One of our most popular overland routes — Victoria Falls, Chobe National Park and the Okavango Delta in a single budget camping trip, tents included throughout.
Overview
Victoria Falls to Okavango Delta is one of the most popular safari routes in Southern Africa, and this 9-day version takes in every major highlight along the way — Victoria Falls itself, Chobe National Park, and the Okavango Delta. It’s built for travelers who want the full circuit without the full price tag: this is a camping tour from start to finish, with tents provided at every campsite. If you’re after the region’s best scenery and wildlife on a budget, this is the trip.
Highlights
Itinerary
Met on arrival and transferred to Shoestrings Backpackers Campsite, your base for the next two nights. After a pre-departure briefing to walk you through the days ahead, settle in before an afternoon sunset cruise on the Zambezi — the easiest possible introduction to this river.
A guided walking tour through the rainforest opposite Victoria Falls, taking in the Cataracts, the Livingstone statue and the birdlife and plant life that thrive in the spray zone. The afternoon is free for optional extras — a helicopter flight over the Falls or a zip line are popular add-ons — before a 7pm dinner at the Boma Restaurant, with traditional entertainment alongside the meal.
A road transfer west into Botswana, roughly 100km to Chobe National Park — home to Africa’s largest concentration of elephants. Check in for two nights at Kwalape Safari Lodge Camp, with breakfast, dinner and game viewing included.
An early morning game drive from 6:00am to 9:45am, with tea and coffee served en route — this is the best window for big cats. Back at camp for a full breakfast around 9:30–10am, then an afternoon Chobe sunset cruise from 3pm, drifting close enough to hippo and crocodile to watch them from the boat.
Around 250km from Chobe/Kasane brings you to Elephant Sands, a bush lodge and campsite built around a natural waterhole — elephants come to drink right in front of the lodge, often just meters from where you’re sitting. Breakfast and dinner included.
A road transfer through the town of Nata toward the Okavango Delta — a vast wetland system of rivers, channels, islands and lagoons unlike anywhere else on the continent. Lunch is served at Planet Baobab en route, with dinner at Audi Camp, your base for the night before the Delta leg begins. Afternoon optional activities include scenic viewing over the Delta.
The start of a 2-night, 3-day Okavango Delta experience by mokoro (traditional dugout canoe) and on foot. This leg is fully inclusive of all meals, camping equipment, a dedicated guide and cook, tents and transfers into and out of the Delta, with professional local guides accompanying you throughout.
Local guides share the culture and stories of the area over breakfast, then it’s out on a game walk through the Delta — elephant, zebra, giraffe and antelope are all regularly seen on foot here. You’ll exit the Delta by mokoro and arrive back at the campsite in the afternoon.
After breakfast, transfer to the airport timed around your flight. End of a nine-day circuit through three of Southern Africa’s most iconic destinations.
Best Time To Go
May to October (the dry season) is the strongest window for this route — wildlife concentrates along the Chobe River and around Elephant Sands’ waterhole, and the Okavango Delta’s channels are typically at their most navigable by mokoro.
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