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Zimbabwe2020 FLYING CIRCUIT

AREA 1 – VICTORIA FALLS

AREA 2 – Chikwenya Great Mana Expedition Sapi Nyamatusi Camp John’s Camp Wilderness Safaris Camps Third Party Camps Goliath Camp AREA 4 Vundu Sapi Explorers • Davison’s • Hwange Bush Camps Ruckomechi /Little Ruckomechi Zambezi Expeditions • Linkwasha • Camp Hwange MANA POOLS NATIONAL PARK • Little Makalolo • Somalisa Camps • Verney’s Camp

• Robins Camp • Deteema Springs Camp Changa • Deka Camp AREA 3 Rhino Safari Camp MATUSADONA NATIONAL PARK The airstrips found in Area 2 are: , Bumi Hills LAKE Musango Safari Camp Linkwasha, Manga, Robins. KARIBA

AREA 3 – KARIBA Third Party Camps • Musango Safari Camp AREA 5 • Bumi Hills AREA 1 • Rhino Lodge

• Changa VICTORIA FALLS • House Boats The airstrips found in Area 3 are: Kariba, Bumi, Fothergill. Hwange Bush Camps Deka Camp Deteema Springs Camp Robins Camp AREA 4 – MANA POOLS Camp Hwange Wilderness Safaris Camps Third Party Camps Verney’s Camp AREA 2 • Chikwenya • Vundu Somalisa Camps • Little Ruckomechi • Zambezi Expeditions Little Makalolo Davison’s • Ruckomechi • Sapi Explorers HWANGE NATIONAL PARK Linkwasha • John`s Camp • Goliath Camp • Nyamatusi Camp The airstrips found in Area 4 are: Mana West, Chikwenya

AREA 5 – HARARE

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ZimbabweFLYING CIRCUIT NOTES

IMPORTANT Some flights have to depart at set times. Please take note of the following and schedule arrangements or connecting flights accordingly:

Ex Victoria Falls (VFA) to Hwange: January to December – only one flight per day at14:30 (PM) April to November – two flights per day, one at08:30 (AM) and another at 14:30 (PM)

EX Hwange (MLO) to Victoria Falls (VFA): January to December – only one flight per day at10:10 (AM) April to November – two flights per day, one at10:10 (AM) and another at 16:15(PM)

Ex Harare to Mana Pools – April to November only at 14:30 (PM) Ex Mana Pools to Harare – April to November only at 08:30 (AM)

· Should guests be travelling to Kariba / Mana Pools area from VFA you will need to depart on the 08:30 flight ex VFA · Should guests be returning to VFA from Kariba / Mana Pools area, they will only get into VFA around 17:00. Please do not book afternoon activities in Victoria Falls for this day. · Guests will be advised in camp the night before re: departure times for the following day.

Wilderness Air Seat Rates may be utilised for all routes on condition Circuit flights to and from the Kariba area in peak season (between April the guest has at least one Wilderness Safaris property in their itinerary. and November) may include a stop for refuelling at Kariba Airport. Note All guests joining the Natureways Canoe Trail need to overnight at that this is a technical stop only. All flights between Hwange, Kariba and Ruckomechi Camp or Little Ruckomechi the night before, and we Victoria Falls during the off-peak periods of 11 January 2020 to 31 March recommend an overnight at the camps after the canoe safari as well. 2020 and 20 November 2020 to 11 January 2021, will be operated on a sole use basis only, subject to availability. Pricing is on request as Guests cannot connect directly to Ruckomechi Camp, Little Ruckomechi the published circuit seat rates will not apply. Note that the aircraft will or Chikwenya from Victoria Falls ex scheduled commercial flights, stop in Kariba and onward connecting road, boat and/or air transfers nor from Ruckomechi Camp, Little Ruckomechi or Chikwenya back to between Kariba and Bumi Hills, Musango, Changa, Rhino Safari Camp Victoria Falls for onward scheduled commercial flights, as timings do or House Boats must be booked accordingly. not allow for the connections. In these instances, an overnight in Victoria Falls will be required. Flights from Kariba to Victoria Falls are approximately two hours long and subject to weather conditions. Morning or afternoon departures For ease of access to Ruckomechi Camp, Little Ruckomechi or may be delayed as a result of low cloud cover in this area and thus Chikwenya, our recommendation is to consider Harare as an entry or scheduled international flights ex Victoria Falls should not be booked exit point. Access to Area 3 (Kariba) and Area 4 (Mana Pools) at seats on the same day. We recommend guests overnight in Victoria Falls the rates on our circuit is only possible between April and November, the night prior to international/regional flights. operational season of our Mana Pools camps.