DETAILED ITINERARY: VICTORIA FALLS EXTENSION (VFA3)

Day 1. Transfer from the airport to Elephant Hills Hotel/Victoria Falls Hotel. Accommodation is in luxury rooms with en suite facilities on a bed and breakfast basis. Enjoy any optional excursions available in Victoria Falls.B only

Day 2. Accommodation at Elephant Hills Hotel/Victoria Falls Hotel in luxury rooms with en suite facilities on a bed and breakfast basis. Enjoy any optional excursions available in Victoria Falls. B only

Optional excursions available: guided tour of the Falls, river rafting (which must be booked in advance), bungee-jumping, canoeing, "Flight of the Angels" (10 - 15 minute flight over the Falls), helicopter rides, lunch or dinner cruises on the Zambezi River or "Africa Spectacular", a show of traditional dancing to rhythmic jungle drums performed by Mikishi and Shangaan dancers. Reservations for any of these can be made through African Adventures Unlimited.

Day 3. Today is at leisure until your transfer to the airport. B only

Without a doubt, the Victoria Falls constitute one of the most spectacular wonders of the world, and one of the major attractions in Africa. The local people call it mosi-oa-tunya ("the smoke that forever thunders"). When the missionary and explorer, David Livingstone, saw this majestic waterfall for the first time in the mid-nineteenth century, the experience caused him to write with awe in his journal: "Scenes so lovely must have been gazed upon by angels in their flight." The mighty Zambezi River flows, broad and placid, to the brink of a basalt lip approximately 5,100 ft. wide. It gathers speed in a brief rapid then plunges more than a hundred meters down into the frothy chasm below. The earth trembles and the cloud of spray rising hundreds of meters into the sky, may be seen 30 miles away. The thunder of an incomprehensible weight of water never ceases. This is the world's largest sheet of falling water. Although its fame has spread far and wide, the site has been tastefully preserved in order that its magic may not be spoiled. Many vantage points ensure unobstructed views.

Optional excursions available include: river rafting (which must be booked in advance), bungee-jumping, canoeing, "Flight of the Angels" (10 - 15 minute flight in a light aircraft over Victoria Falls), helicopter rides over Victoria Falls, lunch or dinner cruises on the Zambezi River or "Africa Spectacular", a show of traditional dancing to rhythmic jungle drums performed by Mikishi and Shangaan dancers.

River rafting on the Zambezi River has been called the most exhilarating in the world. During low water it is considered class IV and V. The rapids are among the world's wildest, but because of the deep water and lack of rocks mid-stream, also the safest - injuries are very rare. Everyone agrees though, that the Zambezi River demands ones respect. Bungee-jumping at the Falls are the highest, worldwide, from a fixed structure (340 ft.).

B/L/D = Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner

INCLUSIONS AND EXCLUSIONS Victoria Falls Extension VFA3

Day 1. Included: airport transfer, breakfast, accommodation at Elephant Hills Hotel/Victoria Falls Hotel

Excluded: lunch and dinner, optional activities

Day 2. Included: breakfast, accommodation at Elephant Hills Hotel/Victoria Falls Hotel

Excluded: lunch and dinner, optional activities

Day 3. Included: breakfast, airport transfer

Option 1: Include as part of your 3 day package "African Spectacular" on the first evening, a 3 hour guided tour of the Falls and Zambezi River cruise on day 2.

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