Chobe Extended Day Trip from Victoria Falls - Zimbabwe

Overview

Available languages

English

15 hours

Mobile ticket

This tour departs early in the morning from your hotel in Vitoria Falls Zimbabwe to maximize the chances of encountering cats in both the Zambezi and Chobe National Parks. You may have an opportunity to witness the sunset on the Chobe River (seasonal as National Park demands that everyone is off the river at 6:00 pm) and see big cats again in the Zambezi National Park as the tour does not leave the Botswana border until 7:00 pm. Packed breakfast, lunch, and refreshments are included.

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

A current valid passport is required on the day of travel

A minimum of 2 people per booking is required

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Professional guide

National Park fees

Breakfast and lunch

Transport by air-conditioned minivan

Visas where applicable

Gratuities

Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

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What To Expect

Chobe National Park

This is a full-day game viewing safari in the Chobe National Park with a difference. Because you are picked up earlier, this is the choicest time to encounter some of the big cats and nocturnal animals on the 1-hour drive to the border through the Zambezi National Park. You will be at the Chobe National Park`s gate slightly before 6:30am to start the day with half-day game drive in the park. This is the best time to see big cats, as they will still be active and hunting. The drive will continue until your break for lunch about noon. Lunch will be at the Chobe Safari Lodge (served buffet style) and after lunch, you will have some time to relax before the afternoon boat cruise on the Chobe River. This is a 3-hour cruise starting in the afternoon and ending about sunset. The cruise affords a chance to encounter many types of birds and other wildlife as they visit the river for a last drink of the day, and of course, the African sunset from your boat on river. You will be at the Zimbabwe border around 7:00pm for the 45 mile (70km) transfer to your Victoria Falls hotel. Again, this is a great time to see the cats of the Zambezi National Park, as they will be out and hunting. You will be back to your hotel around 8:00pm.

15 hours • Admission Not Applicable

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Chobe Extended Day Trip from Victoria Falls - Zimbabwe

Pickup included

Reviews

4.52

54 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

This tour was amazing! We...
Charlotta T,
Oct 19, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
This tour was amazing! We saw a few moms and baby lions, so many giraffe & elephant down by the water. I highly recommend!
Worth Every Moment – Extended Trip
northterr,
Jul 29, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
The extended trip was absolutely worth it. DK Tour was organized very professionally. Our guides, Owen and LT, were fantastic—especially LT, who went above and beyond to make sure we saw as much as possible and explained the wildlife with great expertise. We wouldn’t have experienced so much without the extended trip. lunch was delicious. The sunset cruise was the perfect, relaxing finish.
Great day out
Clancy C,
May 30, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Great day out. Our transfer driver Enock was great, it was like we started the game drive when we got picked up. Saw 3 different animals before the border. Cobra the Game driver guide is a Legend for finding the animals! Saw so much. Lunch was lovely, afternoon cruise was great.
Great experience
itayig2025,
Apr 23, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We took a private tour (Me and my 13yr old girl and the driver). Highly recommend since deciding what to spend time looking at vs moving on is a big deal and doing that with 7 other people with varying perspective/goals is hard. We covered a ton of ground and opted to stay in the park for 2hrs longer and see more animals and enjoy the park. We saw lion, elephant, kudu, buffalo, huge crocodiles, hippos, warthogs and giraffe it was awesome and weather was perfect all day (warm breeze 80degrees sunny clear skies).
Must do Chobe - this tour could be better.
Craig H,
Nov 3, 2024
- Review from Viator
4.00
Chobe national park is a must do. Very different scenery from other parks but animals and birds are plentiful. This tour was a mixed bag. Transport from Victoria falls to border was comfortable in a mini van including a bagged breakfast. Tick Entering Botswana we were collected in an open safari jeep to travel 20 minutes to the park entrance. The jeep was old and lacked suspension and definitely not appropriate for open road travel. Very uncomfortable. On entering the park our guide at times was excellent, at other times poor. He did prioritise and found a leopard. Tick. At other times he raced passed photo opportunities of animals and lookouts over the river for no apparent reason (often passing other jeeps that had stopped). Occasionally we were able to get his attentuon but it was hard to communicate in the style of jeep. Disappointing. (Other jeeps in the park were different design and newer). Lunch was a buffet - good was fine without being exceptional. River safari (not a cruise) in a small boat was the highlight. Large was a great guide and captain. He menouved the boat understanding the best position and light for photos (including a very nice sunset where he positioned with three trees in the foreground). Big tick. In summary - the jeep needs retiring, the guide needs more understanding of his clients requirements. Chobe us a must but maybe there are better tour options.
Incredibly overpriced and the experience is sub par to other competitors!!
Tad C,
Sep 12, 2024
- Review from Viator
1.00
This was a painful experience. Bottom line up front, there are cheaper alternatives to this company. It felt like paying for champagne and receiving water. Pickup time at our hotel was scheduled for 5:00am. We had to message them at 5:30am and ask when they would be there. Showed up significantly late. The transport from there involved picking up multiple additional parties. We were offloaded at the Botswana border to an open air truck and traveled 20 minutes in freezing cold exposed temps and wind chill to Chobe. There should have been a fully enclosed vehicle between sites to prevent the exposure. The open air truck company they subcontract to is sub-par. They clearly found the cheapest contractor. The truck is 1980's old and not up to par with other vehicles in the park. At the lunch buffet you are intermingled with dozens of other tour companies at a golf course. The lunch buffet is OK slash good. Not great...but OK. Then all the other tour companies will depart the lunch area to go back on safari. We did not. We waited for 2 hours after lunch. Sitting..doing nothing, waiting. There is nothing to do at this location as it is a hotel. Remote and not near anything. There are 2 hours wasted doing nothing. Completely voids the point of getting up at 4am for this excursion. Other tours are out touring/safari during this time frame and then they do a boat trip. The trip we were on makes us wait doing nothing for hours after lunch. They eventually picked us up and took us miles away to a boat dock. The boat that they booked was broken. The transmission in the boat was broken so the top speed was around 4-5 mph up and down the river. Other boats sped past. Ours was limited to barely moving. Again, it appears that they work with the cheapest available subcontractors and pocket the maximum that they possibly can. Additionally we were added to other groups in the boat so they maximize the total seats in the broken boat. It was not a great experience for us. We felt that it was vastly overpriced and were left severely disappointed at the end. If it had cost half the price that we paid, we felt that it would have been too much for what we received.
Excellent Day Trip
Michelle M,
Jul 20, 2024
- Review from Viator
5.00
Excellent experience on this extended safari day it is definitely worth choosing this one as a longer day means you get to the park earlier and have more chance of seeing all the animals before the day gets too hot! The drivers and guides were super and the lunch included was at a 5star resort it was amazing!
Amazing!
Ted L,
Feb 11, 2024
- Review from Viator
4.00
Chobe National Park was great, seen a lot of animals. Tour guide was great, both on land and on the river. The only major disappointment was in the middle of the day, when they drop you off for lunch, after the land part and before the river part, there is a three hour break. They advertise it as a 15 hour excursion but you only are getting 12 hours realistically. That is kind of misleading. Other than that, it was a great excursion.
Memorable Chobe day trip
juliansT1956BZ,
Nov 25, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
The entire trip was wonderful: the game drive, lunch and river cruise were incredible. We saw a lot of animals, even though at this time of year they are more spread out because the rains have fallen. Our drivers and tour guides were punctual and professional. I recommend this trip!
One of a kind experience
Nicolas H,
Aug 24, 2023
- Review from Viator
5.00
We saw a lion and a bunch of other animals. Getting very close to some of them from the boat this felt like an amazing magical experience. Highly recommend. Also, the staff is excellent and very kind