Okavango Delta Tour to Zanzibar

The route pushes deeper into the Central Kalahari to a camp in the Ghanzi district, where a San community evening introduces traditional song, dance and storytelling. This is one of the most distinctive cultural moments of the group overland safari africa itinerary. Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner. Included: San cultural dance evening. Optional: guided bush walk.

This is the heart of the okavango delta tour. Polers guide the group through narrow reed-lined channels that open into broad lagoons, with elephant, giraffe, kudu and zebra visible along the water's edge. After lunch, a 4x4 afternoon drive through Moremi Game Reserve searches the grasslands and acacia woodland for predators. The mokoro safari okavango is the defining experience of the Botswana stage. Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner. Included: morning mokoro excursion, afternoon Moremi game drive.

The chobe national park safari runs in two parts. An optional early-morning 4x4 game drive covers the floodplain roads before returning to camp for lunch. In the afternoon, an included boat cruise drifts along the Chobe River as large elephant herds come down to drink and bathe — one of the most reliable wildlife spectacles in Africa. Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner. Included: Chobe River boat cruise. Optional: morning 4x4 game drive.

A full day in the victoria falls safari tour zone. The falls themselves draw visitors back for a second look as the light shifts across the gorge through the morning. Optional activities fill the afternoon: white-water rafting on Class V rapids, a Zambezi sunset cruise, bungee jumping from the bridge or a helicopter flight over the falls and gorge. Meals: breakfast. Optional: Victoria Falls visit, Zambezi sunset cruise, bungee, helicopter, rafting.

An early departure from Victoria Falls crosses the border into Zambia. The drive to Lusaka is long, but the roadside scenery shifts through colourful markets, busy villages and rural farmland as the truck moves northeast. The group arrives in the Lusaka outskirts for a prepared evening meal and a briefing on the days ahead. Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner. Included: view of Victoria Falls from the bridge.

The morning stop is Chipata, home to Tribal Textiles, a workshop where local women create fabric art from recycled poacher snare wire — a visit available March through December. The route then follows the Luangwa River to the park boundary, arriving in time for a sundowner on the riverbank as hippos surface nearby. The south luangwa safari begins at dusk. Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner. Included: Tribal Textiles workshop visit.

Crossing into Malawi, the truck heads for the western shore of Lake Malawi — the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system, stretching 500 km along the country's border and holding more fish species than any other lake on Earth. The first night on the lakeshore begins the lake malawi tour stage. Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner.

The truck moves north along the lake's western shore, passing fishing villages and small market towns before making camp at a second lakeshore site. In the afternoon the guide leads a walk through a nearby village, explaining local fishing methods and daily life on the Lake Malawi lakeshore. A sunset from the beach closes the day. Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner. Included: guided village walk.

A stop at a local coffee plantation before the border crossing into Tanzania. Workers demonstrate how coffee cherries are harvested and processed, and fresh beans can be bought directly. The overland tour east africa route then climbs the Great Rift Valley escarpment and heads east to Iringa for the night. Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner. Included: coffee plantation visit.

The final overland day of the zanzibar safari tour route brings the truck into Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's coastal capital. The evening is free to explore the city or rest before the early ferry departure tomorrow. Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner.

A guided spice tour leads through village plantations where cloves, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg grow, and workers demonstrate how each crop is harvested. The group then drives north to Nungwi on the island's tip, a base for the next two nights with snorkeling, diving and ocean safaris available. Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner. Included: Prison Island boat trip and spice tour. Optional: diving, fishing, turtle sanctuary, village tours.

A morning in Stone Town to visit the market and take a final walk through the historic quarter. The ferry returns the group to Dar es Salaam, where the botswana to zanzibar safari concludes on arrival. Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner.