Overview

Arguably the best Zambezi safari around for decades. By canoe, foot, vehicle and good wits – but always in the company of best friends. From Mana Pools to Matusadona to Vic Falls. Our traditional and ORIGINAL “Spirit of the Zambezi” safari. It’s been the bare-bones-guts of the best Zambezi trips for 21 years!

The Spirit of the Zambezi

Arguably the best Zambezi safari around for decades. By canoe, foot, vehicle and good wits – but always in the company of best friends. From Mana Pools to Matusadona to Vic Falls. Our traditional and ORIGINAL “Spirit of the Zambezi” safari. It’s been the bare-bones-guts of the best Zambezi trips for 21 years!

• Mana Pools National Park
• Matusadona National Park on Lake Kariba
• Victoria Falls
• Zambezi National Park
• 10 days/9 nights

Highlights of this Zambezi Safari

• 3-night canoeing trip down the Lower Zambezi, through the heart of the Mana Pools National Park.
• plane transfer to Musango Island on Lake Kariba with 3 nights shoreline of  Matusadona National Park.
• light aircraft to Victoria Falls
• 3 nights on the upper Zambezi
• guided tour of Victoria Falls, sunset cruise on the Upper Zambezi River
• a day-trip to the Chobe National Park in Botswana for a different landscape, new river and more wildlife.

Best times for this gem

• October and November if you can handle the heat and have an affinity for some of Africa’s wildest thunderstorms. Outstanding migrant birds, residents go truly wild as the new rains start (around mid November)
• early December if you’re looking for some of the most abundant new life with no tourists in sight
• January to April – birds, bugs, big beasts and complete abundance with few visitors about – good rains in February (stick to reliable routes)
• May and June – absolute champagne months
• July to September – great game, predictably good warm weather – prime time
• late September and October – best time for game. Very hot and water is scarce in the bush.