We went on a 20 day overland adventure from Cape Town to Victoria Falls, covering over 5,000 kilometers. We took the lodge accommodation option and found many of them to be delightful both in location and design, as well as offering excellent catering. We would have loved to have lingered at these places, but time did not permit. This group of 15 tour was made exceptional by our wonderful and experienced guide Misheck. He is unbelievably knowledgable about Africa - the geography, the people and the wildlife, as well as being good company for everyone and a very safe driver. Highlights of the tour were the wonderful animals, the sand dunes of the Namibian Desert and climbing Big Daddy, Victoria Falls and some of the beautiful lodges we stayed at. The people we travelled with ranged from mid forties to mid seventies in age. We would recommend this tour to anyone with a spirit of adventure, willing to cover long distances overland.
I had such a great trip. From start to finish it was well organised and having the guide and driver meant we were well looked after. Every place we stayed was brilliant and the camping was well set up (just don't forget your head torch like me!)
Truly amazing Southern Africa Southern Africa had a lot to offer and lots of wonderful wildlife. The first leg of the tour went through Namibia and there were less people on the tour and therefore the vehicle used was comfortable as we each had two seats. The accommodations overall were good and some were really good. The Gondwana properies were fantastic and in amazing locations. For the second we left straight away and only had two and half hours in Windhoek... It would have been great to have a day to explore there. On this leg of the trip there were more people and I think a vehicle with sixteen seats is too small for eleven passengers plus a guide. This is a comfort tour and with lots of driving should have more seating. As the group got bigger communication was harder due to lots of questions by the no listeners, which meant loss of time and also a lot of focus placed on them. I ended up missing out on Zip lining at Victoria Falls which was the only activity I had my mind set on for this leg of the tour. Food overall was great but became repetitive after day ten. Makgadikgadi had the best food on this leg. This tour is mainly long days of driving and less activities so it is important to have time at each location to stretch, explore and not all stops offer this. Finally, the tour guide Bonnie and Shadrack were friendly and professional, and made the trip more pleasant.
