Game Drives:
Lead by experienced guides, you will see magnificent wildlife indigenous to the area. Your guide will show you the hidden spots best for game viewing and give you an insider’s knowledge. With years of experience, our African Bush Camps guides are some of the best in the business.

Canoeing On Zambezi River:
The Lower Zambezi River is the perfect setting for an adventurous canoe safari. Paddle along the tranquil waters of the Zambezi River and take in the pristine scenery of Mana Pools National Park from a unique angle. On your canoe safari you get the chance to see wildlife such as hippos, crocodiles, elephants, and incredible birdlife.

Walking Safaris:
Awaken your senses and discover all that the bush has to offer on a walking safari. Accompanied by one of our experienced walking guides, explore the wild for one to two hours. For a full day walking safari, a private walking guide will need to be pre-booked with us.

Fishing:
Try your hand at fishing from the banks of the Zambezi River. Fish for tiger, bream (tilapia), vundu, and many other species on a catch and release basis.

Armchair Safari:
Relax on the upper deck lounge under the shade of a mahogany or sit on the deck below near the splash pool and soak in the uninterrupted views of Kanga Pan’s hyperactive watering hole as the animals come to you – the perfect “armchair safari”. The Armchair Safari is best experienced during the dry season when the water levels are low.

Bird Watching:
Delight in the call of the African skimmer, photograph the Southern carmine bee-eater and the Narina trogon. Or simply sit back and enjoy their beautiful songs.

These sub-tropical thorn and sand flats on the edge of the Kalahari Desert, were once home to the nomadic San (Bushmen) who lived off the land and feasted on great herds of migrating game. Dry season game-viewing is assisted by the shallow pans threaded throughout the park. The natural salt-licks provide elephants with favorite mud holes for wallowing and sixty man-made waterholes give much needed water during the hot parched winter months when everything else dries up. Several waterholes have raised wooden hides in which you can spend many hours observing animals and the interactions between them. 400 species of birds are found here making it a bird watchers paradise, particularly in the wet season.

A stay at Somalisa Expeditions Camp includes: Morning & afternoon game drives, walking safaris, Hwange Main Camp village visits as well as a visit to the Painted Dog Conservation Centre

The Painted Dog Conservation Centre’ s mission is to create an environment where painted dogs can thrive. Fewer than 7,000 painted dogs are left across the entire continent. These painted dogs also known as African wild or hunting dogs are beautiful, unique, and fascinating social animals.
Painted dogs are native to Africa, and aren’t found in the wild anywhere else on the planet. They live in small pockets across a handful of countries including Zimbabwe, the home of Painted Dog Conservation. There are roughly 700 painted dogs in the centre which works with local populations of both humans and dogs—via conservation, education, and outreach programs—to help them not only survive here, but thrive.

The centre has put together a conservation model with a long term objective to make a significant difference to the painted dog population in Zimbabwe. They employ more than 60 people from the local villages to run our conservation programs and run our education and outreach programs. These efforts span everything from the Anti-Poaching Unit (APU) team which patrols local areas daily as a direct form of protection for the dogs, the running of the Rehabilitation Facility where injured and orphaned dogs are treated before returning them to the wild. They monitor more than six packs of painted dogs on a daily basis across Hwange National Park.

The PDC evolved out of pure scientific research being conducted in Hwange National Park in the mid 1990s. It soon became apparent that vast majority of painted dog deaths outside of Hwange National Park were found to be due to human causes such as snares, traffic accidents and shootings which were led by a general ignorance and prejudice towards the species. This cemented their core approach to helping painted dogs, which remains the same today: to identify the critical issues and find a way to make a significant and lasting contribution to painted dog conservation, conservation of nature, and the lives of the local community with a special emphasis on the individual.

The Falls’ local name, Mosi-Oa-Tunya – “the Smoke that Thunders” – more accurately defines the essence of the place: the rising, shining spray that can be seen 30km away. This vapour has the effect of adding moisture in the form of humidity to the air in the “splash zone”, so that a unique, small rainforest ecosystem clings to the edge of the Falls, providing a toehold for no less than 70 shrub and 150 herbaceous species, as well as trees such as pod and Natal mahogany, ebony, Cape and strangler fig and Transvaal red milkwood. There are two National Parks in the vicinity: the Zambezi National Park in Zimbabwe and the Mosi-oa-Tunya Zoological Park in Zambia, which means that herds of big game such as elephant and buffalo, as well as smaller species and even predators such as lion persist in the area.

Your stay at Thorntree River Lodge includes: Game drives in Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, rhino tracking, bush walks, sunrise & sunset boat cruises, Simonga Village visits, a visit to Zambian side of the Falls, visit to the Livingstone Museum and canoe trips.

Even amongst the most discerning of travelers, the Linyanti Channel is fast becoming Botswana’s most sought-after wildlife haven. Linyanti Ebony is home to some fantastic wildlife including a healthy population of predators such as lion, wild dog and several more elusive species delighting our guests year-round. Your memorable Chobe family safaris characterised by serene, sweeping scenes awaits.

Explore the pristine riverine ecosystem of a Chobe safari on foot or cruise through the crystal-clear waterways on an expertly guided mokoro trip, marvelling at the bird and aquatic life as you go.

Lead by an experienced guide, you will see magnificent wildlife indigenous to the area. Your guide will show you the hidden spots best for game viewing and give you an insider’s knowledge. With years of experience the African Bush Camps guides are known for being some of the best in the business.

Awaken your senses and discover all that the bush has to offer on a walking safari. Accompanied by an experienced walking guides, explore the wild for one to two hours. For a full day walking safari, a private walking guide will need to be pre-booked. Children under 16 can experience nature walks around the camp led by child-certified walking guides as part of the Cub Club. Since your safety is our first priority, walking safaris are usually conducted when the bush is not too thick