11 Nights
The Last Eden
Tour Highlights
DAY 1
HWANGE NATIONAL PARK
On arrival at Victoria Falls Airport, you will be met and transferred to Dete Railway Station, where you will board the Elephant Express. The Elephant Express is a single train carriage that travels from Dete Station in Northern Hwange to Ngamo Siding in Southern Hwange. The train is an innovative and fun way to travel to the game-rich area of Ngamo Plains in Southern Hwange. As you travel along the train line, you will spot wildlife and get a sense of the wide open spaces Hwange provides.
This afternoon you will head out on an afternoon game drive.
Accommodation: Bomani Tented Camp
Meals: Dinner, including Alcoholic & Non-Alcoholic Beverages
Activities: Afternoon Game Drive
HWANGE NATIONAL PARK
Enjoy morning and afternoon game drives.
Hwange National Park is Zimbabwe’s oldest and largest National Park and was once home to numerous rivers and swamps. The park is famous for its large elephant numbers and boasts the second-largest population in Africa. For visitors to Hwange, memorable encounters with large herds of elephants are highly likely, including walking safaris where you can encounter these magnificent animals on foot. Your stay at Bomani Tented Camp includes a chance to meet recently reintroduced white rhinos. These pioneering rhinos are leading the way in returning rhinos back into Hwange National Park and reclaiming past land.
Accommodation: Bomani Tented Camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner, including Alcoholic & Non-Alcoholic Beverages
Activities: Morning & Afternoon Game Drives
DAY 2
DAY 3
HWANGE NATIONAL PARK
After your morning game drive, head north on the Elephant Express and disembark at Dete Railway station, where you will be picked up and transferred to Nehimba Camp. Nehimba is located deep inside a private concession in the remote northern region of Hwange. The lodge has only nine rooms and oozes elegant African charm. What makes Nehimba truly special is the main deck that overlooks a magnificent water hole where wildlife regularly come to drink.
Head out on an afternoon game drive.
Accommodation: Nehimba Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner, including Alcoholic & Non-Alcoholic Beverages
Activities: Morning & Afternoon Game Drives
LAKE ELEMENTAITA
Leaving the Masai Mara after breakfast, travel across the ‘breadbasket’ of Kenya, where acres of wheat and barley dominate the landscape. Lunch will be a picnic stop en route to Lake Nakuru National Park. Arrive at Lake Nakuru in the afternoon and head out on a game drive. Known for its birdlife, the park, with the right climatic conditions, offers the possibility to view thousands of flamingoes feeding in the shallow alkaline lake.
While not a large national park, Lake Nakuru is incredibly scenic and has several unique wildlife sightings that make it a worthwhile visit, including good chances of finding black and white rhinos and the endangered Rothschild Giraffe.
Accommodation: Lake Elementaita Serena Camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Activities: Afternoon Game Drive
DAY 4
DAY 5
TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast, continue south towards the Tanzania border and then on to Arusha for lunch. After lunch, you will depart Arusha and pass through the Maasai Steppe, filled with picturesque African villages and coffee and banana plantations. Arrive at Tarangire National Park, enter the park, and begin exploring with a game drive as you slowly make your way to the lodge arriving for dinner.
Tarangire is most famous for its giant baobabs, a network of swamps, and large herds of elephants rumoured to be the largest population in Tanzania. It is less known for a yearly secret migration where masses of wildlife are drawn to the Tarangire River during the dry season as it remains the last viable water source for miles.
Accommodation: Tarangire Sopa Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Activities: Afternoon Game Drive