Victoria Falls, Chobe & the Okavango

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Zimbabwe pairs the thunder of Victoria Falls with the Zambezi River, and Botswana's Chobe and Okavango Delta are a short hop away. What to know from the start: • Entry requirements: confirm passports, visas, digital entry forms and transit rules at smartraveller.gov.au and each destination's official immigration website before travel. • Health: seek route-specific advice from a travel-health professional and smartraveller.gov.au; vaccination and malaria guidance varies by itinerary. • Currency: US dollars are widely used in Zimbabwe; Botswana uses the Pula (BWP). • Getting around: road transfer across the Kazungula border to Chobe, then light aircraft into the Delta with soft bags of about 20kg. Botswana is safari at its most exclusive: the water wilderness of the Okavango Delta, Moremi's big game and the vast salt pans of the Kalahari, run on a low-volume model with few vehicles. What to know from the start: • Entry requirements: confirm passports, visas, digital entry forms and transit rules at smartraveller.gov.au and each destination's official immigration website before travel. • Health: seek route-specific advice from a travel-health professional and smartraveller.gov.au; vaccination and malaria guidance varies by itinerary. • Currency: Botswana Pula (BWP); US dollars are useful for tips. • Getting around: light-aircraft hops between camps with a strict soft-bag limit of about 20kg.