From Victoria Falls: Chobe National Park Small Group Tour

My husband and I visited Southern Africa for my b-day and were so excited to visit Victoria falls. We worked with Tatenda Tarzan prior to booking who was very easy to work with. Tatenda was highly responsive, and helped answer any questions we had. To kick off our vacation, we started with a tour of Victoria Falls on both the Zimbabwe and Zambia sides. We highly recommend because you get different views. The company provided excellent service and helped us navigate the border crossings with ease. From the drivers, to the guides, and tour itself, we can’t recommend Cuckoo enough. In Zimbabwe, we had Promise as our guide and Mike in Zambia. Both did an excellent job and were patient with our group as we were just in awe of the sheer beauty of the falls. On the Zambia side you get to walk across the knife point bridge, and if you aren’t scared of heights, you should give it a try. It’s truly magnificent. And the cherry on top was the numerous rainbows we spotted along the way. The next day we completed the day trip to Chobe, Botswana, for our first Safari tour. Again, our driver was prompt and it was a smooth ride to the Botswana border. There we met with our guide, Gift, who helped us navigate the border crossings with ease. We definitely recommend that you get the Kaza visa when arriving at the airport. It means no hassles when you cross the various borders covered under the visa. We started with the game drive which was so much fun. Within 10 mins of driving, we spotted a buffalo in the distance and later elephants. So many elephants with their babies. We saw baboons, and impalas in abundance. We had a nice buffet lunch at a hotel in town, and then the second half of the day was on the river. We really appreciated that Gift drove us around Chobe so that we could see as much as possible. We had read with other companies, that the game drive was essentially just driving along the river providing no difference in viewing from the river cruise part of the trip. Not the case with Gift. He actually worked to spot different animals. We were on the hunt for a lion, but it remained elusive that day, but were no less satisfied! The river cruise was really nice. Very relaxing and provides a lovely viewpoint of the landscape. We saw crocodile, hippos and more elephants. Overall, we highly recommend Cuckoo tours!

We really had a good guide his name was Gift, he was very knowledgeable and patiently drove us to see all the animals around the park. You need to have lots of patience and good eye to search for animals and birds.

Great day start to finish. During the morning game drive we rarely went more than a few minutes without amazing wildlife sightings. Many up close and personal! The lunch was a great buffet. And the afternoon boat cruise delivered endless wow sightings of numerous hippos and elephants. The guides and vehicles were top notch. This was small group tour and our boat was smaller than the ones the large groups had; which meant we could get closer to the wildlife - amazing! I highly recommend this over a larger group tour.