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Chalo Africa’s Safari to Mana Pools National Park

A Customizable Trip to Zimbabwe

Canoeing

Highlights

This safari will give you full coverage of this amazing National Park and all the different aspects of it from a scenery, and wildlife perspective.


Price Available
On Request

Duration
10 days / 9 nights

Transport
Fly-in Safari

Accommodation
Tented & Mobile Safari Camps

Exploring
Mana Pools National Park


About this Safari

You will be guided all the way by professional guides that know Mana Pools intimately and know how to get the best from this beautiful part of Africa. It is important to have a reasonable level of fitness to ensure that you don’t find the activities of long walks and the canoeing too difficult.

Based on a minimum of 4 guests travelling.

Image credit: A. Smith


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or call our African safari specialists at
+1 703 220 6393 or +91 9717 275237


Day By Day Itinerary

Day 1 - 2 : Camp Zambezi

You leave Harare by light aircraft that will fly you to Mana Pools where you will be met on the ground there and your Mana Pools Safari starts straight from the Airstrip. You will have a game drive to camp where you can settle in and get a feel for your new surroundings on the banks of the Zambezi River.

A full day to enjoy the wonderful game viewing of this beautiful wildlife area…

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Day 3: River Zambezi

Today we will leave camp with day packs and set off down the flood plain and along the river to explore different areas and to get ourselves to our next nights camp further down the river. Expect that you would walk for about 20km…

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Day 4: Walk along the Nyamatusi Wilderness area

Another day of walking which will take you across the Nyamatusi Wilderness area of Mana Pool…

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Day 5: Mana Pools - Chitake Springs.

We will spend some time game viewing this area in the morning and then we will head inland to the back of Mana Pools – Chitake Springs…

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Day 6; Day at Chitake

A Full Day at Chitake to watch this amazing waterpoint, there are no real game drive roads here so for the most part we only walk or just sit and watch the water and see what happens. This is a place where you can always expect the unexpected!

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Day 7; Canoeing

After breakfast you will then transfer out of the Park through to Chirundu – the border town where you will meet your canoeing team for the canoe ride down the Zambezi back to Mana Pools. It doesn’t take long to…

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Day 8: Lower Zambezi

As you go down the river there will be times that you might feel quite intimidated by Hippo and Crocodiles, and you should be aware of this before setting off as there are many of them along this river. The guides are experienced in knowing…

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Day 9: Canoeing

Today you will be canoeing along the shoreline of Mana Pools National Park so you will see this stretch of shoreline from a very different perspective. Highlights would be catching the elephants swimming in the river to cross between the many low grassy islands.

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Day 10: Departure

This morning you will have time to wake up at your own speed or maybe go for a game drive in Mana Pools before catching your charter flight back to Harare timed to meet your International Flights.

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More

Rate Inclusions
  • Return Air Transfers to and from Harare.
  • 4 Nights Mobile Camp Mana Pools Flood Plain
  • 2 Nights Mobile Camp Chitake Springs
  • Road Transfer to Chirundu
  • 3 Night Participatory Canoe Trail to Mana Pools

Gallery

  • Camp Chitake Fireplace
    Camp Chitake Fireplace
  • Camp Tamarind Tents
    Camp Tamarind Tents
  • Camp Zambezi Tent Interior
    Camp Zambezi Tent Interior
  • Camp Zambezi Tent View
    Camp Zambezi Tent View
  • Canoeing Along The Zambezi
    Canoeing Along The Zambezi
  • Lunch In The Shade
    Lunch In The Shade
  • Canoeing
    Canoeing

Mana Pools Safari 2022 Map

Harare, Harare Province, Zimbabwe

Camp Zambezi, Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe

Camp Chitake, Zambezi River, Zimbabwe

Lower Zambezi National Park, Lusaka Province, Zambia


Best Time to Visit

January

Fair

February

Fair

March

Fair

April

Fair

May

Good

June

Good

July

Best

August

Best

September

Best

October

Good

November

Fair

December

Fair

The safari begins and ends in Harare, Zimbabwe.


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