Itinerary Details
Swain Destinations: Ultimate Southern Africa Safari
Day 1 Arrive in Johannesburg, South Africa
Upon arrival into Johannesburg you will be met and assisted on foot too your accommodation.
Johannesburg is the economic heart of South Africa, the central focus of Egoli ('Place of Gold'), as the Sotho name for Gauteng suggests. The largest and richest city in South Africa, Johannesburg's lifestyle is a fast-paced and hectic one.
Intercontinental Johannesburg O.R. Tambo Airport Hotel
Day 2 Johannesburg to Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve
This morning a local representative will meet at the hotel and escort you by foot to check in for your flight to the Sabi Sands. On arrival, you will be met and transferred to Singita Game Reserve.
Undoubtedly the most prestigious game park in South Africa, the Sabi Sand Game Reserve is known for having some of the best available Big Five game spotting in the country. Located on the southwest corner of the Kruger National Park, there are no restricting fences so the animals roam freely just as nature intended.
Singita Ebony Lodge
Meals: B, D
Day 3 Activities at Singita Ebony Lodge
Singita Ebony can be found on the banks of the Sand River, in the very heart of the Sabi Sand Reserve. This, the founding lodge of the Singita brand, is renowned worldwide for its commitment to exclusivity and privacy, in one of the finest settings in Africa.
Ebony lodge offers robust pleasures and an earthy atmosphere, this lodge is known for its first-class cuisine, world-class service and fantastic wine cellar, and is the epitome of the ultimate luxury safari experience. Interiors offer a bohemian take on traditional bush decor, while every effort is made to celebrate the great outdoors.
Herds of buffalo and elephant, large prides of lion, majestic leopards and numerous antelope species call the Sabi Sand Reserve home. From the luxury of Singita's two exquisite lodges, guests can enjoy superb game viewing, either from the back of a game drive vehicle, on a walking safari, from a mountain bike or from the balcony of a private suite.
Singita Ebony Lodge
Meals: B, L, D
Day 4 Activities at Singita Ebony Lodge
Singita Sabi Sand offers rare solitude and the ultimate in safari luxury on prime game viewing land recognized globally for its diversity and formidable concentration of big game and frequent leopard sightings. In the Sabi Sand you'll witness a variety of game-viewing, often with fascinating predator interaction, be it during the golden light of day or while on a starlight spot-lit safari.
Singita Ebony Lodge
Meals: B, L, D
Day 5 Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve to Victoria Falls
Early this morning you will fly from the Singita airstrip to Kruger Mpumalanga Airport for your onward flight to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Upon arrival into Victoria Falls Airport, you will be met and transferred to Matetsi Victoria Falls.
Set on a private 10 mile stretch of the mighty Zambezi - meaning “The Great River” in the local Tonga language - you will find the award-winning safari lodge and luxury accommodation. Matetsi Victoria Falls offers an idyllic oasis from which to explore, adventure, relax and recharge. Situated within a 136,000-acre pristine wilderness, Matetsi Private Game Reserve, guests enjoy the most private and exclusive experience in the Victoria Falls area.
Matetsi Victoria Falls
Meals: B, D
Day 6 Matetsi Victoria Falls
While at Matetsi you will enjoy the scheduled activities, included in your stay. Matetsi Victoria Falls offers the ideal combination of safari, river, Victoria Falls and relaxation all wrapped up in warm genuine Zimbabwean hospitality. Experience Matetsi Magic from sunrise safaris to sunset boat cruises. There is a wide range of activities available within Matetsi Private Game Reserve including a guided walking Tour of the Iconic Victoria Falls.
Matetsi Victoria Falls
Meals: B, L, D
Day 7 Matetsi Victoria Falls to Linyanti (via Kasane)
This morning transfer to Victoria Falls Airport to connect with your light aircraft flight to Kasane. Upon arrival into Kasane, connect with another light aircraft flight into your DumaTau.
DumaTau is located close to the source of the Savute Channel, with access to the Linyanti Swamps, floodplains and mopane woodlands, thus offering an excellent combination of habitats. The area is also renowned for general great plains game such as red lechwe, Burchell's zebra, giraffe, buffalo and warthog. Predator sightings of lion, leopard, cheetah, wild dog and spotted hyaena are good. The extensive lagoon frontage ensures that each ultra-spacious guest suite has uninterrupted views over Osprey Lagoon, and the movements of the mega-herds of elephant the Linyanti is so famous for.
Wilderness Dumatau
Meals: B, D
Day 8 Activities at DumaTau
Activities include game drives in open 4x4 vehicles, night drives, and occasionally guided walks when the camp manager feels that it is safe to conduct walking safaris. Game drives allow you to encounter the rich wildlife of the Linyanti. Highlights include witnessing fascinating predator interactions and large herds of elephant.
Wilderness Dumatau
Meals: B, L, D
Day 9 Activities at DumaTau
Walk in the wild and get closer to nature and observe the smaller things you may miss when travelling by vehicle. Enjoy a boat or barge ride along the calm waters of the Linyanti while searching for those elusive birds so prevalent in the channels (this activity is water-level dependent). Or experience the thrill of a night drive using spotlights to find some of the less-seen nocturnal animals.
Wilderness Dumatau
Meals: B, L, D
Day 10 DumaTau to Mombo
Afer your morning activity and breakfast, you will transfer to the airstrip for your light aircraft flight to Mombo.
Mombo, on the northern tip of Chief's Island within the Moremi Game Reserve in the Okavango Delta, is built under large shady trees and overlooks an open floodplain more often than not alive with wildlife. This area boasts enormous concentrations of plains game and large predators - lions in particular - providing what is arguably the best big game viewing in Botswana.
Mombo
Meals: B, L, D
Day 11 Activities at Mombo
Activities at Mombo include morning and afternoon game drives. Open 4x4s provide an exquisite vantage for viewing the high concentrations of plains game and all the predators - including the big cats. Lion sightings are frequent. Guests at Mombo can also expect to see leopard, wild dog, spotted hyena, large herds of buffalo, elephant, white rhino, southern giraffe, blue wildebeest and Burchell's zebra.
Mombo
Meals: B, L, D
Day 12 Activities at Momb
Enjoy another day of activities at Mombo Camp.
Mombo
Meals: B, L, D
Day 13 Mombo to Johannesburg (via Maun)
Enjoy your last game activity in the Okavango before transferring to the airstrip for your light aircraft flight to Maun Airport. Fly to Johannesburg where you will connect with your departing flight.
Meals: B
