Cornelius Amann
06 octobre 2026
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Victoria Falls: the Falls from Both Sides, the Zambezi and Chobe
4 days at Victoria Falls: the Falls on foot from Zimbabwe and Zambia, a Zambezi sunset cruise, a Chobe day trip into Botswana and Livingstone Island in season.
4 jours · Départ et retour : Victoria Falls · jusqu'à 12 voyageurs
Victoria Falls, its gorges and the town, photographed from the International Space Station Photo: NASA/Jack Fischer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISS-52_Victoria_Falls.jpg)
Les faits
En bref
- Durée
- 4 jours, 3 nuits
- Départ et arrivée
- Départ et retour : Victoria Falls
- Taille du groupe
- 7 à 12 voyageurs
- Trajet le plus long
- 3 h le jour 3Aucun trajet ne dépasse 4 heures.
- Niveau d'activité
Facile
Easy walking: about 2 to 3 hours on the Zimbabwe Rainforest path on day 2 and about 2 hours on the Zambia side on day 4, on level paths with some steps and wet, slippery stretches in the spray. Chobe is seen from a boat and an open safari vehicle. Livingstone Island is reached by boat; the swim at Devil's Pool, when it runs, is optional. You can sit out any walk, and the cruise and the Chobe day are seated.
- Repas compris
- 3 petits-déjeuners, 1 repas du midi, 2 repas du soir
- Chambre individuelle
- + CAD 375 (prix estimé)
- Saison
- April to December
Points forts
Pourquoi ce voyage
- The Victoria Falls Rainforest at opening time, before the tour groups, with a licensed guide
- A sunset cruise on the upper Zambezi, watching for hippos and elephants among the islands
- A Chobe day trip into Botswana: a morning on the river and an afternoon game drive
- Walking across the Victoria Falls Bridge, built in 1905, from Zimbabwe into Zambia
- The Knife-Edge Bridge on the Zambia side, facing the Eastern Cataract
- Livingstone Island at the lip of the Falls, by boat, when the river is low enough
- A free afternoon in Victoria Falls town and a welcome and farewell dinner
Ce qui distingue ce voyage
Des trajets courts, tous publiés
Chaque trajet est indiqué jour par jour, et aucun ne dépasse 4 heures.
Le temps libre fait partie du programme
Le temps libre et les choix sont indiqués les jours où ils ont lieu.
En solo, sans pénalité
Une chambre individuelle coûte + CAD 375 (prix estimé).
Jour par jour
Itinéraire
Le trajet le plus long dure 3 h, le jour 3.
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Arrive in Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls International Airport to Victoria Falls town
- Repas du soir
- Nuit : Victoria Falls
- Environ 30 min de route
Après-midi
Fly into Victoria Falls International Airport, about 20 km south of town; most flights come in from Johannesburg around midday. A driver meets you after immigration, where you buy your Zimbabwe visa if you do not already have one, and the drive in takes about half an hour through mopane woodland. Our hotel is central, within walking distance of the Rainforest gate and the town's shops, with a pool for the heat. In the wetter months you can see the column of spray above the trees from town, which is where the local name, Mosi-oa-Tunya, the Smoke that Thunders, comes from. At about 5 pm your See Sight Tours guide meets the group for a briefing on the next three days: the early Rainforest walk, the borders on the Chobe and Zambia days, what to bring for the spray and which visa covers it all.
Soir
Then we walk to a restaurant in town for the welcome dinner.
Compris
- Pick-up at Victoria Falls International Airport (VFA)
- Welcome briefing with your guide
- Welcome dinner in town
Temps libre : Free until the 5 pm briefing
Activité : Plan to land by about 3 pm to make the briefing; later arrivals are met, join the dinner if they can and are briefed over breakfast.
The Rainforest at opening and a Zambezi sunset
Victoria Falls Rainforest on the Zimbabwe side, then the upper Zambezi by boat
- Petit-déjeuner
- Nuit : Victoria Falls
- Environ 30 min de route
The Rainforest gate opens at about 6 am, and we walk in at about 7 with a licensed local guide, while the path is quiet and the low sun throws rainbows into the spray. The Falls are about 1.7 km wide and drop up to 108 m into a narrow chasm, and from the Zimbabwe side you look straight across at most of that face. The path runs through forest kept green by the spray, past about sixteen viewpoints, from the statue of David Livingstone at Devil's Cataract past the Main Falls to Danger Point, where you look along the gorge to the Victoria Falls Bridge. Your guide explains how the river cut the zigzag of gorges below, one fault line at a time.
Après-midi
We are back by late morning, and the afternoon is free. At about 4 pm we board a boat on the Zambezi upstream of the Falls for a cruise of about two hours with drinks and snacks, watching for hippos, crocodiles and elephants along the islands as the sun goes down.
Compris
- Victoria Falls Rainforest at opening with a licensed guide, entry included
- Zambezi sunset cruise with drinks and snacks, park fee included
Activités en option
- A helicopter flight over the Falls (about 12 to 15 minutes), booked by your guide
- The Victoria Falls Bridge tour
Option plus facile : Walk only to the first viewpoints, at Devil's Cataract and the Main Falls, about an hour, and wait for the group at the café by the gate.
Option plus active : In the free afternoon, walk with your guide down into the Batoka Gorge on a steep path to the Boiling Pot, where the river turns below the Falls.
Temps libre : Afternoon free until the cruise; evening free
Activité : About 2 to 3 hours on foot on a level path with some steps, slippery in the spray. From about February to June you will get wet; a rain jacket and a waterproof bag for your phone help.
A Chobe day trip into Botswana
Victoria Falls to the Kazungula border and Kasane, then Chobe National Park and back
- Petit-déjeuner, repas du midi et repas du soir
- Nuit : Victoria Falls
- Environ 3 h de route
We leave at about 7 am, the earliest start of the trip, and drive about 80 km west through mopane woodland, where elephants sometimes cross, to the Kazungula border. Your guide steers the group through leaving Zimbabwe and entering Botswana, and allows up to an hour for it.
Matin
In Kasane we board a boat on the Chobe River inside Chobe National Park, Botswana's first national park, for a morning on the water. From the boat the river edge is the show: hippos in the shallows, crocodiles on the sandbanks, buffalo on the floodplain and, in the dry months from about June to October, elephant herds coming down to drink and swim.
Après-midi
Lunch is a sit-down meal in Kasane. In the afternoon an open safari vehicle takes us along the Chobe riverfront track for a game drive, with stops wherever the animals are; lions and leopards are seen here, though never promised.
Soir
We cross back into Zimbabwe and reach Victoria Falls by about 6:30 pm for the farewell dinner in town.
Compris
- Return transfer to Kasane, Botswana, with border assistance
- Morning boat on the Chobe River
- Lunch in Kasane
- Afternoon game drive on the Chobe riverfront
- Chobe National Park fees
- Farewell dinner in Victoria Falls
Option plus facile : Stay in Victoria Falls: a free day at the hotel pool, the craft market or the Victoria Falls Bridge, and join the group at the farewell dinner.
Activité : A long day but a seated one, about 3 hours on the road in all including both border posts. You need a visa that lets you re-enter Zimbabwe; we confirm which when you book.
Across the bridge to the Zambia side and depart
Victoria Falls across the Victoria Falls Bridge to the Zambia side and Livingstone Island, then the airport
- Petit-déjeuner
- Environ 1.5 h de route
Matin
After breakfast we drive to the Zimbabwe border post, about 1 km from town, and walk across the Victoria Falls Bridge, built in 1905, stopping in the middle to look down into the gorge and back at the Falls. Past the Zambian border post a licensed guide meets us at Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park. The Zambia side is closer to the water: the path crosses the Knife-Edge Bridge facing the Eastern Cataract, and in the high-water months the spray drenches it. When the river is low enough, usually from about July to mid-January, a boat takes the group to Livingstone Island at the lip of the Falls, where David Livingstone first saw them in 1855, for a morning session with breakfast; from about mid-August, when the water is low, you can also swim at Devil's Pool on the edge. Out of season, or if the borders run slow, we drop the island and spend longer on the Zambia paths. By about 1 pm we are on the road to the airport: back across the bridge to Victoria Falls International Airport, or a short drive to Livingstone's airport if you fly out from Zambia.
Compris
- Walk across the Victoria Falls Bridge with border assistance
- The Zambia side of the Falls with a licensed guide, entry included
- Livingstone Island by boat when the river allows, usually July to mid-January; dropped if the borders run slow
- Drop-off at Victoria Falls International Airport (VFA) or Livingstone (LVI)
Option plus facile : Skip the island and Devil's Pool and walk the Zambia viewpoints at your own pace, then wait at the café by the Zambia gate.
Option plus active : Swim at Devil's Pool on the lip of the Falls with the island operator's guides, when the water is low enough (usually about mid-August to mid-January).
Activité : Book flights leaving after about 3 pm from VFA or LVI; allow two hours at the airport. If you want to stay on at the Falls, ask us for extra nights when you book.
- Victoria Falls3 nuits
- Étape avec nuitée
- Excursion d'une journée
- En bateau ou en train
Faune et météo : The Falls change with the Zambezi. From about February to June the river is high: the curtain of water is at its fullest and the spray rises hundreds of metres, often soaking you and hiding the gorge, and Livingstone Island is closed. From about July to September the view is clearer, days are dry and mild, and the island is open. From October to December the water is low and the Eastern Cataract on the Zambia side can run nearly dry, while the Zimbabwe side keeps water all year; days are hot, often above 30°C, until the rains begin. At Chobe, the dry months from about June to October bring the largest elephant herds to the river. January is wet and we do not run it.
Vous voulez recevoir ce programme par courriel?
Recevez l'itinéraire jour par jour par courriel, ou posez-nous vos questions sur ce voyage. Un conseiller en voyages vous répond le jour même ou le jour ouvrable suivant.
Avant de réserver
Ce voyage est-il pour vous?
Ce voyage vous convient si vous recherchez
- An add-on before or after a safari in South Africa or Botswana
- First-time visitors who want both sides of the Falls, not one
- Travellers who want Chobe without booking a separate safari
- Solo travellers who want company on the boats and at dinner
Ce voyage ne vous convient pas si vous recherchez
- Travellers who want a full safari: see our Kruger and Victoria Falls or Okavango, Chobe and Victoria Falls trips
- Anyone who wants to stay dry: from about February to June the spray soaks you
- Adrenalin seekers who want rafting and the bungee included
- January, when we do not run the trip
Réservez vos vols une fois votre place confirmée.
3 nuits
Où vous logerez
Vos hôtels sont nommés dans la confirmation de votre voyage.
- Victoria Falls3 nuits
Un seul prix
Ce que le prix comprend
Compris
Hébergement
- 3 nights in one central hotel in Victoria Falls town, walkable to the Rainforest gate
- A hotel of a 3-star-plus standard or better with a pool, named when we confirm your dates
- Rooms shared, or your own for a supplement
Transport
- Pick-up at Victoria Falls International Airport (VFA) and drop-off at VFA or Livingstone (LVI)
- A private air-conditioned vehicle and driver for the group for the whole trip
- Return road transfer to Kasane, Botswana, for the Chobe day
- The Zambezi sunset cruise boat, the Chobe River boat and an open safari vehicle at Chobe
- The boat to Livingstone Island when it runs
Votre guide
- A See Sight Tours guide with the group from arrival to departure, including at the borders
- Licensed local guides on the Zimbabwe and Zambia sides of the Falls and at Chobe
Activités
- Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe: the Rainforest walk at opening, with entry
- Zambezi River: a sunset cruise of about two hours, with the park fee
- Chobe National Park, Botswana: a morning river boat and an afternoon game drive, with park fees
- Zambia: the Victoria Falls Bridge on foot, the Zambia side and the Knife-Edge Bridge with entry, and Livingstone Island when the river allows
Repas
- 3 breakfasts
- 1 lunch, in Kasane on the Chobe day
- 2 dinners: welcome and farewell
- Drinks and snacks on the sunset cruise, and breakfast on Livingstone Island when it runs
Non compris
- International and regional flights into and out of Victoria Falls or Livingstone
- Visas for Zimbabwe and Zambia, and any Botswana entry fee
- Travel insurance
- Lunches and dinners not listed above
- Drinks beyond those on the cruise
- Tips for your guide, local guides, drivers and boat crews
- Optional activities: the helicopter flight, white-water rafting, the bridge tour and the bungee
- Devil's Pool where the island operator charges it separately
- Personal expenses such as laundry
Suppléments
- Chambre individuelle
- CAD 375 (prix estimé)
Quand partir
Dates et prix
Choisissez votre date de départ au moment de votre demande de réservation. Nous vérifions cette date et la confirmons dans votre devis.
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06 octobre 2026
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05 octobre 2026
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05 octobre 2026
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Questions
What does the price include?
Three nights in a central hotel in Victoria Falls, 3 breakfasts, a lunch and 2 dinners, airport transfers, a private vehicle and driver, your See Sight Tours guide throughout, licensed local guides, entry to both sides of the Falls, the Zambezi sunset cruise, the Chobe day trip with its park fees, and Livingstone Island when the river allows.
How big is the group?
The proposed small-group trip has 7 to 12 guests. Boat and safari-vehicle allocations depend on the operators and will be confirmed before booking. Border processing times vary; a small group does not guarantee a quick crossing.
Who leads the trip?
A See Sight Tours guide travels with the group from the airport on arrival to the airport on departure and handles the border crossings, and licensed local guides lead each side of the Falls and the game drive at Chobe. We name your guide when we confirm your dates.
How fit do I need to be?
Easy. The walks on each side of the Falls are 2 to 3 hours on level paths with some steps, wet and slippery in the spray. Chobe is seen from a boat and a vehicle. You can sit out any walk, and the swim at Devil's Pool is always optional.
I am travelling solo. What is the single supplement?
A room of your own costs from CAD 375 more, about 18% of the price, and we show it before you request to book. You get the same room standard, meals and seats as everyone else, and with a group of 7 to 12 there is always company at dinner.
When is the best time to see Victoria Falls?
It depends what you want. From about February to June the Falls are at their fullest but the spray hides much of them; from July to September the view is clearer and Livingstone Island is open; from October to December the water is low and the Eastern Cataract can run dry. We run April to December.
Which visa do I need for Zimbabwe, Zambia and Botswana?
Most visitors, Canadians included, need a Zimbabwe visa, and a single-entry one is not enough: you re-enter Zimbabwe after the Chobe day and again on day 4 to reach VFA. The KAZA UniVisa, where it is being issued, covers Zimbabwe, Zambia and Botswana day trips; otherwise get a multiple-entry visa. We confirm the rules when you book.
Can I visit Livingstone Island and swim in Devil's Pool?
Livingstone Island is included when the Zambezi is low enough for the boats, usually from about July to mid-January, and the island operator sets the session; we confirm at booking. Devil's Pool, the swim on the lip of the Falls, usually runs only from about mid-August. Out of season we spend longer on the Zambia paths instead.
Which side of Victoria Falls is better, Zimbabwe or Zambia?
You do not have to choose. The Zimbabwe side faces most of the Falls and keeps water all year, so it gives the widest views. The Zambia side is closer to the water, with the Knife-Edge Bridge and Livingstone Island. This trip walks both, one on day 2 and the other on day 4.
How do I book, and when do I pay?
Pick your preferred start date and send a request to book. No payment is taken with the request. We check availability and send the itinerary, final quote and booking terms for your approval before a booking is accepted. The small-group estimate starts at CAD 2,080 per person sharing a room, including taxes; it is indicative, not a confirmed departure price.
Can we travel privately or on our own dates?
Yes. Besides the small group, the trip runs as a private trip for your party only, on a date you choose, from CAD 3,745 per person. If you would rather travel independently on your own dates, ask us from the dates section and we will quote the same hotel, transfers and activities.
Can I add this to a safari?
Yes, that is what it is built for. Victoria Falls has flights from Johannesburg, so it fits before or after a Kruger safari, and Kasane is next door for Botswana. Our Kruger and Victoria Falls and our Okavango, Chobe and Victoria Falls trips already end here if you want the full safari.
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