Cornelius Amann
October 06, 2026
5/5
Windhoek to Victoria Falls: the Kalahari, the Okavango Delta and Chobe
9 days from Windhoek across the Kalahari to Ghanzi and Maun, two nights at a fly-in camp in the Okavango Delta, two in Kasane for Chobe, and the Falls at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe.
9 days · Windhoek to Victoria Falls · up to 12 guests
Elephants in Chobe National Park, Botswana Photo: Gorgo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elephants_chobe_national_park.jpg)
The facts
At a glance
- Length
- 9 days, 8 nights
- Start and end
- Windhoek to Victoria Falls
- Group size
- 7 to 12 guests
- Activity level
Easy
Easy to moderate: a San bush walk of about 2 hours and a Delta island walk of 2 to 3 hours, both on flat, sandy ground at a slow pace; sitting low in a mokoro for 1 to 2 hours; about 3 km on the Victoria Falls path with some steps. The effort is one long road day (day 2, about 6 hours), early starts, two light-aircraft flights that can be bumpy, and heat from September. Any walk, drive or boat trip can be sat out.
- Meals included
- 8 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 6 dinners
- Room of your own
- + CAD 1,350 (estimated price)
- Season
- May to October
Highlights
Why this trip
- Cross the Kalahari from Windhoek into Botswana on the Trans-Kalahari Highway, in an air-conditioned vehicle, not an overland truck
- A morning bush walk near Ghanzi with San guides, learning which roots hold water and how to read tracks
- Fly from Maun into the Okavango Delta and stay two nights at a camp with your own bathroom, not a bush camp
- Glide through the reeds by mokoro, two guests to a boat, and walk an island at dawn with a licensed guide
- Elephants crossing the Chobe River on an afternoon cruise, then a dawn game drive as the park gate opens
- A sunset cruise on the upper Zambezi, then Victoria Falls at opening before the tour groups
- The Chobe cruise and drive, the San walk, the Zambezi cruise and the Falls entry are in the price
What makes this trip different
Free time is part of the plan
Free time and choices are marked on the days they fall.
Solo without the penalty
A room of your own is + CAD 1,350 (estimated price).
Day by day
Itinerary
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Arrive in Windhoek
Hosea Kutako Airport to central Windhoek
- Dinner
- Stay in Windhoek
- Drive about 45 min
Fly into Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH), about 45 km east of Windhoek; check your routing with us before you book flights. Plan to land by about 3 pm (the latest arrival is confirmed with your final itinerary). A driver meets you at arrivals for the 45-minute drive over the Khomas Highland into the capital and a central hotel near Independence Avenue. If you have the energy, walk up to the Christuskirche, the German Lutheran church from 1910 on its island of a roundabout, and the Tintenpalast, the parliament building below its gardens, both a few minutes from the hotel. Your See Sight Tours guide meets the group at about 6 pm to brief you on the two border crossings, the long Kalahari drive tomorrow and the soft-bag rule for the light aircraft into the Delta.
Evening
Then we walk to a welcome dinner in town.
Included
- Pick-up at Hosea Kutako Airport (WDH)
- Welcome briefing with your guide
- Welcome dinner
Free time: Free until the evening briefing
Across the Kalahari to Ghanzi
Windhoek to Gobabis, the Buitepos border, then Ghanzi in Botswana
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Ghanzi
- Drive about 6 h
Today is the one long road day, about 530 km and six hours of driving, because there is no scheduled flight on this leg and crossing the Kalahari by road is how you feel its size. We leave at about 8 am in our air-conditioned vehicle on the Trans-Kalahari Highway, east through cattle country to Gobabis, about two hours out, for coffee and a stretch. From there it is roughly 115 km to Buitepos, where we leave Namibia and enter Botswana at Mamuno; allow up to an hour for both posts.
Afternoon
We stop for a sit-down lunch along the way, timed around the border, then continue across flat red sand and thornveld to Ghanzi, the main town of the Botswana Kalahari, where farms and San communities share the land. We reach our lodge in the late afternoon.
Evening
There is time for a swim or a drink as the sky turns red, and dinner is at the lodge.
Included
- Road transfer Windhoek to Ghanzi with stops in Gobabis and at the border
- Border crossing from Namibia into Botswana with your guide
- Lunch on the road and dinner at the lodge
Free time: Late afternoon free at the lodge
Activity: The longest day on the road, broken by a coffee stop, lunch and the border. Keep your passport and a pen in your day bag.
A San walk, then on to Maun
Ghanzi to Maun
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Maun
- Drive about 3.5 h
Morning
In the cool of the early morning we walk into the bush near Ghanzi with San guides from a local community.
Evening
Over about two hours on flat sand they show how to find water in a buried root, which plants are medicine and which are food, and how to read the tracks crossing the path from the night before. Your guide translates where needed and leaves room for questions, and we confirm with the community how the walk is paid. We are back for a late breakfast, then drive north-east about 285 km, roughly three and a half hours, through cattle posts and mopane scrub to Maun, the town at the south-eastern edge of the Okavango Delta. Lunch is on arrival in Maun. We check in to a hotel on the Thamalakane River and the evening is yours, with time to repack into one soft bag for tomorrow's flight. Dinner is on your own; allow about CAD 25 to 45 for a main course and a drink in Maun.
Included
- Morning bush walk with San guides near Ghanzi
- Road transfer Ghanzi to Maun
- Lunch in Maun
Easier option: Join the first half of the walk, about an hour, and return to the lodge.
Free time: Evening free in Maun, dinner on your own (about CAD 25 to 45)
Activity: About 2 hours on flat sand at a slow pace. Closed shoes and a hat.
Fly into the Okavango Delta
Maun by light aircraft to a camp in the Okavango Delta
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Okavango Delta
- Drive about 15 min
Morning
After breakfast we drive the few minutes to Maun Airport for the flight into the Delta in small light aircraft, about 20 to 45 minutes depending on where the camp lies. From a few hundred metres up you see the shape of it: channels and lagoons through the papyrus, islands ringed by palms, and game trails worn between them. The Okavango River rises in Angola and spreads into the Kalahari instead of reaching the sea, and the Delta was listed by UNESCO in 2014. A camp vehicle meets the plane. The camp we book for both nights must meet our standard: a permanent tented camp where every tent has its own bathroom and hot water, and meals are taken together. We name it when we confirm your dates.
Afternoon
Lunch at camp, then rest through the heat of the day. In the late afternoon we go out by mokoro, the Delta's narrow poled canoe, two guests to a boat, with a local poler.
Evening
Sundowner, then dinner at camp.
Included
- Light-aircraft flight from Maun to the camp airstrip
- Late-afternoon mokoro trip with a local poler
- All meals at camp
Free time: Midday free at camp
Activity: Light aircraft take soft bags of about 20 kg each, hand luggage included; the exact limit is confirmed with your final itinerary.
A full day on the water
A full day at the camp in the Okavango Delta
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Okavango Delta
- By boat
Morning
Coffee before sunrise, then we cross by mokoro to one of the larger islands for a guided walk with a licensed camp guide and your poler, in the coolest and quietest hours.
Evening
On foot you notice what a vehicle drives past: last night's tracks in the sand, termite mounds several metres tall that seed new islands, red lechwe splashing off through the shallows. The group walks in single file and the guide decides how close is safe. Back at camp by late morning for brunch, and the middle of the day is free: rest in your tent, read or watch the water. In the late afternoon we go out on the water again, by mokoro or by the camp's motorboat depending on the flood, into wider channels where hippos surface and fish eagles call from dead trees, and stop somewhere open for the sunset. Dinner at camp, with the hippos calling in the dark.
Included
- Dawn guided walk on an island with a licensed guide and your poler
- Afternoon mokoro or boat trip into the channels, with a sunset stop
- All meals at camp
Easier option: Skip the walk and stay at camp, then join the afternoon on the water.
More active option: A longer walk of about three hours on a bigger island, where the camp guide allows it.
Free time: Middle of the day free at camp
Activity: Walks are 2 to 3 hours on flat, sandy ground at a slow pace. Wear neutral colours and closed shoes.
To Kasane and the Chobe River
Okavango Delta by light aircraft to Kasane, then a boat on the Chobe River
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Kasane
- Drive about 15 min
Morning
Breakfast at camp, then the camp vehicle takes us to the airstrip for the flight north-east to Kasane, roughly an hour to an hour and a half in the air, sometimes with a short stop at another airstrip. This flight replaces the 600 km road via Nata that the overland trips drive. Below, the water gives way to dry woodland and then to the green line of the Chobe River. A vehicle meets us at Kasane Airport for the short drive to a lodge near the river, where we stay two nights.
Afternoon
After lunch and a rest, we board a boat for the afternoon on the Chobe River inside Chobe National Park, Botswana's first national park. From the water the riverbank is the show: elephant family herds coming down to drink, swim and cross to the islands, buffalo and hippos on the floodplain, and crocodiles on the sandbanks. We stay out until the sun drops over the Namibian bank.
Evening
Dinner at the lodge.
Included
- Light-aircraft flight from the Delta to Kasane
- Afternoon boat cruise on the Chobe River in Chobe National Park, park fees included
- Lunch and dinner at the lodge
Free time: Early afternoon free at the lodge
Chobe by land at dawn
Kasane to the Chobe riverfront and back
- Breakfast
- Stay in Kasane
- Drive about 15 min
Morning
We leave the lodge before sunrise in two open 4x4s, at most six guests in each, to be at the Sedudu gate of Chobe National Park as it opens. The first hours are the best on land: the air is cool, the cats are still active, and the riverfront track is quiet before the day visitors arrive. The drive follows the river west along the floodplain, stopping wherever the animals are: elephant and buffalo herds, giraffe, sable antelope in the woodland, and the puku, an antelope found here at the edge of its range. Lions and leopards are seen in Chobe, though never promised. We are back at the lodge by late morning for brunch.
Evening
The afternoon and evening are free: swim, sleep, walk into Kasane, or take the optional small photographic boat for a second, lower look at the river. Dinner tonight is your choice, at the lodge or in town; allow about CAD 25 to 45 for a main course and a drink.
Included
- Dawn game drive in Chobe National Park in an open 4x4, park fees included
- Brunch at the lodge
Optional experiences
- Small-boat photographic trip on the Chobe River (priced at booking)
Easier option: Sit the drive out and take a slow morning at the lodge.
Free time: Afternoon and evening free in Kasane, dinner on your own (about CAD 25 to 45)
Activity: Bring a warm layer and a hat: dawn in an open vehicle is cold from May to August.
Across the border to Victoria Falls
Kasane through the Kazungula border to Victoria Falls, then a cruise on the Zambezi
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Victoria Falls
- Drive about 1.5 h
Morning
Breakfast at the lodge, then we leave Kasane at about 9 am for Victoria Falls, about 80 km and an hour and a half on the road. First comes the Kazungula border: we leave Botswana and enter Zimbabwe, where you buy your visa at the post in US dollars cash if you do not already have one, and your guide steers the group through the forms. Allow up to an hour. Past the border the road runs through mopane woodland, where elephants sometimes cross, into Victoria Falls town.
Evening
This is our one night at the Falls. Lunch is a sit-down meal in town, then we check in to our hotel and rest through the early afternoon; you can already hear the Falls from parts of town in high water. In the late afternoon we board a boat on the upper Zambezi, above the Falls, for a sunset cruise past islands where hippos surface, with the spray rising downstream. We end the trip with a farewell dinner together.
Included
- Transfer from Kasane to Victoria Falls through the Kazungula border with your guide
- Sit-down lunch in Victoria Falls town
- Zambezi sunset cruise, national park fee included
- Farewell dinner
Optional experiences
- Helicopter flight over the Falls in the afternoon (priced at booking), if you leave late on day 9 or prefer it today
Free time: Early afternoon free in Victoria Falls
Activity: Keep your passport, the visa fee in US dollars and a pen in your day bag for the border.
Victoria Falls at opening, then home
The Victoria Falls Rainforest, then Victoria Falls Airport
- Breakfast
- Drive about 30 min
Morning
We are at the gate of the Victoria Falls Rainforest, in Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls National Park, when it opens in the morning, before the tour groups arrive. The Falls are about 1.7 km wide and drop up to 108 m into a narrow gorge, and the path on the Zimbabwe side runs along the opposite lip, facing the water. Your guide walks you through the viewpoints, from the statue of David Livingstone past the Devil's Cataract and the Main Falls to Danger Point, where you look down into the gorge and across to the Victoria Falls Bridge. From March to May the spray can soak you; later in the year the view is clearer. We are back for a late breakfast at the hotel. Victoria Falls Airport (VFA) is about 20 km south of town, roughly 25 minutes, and a driver takes you there; book a flight leaving after about 1 pm.
Evening
Victoria Falls is a one-night stop on this trip; for more time here, add a second night when you book.
Included
- Guided walk of the Victoria Falls Rainforest at opening, entry included
- Drop-off at Victoria Falls Airport (VFA)
Optional experiences
- Helicopter flight over the Falls (priced at booking), if your flight is late in the day
Easier option: Walk only to the Devil's Cataract and Main Falls viewpoints, then head back for breakfast.
Free time: Late morning free before the airport transfer
Activity: About 3 km on a mostly flat path with some steps, wet in high water. Book a flight leaving after about 1 pm, and allow two hours at the airport.
- Windhoek1 night
- Ghanzi1 night
- Maun1 night
- Okavango Delta2 nights
- Kasane2 nights
- Victoria Falls1 night
- Overnight stop
- Day trip
- By boat or train
Wildlife and weather: May to October is the dry season. Kalahari nights are cold from June to August, often near freezing, and the days are warm and clear. The Delta flood is usually highest from about June to August, so mokoro trips run well, and as the bush dries the animals gather along the Chobe River. September and October are hot, often above 35°C, with the best game viewing. Victoria Falls is fullest from about March to May, when spray can hide the view, and lowest in October and November.
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Before you book
Right for you?
Good for you if you want
- Travellers who want Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe in one trip with rooms, not camping
- First-time safari travellers who want the Delta, Chobe and the Falls without the Maun to Kasane road
- Anyone curious about the Kalahari and the San, not only the wildlife
- Solo travellers and couples who like a small group and one guide throughout
Not for you if you want
- Anyone who cannot face one six-hour road day
- Anyone who cannot travel with one soft bag of about 20 kg
- Travellers who want guaranteed predator sightings
- Travellers who want more than one night at Victoria Falls without adding nights
- A budget overland or camping trip
Book flights after we confirm your seat.
8 nights
Where you'll stay
Your hotels are named in your trip confirmation.
- Windhoek1 night
- Ghanzi1 night
- Maun1 night
- Okavango Delta2 nights
- Kasane2 nights
- Victoria Falls1 night
One price
What's in the price
Included
Accommodation
- 8 nights: 1 in central Windhoek, 1 at a lodge near Ghanzi, 1 in Maun on the Thamalakane River, 2 at a fly-in tented camp in the Okavango Delta, 2 at a lodge in Kasane near the Chobe River, 1 at a hotel in Victoria Falls town
- Rooms and tents with their own bathroom every night, no camping; at least a 3-star-plus standard, named when we confirm your dates
- Rooms shared, or your own for a supplement
Transport
- Pick-up at Hosea Kutako Airport (WDH) and drop-off at Victoria Falls Airport (VFA)
- Our own air-conditioned vehicle and driver from Windhoek to Maun, across the Namibia to Botswana border
- Light-aircraft flights from Maun into the Delta and from the Delta to Kasane
- Mokoro trips with local polers, and the camp's boats and vehicles in the Delta
- Two open 4x4s for the Chobe game drive, at most 6 guests each
- Boats for the Chobe River and Zambezi cruises
- A private vehicle and driver from Kasane to Victoria Falls
Your guide
- A See Sight Tours guide with the group for the whole trip, including in the Delta
- San guides near Ghanzi, licensed camp guides and polers in the Delta, licensed guides in Chobe, and a local guide at Victoria Falls
Activities
- Windhoek: welcome briefing and dinner
- Ghanzi: a morning bush walk with San guides
- Okavango Delta: two mokoro outings, a guided island walk at dawn and a sunset trip on the channels
- Chobe National Park: an afternoon river cruise and a dawn game drive
- Victoria Falls: a Zambezi sunset cruise and a guided walk of the Rainforest at opening
- All park, concession and conservation fees, and the Victoria Falls entry
Meals
- Breakfast daily (8)
- 6 lunches: on the road on day 2, in Maun, two at the Delta camp, at the Kasane lodge and in Victoria Falls town
- Brunch at the lodge after the Chobe game drive
- 6 dinners: a welcome dinner in Windhoek, at the Ghanzi lodge, two at the Delta camp, at the Kasane lodge and a farewell dinner in Victoria Falls
Not included
- International flights to Windhoek and home from Victoria Falls
- The Namibia and Zimbabwe visas, and any Botswana visa your passport needs
- Any Botswana visitor levy in force when you travel (we confirm at booking)
- Travel insurance, which should cover medical evacuation from remote areas
- Dinners on days 3 and 7
- Drinks, except where the Delta camp includes them
- Tips
- Optional activities: the Falls helicopter flight, the photographic boat in Chobe
- Luggage over the light-aircraft limit
- Personal expenses
Local fees
- Namibia and Zimbabwe visa fees for most passports, paid on arrival or online; any Botswana visitor levy, if one applies when you travel, confirmed at booking.
Extras
- Room of your own
- CAD 1,350 (estimated price)
- Meal budget
- Dinners on day 3 in Maun and day 7 in Kasane are on your own; allow about CAD 25 to 45 each for a main course and a drink.
When you can go
Dates and prices
Pick your start date when you request to book. We check that date and confirm it in your quote.
Prefer to travel without a group or guide? Ask us about arranging hotels, transport and city tours for you to travel independently.
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Booking terms
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Questions
What does the Windhoek to Victoria Falls trip price include?
Eight nights in hotels, lodges and a fly-in Delta camp; our vehicle from Windhoek to Maun; both light-aircraft flights; breakfast daily, 6 lunches, a brunch and 6 dinners; the San walk; mokoro trips and an island walk; the Chobe cruise and game drive; the Zambezi sunset cruise; the Falls entry with a guide; all park fees; airport transfers; and your See Sight Tours guide throughout.
How big is the group?
The small-group trip runs with 7 to 12 guests, against 14 to 22 on the overland trucks on this route. In the Delta that means two guests to each mokoro, and in Chobe two open 4x4s with at most six guests each, so everyone has an outside seat.
Who leads the trip?
A See Sight Tours guide travels with the group from the Windhoek airport to the Victoria Falls airport, across both borders and into the Delta camp. San guides lead the Ghanzi walk, licensed camp guides and polers lead in the Delta, licensed guides drive in Chobe, and a local guide walks you through the Falls.
How long is the drive from Windhoek to Ghanzi?
About 530 km and six hours of driving, plus up to an hour at the Buitepos and Mamuno border posts. It is the one long day, because no scheduled flight covers it. We leave at about 8 am in an air-conditioned vehicle, stop for coffee in Gobabis and for a sit-down lunch, and arrive in the late afternoon.
How fit do I need to be?
Not very. The San walk is about 2 hours and the Delta walk 2 to 3 hours, both on flat sand at a slow pace, and the Falls path is about 3 km with some steps. You need to climb in and out of a low mokoro and a small plane. Any walk, drive or boat trip can be sat out.
I am travelling solo. What does a room of my own cost?
A room or tent of your own is from CAD 1,350 more, shown before you book and not added later. You join the group on the same terms as everyone else, with the same seats in the boats, aircraft and vehicles.
What is the luggage limit on the light aircraft?
About 20 kg per person, hand luggage and camera gear included, in a soft bag without a rigid frame. Hard suitcases do not fit the hold. We confirm the exact limit with your final itinerary, and how any extra bag can travel on to Kasane.
When is the best time to go?
May to October, the dry season. The Delta flood is usually highest from about June to August, which suits the mokoro, and animals gather on the Chobe River as the bush dries. Kalahari nights are cold in June and July, and September and October are hot. The Falls are fullest from March to May.
Do I need visas for Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe?
Two visas for most passports: Namibia and Zimbabwe. Namibia now asks most visitors, including Canadians, for a visa, on arrival or online. Canadians do not currently need one for a short visit to Botswana. Zimbabwe needs a visa for most visitors, bought at the Kazungula border or as an e-visa. We confirm the rules and fees for your passport when you book.
How does booking work?
Pick a start date and request to book. We confirm your trip within 24 hours, and no payment is taken until then. The small group starts from CAD 7,940 per person sharing a room, with taxes; the private trip starts from CAD 14,290 per person.
Can we travel privately or on our own dates?
Yes. Besides the small group, the trip comes as a private trip for your party only, on a date you choose, with your own guide, vehicle and boats. If you would rather travel independently on your own dates, ask us from the dates section and we quote the same route for you.
How is this different from your Namibia and Botswana trips?
Our Namibia trip stays in Namibia for the Sossusvlei dunes, Swakopmund, Damaraland and Etosha. Our Botswana trip starts in Maun with three Delta nights. This one links them: Windhoek, the Kalahari and the San, two Delta nights, Chobe and the Falls. Take the Namibia trip first and this one continues from Windhoek.
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