls Hotel
Room: Standard room
Meals: Dinner (Boma) & breakfast
Transfer to Chobe National Park in Botswana with an afternoon activity (Chobe River Cruise or a Game Drive). In terms of game viewing, this area is best explored by boat or in open game-drive vehicles.
Stay: Sanctuary Chobe Chilwero
Room: Standard room
Meals: Lunch, dinner, breakfast & selection of drinks
Enjoy two full days at the Chobe National Park with morning and afternoon activities. The Chobe National Park uniqueness in the wealth of wildlife and the true African nature of the region presents a safari experience of a lifetime. Chobe National Park is famous for its elephants.
Stay: Sanctuary Chobe Chilwero
Room: Standard room
Meals: Lunch, dinner breakfast & selection of drinks
Transfer to Kasane Airport for your flight by light aircraft to the Okavango Delta. Boasting all of the Big Five – as well as the brown and spotted hyenas and black and white rhinos, the Delta also has one of the richest pack densities of African wild dogs.
Stay: Sanctuary Stanley’s Camp
Room: Standard room
Meals: lunch, dinner breakfast & selection of drinks
Enjoy two full days at the Okavango Delta with morning and afternoon activities. Activities in the Delta include from exciting game drives, bush walks, and serene mokoro trips. Your stay also includes an Elephant interaction activity! Living with Elephants invite you to explore Africa from an elephant's perspective. Guests can enjoy the incredible experience of walking with three orphaned elephants in the bush brought up in the area by their guardians Doug and Sandi Groves.
Stay: Sanctuary Stanley’s Camp
Room: Standard room
Meals: Lunch, dinner breakfast & selection of drinks
Flight to Maun Airport for your onward flight to Cape Town with SA Airlink. Upon arrival at Cape Town Airport, our representative will meet you for your transfer to the hotel for check-in. The rest of the day will be yours to relax at your hotel or to start exploring Africa's favorite city.
Stay: Cape Grace
Room: Standard room
Meals: Breakfast
Enjoy a guided private tour of the Cape Peninsular. Travel along the Atlantic Seaboard via Sea Point, Clifton and Camps Bay, to Hout Bay, a quaint village and fishing harbour with magnificent mountain views and beach. Continue via Chapman’s Peak, one of the world’s most breath-taking coastal drives, to the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve and Cape Point which is perceived to be the meeting point of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Visit Boulders Penguin Colony, home to a growing colony of the vulnerable African Penguin. End the day with a visit to the well-known Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens.
Stay: Cape Grace
Room: Standard room
Meals: Breakfast
Full-day guided private Winelands tour. Head north to Stellenbosch for a short overview of the town. We then head over to Hells Hoogte Mountain Pass onto Franschhoek. The village of Franschhoek nestled amongst the mountains can easily be mistaken as being in Switzerland. Home to some magnificent wine estates, you will have time to walk through the village and soak up the atmosphere of rural sophistication. We leave Franschhoek and en route have a photo stop at the Groot Drakenstein Prison where Nelson Mandela was released in Feb 1990. Our last stop is at a wine estate near Paarl for a cellar tour and a cheese and wine pairing.
Stay: Cape Grace
Room: Standard room
Meals: Breakfast
How you spend this day will depend on the departure time of your flight back home.
If time allows, we recommend that you consider the possibilities that you could not fit in on the previous two days. Transfer to Cape Town Airport for your onward flight home.
Should you decide to extend your stay in Cape Town with an extra day or two, we can arrange it for you.
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Our safari holidays in Southern Africa have been crafted with knowledge and insight, showcasing just a few of the experiences you can enjoy on safari in Southern Africa. It is merely an example, and any element of this itinerary can be adjusted to suit your needs. Chat with one of our Safari Specialists, who will be able to help you to customise the ideal safari itinerary for you based on your interests, preferences and budget.
Please note: Departure dates for the Rovos Rail are specific:
5, 19, 26 March 2026
2, 16 April 2026
1 July 2026
27 August 2026
17, 24 September 2026
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A UNESCO World Heritage Site covering up to 15,000 km², this inland delta is created by the Okavango River fanning out across the Kalahari sands. Seasonal floods transform the arid landscape into a lush wetland, supporting huge concentrations of wildlife. Known for mokoro (dugout canoe) safaris, it provides sanctuary to elephants, hippos, crocodiles, lions, leopards, and an extraordinary diversity of birds and aquatic life.
Zimbabwe’s largest national park (over 14,600 km²), Hwange is a vast expanse of Kalahari sandveld, dry acacia scrub and grasslands in the west of the country. It is famed for its huge “super-herds” of elephants – over 40,000 roam the park – and is one of Africa’s strongholds for endangered African wild dogs. Visitors can encounter a great variety of wildlife including large lion prides, buffalo herds, leopards, cheetahs, giraffes, hyenas and 400+ bird species, often congregating at Hwange’s many waterholes during the dry season.
Botswana’s second-largest national park (~10,566 km²), Chobe is an elephant stronghold known for huge herds (Africa’s highest density) and diverse wildlife along the Chobe River, plus superb birdwatching and scenic boat cruises.
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