SAFARI,TOURS AND TRIPS
- wildafricantravela
- Nov 13, 2018
- 7 min read
Game Drive
The Victoria Falls Private Game Reserve is home to over 2,000 animals and a rich variety of bird life. At least three of the Big Five are sighted on almost 90% of game drives and Wild Dog, Sable, Eland, Giraffe, Hippo, Crocodile, Hyena, Bushbuck, Impala, Baboon, Kudu and Waterbuck are also frequently sighted. But the highlight is often a close encounter with our ”crash” of six highly endangered Black Rhino, three of which have been successfully bred on the property. The Game Drives traverse a variety of habitats including teak forests, basalt plains and Kalahari sands and take a meander along the shores of a scenic lake. At the end of the drive, a full bush breakfast (morning) or sundowner snacks (afternoon) will be served before transferring back to town.
Night Drive
After an evening game drive, sundowner drinks and snacks are served, usually beside a dam where crocodiles and hippos can often be seen. After dark, the game drive continues back to the reception area providing an opportunity of sighting some of Africa’s nocturnal species. Food never tastes as good as after a fantastic day in the bush and dinner under the stars completes the evening before returning to town at approximately 21:00.
Transport can be arranged back to town immediately after the night drive for those that have alternative dinner arrangements.
Useful facts
The Reserve is only 15 minutes from the town of Victoria Falls.A visit requires no border crossings, additional visa charges or National Park fees.The Reserve is home to the traditional “Big Five”.The Reserve is home to 2,000 animals and 25 different large game species.Most game drives participants sight over 13 large game species.There is a 97% probability of encountering at least one of 6 highly endangered Black Rhino in their natural habitat.
Make your choice from our range of Drives
Game Drive Morning and afternoon trips available. Total Activity Time is approx 3 ½ hours.
$95
Night Drive Total Activity Time is approx 5 hours.
$120
Elephant Experience
Elephant experience offer a chance to interact with and walk with these magnificent animals in their natural habitat. Each elephant forms a close bond with their Induna (elephant handler) who accompany every walk and are a mine of information on the anatomy, behavior and character of these bush giants.
Our herd comprises of twelve elephants that browse freely on the Reserve when not involved in safari activities and return to their stables at night.
Horse Riding
Maximum weight limit is 90kg (14 1/2 Stones or 200lbs). To avoid embarrassment be warned that clients may be required to step on the scales. Allowances may be made on request , only for very experienced riders, and even then at our discretion.
Short Ride (3 hours)
Long Ride (4 hours - morning only)
Full Day Ride (8 hours - morning only)
Booking conditions
No previous experience is required for Novice rides.If you wish to book an experienced ride, you must be able to ride unassisted and with confidence. At minimum you should have mastered basic aids, be able to do a rising trot for stretches of at least 10 minutes at a time, be comfortable at all paces and able to gallop out of trouble, even at the end of a long days ride.If you are booking a full day or a multi-day safari you should be riding fit, capable of doing all of the above and be able to gallop out of trouble even at the end of a long days’ ride. The more proficient and fitter you are, the more you will enjoy your trip.
We reserve the right to adapt a safari where a client lack of experience or fitness is a danger to themselves and others. There will be no refund.
Horse Riding
Novice Riders 3h turnaround time Price per rack
$80
Experienced Riders
3h turnaround time
$85
Long Ride 4h turnaround time
$120
Full Day Ride 8h turnaround time Min. 2 pax
$150
Park fees $10
Bird Watching
On foot or on a boat in the Zambezi national park encounter our beautiful birds and hear their good songs that will add more taste to your love for birds. Know more about Zimbabwean birds here
Package Pricing
Birding in Zimbabwe
$75
Walking Safari
Walk for a 3 hours safari in the Victoria Falls National Park with a professional guide to admire the flora and fauna of the site and meet its inhabitants, elephants, buffaloes, crocodiles ...
Operated by Lion Encounter on the property adjacent to the Victoria Falls Private Game Reserve, Walking with Lions offers an up close and personal experience with the Kings of the Jungle. Participate in a half day activity which includes interacting and walking with the lions, learning about their habitat and behavior and the conservation challenges they face in the wild.
Shorter lion encounters are available in combination with other safari activities such as Elephant Back Safaris or Big Five Game Drives.
Minimum Age: 15 yrs old Minimum Height: 1,5 meters
Crocodile Farm
Zambezi Nature Sanctuary Tour
A guided tour of the Zambezi Nature Sanctuary and Crocodile Farm in Victoria Falls showcases the breeding, feeding, evolution and by-products of one of Africa’s most fearsome predators – the Nile crocodile.
The sanctuary is set in beautiful indigenous gardens and is also home to a variety of wild animals and birds including lion, leopard and ostrich.
Feeding times are a highlight and clients may have the opportunity of holding a baby crocodile.
Departure Times
Generally 10:00 and 15:00 as this incorporates feeding times at 11:15 and 15:45 but we are flexible if this does not fit in with your itinerary.
Duration 1.5 to 2 hours
Make your choice from our range of tours
Walking Safari
$75
Lion Walk Morning and Afternoon trips available Total Activity Time is approx 3 ½ hours
$150
Crocodile Farm
$25
CHOBE TRIPS
Chobe Day Trip
Leave Victoria Falls to Botswana for a day trip, for a Safari cruise on Chobe river and a Game Drive.
The tour departs daily from Victoria Falls. Clients are transferred to the border post at Kazungula where their Botswana guide will meet them after immigration procedures.
Please Note
The order of the activities might change in relation to the previous nights’ game sightings (i.e. start with a game drive and end the day with a cruise or vice versa). Clients are responsible for their individual visa requirements in and out of Zimbabwe and Botswana.
Times
Approx 7:30 to 17:30. There is a Half Day Chobe Day Trip available where clients have a choice of either the Boat Cruise or the Game Drive. This trip gets back from 13:00 to 14:00.
The day incorporates a river safari cruise and game viewing along the Chobe River and includes lunch, drinks and snacks.
Chobe Multi-days Trip
Get a chance to sleep in canvas tent in the national park surrounded by nocturnal animals.
Botswana Mobile Safari Package Chobe, Savuti, Moremi/Okavango delta/Makgadikgadi/ Nxau 6nights/7days The trip can either begin in Chobe or Maun or Nxau according to your flight schedule.
Day 1Day 2Day 3 - Savuti (no Electricity & network coverage)Day 4Day 5Day 6 and day 7
Make your choice from our range of trips
Chobe Day Trip
$170
Chobe Multi-Days Trip
Day 1
$250
Day 2
$350
Day 3
$550
Day 4
$750
Day 5
$1,000
Day 6 & Day 7
$1,500
Your trip includes
Camping accommodation equipment,Meals,Local drinks,Camping fees,Entrance fee and guiding fee,Game Drives and Boat activities plus Vat
HWANGE MULTI-DAY TRIPS
Hwange Day Trip
Leave Victoria Falls to Hwange national park for a day trip, with a full day game drive.
Have a full day game drive, be at Nyamamdlovu platform and experience game viewing at a close range, elephants, giraffes, zebras, crocodiles...etc, and lions in the morning or in the evening. Back to the falls on the evening.
Please Note
The pick-up time might change in relation to the previous night games sighting.
Times
Summer: 5:00 to 18:00 Winter: 6:00 to 18:00
Hwange Multi-days Trip
Sleep in Guvalala platform and get a chance to see in the night animals visiting the water whole and hyenas hunting. At dawn observe the wild life wake up call.
Chances of sighting cats are high since you are camping inside the park next to a waterhole. Watch them play under moonlight and you will want to stay forever. At the morning wake up and smell the coffee, spot the dogs and cats while they they are still hunting or feeding on their previous night prey. The night has just begun. If they can hunt, then, our idea in this activity, night drive, is to try and see them in action. This done in a private estate with help a spotlight. Also note that there are no fence boundaries between the Privates Estates and the Park to stop the animals from moving from one point to the other.
Day 1Day 2Day 3
Depending to your days, our package is up to 7 days. For more please contact us on this website.
Make your choice from our range of trips
Hwange Day Trip
$200
Hwange Multi-Days Trip
Day 1
$350
Day 2
$450
Day 3
$550
Victoria Falls Guided Tours
Departure Times
Generally 08:00 / 09:00 / 11:00 / 14:00 / 15:00
However we are very flexible and will happily try to fit around individual clients’ itineraries where they cannot meet the scheduled departure times.
Duration
2 – 2.5 hours depending on how much time clients want to spend taking photographs and admiring the spectacular views.
Additional information on Victoria Falls National Park For three nights around the full moon, we run the Lunar Rainbow Tour of The Falls, watch a full moon rise over the staggering beauty of the Victoria Falls as it casts a lunar rainbow into the gorges below, truly a once in a lifetime experience.
Biking Tour
For a 3 hours ride visit our township meet local people in the market places, and visit the attractions of the Victoria Falls, the bridge, crocodile farm range and the big tree in Victoria Falls National Park.
CRAFT MARKET TOUR
This is a “must visit” traditional, open Curio Market where everything that a Zimbabwean hand can make is found – Boutique fabric, tribal drums, marimbas, jewelry, bowls, chess boards, wooden and stone carvings – including the famous Soap Stone Carvings of the Shona Tribe – are all on colorful display.
All the artists will be happy to discuss their art and the atmosphere is buzzing with Zimbabwean smiles and African hospitality.
Departure Time
Every hour on the hour from 08:00 to 16:00.
Duration
1.5hrs
Township Dinner
From your respected hotel to your dinner place at a local home in the township.
Enjoy your dinner with a local family in Victoria Falls,experience how it feels like to be African ...and taste real African meals 1st hand.
Pick-up
18:00 - 18:15
Back to your hotel
20:00 - 20:30
Experience a deeper african roots in the villages
Monde Village
Drive from your respected hotel or lodge to the village (15 mn to 20 mn). There you will get in a coach to your village where every activity will done and interactions with the villagers.
Lupinyu Village
Drive from your hotel or lodge to Lupinyu Village. Experience the village life and survival of the villagers in Zimbabwe. Interaction, eating, cooking, and learning about the village life.
Make your choice from our range of tours
Guided Tour of The Falls Park fees is included
$50
Biking Tour
$30
Craft Market Tour
$10
Township Dinner
$10
Monde Village
$50
Lupinyu Village
$50
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