TRAVEL

Vic Falls Ladies Adventure

BY 50 AND ME

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Join us for an amazing 4 day ladies adventure to Vic Falls from 13 to 17 May 2022.

13 May 2022

On arrival in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe side, clear customs and collect luggage. We will be met by our representative and transferred by road to Victoria Falls Town (approx 20 mins) and onward to our accommodation at Pioneers Guest Lodge (Bed & Breakfast).

Pioneer Lodge or “Pioneers” is a short 2.5 km from the magical Victoria Falls, and situated in a peaceful residential suburb. Set in lush gardens with beautifully manicured lawns, this fifty room lodge is a great option for those who value comfort and elegance. The rooms are spacious and tastefully decorated in a classic style, and each has a clear and open view of the garden. As well as comfortable furniture, multi plugs and good lighting, they all feature air-conditioners, fans, room safes, mosquito nets and tea/coffee making facilities. Each room has its own bathroom en-suite with shower, toilet and a double vanity unit. The heart of “Pioneers” Lodge is the centrally located main area. The layout and classic décor here is extremely welcoming with a serene and stylish lounge which is airy and comfortable.

Conservation and preservation of the environment are so important, and Pioneers is committed to being Environmentally Friendly. Carefully placed solar panels are used to harness the power of the sun and covert it to clean energy. Although not totally off the grid yet, most of the lodge runs off solar energy, backed up by generator as a contingency. Pioneers also supports local wildlife charities in aid of conservation, anti-poaching, essential research and anti-litter projects, all of which operate in the Victoria Falls region.

After checking in to our accommodation, it’s time to freshen up before we are transferred to the river to enjoy a Luxury Sunset Cruise on the Zambezi River in the Zambezi Explorer.

Pure Africa’s re-imagined River Cruises bring a new level of sophistication to Victoria Falls, with our Sunset Cruise onboard our flagship vessel the Zambezi Explorer, the most popular offering.
Of the three decks onboard, the ‘Signature Deck’ on the uppermost level for pure extravagance with gourmet hors d’oeuvres and premium beverages served by a dedicated mixologist as you cruise the waterways on your Sunset Cruise.

After our Sunset Cruise, we will return to the lodge for overnight stay.
First Silent Book Club starts in the lounge. Come choose a book and let’s read.

14 May 2022

Mindful Stretching Class is available for all our early rises, followed by a full breakfast at the lodge.

09h00: The transfer vehicle departs for Vic Falls Town where you can do shopping and visit the Vic Falls National Park to see the Falls.
*Reception will be able to arrange transfers for you later in the morning if you wish to sleep in and rest.

This morning, for those that wish to, we will explore and appreciate the sights, sounds and feel of the “The Smoke That Thunders” on our own. There is nothing quite like the heart-pounding sensation of actually standing on the edge of these magnificent falls and being drenched by the never ending spray.

The heart-pounding sensation of actually standing on the edge of the precipice above the raging Zambezi waters is something quite unforgettable. Spray from the pounding water rises more than 60 feet into the air before tumbling down to create 24 hours of solid rain.

The Falls are literally at the end of the main street through the town centre. Of course the ever present ‘Smoke’ (rising spray) will very soon have you orientated as to its location. It is a very walkable distance from town centre although it can be hot so take water with you.

For those who want to do other adrenaline-filled activities in the area, this is your chance.
We can help you pre-book all your activities.

See the pricing for the optional extra activities on offer at the bottom of this itinerary.

Our meeting point for a casual lunch is the Lookout Cafe. Enjoy watching the activities or bring along your book and enjoy our L.A.T. Silent Book Club space with your favourite beverage in hand.

Perched on the edge of the Batoka Gorge, this open air cafe is one of the favourites in Victoria Falls. Spectacular views of the gorges and Zambezi River below plus so much more, make the Lookout a special place for more than just a meal.The Lookout Café is an iconic restaurant in Victoria Falls where casual dining is a decadent affair. Menus range from cocktails and canapes to diverse meal options for seated dinners. Delicious food, staggering views and exceptional service make the Lookout Café a must-try place to eat out in Victoria Falls.

14h00: Our transfer vehicle will transfer those who are ready to return back to the lodge to get ready for the Bicycle Tour of Vic Falls. For those who wish to stay longer, a later transfer back to the lodge can be arranged.

14h30: Our transfer vehicle will depart the lodge to drop us off for the Bicycle tour of Vic Falls

Victoria Falls is brimming with craft markets, enticing restaurants and an array of shops. Explore this exciting town, led by our guide, to our hearts content.We will also cycle along the Zambezi River, visit the famous Big Tree, enjoy spectacular views of the Batoka Gorges below the Falls and cycle across the Victoria Falls Bridge.We recommend you have basic cycling experience when joining this trip. There is an option to hire electric bicycles instead of mountain bikes. Duration of the tour is approx two and a half hours.

*For those who don’t want to do the bicycle tour but want to see Big Tree, the transfer shuttle departs the lodge at 15h50.

Return to the lodge where there is time to relax, freshen up and get ready for dinner.

19h00: We will transfer to The Eatery to enjoy a 3-course dinner with a spectacular river view.

The Eatery focuses on the quality of the ingredients with
carefully curated dishes prepared to perfection. Dinner is
enjoyed under the stars alongside the Zambezi River with your drink of choice available at our cash bar. Guaranteeing a distinctly African feast under the stars. As you dine, listen out for grunting hippos and the distant call of the fiery-necked nightjar

15 May 2022

Mindful Stretching Class is available for all our early rises, followed by a full breakfast at the lodge.

09h00: The transfer vehicle departs for Vic Falls Town for activities, shopping and / or another visit the Vic Falls National Park to see the Falls.
*Reception will be able to arrange transfers for you later in the morning if you wish to sleep in

11h00: Silent Book Club at the lodge. Readers welcome.

A light lunch is available at the lodge.

14h00: A Health and Wellness chat with Marna. All welcome

Exploring health in general and how we navigate movement as women

15h00: Own Your Why Tips and Tricks presented by Tracy. All welcome.

Owning your Why is not only about figuring out your own, personal reason for wanting a change in your life somewhere, or wanting to start something

new for yourself. Owning your Why is also about taking the responsibility to see it through your way. It is about aligning yourself up to your own set of values, principles and goals and expecting the best outcome – for you!

16h00: The A-mina-zing! Story presented by Tracy. All Welcome.

What is A-mina-zing? How it started. Why it started. How you can get involved.

Lounge party dinner with platter snacks, drinks and great company await you this evening at the lodge.

Overnight at the lodge.

16 May 2022Early morning start (05h30) for a Game Drive (included) in the Zambezi National Park.

Coffee / tea and muffins will be provided on the game drive, before we return to the lodge for breakfast.
OR
Enjoy a Canoeing Safari on the Zambezi (supplement to pay $ 70 p/person)

Zambezi National Park together with Victoria Falls National Park cover an area of 56,000 hectares. The small, but very scenic, Zambezi National Park is a great destination for a day trip from Victoria Falls. Elephant and buffalo are regularly seen, as well as giraffe and zebra. There is a good variety of antelope including waterbuck, impala and sable.

Exploring the vast genuine wilderness of the Zambezi National Park, these drives set off either in the early morning or mid-afternoon. Using an open four-wheel drive vehicle, the game drive allows the guests to discover many interpretations of the bush and all its inhabitants, related to them by our suitable trained and qualified guides. This is an uncontrived bush experience, covering a genuinely wild, unfenced wilderness area. The Zambezi National Park is only a five minute drive from Victoria Falls town, so there are no lengthy transfers involved.

The rest of the day is at leisure to enjoy all that Vic Falls has to offer. There is time to do any other activities on offer in this

adrenaline-packed region of Africa. Scheduled Vic Falls Town transfers will be arranged for our group.

**If Covid-19 PCR tests are still required to re-enter South Africa, we will arrange for a clinic nurse to administer the tests at the lodge. PCR tests are for your own account.

Results will be available within 24 hours.

16h00: We depart the lodge for our final evening adventures – a traditional Ra-Ikane Sunset Cruise followed by a Gala Dinner at the new 5-star Palm River Hotel.

Choices abound on the Ra-Ikane fleet for a variety of Zambezi River cruises. Here simply, there is no better way to enjoy the dazzling African sunset than from the comfort of a Ra-Ikane boat on a sunset cruise on the Zambezi River. Our ever-popular sunset cruise offers a unique way to explore the channels of the river and to get an up-close view of the pristine wilderness and African game along its banks. Enjoy an array of canapés, a full bar and a charming crew who can impart a bit of interesting Victoria Falls history with you on board the Ra-Ikane. The fully stocked bar is available throughout the cruise and the attentive crew is at your service.

17 May 2022

Mindful Stretching Class is available for all our early rises, followed by a full breakfast at the lodge.

09h00: FINAL transfer vehicle departs for Vic Falls Town for last minute shopping or last photos.

Enjoy a leisurely morning relaxing at the lodge, packing suitcases and paying your incidentals and drinks bills.
We will be met and transferred to the Victoria Falls Int. Airport for our return flights back to Johannesburg.

End of itinerary.

Show your love….

If you thought the accommodation was ‘nice’ or ‘good’, a suggested thank you tip is $ 40 for the lodge staff (p/person). If you LOVED the friendly staff, great service and comfy accommodation, a suggested thank you tip is $ 50 (p/person).

Guides in Zimbabwe are not paid big salaries and rely on thank you tips. For each guide you thought was ‘good’ or ‘knowledgeable’ a suggested thank you tip is $ 5 per guide (p/person).

If you LOVED your enthusiastic guide who imparted his / her enthusiasm for Zimbabwe and the wildlife / activity, a suggested thank you tip is $ 10 – $ 15 for the head guide and $ 7 – $ 10 for every other guide on the team (p/person).

Feel free to give more should you feel it is deserved. Remember, what goes around, comes around.

Optional extra excursions available at Vic Falls:

Canoe Safari – one day with lunch

Flight of the Angels helicopter (12 mins) 

Early morning Birding Cruise

Vic Falls Township Tour

Boma Dinner with transfers

Rhino encounter game drive PM

Gorge swing / bungee jumping etc

*All prices are p/person.

 

$ 70 supplement

$ 140

$ 55 plus $ 10 river fee

$ 20

$ 55

$ 115 (conducted in a private game reserve)

Ask about the prices. The more you do, the greater the discount that is offered

 

Included in your Ladies Adventure Travel itinerary:

Flights

  • As per itinerary with airline taxes (ex Johannesburg)

Transfers

  • As per itinerary

Accommodation at Pioneers Guest Lodge, Vic Falls

  • Four nights accommodation in upmarket rooms (twin rooms, triples or single rooms)

Included Meals

  • Breakfasts daily at the lodge
  • One $ 20 voucher per person for lunch at the “Lookout Cafe”
  • One light lunch at Pioneers Lodge
  • Eatery 3-course dinner (excludes all drinks)
  • Gala 3-course dinner at Palm River Hotel (excludes all drinks)

Included Vic Falls Activities

  • ‘Signature Deck’ Sunset Cruise on the Zambezi Explorer with drinks and snacks included
  • Bicycle Tour of Vic Falls (electric bikes or mountain bikes with helmets)
  • Luna Rainbow Guided Tour of the Falls
  • Ra-Ikane Sunset Cruise with drinks and snacks included
  • Early morning game drive in the Zambezi National Park
  • Other Inclusions:
    Knowledgeable hosts, Marna Grobler and Tracy Eccles
  • Scheduled sessions for L.A.T. Silent Book Club
  • Award-winning and recommended books on loan for the Silent Book Club
  • Morning Mindful Stretching classes
  • Own Your Why tips & tricks talk: How not owning your Why stops you from reaching your goals
  • Your Health chat: Taking care of You
  • The A-mina-zing Story talk: Why it started and how you can get involved

PLUS FREE ‘Get Up and Go package’ – 3 x 60-minute sessions (in person or online via Zoom) within a 4-week period

VALUED AT R 1 200!

  • Welcome booklet with health goodies
  • Personalised home or gym program or running training program
  • Eating guidelines
  • Supplement advice
  • Lifestyle and mindset coaching sessions
  • Tracking sheet and exercise diary

PLUS FREE A choice between one of the following Online Empowerment Courses VALUED AT R 900!
Own Your Why:

  • Why do I start an exercise program and quit after two weeks?
  • Why do I try so hard to diet?
  • Despite my best efforts, why is my new business failing?
  • Why can’t I make lasting connections with people?
  • Why can’t I get going on the new project that I want to do, despite my best intentions?

This online course is for anyone who has sat at the other end of the success seesaw and tried to work out what happened, or what might be going ‘wrong’.

OR


Infinite Possibilities
It’s never too early or too late in life to begin learning the truth: the truth about who you are and all that you’re capable of doing, being, and having. The events and decisions leading you here today are not important. What is important is for you to see all the possibilities for success and happiness that lie before you. By understanding how life really works, what you wish to change, do or be will be infinitely easier to manifest than ever before. Dive right in to a brighter future here.

Excluded:

Drinks
Meals not listed as included
Medical Travel Insurance (compulsory)
Items of a personal nature
Victoria Falls National Park entry fees – US $ 20 per person (subject to change) / payable direct Gratuities and guide tips
Optional extra activities
Supplement for canoeing instead of game drive
Passport costs and visas
Covid-19 PCR tests as required at Government borders

Total price per person:
R 22 800 per person – twin share

R 23 500 per person – single room