Liuwa Plain, Chobe and Victoria Falls

The Old House
The Old House is a small family-owned and run guest lodge situated within Kasane, overlooking the Chobe River and within walking distance of the town centre.

The Old House offers ten air-conditioned rooms, all en-suite and made up in double, twin or triple configurations. The rooms are furnished in a clean, modern style, and equipped with the expected amenities, including tea/coffee facilities and safe.

After a group lunch, during which your guide will give a briefing on the journey ahead, there will be time to shop for safari drinks before you depart for Chobe.

It is a short drive from Kasane to your campsite in northern Chobe National Park. Arriving late afternoon, you’ll help set up the camp that will be your home for the next two nights, with the rest of the evening free to relax as the camp crew prepares supper.

The most famous of Botswana’s big game safari parks, Chobe is sustained by the Chobe River, which provides a constant water source attracting plentiful wildlife throughout the year. Herds of elephant and buffalo are a common sight, as are families of giraffe, prides of lion and plentiful antelope, including zebra, kudu and wildebeest. Less commonly sighted species include cheetah and wild dog.

Today’s drive is long but scenic, as you pass through dense forests of Zambezi teak and then drop down onto the Zambezi floodplains and travel along the beautiful Mango Tree Road towards the town of Kalabo, passing through several villages en route.

At the end of the day’s long drive, you’ll set up camp in a forest clearing near Kalabo.

The landscape of Liuwa is dominated by enormous flat plains of golden grass interspersed with small islands of raffia palms. The rich grasslands and floodplains attract huge quantities of plains game, including blue wildebeest (Liuwa experiences the second largest wildebeest migration in Africa, second only to the Serengeti), zebra, tsessebe, eland, roan antelope, Lichtenstein’s hartebeest, red lechwe, reedbuck and the lovely oribi, as well as predators including occasional lion, leopard and cheetah, and large hunting packs of hyena and wild dog—the latter of which, normally so rare, are sighted fairly regularly in Liuwa.

November is a fantastic time to visit Liuwa. At this time of year, the annual wildebeest migration from Cameia National Park in neighbouring Angola has typically reached Liuwa, with the hunting packs for which Liuwa is famous in hot pursuit.

This will be your camp for the next two nights, from where you’ll enjoy picnics by the falls and swimming in the Zambezi River.

Tonight you stay at a comfortable lodge in Victoria Falls (typically PheZulu or Bayete Lodge – to be confirmed closer to departure), on B&B basis. Supper this evening is to your own account.