Tamarind Canoe Safari - Chirundu to Mana Pools
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typical routine on the Tamarind Canoe Safari
Your briefing will be held at Kariba Breezes Hotel at 18h15 at the lower pool terrace on the evening before your trip departs. After the briefing you will be asked to sign an indemnity form. Shearwater will collect you for the briefing and return you to your hotel afterwards.
For clients on combination safaris where the Matusadona walking safari is done first, the night at a hotel in Kariba is omitted and there is no pre-departure briefing - we arrange the early morning transfer into Kariba so as to allow one more night in the bush.
Please note that you will be required to pay Z$75 to National Parks on the day of departure - this is not included in the safari rate and is subject to change without notice.
DAY
ONE (18km)
Shearwater will collect you from
your hotel the morning of your safari in time for a check in at the
Shearwater Office at 08h00 to hand in extra luggage and valuables. Please
do not take your passport on the river with you!
Your safari will depart from Kariba Breezes at 08h30.
Your group will be transferred by open Land Cruiser to Chirundu, arriving
at approximately 11h30. The canoes and kit will be unloaded.
A safety talk and a demonstration of how to paddle a canoe will be given
to your group.
A packed lunch is provided. At around 12h00, paddling will begin.
Your group then paddles until about 17h00 when you set up camp on an
island named Kakomomarara, in the middle of the river There is time to
bathe with the use of a bucket, relax and have dinner after a brief safety
talk on camping.
DAY TWO ( 27km)
Your group will be woken at 05h30 for tea, coffee and
biscuits before paddling from 06h00 to 08h00 when you will make a stop for
breakfast.
At approximately 09h30, the group will resume their canoeing until you
reach the lunch stop at 12h30. After lunch there is a siesta until 15h00.
Canoeing continues until about 17h00 when the second night stop is made at
Lone Acacia island.
DAY
THREE ( 23km)
Your program is as per day two, with the night stop being made at Trichelia Island.
DAY FOUR (7km)
The group wakes at 05h30 for tea, coffee and biscuits
before paddling to Mana Pools Main Camp where all canoes are unloaded in
preparation for the return trip to Kariba.
Between 08h00 and 09h00 you have breakfast.
The vehicles are loaded and they depart for Kariba at around 10h30,
arriving at Kariba at approximately 14h00.
For clients continuing with a combination
safari we arrange for the air charter or boat transfer across Lake Kariba.
What to bring on your canoe safari
- Please keep your luggage to a maximum of 10kg per person, packed in a soft bag, not a suitcase.
- We recommend you pack the following for your safari:
- Swimming Costume Shorts Shirts (including one with long sleeves for sun protection)
- Canvas shoes or rafting sandals
- A hat with a wide brim
- A jacket or cardigan for the evenings
- A kikoi or length of cloth to cover your legs to protect them from the sun
- Personal toiletries and towel
- A torch/flashlight and extra batteries. Film and spare camera batteries. Binoculars
- Sunscreen
- Insect repellant
- Socks for winter nights
- Warm clothes to sleep in for winter nights
- Shearwater provides all camping equipment and food as well as cordials, and wine for dinner. Should you wish to take any hard liquor, beer or carbonated drinks, we will take you to a shop in Kariba to purchase these before the trip departs. Dome tents are available on request.
- Please ensure that you have begun a course of anti malaria tablets before your arrival in Zimbabwe and that you continue with the medication for four weeks after arriving home.
- Please ensure that you advise us of any dietary preferences or requirements at least a week before your trip departs. Please ensure you advise us of any medical disorders which may require special attention.
