A&K Sanctuary Southern Africa Safari and Victoria Falls

An energetic urban hub for finance with a dynamic arts scene and on-trend café culture, Johannesburg is your journey’s jumping-off point.

Livingstone is the gateway to Victoria Falls, Africa’s most jaw-dropping natural wonder. Just upstream from the falls, the rustic-chic treehouses of Sussi & Chuma Lodge, an A&K Sanctuary occupy a blissfully peaceful spot on a bend in the Zambezi River, where hippos wallow and graze among the jackalberry trees. After your flight touches down in Livingstone, settle into your private tree house and relax before a boat cruise with game viewing this afternoon.

The local Lozi name it the “Smoke that Thunders,” a wholly fitting epithet for Africa’s flowing marvel, where the Zambezi River roars 300 feet down a chasm on its zigzagging course between Zambia and Zimbabwe. Set out on a guided walking tour of the falls, taking in the rainbows and towers of mist as the Zambezi tumbles into the chasm below. Delve into the wildlife-rich forests of Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park on a shared game drive and visit Nakatindi Village to see a local project supported by A&K Philanthropy.

Cross the border into Botswana en route to the airport in Kasane, where you board a bush plane to Stanley's Camp, set on a vast private concession in the Okavango Delta, the largest inland delta in the world. Touch down in time for lunch and an afternoon game drive. A watery haven spread across more than a million acres of permanent swamp and seasonally flooded plains, the Okavango Delta is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that attracts countless animals from throughout Southern Africa to its thriving ecosystem.

Continue exploring the teeming delta on guided morning and afternoon game drives in a customized 4x4 vehicle. You may opt to safari on foot, taking a bush walk with an armed, expert guide instead of a drive, slip into a seasonal ride by mokoro (dugout canoe) or join a nighttime game-viewing drive.

Fly by bush plane to your next stay, extraordinary Chief’s Camp, located on an island in Moremi Game Reserve. The camp features ten stylish bush pavilions each with a private dining area, tranquil outdoor seating area and a terrace pool — all perfect for absorbing the surrounding plains and majestic African skies. Widely acknowledged as the “Predator Capital of Africa,” this is one of the best places in Botswana to see big game — lions, leopards, elephants and Cape buffalo — drawn here by the lush delta. Cheetahs and spotted hyenas also make the scene. View game with your experienced guides or watch life unfold from your private viewing deck.

Get a feel for the wide range and vast number of animals that call the Okavango Delta home, including hippos, lions, elephants, buffalo, wildebeests, cheetahs and many bird species. Keep an eye out for some of the delta’s less-known species, such as the red lechwe, an antelope whose feet are specially adapted for wetlands or the playful spotty necked otter, whose frolicky antics are part of nature’s variety show.

Devote the last full day of your safari to exploring this one-of-a-kind ecosystem known for its varied terrains, from wetlands to forests to savannas, each of which favors certain species of flora and fauna. Tonight at camp, raise a toast to your incredible Southern African odyssey.

Fly via Maun to Johannesburg where you connect to your departing flight.