Livingstone's Africa - Zambia & Malawi Explorer

What's Included

• Accommodation
  12 nights hotel/lodge/guesthouse

• 15 breakfasts, 14 lunches and 5 dinners

• 12 nights in guest houses, chalets and tented lodges on a twinshare basis.

• 3 nights limited participation camping on a twinshare tent basis.

• Group camping equipment including tent and mattress (sleeping bag and pillow not included)

• English speaking local guide

• Private transport in custom built 4wd safari vehicle

• Game drives and excursions as listed in itinerary

• National park fees and site entrance fees as listed in itinerary

What's Not Included

• Local cash payment of US$300 payable to tour leader on day 1

• International flights and airport taxes

• Airport arrival and departure transfers

• Meals not mentioned in the itinerary

• Bottled water, aerated and alcoholic drinks

• Items of a personal nature (i.e laundry, phone calls, tips, etc)

• Visas

• Travel Insurance (compulsory)

• Optional activities and equipment hire (eg. kayak hire & snorkelling gear at Lake Malawi)

Accommodation

12 nights hotel/lodge/guesthouse
Camping - for 2 nights in Liwonde we stay at a designated campsite - the facilities are at best basic but generally clean. Group camping equipment includes tent and mattress (sleeping bag and pillow not included). There are hot, but sometimes cold, showers, washing facilities are at some of the campsites. Some camps in Zambia have simple reed enclosures for showers but do have flush toilets.
Wild camping - for 1 night while canoeing on the Zambezi River we camp wild on an Island in the middle of the river. Wild camps have no facilities; we take our own water and all equipment. Wild camping can be very enjoyable but please remember that we leave no trace of our stay and take all rubbish away with us. Toilets will be of the "dig and bury" variety.
Lodges/Chalets - for 12 nights of the trip we stay in chalets, tented lodges and guest houses, with en suite facilities. At Lake Malawi, 2 of the tented rooms share a bathroom – rooms will be allocated by guides.
ROOM REQUESTS: On this trip, twin-bedded rooms are very common and double beds are either not available or limited in numbers. We can always request double beds upon arrival at each accommodation, but there is never any guarantee.
Meals will be prepared by the tour leaders.

What You Carry

In your daypack you will need to carry extra warm clothing (it can be very cold on early morning activities), a rainjacket, water bottle, camera gear, valuables and personal items such as sunscreen, lip balm etc.

Grading

Although there is no commitment to extended walking on this journey we nonetheless want to keep the ‘accent on the active’. We therefore advise that any physical training you complete before undertaking the trip will be to good effect. There is no shortage of advantages of packing as much into your time in Southern Africa as possible. The fitter you are the more this will enhance your experience.

Wildlife

The wilderness areas of Africa are populated by large numbers of wild and potentially dangerous animals. The trip aims to view these animals in their natural habitat, uncontrolled by fences. Your experienced guides will make every effort to ensure the safety of the group at all times. Please be aware that all safari travel, including vehicle safaris in the proximity of wild animals is never entirely without risk. By travelling into wild areas in search of wild animals, all participants accept that they are choosing an adventure that includes an element of risk and this is an inherent aspect of the enjoyment of this style of travel.

Book with Confidence

• Transfer as credit to Future Tours

  World Expeditions allows you to transfer existing payments to a future tour to avoid cancellation fees if you can't travel and inform world expeditions, 70 days before departure.

• Low Deposit

  World Expeditions requires a minimum deposit of 250 GBP per person or the full booking value, whichever is less, with the final balance not due until 70 days before departure.

• Cancellation Policy

  We don't charge a cancellation fee, here is a summary of world expeditions charges.

  Up to 70 days before tour starts: Forfeit 100% of deposit.

  At 69 days before tour starts: Forfeit 50% of booking price.

  At 35 days before tour starts: Forfeit 100% of booking price.