Zambezi Queen

Current itinerary of Zambezi Queen

Zambezi Queen current cruise is 5 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls. Prices start from USD 11211 (double occupancy rates). The itinerary starts on 04 Oct, 2024 and ends on 13 Oct, 2024.

Date / TimePort
07 Oct    Departing from Cape Town, South Africa hotels
08 Oct - 11 Oct    Chobe River, Botswana
12 Oct    Arriving in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe hotels

Specifications of Zambezi Queen

Year of build2009  /  Age: 15
BuilderDormac Marine (Walvis Bay, Namibia)
Classhouseboat
Length (LOA)46 m / 151 ft
Beam (width)8 m / 26 ft
Gross Tonnage500 gt
Passengers14 - 28
Crew30
Decks3
Cabins14
Decks with cabins2
OwnerAccor Group via Zambezi Queen Collection Botswana (Brett McDonald, Tony Stern)
OperatorAmaWaterways, Avalon Waterways

Zambezi Queen Itineraries

DateItineraryDeparture PortPrice from
2024 Oct 04 5 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $11211
2024 Oct 04 5 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $13795
2024 Oct 04 5 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $14667
2024 Oct 06 5 days, round-trip Wildlife the Falls Victoria Falls $13874
2024 Oct 06 4 days, one-way from Johannesburg to Chobe River Johannesburg $16528
2025 Mar 07 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town
2025 Mar 07 12 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town
2025 Mar 07 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town
2025 Mar 09 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane
2025 Mar 21 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town
2025 Mar 21 13 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town
2025 Mar 21 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town
2025 Mar 23 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane
2025 Apr 04 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town
2025 Apr 04 13 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town
2025 Apr 04 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town
2025 Apr 06 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane
2025 Jun 13 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town
2025 Jun 13 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town
2025 Jun 15 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane
2025 Nov 21 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $10673
2025 Nov 21 13 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $13319
2025 Nov 21 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $14365
2025 Nov 23 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $13246
2026 Mar 06 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $11176
2026 Mar 06 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $14523
2026 Mar 08 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $13619
2026 Mar 08 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $17330
2026 Mar 20 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $10178
2026 Mar 20 13 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $13909
2026 Mar 20 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $13602
2026 Mar 22 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $12697
2026 Mar 22 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $16025
2026 Apr 03 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $10655
2026 Apr 03 13 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $14386
2026 Apr 03 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $14232
2026 Apr 05 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $13174
2026 Apr 05 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $16425
2026 Apr 10 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $11884
2026 Apr 10 13 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $15538
2026 Apr 10 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $15384
2026 Apr 12 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $14249
2026 Apr 12 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $17500
2026 Apr 24 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $11884
2026 Apr 24 13 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $15538
2026 Apr 24 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $15384
2026 Apr 26 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $14249
2026 Apr 26 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $17654
2026 May 01 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $11561
2026 May 01 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $15061
2026 May 03 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $14003
2026 May 03 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $17407
2026 May 22 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $11715
2026 May 22 13 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $15600
2026 May 22 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $15138
2026 May 24 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $14311
2026 May 24 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $17561
2026 May 29 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $12192
2026 May 29 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $15615
2026 May 31 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $14711
2026 May 31 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $18115
2026 Jun 05 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town
2026 Jun 05 13 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town
2026 Jun 05 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town
2026 Jun 07 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane
2026 Jun 07 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane
2026 Jun 12 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $12269
2026 Jun 12 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $15923
2026 Jun 14 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $14788
2026 Jun 14 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $18115
2026 Jun 19 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $12269
2026 Jun 19 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $15923
2026 Jun 21 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $14942
2026 Jun 21 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $18269
2026 Jul 03 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $11141
2026 Jul 03 13 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $15025
2026 Jul 03 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $14795
2026 Jul 05 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $13891
2026 Jul 05 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $17449
2026 Jul 10 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $11432
2026 Jul 10 13 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $15316
2026 Jul 10 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $15163
2026 Jul 12 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $14182
2026 Jul 12 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $17740
2026 Jul 17 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $11133
2026 Jul 17 13 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $15017
2026 Jul 17 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $14864
2026 Jul 19 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $13883
2026 Jul 19 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $17594
2026 Jul 24 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $11133
2026 Jul 24 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $14864
2026 Jul 26 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $13883
2026 Jul 26 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $17594
2026 Jul 31 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $11425
2026 Jul 31 13 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $15309
2026 Jul 31 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $15310
2026 Aug 02 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $14175
2026 Aug 02 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $17886
2026 Aug 07 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $11579
2026 Aug 07 13 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $15309
2026 Aug 07 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $15310
2026 Aug 09 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $14175
2026 Aug 09 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $17886
2026 Aug 14 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $12423
2026 Aug 14 13 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $16153
2026 Aug 14 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $16154
2026 Aug 16 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $15019
2026 Aug 16 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $18730
2026 Aug 21 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $12116
2026 Aug 21 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $15923
2026 Aug 23 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $14942
2026 Aug 23 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $18423
2026 Aug 28 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $11579
2026 Aug 28 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $15386
2026 Aug 30 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $14405
2026 Aug 30 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $17886
2026 Sep 04 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town
2026 Sep 04 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town
2026 Sep 06 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane
2026 Sep 06 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane
2026 Sep 11 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $12023
2026 Sep 11 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $15830
2026 Sep 13 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $14849
2026 Sep 13 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $18254
2026 Sep 18 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $12023
2026 Sep 18 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $15830
2026 Sep 20 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $14849
2026 Sep 20 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $18254
2026 Sep 25 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town
2026 Sep 25 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town
2026 Sep 27 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane
2026 Sep 27 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane
2026 Oct 09 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town
2026 Oct 09 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town
2026 Oct 11 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane
2026 Oct 11 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane
2026 Oct 30 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $11561
2026 Oct 30 13 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $15215
2026 Oct 30 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $14907
2026 Nov 01 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $14080
2026 Nov 01 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $17484
2026 Nov 06 9 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $11484
2026 Nov 06 13 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $15138
2026 Nov 06 14 days, one-way from Cape Town to Victoria Falls Cape Town $14677
2026 Nov 08 12 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $13926
2026 Nov 08 9 days, one-way from Kasane to Victoria Falls Kasane $17254

Zambezi Queen Review

Review of Zambezi Queen

The Zambezi Queen boat cruises on Chobe River (Botswana, South Africa) departing from Kasane. This houseboat also offers African safari cruise package deals with departures from South Africa (Johannesburg and Cape Town).

The vessel is owned by the company Zambezi Queen Collection Botswana (part of Mantis Collection Hotels) and seasonally chartered by international operators like AmaWaterways and Avalon Waterways. In 2018, Mantis Collection was acquired by Accor Group (France).

safari houseboat Zambezi Queen cruise ship

The boat is often chartered by the AmaWaterways line, but also from other river cruise lines offering luxury Chobe River travel deals in South Africa. Regarding its design, a small number of all-suite accommodations, onboard amenities and all-inclusive deals, this luxury ship is classified as "houseboat". With a similar design and features is the Amazon River cruise ship MV Aria (Peru, South America).

safari houseboat Zambezi Queen cruise ship (Chobe River)

The magnificent Zambezi Queen was designed specifically for safari river cruising on Chobe River. She is a small (28-passenger) luxury riverboat (often called “houseboat”). Zambezi Queen was launched in 2009 and ensures passengers' comfort with her 14 balcony staterooms (ranging up to 300 ft2), decorated in a contemporary style. The top deck is air-conditioned and consists of the lounge, dining room, bar, sunbathing area and a pool. The onboard service is by all African staff, attentive and highly personalized.

Zambezi Queen houseboat cruise ship

The dining room is located on the ship's 3rd deck and offers unforgettable views on three sides. Guests can experience splendid dishes such as "fillet of beef with bordelaise sauce" and "butternut and macadamia soup" paired with the perfect wine. A full English breakfast is offered in the mornings and the afternoons provide a gourmet lunch buffet. The bar includes imported and local spirits, beers and wine. Complimentary beer and wine with all lunch and dinner are always available on board.

Zambezi Queen houseboat cruise ship

Zambezi Queen is also a remarkable eco-friendly boat, built by the foundation of responsibility toward the environment. The conventional propeller system was replaced with water jet propulsion, causing no damage to the river bed. The latest low emission and fuel-efficient generators are run during the day. The boat operates on battery power all through the night. Hot water is assured by a solar heating system. River water is used in tap and showers and all soaps and cleaning detergents on board are biodegradable. Energy-saving lights are used throughout the ship.

Zambezi Queen houseboat cruise ship

  • Passenger decks: 3 (out of 3)
  • Cabin grades number: 3
  • A total number of cabins: 14 (of which 2 Master Suites, 12 Balcony Suites).
  • Restaurants: Dining Room.
  • Lounges & Bars: Lounge & Bar (open-plan), Lobby, Library, Gift Shop, top-deck (bow swimming pool with loungers, aft shaded seating area).
  • Zambezi Queen African cruise deals are inclusive of alcohol (at lunch & dinner) and soft beverages, safari tours (river and land excursions), airport and land transfers.
  • Zambezi Queen is newly re-designed and privately owned top luxury houseboat. She is the only one AMAwaterways chartered ship operating luxury Africa river cruises in Botswana. The onboard dining experience features a classy dining room with unobstructed panoramic views of the surroundings, delectable dishes, top wine selection, full English breakfast, a gourmet lunch buffet, formal dining. Complimentary wine & beer are offered at lunch & dinner. Service staff is all African.
  • With a stylish elegance look, the Zambezi Queen houseboat features all-suite accommodations - each with a full-size private balcony. This luxury Chobe river cruise boat was built with a water jet propulsion instead of the conventional propeller system to prevent any damages to the river bed, along with fuel-efficient generators (only during day hours - through the night the ship runs on batteries). Another feature is that all the hot water on board is provided by solar panels. The houseboat also has a sewage processing and water purification plants installed. She uses river water in showers/tap and all cleaning detergents/soaps you used on board are biodegradable.

Cabins (Types/Categories, number, location), high to low:

  • Master Suites - MS (x2, deck Upper) - sizes 300ft2/28m2, with either double or 2 single beds. Master Suites have a second bigger balcony.
  • Balcony Staterooms - SA (x8, decks Middle & Lower, size 235ft2/22m2.) and SB (x2, deck Middle, size 215ft2/20m2.

Zambezi Queen ship access information

  • The boat's location is 80 km / 50 mi from Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe) and Livingstone (Zambia) and only 3 km / 2 ml from the Kasane Airport. All three arrival points are accessible with regular flights from Johannesburg (South Africa's largest city).
  • Coach transfers from Livingstone / Victoria Falls to the houseboat take ~ 90 min.
  • Access from Namibia is possible by 30 min flight charters from Victoria Falls to Impillia Island, with 10 min tender boat ride to the ship.
  • Another option is a Namibian private fly charter company operating chartered flights from Kasikili (Seduda) island covering an area of ~300 km / ~190 ml.

On Zambezi Queen African cruises, AmaWaterways lines offer discount airfare travel deals on major airlines (without charging Flight Deviation fees).

Chobe River cruise itineraries

The luxury Zambezi Queen boat offers African safari cruises on Chobe River in Botswana (Africa). Some of the itineraries are also inclusive of land travel package deals. Follows the list of AmaWaterways Zambezi Queen cruise itinerary themes operated by the houseboat on Chobe river, and the ones combined with South Africa departures:

  • "STARS OF SOUTH AFRICA" is a 16-days (sailing 4 days) river safari cruise from Cape Town to Johannesburg, with a total of 16 complimentary land tours (excursions, visits, fishing/game watching). Also included in the Zambezi Queen cruise fares are 3-night Kruger National Park safari lodge stay, plus 3-night Cape Town, 2-night Victoria Falls and 1-night Johannesburg luxury hotel packages.
  • The "DISCOVER AFRICA" segment is 12-days (sailing 4 days) safari cruise from Cape Town to Johannesburg. There are 8 complimentary land tours (excursions and visits), plus 2-night Victoria Falls and 3-night Cape Town luxury hotel packages included in the fares.
  • The "RIVERS and RAILS OF AFRICA" variation is 12-nights (sailing 3 days) combined Rovos Rail train and Chobe river cruise from Cape Town to Johannesburg. There are 19 complimentary land tours (excursions/drives/visits), plus 2-night Victoria Falls and 3-night Cape Town hotel packages, and 3-night train travel from Victoria Falls to Pretoria included in the fares.
  • "GOLDEN TRAILS OF EAST AFRICA" are 18-days (sailing 4-days) Chobe River safari cruises from Johannesburg to Nairobi. An optional 3-night Cape Town hotel package is offered as a pre-Johannesburg extension. There are 16 complimentary land tours (excursions, 4x4 drives, visits). Also included in the Zambezi Queen cruise fares are luxury hotel packages (1-night Johannesburg or 3-night Cape Town /optional, 2-night Victoria Falls, 1-night Johannesburg, 1-night Nairobi) and 6-night luxury African safari lodges (6-night stay in Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Manyara Lake).

Below is the houseboat's Chobe River cruisetour itinerary map. It shows the sailing route of the houseboat's 3- and 4-day luxury Botswana voyages from homeport Kasane (roundtrip departures). There are 4 land base camps along the route - three in Namibia (Cenku, Mbalasinte, and Maliwaza) and one in Botswana (Kasane).

zambezi queen chobe river itinerary map

Another famous South African houseboat cruise ship on Chobe River is CroisiEurope's African Dream.

Note: You can see the CruiseMapper's list of all river cruise ships and riverboats in the "itinerary" section of our River Cruises hub. All companies and their fleets are listed there.

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