Join Odyssey Overland for one of the most amazing trips you are ever likely to experience, if you are thinking of taking a break or a gap year and want the experience of a lifetime, this is it.
This is a list of the major optional activities you will be able to do as we travel along – we have listed a large number of activities, but worth remembering that most people do only a selection of these, and similar activities are sometimes offered in more than one location. Depending on your interests there are also many more options but these are the most popular. To help out we have also included what is included as part of the trip. Many people manage to pay for a lot of the smaller options out of the budgeted £12/day and then have a separate budget for some of the big extras.
South Africa |
Approx. Cost (£) |
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Cable Car to Table Mountain |
£12 |
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District Six Museum |
Donation |
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Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens |
£3 |
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Table Bay Cruise |
From £16 |
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Robben Island boat trip & guided tour of island |
£15 |
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Wine tour – Stellenbosch |
£25 |
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Great White Shark diving (Gansbaai) |
£100 |
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Whale watching boat trip |
£44 |
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Kayaking whale watching tour |
£24 |
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Cape Agulhas Lighthouse |
£1 |
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Tsitsikamma Coastal National Park entrance fee |
Included |
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Bloukrans Bridge Bungy |
£50 |
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Bloukrans Bridge Flying Fox |
£14 |
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Bloukrans Bridge Walk |
£8 |
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Addo Elephant Park |
Included |
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4x4 trip into Lesotho across the Sani Pass |
£34 |
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Nelson Mandela Museum |
Donation |
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Swaziland |
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Miliwane Game Reserve entrance fee |
Included |
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Guide for Miliwane Game Reserve – per person per hour |
£4 |
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Mozambique |
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National Art Museum, Maputo |
Free |
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PADI Open Water Dive course (4/5 days) |
£290 |
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Day / Night dive |
£34 |
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Surf lesson |
£12 |
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Whale Shark Ocean Safari (snorkelling) |
£33 |
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Beach BBQ, swim with whale sharks and snorkel the reef |
£38 |
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Beach horse riding |
£16 |
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Snorkelling trip & island safari to Bazaruto and Benguerra |
£41 |
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Zimbabwe |
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Great Zimbabwe National Monument entrance fee |
Included |
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Matobo National Park entry fee |
£9 |
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Matobo National Park escorted game walk |
£45 |
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Matobo National Park pony trail (per hour) |
£6 |
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Walking with lions |
£78 |
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Botswana |
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Okavango Delta Moroko trail |
Included |
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Flight over the delta by plane |
£50 |
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Ntwetwe Pan day trip, includes a picnic lunch (with quadbikes / without quadbikes) |
£108 / £85 |
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Namibia |
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Hot air ballooning, Swakopmund – 1 hour |
£250 |
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Sand boarding, Swakopmund |
From £22 |
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Quadbiking, Swakopmund |
£40 |
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Tandem skydive, Swakopmund |
£150 |
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Paragliding, Swakopmund |
£63 |
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Horse riding, Swakopmund |
£31 |
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Dolphin cruise, Swakopmund |
£36 |
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Land yachting, Swakopmund |
£28 |
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Naukluft National Park entrance fee (for Dune 45) |
Included |
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Guided dune tour |
£18 |
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Etosha National Park entrance fee |
Included |
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Skeleton Coast National Park entrance fee |
Included |
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Twyfelfontein desert elephant walk |
£2 |
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Zambia |
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Entrance to Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park (for close up view of Victoria Falls) |
£3 |
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Wildlife safari drive in Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park |
£28 |
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White water rafting on Zambezi River |
£90 |
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Elephant back safaris |
£94 |
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Chobe (Botswana) game viewing day trip |
£109 |
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Upper Zambezi canoe drift |
£56 |
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Victoria Falls helicopter flight (15 mins / 30 mins) |
£70 / £140 |
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Local village visit |
£22 |
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South Luangwa National Park entrance fee |
Included |
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South Luangwa National Park game drives (day / night) |
£25 / £28 |
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South Luangwa National Park guided game walk |
£28 |
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Malawi |
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PADI Open Water Dive Course (4/5 days) |
£185 |
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Scuba diving (day / night) |
£25 / £31 |
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Snorkelling |
£9 |
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Cultural tour of village |
£3 |
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Tanzania |
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Ruaha National Park entrance fee and game drive |
Included |
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Ferry to Zanzibar |
Included |
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Zanzibar spice tour |
£16 |
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Zanzibar diving |
From £38 |
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Serengeti National Park entrance fee, per day |
£31 |
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Ngorongoro Crater entrance fee, per day |
£31 |
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Mount Kilimanjaro National Park entrance fee, per day |
£38 |
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6-day climb up Mount Kilimanjaro (see Kili Climb Option for more information) |
From £875 |
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Kenya |
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Langata Giraffe Centre |
£6 |
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Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage |
£4 |
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Lake Nakuru National Park entrance fee |
Included |
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Lake Nakuru night game drive |
£12 |
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Samburu Nature Reserve entrance fee |
Included |
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Uganda |
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Mountain Gorilla Trek (either Uganda or Rwanda) |
£390 - £400 |
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White water rafting, Jinja (half / full day) |
£72 / £78 |
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Mountain bike hire, Jinja |
£16 |
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Kayak tour on Lake Victoria, Jinja |
£47 |
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Tandem white water kayaking (with instructor), Jinja |
£88 |
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Quadbiking, Jinja |
£36 |
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Horse riding safari, Jinja |
£28 |
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Rwanda |
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Mountain Gorilla Trek (either Uganda or Rwanda) |
£390 - £400 |
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Ethiopia |
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Lake Tana monasteries entrance fees per site |
£1 - £3 |
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Boat trip around Lake Tana |
£11 |
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Lalibela Rock Churches Permit |
Included |
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Lalibela guides |
£8 |
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Axum archeological sites admission fee |
£13 |
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Gondar Royal Enclosure entrance fee |
£6 |
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Simien Mountains National Park entrance fee |
Included |
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4x4 tour |
Included |
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Sudan |
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Ethnographical Museum, Khartoum |
Free |
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Musawarat Great Enclosure |
£6 |
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Begrawiya Royal City |
£6 |
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Jebel Barkal archeological site |
£6 |
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Jebel Barkal museum |
£1 |
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Egypt |
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Egyptologist guide (day) |
Included |
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Nubia Museum, Aswan |
£6 |
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Unfinished obelisk |
£4 |
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Felucca to Kitchener’s Island botanical gardens, per hour |
£4 |
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Day trip to Abu Simbel – by road or air |
£19 / £106 |
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Abu Simbel Temple entrance fee |
£10 |
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Mummification Museum, Luxor |
£6 |
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Luxor Temple |
£6 |
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Luxor Museum |
£9 |
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Karnak Temple, Luxor |
£8 |
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Karnak Open Air Museum |
£3 |
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Valley of the Kings |
£9 |
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Tomb of King Tutankhamen (when open) |
£11 |
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Temple of Hatshepsut |
£4 |
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Valley of the Queens |
£4 |
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Balloon flight, Luxor |
£51 |
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Antiquities Museum, El Kharga Oasis |
£3 |
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Egyptian Museum, Cairo |
£7 |
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Guide to Egyptian Museum, per hour |
£6 |
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Entrance to Giza complex |
£7 |
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Entry to pyramids within Giza complex, each |
£7 |
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Felucca on the Nile, per hour |
£3 |
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Giza Pyramids sound-and-light show |
£7 |
Please note: Clients accept that the prices quoted for optional activities
are approximate as local prices can and do change. Any of the optional activities
listed are not necessarily endorsed or recommended by Odyssey Overland. Clients
also accept that they undertake any activity at their own risk & their
participation is their own decision and does not form any part of their contract
with Odyssey Overland. Odyssey Overland does not take responsibility for cancellations,
unreliability of services or safety of operators, agents or contractors.