Your briefing will be held at The Kariba Breezes Hotel at 1815hrs, on the Lower Pool terrace on the evening before your trip departs. After the briefing you will be asked to sign an Indemnity Form. The briefing will be conducted by one of our Safaris Guides. We will collect you for your briefing and return you to your Hotel afterwards.Tour code naturwa

DAY ONE (5KM)

•  Safaris will collect you on the morning of your safari in time for check in at the Office at 0800hrs and to hand in extra luggage and valuables. Passports should not be taken on the river.  Lockable valuables bags will be provided for you at the office.
• Your safari will depart from the office at 0830hrs for shopping, in order to purchase any extra drinks you may require on you trip.  You will then leave town at 0900hrs for the start of your expedition.
• The group will be transferred in an open 4*4 vehicles to Nyamepi (Mana Pools Main Camp) arriving at approximately 1330hrs. The canoes and kit will be off loaded.
• Your guide will give a safety talk and demonstration on how to paddle and a lunch served before you begin paddling at 1430pm.
• Your group will then paddle until early evening when you will find your first night’s camp on Nyamatusi Island.  There is time to have a bucket bath, relax and have dinner after a brief safety talk on camping by your guide.

DAY TWO (25KM)

• Your group will be woken at 0530hrs for tea, coffee and biscuits before a short morning's paddle. Breakfast will be served either on the banks of the river or island at 0830hrs.
• At 0930hrs the group resumes Canoeing until lunchtime 1230hrs lunch is served and possibly a brief siesta taken on the banks until 1500hrs.
• Canoeing then continues until early evening.
• The second night’s stop is made at G. camp channels.

DAY THREE (20KM)

• The schedule for this day is as per day two.
• The third night’s stop is made at Chewore High Sand Bank.

DAY FOUR

• A slightly later wake up is made on this day before a Breakfast is served at the campsite.
• The group then has a short paddle down to the take out point, where the vehicle and trailer is met.
• Your group is then driven back to Kariba, a freshly packed lunch is taken en route, and arrival in Kariba is at 1500hrs.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A CAMPING SAFARI AND THAT THERE ARE NO FIXED ABLUTIONS ALONG THE WAY. ALL TIMES GIVEN IN THIS TRIP DESCRIPTION ARE APPROXIMATE; THEY WILL VARY FROM TRIP TO TRIP.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Our explorer safaris are self-participatory which means that camps are not already set up and that everyone helps set up their tents each evening (very easy to set up two-man dome tents). 

We can take a minimum of 2 pax and a maximum of 8 pax.

We have a minimum age limit of 15 years - there is no maximum age limit but discretion must be used.

No previous Canoeing experience is necessary but we do require our guests to be reasonably fit and healthy.

We have a luggage room and safe facilities for any extra luggage - the maximum luggage limit on the River is 10 kgs.

We prefer guests to be in Kariba the day before and the day after their safari.

There is a pre-trip briefing the night before a safari in Kariba at 18h15.

Animals seen on the trip usually include elephant, buffalo, impala, waterbuck, hippo, crocodile and plenty of birdlife. Lion and leopard are more difficult to see but they are certainly in the area. We do not guarantee that plenty of game will be seen on safari.

WHAT COSTS INCLUDE

1. Road transfers to and from the safari from Kariba - e.g. from Chirundu / to Mana Pools.
2. All meals - three full meals per day plus biscuits in between. We do cater for dietary preferences, such as vegetarian or diabetic - please could guests let us know a bit in a advance if they do have any preferences.
3. Drinks - cordials not minerals. There is no alcohol, except for a bottle of wine with dinner each evening. If guests would like to take their own alcohol or minerals we do supply a cooler box which will carry quite a few tins.
4. All Canoeing equipment - the canoes are two-man Canadian-style canoes, and the paddles are American Carlisle paddles.
5. All camping equipment - two-man dome tents, sleeping bags, liners, mattress, mosquito net, fly sheet, ground sheet  and tarpaulin (in case of rainy weather).
6. A fully qualified canoe guide.

PLEASE NOTE THAT COSTS DO NOT INCLUDE NATIONAL PARKS FEES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY US$ 15 PER PERSON PAYABLE DIRECTLY TO PARKS EN-ROUTE.

WHAT TO BRING

1. Please keep your luggage to a maximum of 10kg per person, packed in a soft bag not a suitcase.
2. We recommend you pack the following for your safari:
   • Swimming Costume
   • Shorts
   • Personal toiletries
   • Towel
   • Canvas  shoes or  rafting sandals
   • A hat with a wide brim
   • A jacket or cardigan for the evenings
   • Shirts (including a long sleeved one for sun protection)
   • A kikoi or length of cloth to cover your legs to protect them from the sun
   • A torch or flash / flashlight and extra batteries
   • Film and spare camera batteries
   • Binoculars
   • Sunscreen
   • Insect repellent
   • Socks for winter nights
   • Warm clothes to sleep in for winter nights
3.  Safaris provides all camping equipment and food as well as cordials, and wine for dinner.  Should you wish to take any hard liquor, beer or carbonated drinks, we will take you to a shop in Kariba to purchase these.
4. Please ensure that you have begun a course of anti malaria tablets before your arrival in Zimbabwe and that you continue the medication for four weeks after arriving home.
5. 5 Please ensure that you advise  Safaris or your travel agent of any dietary preferences or requirements at least one week before your trip departs.  Please ensure you advise your agent or  Safaris of any medical disorders, which may require special attention.