Victoria Falls: 3-Day Safari & Sunset Cruise with Game Drive

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Free cancellation

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Duration3d

GroupUp to 15

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Three days watching wildlife drink at dusk, then the falls roar into view at dawn

You're picked up at the airport and taken straight to a sunset cruise on the Zambezi, then spend two days on guided walks through the rainforest, lunch at a clifftop café, and a game drive through open bush. Airport transfers, accommodation, and all meals are included; you choose when to leave on day three based on your flight time.

Step-by-step itinerary

Day 1 — Arrival and sunset cruise

Meet guide at Victoria Falls Airport
Sunset cruise on Zambezi River

Day 2 — Falls tour, lunch, and game drive

Guided tour of Victoria Falls
Lunch at Lookout Café
Game drive in Zambezi National Park

Day 3 — Departure and optional activities

Optional activities or local market visit
Prepare for departure

The Experience

The Zambezi River at sunset pulls animals down to the water's edge like a magnet. On day one, you're picked up at Victoria Falls International Airport and driven straight to the river for a 2-to-3-hour cruise where elephants, buffalo, and antelope arrive in loose herds as the light goes gold. It's the kind of timing that works because the animals follow their own schedule, not a tour operator's, and you're there when they're thirsty. You stay two nights at Shearwater Explorers Village, which sits close enough to the action that you can hear the falls in the distance.

Day two starts early. The guided walk through the Victoria Falls rainforest takes 2 to 3 hours and puts you face-to-face with the spray and the roar—the Zambezi River crashes 108 meters down into the Batoka Gorge, and the sheer force of it changes how you stand. After that, you're driven to Lookout Café, which sits 120 meters above the river, and you order from the a la carte menu while the gorge spreads out below you. Lunch happens at 12:30, which gives you time to breathe before the afternoon game drive in Zambezi National Park. The open four-wheel-drive vehicle means you're exposed to the heat and the dust and the actual sight of things moving through the bush—not filtered through a window. That drive runs 2 to 3 hours and ends before dark.

Day three is flexible. If your flight leaves late, you can visit the local market for souvenirs or arrange optional activities when you arrive—the operator builds the schedule around your actual departure time, not a fixed checkout. Airport transfers are included both ways, and everything moves in an air-conditioned minivan between activities. The whole thing is wheelchair accessible, and the operator is flexible with pickup times as long as you give them your flight details upfront.

What’s included

Airport transfers from and to Victoria Falls International Airport.
2 nights accommodation at Shearwater Explorers Village.
guided walk through the Victoria Falls rainforest (2–3 hours).
sunset cruise down the Zambezi River (2–3 hours).
guided game drive at Zambezi National Park in an open four-wheel-drive vehicle (2–3 hours).
lunch at Lookout Café, 120 meters above the Zambezi River.
transportation in an air-conditioned minivan between all activities.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleInfant seats available

Operated by Tamuka Travel

Is this one for you?Book this if you want the main Victoria Falls experiences—the falls themselves, wildlife at the river, and a game drive—without arranging transport, accommodation, or timing between stops; the three-day structure lets each activity breathe instead of cramming them into a single exhausting day.