Safari in Botswana and Zimbabwe

Join PARCA on the luxury safari of a lifetime in Botswana’s UNESCO World Heritage-designated Okavango Delta and in Zimbabwe where you will visit Victoria Falls, one of the world’s seven natural wonders.

Our partners Great Plains Conservation (GPC) make it possible for a PARCA-exclusive group of only ten travelers to spend 2-3 nights each in two of their luxury tented camps in Botswana and 2-3 nights in camp in Zimbabwe.

In addition to seeing Victoria Falls, you will see some of the most abundant wildlife on the planet. The Big 5 are almost guaranteed to be seen (those leopards can be a challenge!) along with warthogs, giraffes, dozens of species of birds, antelopes, hippos, crocodiles, zebras, hyenas, wild dogs, baboons, vervet monkeys, and maybe even a cheetah!

We hope that you will get to see some of the Rhinos Without Borders rhinos like Franklin and Liberty (the two whose translocation from South Africa was funded by PARCA) and their descendants. Morning game drives include breakfast on the plains followed by an incredible lunch and siesta back in camp. Afternoon tea is followed by another game drive and sundowners/cocktails on the plains.

A mouth-watering dinner is usually followed by an Amarula nightcap around the fire sharing stories of what nature displayed for you that day. And then it is off to bed under canvas…but this is not any tent.

This is “glamping” at its best – under canvas with an en suite bathroom in one of the most comfortable and beautiful rooms you may ever experience. You will come home with friends and memories to last a lifetime…and that may just call you back to this most spectacular area of the world.

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Kariega Game Reserve in Eastern Cape South Africa

PA Rhino Conservation Advocates (PARCA), Inc. welcomes you to attend the PARCA ECO-EDU Tour supporting rhino conservation through eco-tourism, education, and community on the Kariega Game Reserve in Eastern Cape South Africa.

PARCA is excited to have partnered with the Kariega Foundation, a non-profit trust working in partnership with Kariega Game Reserve to create a sustainable eco-tourism model that delivers on a holistic mandate to protect and preserve the Kariega wilderness and uplift the people and communities that live in and around the reserve. We hope you will join us for an experience of a lifetime that will directly impact rhino conservation through eco-tourism and community engagement.
You will learn about PARCA, the Kariega Foundation, our partnership, and rhino conservation – including why community involvement is critical to conservation and how you are contributing!

The Kariega Foundation has planned activities ONLY for PARCA supporters on this trip that may include the following:
• Attending the horn trimming and collaring of two rhinos
• A demonstration by the anti-poaching K9 unit overseeing the protection of the rhinos
• Unique visits to the local community
• A discussion with Kariega’s ecologist

You will stay in beautiful accommodations at Kariega’s River Lodge and Ukhozi Lodge. The journey includes classic safari game drives, with the chance to see the Big 5 (rhinos, lions, elephants, buffalo, and leopard) in addition to many more animals, including giraffe, hippo, and cheetah. And, ONLY at Kariega do you have the opportunity to see one of the most famous rhinos in the world. Thandi is one of the only rhinos to have survived being poached – and she has borne 5 calves who reside at Kariega (along with 2 of their offspring!). Click here to read more about Thandi.

Through this experience, you will have the opportunity to do things that very few people have the chance to do…and your bonds with the others on your trip and to this part of the world will last a lifetime.

NOTE: Ask us about add-ons that could include Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary.

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