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Cruises in Botswana showcase some of Africa’s most photogenic waterways. Along the Chobe River, sweeping floodplains host dense elephant gatherings, especially where channels curve around islands near Kasane and meet the Zambezi at Kazungula. Westward, the Okavango’s panhandle and delta shift from reed-lined corridors to lagoons and tree-dotted islands. Expect hippos surfacing at dusk, skimmers and fish eagles overhead, and mirror-like waters that turn sundown cruises into quietly cinematic interludes.
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Itinerary : Johannesburg, Chobe National Park, Kasane, Victoria falls
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African Dream
9 d
Ocean view Stateroom
Johannesburg
12/03/2026
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$ 7,159
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11-14-17-23-26-29 Aug 2026
01-04-25-28 Sep 2026
04-10-19 Oct 2026
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Itinerary : Johannesburg, Chobe National Park, Kasane, Victoria falls
24 other departures
Zimbabwean Dream
9 d
Ocean view Stateroom
Johannesburg
12/13/2026
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$ 7,159
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31 Jul 2026
09-12-15-18-27 Aug 2026
11-17-23 Sep 2026
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Itinerary : Cape Town, Johannesburg, Kasane, Chobe National Park, Kasane, Victoria falls
18 other departures
Zimbabwean Dream
13 d
Ocean view Stateroom
Cape Town
11/30/2026
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$ 11,480
Other departures:
07-13-19 Sep 2026
01-04-10-16-19-25 Oct 2026
03-18-24-27 Nov 2026
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Itinerary : Cape Town, Johannesburg, Kasane, Chobe National Park, Kasane, Victoria falls
17 other departures
African Dream
13 d
Ocean view Stateroom
Cape Town
11/29/2026
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$ 11,480
Other departures:
21-24-30 Sep 2026
06-15-30 Oct 2026
08-14-20-23-26 Nov 2026
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Chobe’s broad channel shapes the classic scene: tawny floodplains on one side, Namibia’s Caprivi on the other, and islands where elephants graze, drink, and sometimes swim. As the light softens, herds file to the bank while hippos surface in the shallows and crocodiles hold still on sandbars. Birdlife is constant—bee-eaters on overhangs, kingfishers on wires, African skimmers slicing the water, and fish eagles calling across the reach. Near Kazungula, the river bends toward its junction with the Zambezi, a geographic crossroads where borders meet and channels braid around low islets. West of here, the Okavango’s character is different: a land-locked delta that never reaches the sea, expanding and contracting with flood pulses to create lagoons, backchannels, and palm-dotted islands. Boat passages slip through papyrus and reedbeds; open lagoons mirror sky and distant treelines; shallow edges host red lechwe and wading birds. On quieter stretches of the panhandle, you drift beside fishing skiffs and watch for the wake of hippos moving between pools. Across this northern circuit, the appeal is unforced: long, slow waterway perspectives, reliable wildlife on the Chobe, and a shifting, island-laced wetland in the Okavango—complementary settings that make time on the river as rewarding as time on shore.
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