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Southern Africa Safari | 2027
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Length
22 Days
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Quality
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Starts in
Cape Town (South Africa)
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Ends in
Windhoek (Namibia)
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Available Tour Start Dates
JAN 3, 2027 to DEC 19, 2027
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Activity Level
No Rating Provided
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Language
English
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Guaranteed Date(s)
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Special Interest(s)
18-to-Thirtysomethings
Contiki tours are only available for 18- to 35-year olds.
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$6,602.97
Overview
Looking for the ultimate safari adventure through Africa? This one doesn't just explore the gorgeous city of Cape Town and thundering might of Victoria Falls - it also takes a wild safari through iconic Kruger, before exploring the breathtaking landscapes of Botswana and Namibia, with heaps of included game drives, luxe lodges with swimming pools, opportunities for helicopter wildlife spotting and interactions with indigenous communities. This is the ultimate African adventure, unfiltered, and once you've made memories like these under African skies, your life will never be the same.
Visited During Tour
Cape Town (South Africa) | Chobe National Park (Botswana) | Etosha National Park (Namibia) | Johannesburg (South Africa) | Kruger National Park (South Africa) | Makgadikgadi Salt Pans (Botswana) | Maun (Botswana) | Okavango Delta (Botswana) | Sossusvlei (Namibia) | Spitzkoppe (Namibia) | Swakopmund (Namibia) | Victoria Falls (Zambia & Zimbabwe) | Walvis Bay (Namibia) | Windhoek (Namibia)
Dates, Offers & Prices
Tour Itinerary
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Dates, Offers & Prices
The following are Southern Africa Safari | 2027 tour dates available from Contiki. Select a bonus offer graphic to view its details, including its terms.
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Tour Itinerary
Contiki Tour Code 362-2397
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1Start Cape Town
Hello and welcome to Africa! Your safari adventure starts right here - with some sumptuous scenery (yup, tonight’s hotel is within arm’s reach of the V&A Waterfront). Once you’ve taken your pics, dropped off your bags and heard all about what to expect from your Trip Manager, we’ll kick things off in style with a walkabout dinner.
Accommodations: Waterfront Breakwater Lodge (or similar) -
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2Cape Town
Our time in Cape Town is dedicated to sightseeing and today is no exception! We'll start at the very top with a cable car ride up Table Mountain, followed by a city tour of Cape Town’s key sights and historical attractions. After that, the rest of the day is yours. We recommend the V&A Waterfront (SA’s most visited attraction). You’ll also have the option to join our Township Tour & Amy Foundation Lunch, which gives you a locally guided insight into life during Apartheid. Tonight, you can get to know your new pals in the best way possible – an optional MasterChef-style cooking class with food, drinks and music.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
Accommodations: Waterfront Breakwater Lodge (or similar) -
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3Cape Town
This is your day to take advantage of Cape Town’s myriad local excursions – after breakfast of course. Our fav is a scenic drive along the cliffs of Chapman's Peak and down to Cape Point – the South-Western tip of Africa. In the afternoon, we’ll stop off at Boulders Beach to admire a colony of adorable African penguins - with a chance to go kayaking with them too! What next? Well, you can't go wrong with wine tasting (and a view) to round off an incredible day touring the "fairest Cape in all the world." So, join us if you like!
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Waterfront Breakwater Lodge (or similar) -
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4Cape Town to Kruger National Park via Johannesburg
Rise and shine. Today, we have a (very early) flight to Johannesburg, the city of Gold, where our first port of call will be the Kruger National Park. The Savannah is calling. We've got no time to waste! We'll hop straight onto our coach and begin our journey through South Africa's country side to Kruger. Yup, it’s safari time! We arrive at the gates to Kruger National Park this afternoon with binoculars at the ready. Rolling through this wildlife haven (the size of a small country) for a sunset game drive as we make our way to our exclusive Contiki Safari Camp. Set on the banks of the Sabie River, in the middle of Kruger, this Special Stay has us camping in canvas tents (the kind with mattresses and linen). All dotted around a roaring bonfire, listening to lions off in the distance, and under the African stars. That's right, its not 5 star accommodation...its 5000 star camping.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Contiki Safari Camp, Lower Sabie (or similar) -
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5Kruger National Park
Today we're up bright and early for our first taste of the fresh morning air. We'll start with an optional sunrise safari – just in time to catch Africa’s elusive predators finishing off their nocturnal hunt. At midday, you’ll have the chance to relax back at the camp: you can visit the local shop, take a dip in the pool or visit the nearby restaurant where you can look out over the Sabie River and watch as the animals come to quench their thirst (yup, it's preddy special.) This afternoon, it’s back to the safari vehicles for an optional sunset game drive and another chance to see the Big Five and more. Tonight back at camp, you can choose to join us for a traditional South African braai or BBQ, complete with local sides and desserts.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Contiki Safari Camp, Lower Sabie (or similar) -
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6Kruger National Park to Johannesburg
Rise & shine, explorers! Especially if you wanna choose to take the sunrise game drive (more game drives = more chances of ticking everything off that list). Or you could always choose to sleep in and catch a late brekkie. The game of hide and seek then continues one last time as we head back into the park, keeping our eyes open for any wildlife that's evaded us so far (come on cheetah... where are you) and bid farewell to Kruger. We’ll head off to Johannesburg this afternoon. Order of business? Crash at the hotel before we fly to Victoria Falls in the morning!
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Sunrock Guesthouse (or similar) -
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7Johannesburg to Victoria Falls
This morning we'll drive to the airport to catch our flight up to Victoria Falls. We start off with the number one attraction around - the Falls themselves! Hike along the Victoria Falls, one of the Seven Natural Wonders and the largest waterfall in the world. You might want to pack your raincoat, as during certain times of the year you can get drenched from the rising spray, giving the falls its local name: 'The smoke that thunders'. This afternoon, you'll have the option to jump, zipline or swing off the famous bridge connecting Zimbabwe and Zambia over the Zambezi River.Please note: From January to June this trip puts you in the Victoria Falls Waterfront Hotel, Zambia, with a riverside deck and bar that overlooks the spray of the thunderous falls. Travelling from July to December? Don't worry, you're not missing out: we'll put you up in the Shearwater Explorers Village, Zimbabwe, just 400m from the falls - with bohemian cafes, curios markets and swimming pools to explore. It's a win win, basically.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Shearwater Explorer's Village (or similar) -
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8Victoria Falls
Today you have the choice to try white water rafting along the Zambezi river. There's also a locally guided village tour - if you wanna get to know the locals and experience their way of life. And then, end the evening with a magnificent sunset cruise including drinks (optional but highly recommended!).
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Shearwater Explorer's Village (or similar) -
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9Victoria Falls to Chobe
We start today on foot, to literally ‘walk on the wild side’ with an optional guided walking safari along the Zambezi’s National Park. This is a unique way to track wildlife on foot while learning about some of the smaller animals – plus plants and just generally anything we come across. Wanna go from foot mode to flight mode? Then you've got the option to take a helicopter ride above the thunderous waters below (the best way to see the falls in all their glory!). Then it’s across the border to Botswana for more of what we love. i.e. safaris! This time, it’s the world-famous Chobe National Park, known for its huge elephant population. Tonight, you’ll truly experience the wilderness with a night out in the middle of the African bush. We have a private Contiki site just for us, with our own guides, cooks and a bonfire – all set under the stars. After dinner, you’ll get the chance to fall asleep to the sounds of Africa: a jackal calling in the distance, the loud whoop of a hyena, perhaps the roar of lions as they wake from a daytime slumber. Catch you later, city life!Please note: Overnight Camping in Chobe won't be available during the Summer from October to March. Instead, you'll spend two nights at our lodge with Chobe Sunset and Sunrise Game Drives still included plus a buffet dinner.
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- Breakfast
- Dinner
Accommodations: Contiki Safari Camp (or similar) -
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10Chobe
This morning we'll wake up to watch the sunrise over the African bush with a light breakfast, before departing on a morning game drive to hopefully see some of the wildlife we may have heard the night before. We will arrive late morning to check into our new lodge and spend the rest of the day relaxing around the pool and swapping stories from the night before. On our last evening together you can opt for a wildlife cruise on the Chobe river. Surrounded by pods of hippos, crocs basking on the banks and all forms of African animals coming down to drink, this is truly one African sunset you'll never forget followed by a buffet dinner tonight.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Kwalape Safari Lodge (or similar) -
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11Chobe to Makgadikgadi Salt Pans
Dumela Botswana! We’ll head south today from Kasane to Gweta Lodge on the edge of the Makgadikgadi Salt pans. Opt to cruise the salt pans in open safari vehicles in search of a meerkat colony while getting some funky perspective photos in one of the largest salt flats in the world. Tonights treat is sundower drinks under an icon of Botswana before retiring to the lodge for dinner and drinks at the bar.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Gweta Lodge (or similar) -
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12Makgadikgadi Salt Pans to Okavango Delta
We will say goodbye to the pans (for now) and head on to the wildlife haven that is the Okavango Delta Our minds already blown by this unique natural landscape, it's off to the Okavango Delta, where we'll take an awe-inspiring game drive before settling into our exclusive Contiki Safari Camp. We'll be greeted with luxe two person dome tents - pre-erected of course - with stretchers, mattresses and linen. Dinner? How about a campfire meal as we swap tales under a starswept sky?
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- Breakfast
- Dinner
Accommodations: Contiki Safari Camp (or similar) -
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13Okavango Delta
Get your David Attenborough voice on, we're in the heart of Africa's iconic wildlife filming paradise. This sprawling wetland is home to some of Africa's most incredible species and after a quick bite to eat we're off on an early morning game drive in the Okavango Delta in hopes of spotting elephants, hippos and (if we're lucky) some predators. We'll head back to camp for a tasty lunch and siesta. Chill in the camp or opt for a Mokoro boat trip along the gorgeous waterways of the delta. In the afternoon we're back on another jaw-dropping game drive before our traditional campfire dinner. This evening we've a once in a lifetime opportunity - a night drive in the bush with spotlights seeking out elusive nocturnal animals you can't find during the day.
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- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
Accommodations: Contiki Safari Camp (or similar) -
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14Okavango Delta to Maun
Another morning at the Delta (the struggle is real.) After coffee and breakfast at sunrise, it's time for another morning game drive – eyes peeled for elephants – as we make our way out of this wildlife paradise. Check into the lodge, chill by the pool and then take to the skies in an optional Okavango Delta helicopter flight. Hover just meters above the waterways or fly high for stunning views of this unique inland delta and of course, don’t forget your binocs for some wildlife spotting from the air. If you've got a head for heights, you won't find views more spectacular than this anywhere in the world. Tonight, you’ll polish off your last night in Botswana with a night in the town. The Okavango Delta Brewery calls, offering a tour, tasting and dinner for you to enjoy.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Island Safari Lodge (or similar) -
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15Maun to Windhoek
We've got a big day ahead of us today. We'll traverse two countries as we leave Botswana and head into Namibia. We'll say goodbye to your first Trip Manager in Maun, cross the border and arrive in Windhoek later that evening. We'll be welcomed by our local Namibian Trip Manager who will take charge for the rest of the adventure. Keep your eyes peeled (and cameras ready) for stunning Savannah scenery along the way.Welcome to the Namibian capital! Tonight you're free to chill, grab dinner near the hotel and go shopping for any last-minute supplies (AKA snacks, sunblock etc).
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Town Lodge, Windhoek (or similar) -
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16Windhoek to Etosha
We’ll make our way to Etosha National Park today, but not before we’ve checked out some of Windhoek’s iconic attractions on a guided city tour. We’ll hit the open road with our eyes peeled for beautiful desert scenery, stopping off at a few cultural hotspots too. We’ll have lunch in Otjiwarongo and then after that, it’s all eyes on Etosha!After checking in at the lodge, you’ll have a bit of free time to chill by the pool. Tonight we’ll head out for a walkabout dinner in Outjo – fuelling up before the big safari day tomorrow.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Ijaba Lodge (or similar) -
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17Etosha
We’ll wake up bright and early this morning, ready to embark on our first big game drive in Namibia. Prepare yourself for a wildlife experience like nowhere else on Earth. Eyes peeled for desert-savvy antelope too! We’ll head back to the lodge for lunch, and then you’ll have some free time to sunbathe and relax. Tonight we’ll take a sunset walk and then enjoy a buffet dinner back at the lodge.
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- Breakfast
- Dinner
Accommodations: Ijaba Lodge (or similar) -
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18Etosha to Swakopmund via Spitzkoppe
Today we’ll head west to the coastal town of Swakopmund. Along the way, we’ll stop off in the Erongo Mountains to visit the San Bushmen of Omandumba. They’ll teach us their local language, and educate us on how they survive and thrive in the harsh desert conditions. You can also check out their handmade arts and crafts too – perfect if you’re hunting for souvenirs.Our next stop-off is the ‘Matterhorn of Namibia’, where we’ll have lunch and bask in the beauty of the towering granite peaks.We’ll check into our hotel together, and then we're off to take a Swakopmund Township Tour followed by a traditional dinner. After that, you’ll have a free night to explore.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Prost Hotel (or similar) -
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19Swakopmund and Walvis Bay
Here we are in the adventurer’s paradise that is Swakopmund. First up, we’re heading to the ocean…Here in Walvis Bay, we’ll head to Pelican Point for a kayaking trip like no other. Look out for seals, dolphins, and even whales too(!).This afternoon you’re free to explore Swakopmund at your leisure. Check out the local restaurants and bars, hit the dunes for some active adventures, or do both (if you’re feeling ambitious).
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Prost Hotel (or similar) -
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20Swakopmund to Sossusvlei
This morning we’ll take a long (but beautiful) drive into the Namibian desert. On the way, we’ll stop for lunch at Solitare – a one-horse town famous for its apple pie.This evening, we’ll arrive at our lodge near the Soussusvlei salt and clay pans! Framed by some of the highest sand dunes in the world, this is one of the most iconic and jaw-dropping attractions in the whole of Namibia. After checking in, you’ll have the chance to have a little swim, and then we’ll head out for a sunset desert drive – followed by a buffet dinner back at the lodge.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
- Dinner
Accommodations: Soft Adventure Camp (or similar) -
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21Sossusvlei to Windhoek
We’re up early this morning to visit Namib-Naukluft National Park – eyes open for Oryx and other desert-dwelling wildlife. Once we hit the sand dunes, we’ll leave the jeep and go for a walk along Big Daddy sand dune down into nearby Deadvlei. Expect unrivalled 360° views, and to hear yourself constantly saying “So THAT’S where my desktop background comes from!” After lunch, we’ll hit the road for a final picturesque drive back into Windhoek. We’ll check in, freshen up and then head out for a farewell dinner at the famous Joe’s Beerhouse.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
Accommodations: Town Lodge, Windhoek (or similar) -
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22Windhoek
Rise, shine, prep your goodbyes and get planning for the big reunion (same time next year, anyone?). But before the trip ends officially, we’ll all enjoy one last hearty breakfast together.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
More Details
Contiki is informing us of the following additional details regarding their Southern Africa Safari | 2027 tour:
Travelers Notes
* DAY 1: Trip starts in Cape Town at 18:00. Travelers to arrive into Cape Town International Airport (CPT). The kick-start meeting starts at 18:00. Recommended flight arrival time by 15:00 to avoid missing the kick-start meeting.* DAY 22: Trip ends in Windhoek at 08:00. Travelers to depart from Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH). It is not recommended to book flights prior to 14:30 on the last day of the trip.* TRANSFERS: Both complimentary and chargeable transfers are not offered through Contiki. Travelers should make their own way from/to the airport at their own expense.* SOUTH AFRICA: USA passport holders traveling to South Africa do not require a visa for tourism stays up to 90 days. However, please ensure that guests passport has at least 2 blank visa pages. Guests must be in possession of a return air ticket or onward ticket. * BOTSWANA: USA passport holders traveling to Botswana do not require a visa for tourism stays up to 90 days. However, please ensure that guests passport has at least 3 blank visa pages. * NAMIBIA: USA passport holders require a visa for Namibia starting April 1, 2025. Visa can be obtained prior to departure or on arrival. We recommend applying approximately 30 days prior to departure.* ZIMBABWE: USA passport holders require a visa for Zimbabwe. The visa is obtained upon arrival.* IMPORTANT: Please see important visa details sent with your invoice.* VACCINATION: Yellow Fever vaccination is recommended for trips visiting East Africa. Yellow Fever certificate not required unless travelers are arriving from or transiting through a country or region listed by the WHO as infected with Yellow Fever (e.g. Kenya). Recommend travelers check with doctor for immunizations and vaccinations prior to travel.* INTERNAL FLIGHTS: Luggage allowance is limited to 1 medium sized bag per traveler at maximum of 50lbs/23kg (ideally soft-sided suitcases without wheels) and 1 piece of hand luggage per traveler to be used as an overnight bag in the Chobe National Park and Okavango Delta. Refer to trip documents for any exceptions.* GROUND HANDLER: Contiki sometimes uses ground handlers or third parties to assist with the full or partial operation of our products. The ground handler for this trip is Earthark Safaris (Botswana). Contiki Trip Manager will be onboard.* SPECIAL STAY: Single accommodation at special stay Contiki Safari Camp in Chobe National Park (Day 9) and the Okavango Delta (Days 12-13) is available at an additional cost on request basis only.* CHOBE NATIONAL PARK: There will be no camping at the Chobe National Park due to the rainy season on departures from end October to end March. Travellers will be accommodated for the 2 nights in Kwalape at the Lodge.* VICTORIA FALLS: The trip stays in Zambia at Victoria Falls from January to June and Zimbabwe at Victoria Falls from July to December.* NOTE: A towel is required for this trip.
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