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Plan your adventure:
- Overland Truck
- Camping
- Wildlife
- Group
- Fully Guided
- Operator
- Absolute Africa
- Group Tour
- Join a group and forge lifelong friendships
- Fully Guided
- An experienced guide will be with you for the entire tour
- Guided in English
- Group Size 4 - 28
- Age range 18 to 80
Places You’ll See
Highlights
- Visit Sheldrick's Elephant Orphanage
- Explore Serengeti on guided game drives
- Stay at Zanzibar's beach cottages
- Cruise on Lake Kariba with game viewing
- Experience Victoria Falls adventure sports
Itinerary
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- Introduction
- Day 1 KENYA
- Day 2-5 TANZANIA
- Day 6-12 TANZANIA
- Day 13-18 TANZANIA - MALAWI
- Day 19-24 ZAMBIA - ZIMBABWE
- Day 25-28 ZIMBABWE
- Day 29-31 ZIMBABWE
- Day 32-37 BOTSWANA
- Day 38-46 NAMIBIA
- Day 47-54 NAMIBIA - SOUTH AFRICA
What's Included
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- Accommodation
- Guide
- Meals
- Additional Services
- Transport
What's Not Included
- Flights
- Insurance
- Optional
- Additional Services
Operated by
Absolute Africa
Number of tours
46
Age Range
18 to 80 years old
Response time
8 hours
Response rate
100%
With over thirty years of experience running safaris from London to Cape Town...
Read moreCustomer Reviews
- Overall RatingExcellent
- ItineraryGood
- GuideExcellent
- TransportExcellent
- AccommodationExcellent
- FoodExcellent
- QYQin· November 25th, 2018I did the 52 day Southern Safari trip with Absolute Africa traveling from Nairobi to Cape Town. Highlights include rafting along the Zambezi river, Spitzkoppe and of course all the amazing animals we saw on safari (Serengeti, endangered rhinos at Matopos, Etosha). Some driving days were long (we covered a lot of countries in 52 days), tent equipment was good quality and food was usually plentiful (unless people in your group want to eat breakfast before breakfast time and they don't save you enough food). For the first 10 days our tour leader Kip/Edmund was great, he had a positive attitude and he was really patient. Then we joined another group and had Martin as our tour leader. Whilst Martin was really informative in the beginning about the daily itinerary, with time i felt he became less informative. It was also clear to some people that Martin favoured certain individuals in the group. I understand that there will be people (even tour leaders) that get on with certain people more than others but as a professional i expected him to treat the group as a whole and listen to us as a whole, taking control of the group during more difficult situations when needed. There were certain situations where Martin acted quite childishly to certain members of the group, a few times he did not respect people's confidentiality by talking to certain members of the group about other people. One particular incident he publicly ridiculed someone in front of the whole group during dinner for not helping cook dinner one night because she was tired. You wouldn't expect this from someone who's been a tour leader for 20 years. Some of the optional activities i did i felt like it wasn't worth the money, for example we spent 3 days in the Okavango Delta and one day had 9 hours of free time where we had to stay in the bush camp or swim in a pond. Our tour leader didn't tell us this so some people didn't bring things like books etc. Absolute claim that they send you the most updated information (itinerary and optional activities list) however they included activities that haven't been running for years or they don't even run. We went to Antelope Park, Zimbabwe a private reserve home to a lion conservation programme with the aim of breeding lion cubs from captured lions in order to release them into the wild. Since 2005 they haven't released a single lion. I read articles by National Geographic and Africa Geographic that questioned the ethicacy of the programme and there was also speculation about whether the park involved itself in Africa's lion industry (look up Blood Lions for more info). Animal conservation should never involve animal-human interaction or breeding and these do/use to do both these things e.g. cub handling and lion walks. Correspondence with Absolute prior and throughout my trip was thorough and professional. After giving feedback about my experiences there was an obvious lack of accountability and ignorance. Overland tours are a great way of traveling to so many African countries and overall i really enjoyed most of the activities i did and the people i traveled with. However there are quite a few African overland tours and I am unlikely to use them again.Show more
Absolute Africa commented on this reviewThank you for leaving your feedback. We are glad to hear that overall you had an enjoyable tour and got to see all the fantastic wildlife and more that you would hope to see in Africa. At the same time we are disappointed to read your assessment of... Show moreTrip date: September 2018 - BKByungjoon· August 12th, 2017My wife and I spent wonderful time with Absolute Africa. All of crew and people were nice and kind. I shared every single moment of this trip on my SNS.Absolute Africa commented on this reviewThank you for your review Byungjoon. Its good to hear you both had a great time on the safari with us, and would love to welcome you back again with Absolute Africa should you return to Africa.Trip date: June 2017
- CCharlotte· November 8th, 2016This trip was incredible from start to finish....Show moreAbsolute Africa commented on this reviewThank you for your comments, Charlotte. It's great to hear that you have had such a fab time on your tour and made the most of being in this special continent :)Trip date: August 2016
Philip· February 25th, 2016This was the first African trip my wife and I...Show moreAbsolute Africa commented on this reviewThank you for your comments Philip, its great that you had such an enjoyable trip!Trip date: November 2015- Gráinne· December 22nd, 2015What an absolutely amazing trip I had with...Show moreAbsolute Africa commented on this reviewThank you for your comments Grainne and lovely to hear you had such a fantastic time on your trip.Trip date: September 2015
- Neil· May 15th, 2015What an incredible trip! Highly recommend the...Show moreAbsolute Africa commented on this reviewThank you for your kind words, we are so please to hear you enjoyed yourself!Trip date: March 2015
- Esther· December 13th, 2014Our guide was our mentor and friend and always...Show moreAbsolute Africa commented on this reviewIt's great to hear such kind words about our tour leader Vialet, we're glad she made your trip special!Trip date: November 2011
Dates & Availability
54 days
The Southern Safari
From Nairobi to Cape Town
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