Botswana & Zambia holiday, Delta to Victoria Falls

COUNTRY:
Botswana, Zambia
LOCATION:
Kalahari Desert, Victoria Falls
DEPARTURES:
CHECK AVAILABILITY2013: 28 Jun, 5 Jul, 19 Jul, 26 Jul, 2 Aug, 9 Aug, 23 Aug, 30 Aug, 13 Sep, 20 Sep, 4 Oct, 11 Oct, 18 Oct, 25 Oct, 1 Nov, 15 Nov, 22 Nov, 29 Nov, 6 Dec, 13 Dec, 27 Dec
PRICE:
From £2869 - £3359 (16 days ) including UK flights
MORE INFO:
From £1829 excluding flights.
LATE AVAIL:
Late availability on most departures until the end of September.
VOUCHERS:
Gift vouchers can be used with this holiday
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Botswana & Zambia holiday, Delta to Victoria Falls

Botswana & Zambia holiday, Delta to Victoria Falls

Small group adventure holiday
Typically you will be sharing your experiences with between 4-20 like minded travellers (depending on the trip, operator and how many others are booked on the trip) and you'll have a group leader with you. Whether you are travelling alone or with friends its good value, and a great way to meet new people! While itineraries are pre-planned there is some flexibility and you'll have plenty of privacy. This trip will appeal to travellers of all ages who enjoy meeting new people as well as seeing new places.

How Botswana & Zambia holiday, Delta to Victoria Falls makes a difference

Responsible mission: As adventure travellers we relish and celebrate the diversity of the world. We also recognise our obligation to protect the environments that we explore. Our aim is to tread lightly, whilst contributing to maintain the world’s culture and nature, and most importantly to engage the help of all our customers to utilise the potential of tourism as a tool to aid sustainable development. We believe that responsible travellers are welcome in the places that they visit.

On this trip: We travel in small groups (max 14 people) so have a minimal impact on the environment as we go. On this trip we use a local agent from Botswana, locally owned hotels, local leaders. Not only does this mean that more of the money we generate stays within the community, but their local knowledge and expertise helps us to better understand the environment in which we are travelling, whilst reinforcing within the local community that preserving this environment is both important and worthwhile.
We are also supporting the SOS 'Save Our Sausage trees' project by donating 5US$ for every passenger on the trip. Theses funds stop fishermen from cutting down theses endangered trees to craft their traditional canoes by providing them with fiberglass replica canoes.

Responsible code: Being Responsible is at the heart of everything our company does - full details of our code can be found on our website. The local supplier for this trip will promote our responsible travel code throughout your adventure. You will also receive specific information on this trip’s responsibility in your trip notes.

Helping to minimise negative impact: All of our customers are invited to offset their international flight emissions. Contributions go to the Blue Ventures Carbon Offset program, a non-profit organisation which provides solar stoves for subsistence communities in Madagascar, benefiting the people and protecting the environment. We also contribute £2 per person towards offsetting of your in-country travel. We fully offset all emissions from our staff travel and run an energy efficient office.

Giving something back: We have a foundation that collects the funds that you donate to us to support our projects. All our customers are invited to make a £1 per person contribution to the foundation at the time of booking. We will match every contribution that you make with our own £1. You as a customer choose where these funds are used from a shortlist of nominated projects – so it really is YOUR foundation.

Partnerships: As a company we support The Travel Foundation, a UK charity that has been established to promote responsible travel practises throughout the whole of the travel industry. We also work with a number of charity partners who work in the destinations that we visit; including Friends of Conservation and Born Free Foundation. We partner with many small grassroots projects throughout the destinations that we visit - they all share our responsible vision.

Botswana & Zambia holiday, Delta to Victoria Falls

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The story of the provider of Botswana & Zambia holiday, Delta to Victoria Falls

Since the mid '90s this company has been on a mission to inspire, excite and engage travellers in destinations all over the world. From cultural journeys of discovery to walking and trekking adventures; up close wildlife encounters to activity breaks, these small group adventures contain the perfect combination of hidden gems well off the beaten track and known region highlights. Fully escorted by English speaking local group leaders, these trips are perfect for solo travellers, couples, friends and even private groups.

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Botswana & Zambia holiday, Delta to Victoria Falls

Reviewed 02 Jun 2013 by john huck4 star rating

1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?


To many to mention

2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?


Can be hard but very rewarding

3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, reduced environmental Impacts or supported conservation?
Some

4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?


Brilliant

Reviewed 19 Apr 2012 by Linda Sykes4 star rating

1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?


The Okavango Delta, in the mokoros at dawn. The late afternoon boat trip on the Chobi river, and watching a family of elephants with their babies.
Vic Falls was pretty impressive also.

2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?


It gets dark early, you always seem to be packing up in the dark and finding things in the tent is a bit of a challenge. Make sure you stick to the suggested packing limit (12kg) and take really good torches / lights for your tent, with spare batteries.
Water is limited when wild camping so you cannot have a shower every day. Ladies, you cannot get out of your tent at night for the loo, when wild camping. I found a funnel and ziploc freezer bag worked v well, tho you could try the sheewee!!

3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?


Yes, we had local people in the delta to pole the mokoros and used local guides.
We left all of the campsites as we found them, with no trace of rubbish and used eco-friendly products.

4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?


Brilliant, far exceeded my expectations.

Reviewed 05 Oct 2010 by Ann Griffiths4 star rating

1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?


Camping in the Okavango Delta and the helicopter rider over the Victoria Falls.

2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?


Never pass up an opportunity to do something and appreciate everything you see.

3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, and minimized impacts on the environment?


Certainly the latter. Not sure about the former.

4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?


Brilliant!
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