Canoe Safaris
We concentrate on lower Zambezi canoe safaris with it's ideal combination of unspoilt wilderness, some of the finest game and birdlife in the region, truly excellent river guides and a wide range of options to suit all tastes. Recently we've opened up a new canoe safari in the Niassa Reserve, Mozambique which is offers an exciting combination of walking and canoeing in a relatively unexplored area.
Mana Pools National Park, a World Heritage Site is on the southern bank - the remote Lower Zambezi National Park is on the northern shoreline in Zambia. For more detailed maps and similar options also see our canoe safaris on our UK site together with a Lower Zambezi map.
Aside from the valley's magical scenery and some of the most spectacular sunsets on earth at any time of year, you're assured of seeing big game including hippo, buffalo and elephant. The large game is found in higher concentrations past the Nyakasanga River into Mana Pools and the Lower Zambezi National Park.
Apart from the Lower Zambezi there are excellent full or half day canoe trips on the Upper Zambezi above Victoria Falls. By special arrangement we can organise a longer overnight canoe trail. An excellent combination safari for experienced horse riders would be a canoe safari on the Lower Zambezi followed by a week long horse riding safari in Hwange National Park, finishing off at Victoria Falls.
Other forms of canoe safaris are conducted on the Tugela River in South Africa and the Kunene River in Namibia.
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Our Recommended Canoe Safaris
Marula Canoe Safari
$ 365
Lower Zambezi River - Kariba to Chirundu - 3 days/2 nights
Special price valid November to June (low season).
This semi-participatory canoe safari options begins and ends in Kariba (we can meet you in Lusaka and transfer you to Kariba); we recommend spending the night prior to trip departure in Kariba town. This is a self-contained safari. All equipment and food is carried in the canoes and there is no vehicle back up apart from pick-up and drop off. They are to a small extent participatory; however the guides do the cooking and washing up.
Tamarind Canoe Safari
$ 645
Lower Zambezi River - Chirundu to Mana Pools - 4 days/3 nights
Special price valid November to June (low season).
This semi-participatory canoe safari options begins and ends in Kariba (we can meet you in Lusaka and transfer you to Kariba); we recommend spending the night prior to trip departure in Kariba town. This is a self-contained safari. All equipment and food is carried in the canoes and there is no vehicle back up apart from pick-up and drop off. They are to a small extent participatory; however the guides do the cooking and washing up.
Mopane Canoe Safari
$ 705
Lower Zambezi River - Mana Pools to Chewore - 4 days/3 nights
Special price valid November to June (low season).
This semi-participatory canoe safari options begins and ends in Kariba (we can meet you in Lusaka and transfer you to Kariba); we recommend spending the night prior to trip departure in Kariba town. This is a self-contained safari. All equipment and food is carried in the canoes and there is no vehicle back up apart from pick-up and drop off. They are to a small extent participatory; however the guides do the cooking and washing up.
Fish Eagle Canoe Safari
$ 795
Lower Zambezi River - Kariba to Mana Pools National Park 6 days/5 nights
Special price valid November to June (low season period).
This semi-participatory canoe safari options begins and ends in Kariba (unless by other arrangement); we recommend spending the night prior to trip departure in Kariba town. This is a self-contained safari. All equipment and food is carried in the canoes and there is no vehicle back up apart from pick-up and drop off. They are to a small extent participatory; however the guides do the cooking and washing up.
Mupata Canoe Safari
$ 795
Lower Zambezi River = Mana Pools to Kanyemba - 6 nights/5 days
The special price is valid November to June (low season).
This semi-participatory canoe safari options begins and ends in Kariba (unless by other arrangement); we recommend spending the night prior to trip departure in Kariba town. This is a self-contained safari. All equipment and food is carried in the canoes and there is no vehicle back up apart from pick-up and drop off. They are to a small extent participatory; however the guides do the cooking and washing up.
Zambezi Classic Short Canoe
$ 1000
Lower Zambezi - Chirundu to Kanyemba - 8 days/7 nights
Special price valid November to June per person (low season).
This semi-participatory canoe safari options begins and ends in Kariba (we can meet you in Lusaka and transfer you to Kariba); we recommend spending the night prior to trip departure in Kariba town. This is a self-contained safari. All equipment and food is carried in the canoes and there is no vehicle back up apart from pick-up and drop off. They are to a small extent participatory; however the guides do the cooking and washing up.
Zambezi Classic Long Canoe
$ 1130
Lower Zambezi - Kariba to Kanyemba - 10 days / 9 nights
Special price valid November to June per person (low season).
This semi-participatory canoe safari option begins and ends in Kariba (we can meet you in Lusaka and transfer you to Kariba); we recommend spending the night prior to trip departure in Kariba town. This is a self-contained safari. All equipment and food is carried in the canoes and there is no vehicle back up apart from pick-up and drop off. They are to a small extent participatory; however the guides do the cooking and washing up.
Zambezi Canoe and Walk Safari
$ 1140
Lower Zambezi - Mana Pools National Park 4 days/3 nights
Special price valid 15 April to 1st June, 1st to 15th Nov per person
This is a fully backed-up canoe/walk safari which takes place in the Mana Pools National Park on the shores of the Zambezi River. A fully licensed-armed Professional Guide, who is permitted to conduct canoeing and walking safaris, leads each safari. The Department of National Parks and the Zimbabwe Hunters and Guides Association monitor all guides and set rigorous exams in order for a guide to become licensed. These safaris are co-owned and operated by two of Zimbabwe's most experienced and respected guides.
Off the beaten track in Mozambique
$ 1200
Niassa Reserve, Mozambique - 4 days/3 nights
These canoe expeditions are available on set departure dates only and for a minimum of four guests per trip.
A short canoe/walk/drive safari along the magical Lugenda River exploring the little known Niassa Reserve, a massive wilderness in northern Mozambique. This area has particularly good wild dog populations, a highly endangered African mammal. Even the flight into the reserve is exciting with magnificent giant inselbergs, large granite outcrops which are a feature of the region. This is Africa in her raw, beautiful and inspired state where you can walk, paddle and explore the wilderness with complete abandon. Combining this trip with a week on the beach afterwards makes for an ideal bush and beach safari with a difference!
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Other Options
A canoeing safari is excellent combined with a traditional walking safari to experience both wet and dry land activity
We also run shorter canoe safaris in other areas as optional activities from fixed camps: Zambia, Botswana and Namibia
Safari Types
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