Planned Itinerary

Planned Itinerary


Botswana

Day 1: 
Travel to Botswana to Francistown

Day 2& 3:
Kasane

Namibia

Cross the border to Katima Mulilo to exit to Zambia at the Sesheke border post

Zambia

Day 4 & 5:
Kabula Lodge on the Zambezi River

Day 6:
Mongu

Day 7 - 9:
Kafue National Park

Day 10:
Mkushe

Day 11 & 12:
Mutinondo Wilderness

Day 13 & 14:
Kapishya Hot Springs

Day 15:
Kings Highway Kalunga

Tanzania 

Day 16:
Mbeya

Day 17:
Iringa

Day 18 - 20:
Ruaha National Park

Day 21:
Mikumi National Park

Day 22 & 23:
Paponi Beach Resort, Tanga

Day 24 & 25:
Amani Nature Reserve

Day 26 & 27:
Mkomazi National Park

Day 28 & 29:
Urusha National Park

Day 30 - 33:
Tarangire National Park

Day 34 & 35:
Manyara National Park

Day 36 & 37:
Ngorongoro Crater

Day 38 - 43:
Serengeti National Park

Day 44:
Mwanza, on Lake Victoria

Day 45:
Nyakasanza

Rwanda

Day 46:
Kigali

Day 47:
Ruhengeri

Day 48 & 49:
Volcanoes National Park

Day 50 & 51:
Lake Kivu

Day 52 & 53:
Nungwe National Park

Day 54:
Kigali

Tanzania

Day 55:
Nyakasanza

Day 56 - 58:
Kigoma, Lake Tanganyika

Day 59:
Sitalike

Day 60 & 61:
Katavi National Park

Day 62 64:
Kipili, Lake Tanganyika

Day 65:
Mbeya

Day 66:
Tukuyu

Day 67 & 68:
Blue Canoe Safari Camp on the northern tip of Lake Malawi

Malawi

Day 69 & 70:
Lukwe Eco Camp

Day 71 & 72:
Chintheche

Day 73 & 74:
Monkey Bay

Day 75:
Liwonde National Park

Day 76:
Lilongwe

Zambia

Day 77 - 81:
South Luangwa National Park

Day 82 - 84:
Lower Zambezi National Park

Day 85:
Lusaka

Day 86 & 87:
Livingstone

Botswana

Day 88:
Nata

Day 89:
Francistown

South Africa

Day 90:
Back in homeland, but it will still take us another three days at least to get home.

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