Compare Adult BVI Tortola Surf Vacation by WB Surf Camp vs 13 Day Safari in Zambia’s Animal Kingdom by Absolute Zambia Safaris

Day 1

Flying over the islands of the northern Caribbean, you are dazzled by the swirling aquamarine colors of the reefs fringing the islands dotted below knowing that soon you’ll be soaking in them. Upon landing, your WB Surf Camp Directors will greet you as you walk out from the frosted glass doors beyond the customs checkpoint. As their stoke and smiles welcome you, the warm Caribbean sun illuminates your face and the tropic breeze catches your hair…you are in Paradise!

Your first day will be spent unwinding, relaxing, adjusting to the mellow island lifestyle, and shaking off the layers of winter which have been piling up since November. The pool has a swim up bar, so if you arrive early you can grab a cocktail, relax, and soak while airport runs are being made. As the sun sets to the west of the island mountains, your directors will gather everyone together for an evening of inviting orientation, introductions, and dinner at our hotel’s restaurant to get things kicked off.

Day 2

No alarms, no meetings, no kids. As you slowly open your eyes to a slowly whirring fan casting a cool breeze over you, you realize you really aren’t in Kansas any longer! You lay there for just a few extra moments savoring the peace and silence. The air is warm with a sweet tropical smell to it. All of a sudden, from way out in the ocean of your sleepy brain comes the wave and rush of the fact that you are here! You are here to surf in the BVI’s!!! A new energy surges from the fantasy you’ve been dreaming about all year into the rest of your body as it is now a reality. Your heads pops up off the pillow, you throw on your bathing suit, and practically roll out of bed and into breakfast.

Your WB Surf Camp Directors have the boards loaded and trucks ready to roll as you double check to make sure you have your sunscreen, towel, and water bottle. Almost as soon as you’re in the vehicle and adjusted into your seat, we pull up to a magical bay. After arriving and setting up on the most beautiful beach in the world, your instructors familiarize everyone with safety procedures, local wave dynamics, and how to catch your first wave. With each wave, layers of stress, tension, and worries are peeled off as the ocean does what it does best…gives life! It abounds here, as you’ll see. Pelicans glide through the lineup, their wings tickling the lips of picture perfect peeling waves, and lush tropical foliage encapsulates our own private cove.

After a full day of surfing, we will unwind at our favorite island hideaway. In fact, it’s actually on its own little island. This hidden treasure is an adventure in dining that you will never forget. It provides unique music and entertainment, along with some of the freshest and most delicious food in Tortola. It’s our Founder’s favorite and you are guaranteed a great evening before retreating back to the hotel to rest for tomorrow.

Day 3

You awake to another day in paradise with fresh fruit and coffee to get things moving. By now your directors have already had at least two cups of fresh local java and have the trucks ready to go for another full day of wave riding. Today’s focus will be on surfing etiquette and surfing laws along with structured surf lessons. We will also be dedicating a specific session for time behind the lens taking photos to later review and analyze to help further increase your skills and wave riding abilities.

Today you may notice some familiar faces from dinner the night before as this beach serves as a favorite for local families to come and enjoy their Sundays surfing, playing volleyball, and spending time with their kids. Lunch is provided daily by our favorite cook on the island. She has the best café on this beach and makes our lunches special and fresh each day. When your arms feel like noodles and you’ve surfed as much as you can handle in the late afternoon, take two steps over and enjoy a cool Caribbean cocktail at the solitary beach-side bar. Now just sit back and enjoy the flowing warm colors of the sun setting behind the bay, as you hear the last of the day’s set waves roll in across the flat gentle reef.

Back at the hotel it’s dinner and photo analysis with WB Surf Camp’s professional coaches. Here you’ll be able to see exactly what you are or are not doing out in the water. It is an incredibly valuable tool in surf coaching from the beginner to the professional level. Every movement and position of the body translates to how your board reacts in the water, and your coaches will maximize your wave count, length of rides, and maneuvering through this detailed approach to instruction. This is where you can really utilize your instructors’ knowledge base, see playbacks, and ask questions about technique and positioning. Later in the evening, if you ask really nicely, who knows, maybe they’ll even break out their instruments and play some tunes for you.

Day 4

Just in case you haven’t realized it yet, this surf adventure is purely about surfing. Maybe you’re a little sore and want to sleep in today, or maybe you’re up before the sun and dawn patrolling with one of our instructors. Either way, it’s amazing! This is what life is all about. After a hearty breakfast we’re back at the beach and we are pretty much the only ones here. During the weekdays there are very few tourists, as it’s a bit out of the way and not well known, which is why we love it!

Ground school starts off the day with a discussion about wave formation and swell prediction. Here your coaches will educate you on choosing the right sort of breaks for your skill level, as well as guiding your understanding of weather patterns to forecast conditions utilizing several surfer-friendly websites. Surf until you can’t move and then be transported back to the hotel, where you can join the group for another nightly dinner adventure or take time to yourself to unwind and relax on your own. Just don’t miss the sunset group photo that is customary with all WB Surf Camp Adventures.

Day 5

We start this day off by exploring the islands on a Stand UP Paddleboard Excursion. SUP is the fastest growing water sport in the world and there is no better place then the BVI to learn how. We make it back to the beach by lunch and hit the water for more surfing. Your strength and consistency are improving each day as you build a foundation that will serve as the bedrock for the remainder of your surfing career. You feel more comfortable and relaxed as you inevitably begin pushing yourself to catch your own waves, turn the board, and ride bigger sets. With another dedicated video/photo session, we will again take notes on your progression and positioning. Your directors will discuss board design and function, as well as what to look for in your first board and how to potentially acquire one that fits you properly. Save a little bit of energy though, because tonight we’re going to the Westside of the island to rock out with one of the best living Reggae bands on the planet. If you haven’t tried the rum yet, then tonight may be a great opportunity to enjoy the elixir of the original pirates themselves.

Day 6

The last full day is here and it feels like just yesterday you were stepping off the plane. For those that have been here before, they can testify to how this magical little gem nestled in the Atlantic’s Lesser Antilles changed their life. Now that you’ve experienced the charm of the local culture, the incredible West Indies cuisine, the picture perfect waves, and been inducted into the sport of kings & queens you have no choice but to revel in your experience with WB Surf Camp and begin planning your return. Today is the most fulfilling yet. Just like in the movie Endless Summer II, every wave you catch gets locked away in your memory as the best wave you’ve ever caught, until you catch the next one. Everyone hoots each other on and you begin to understand the true meaning of stoke and aloha.

The pattern of island lifestyle and the revitalizing nature of surfing have soaked into every pore of your being. Surfing in a secluded bay with a handful of people and your own private surf coach seems like a dream come true, because it is! Our typical 9 to 5 is far different than any you’ve probably heard of, but when the air and water temps are perfect we don’t mind being out there all day. Some of our campers will even stay out till dark attempting to catch every last set that comes in.

At dinner, cheers are in order at a week well lived! It dawns on you how incredibly unreal the past week has been, not to mention the unlikely relationships that you’ve formed with these strangers from all over the world. Now connected through something so simple, yet so dynamic and so surreal, every fiber of your being is now intertwined with the ocean. The feeling of riding waves and the drive to return takes your mind to a place where you dream of your next opportunity to get back in the water as you drift to sleep.

Day 7

Depending on flight times, we’re always stoked to get back in the water for one more session…”Just one more!” are the famous last words of every surfer, be it a grommet to his mom, or an adult to their spouse. The work to reward ratio has to stay balanced…at least that’s our excuse. After breakfast, those who are departing say their goodbye’s as our directors make airport runs. Those who have a little extra time, attempt to squeeze in just that last little bit of water time. Either way we will hold a closing ceremony to officially conclude the camp and gather everyone once more to say goodbye, or as we like to say, “Until next time…”

Day 1: Arrival/Meet & Greet at Lusaka Intl Airport

Upon arrival off your international flight meet and greet by a representative from Absolute Zambia Safaris, he will assist you with luggage and immigration and transfer you to Pioneer Lodge where you will spend 1 Night on dinner, bed and breakfast.

Day 2: Transfer from Pioneer Lodge to Kafue NP

Today you will have breakfast at Pioneer Lodge, then you will check and your transfer Guide from Mukambi Safari Lodge will be ready to take you on about 4 hours of amazing road transfer to Kafue National Park.

You will arrive at the lodge, check-in and lunch will be served for you then free time to relax followed by a tea break and afternoon activities to include a sunset boat cruise or afternoon game drive. Or, simply relax at the lodge by taking take a dip in the pool. Dinner and overnight at Mukambi Safari Lodge.

Day 3: Trip to Busanga Plains – Kafue NP

Today you will have breakfast and check out at Mukambi Lodge and then depart with a game drive en-route to the Busanga Plains stopping on the way for a packed breakfast. Lunch followed by tea and cakes before the afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at Busanga Plains Camp.

Days 4 & 5: Busanga Plains Camp – Kafue NP

Day 4 & 5 will start with breakfast followed by the morning activities include a game drive or guided bush walk on the Busanga Plains. Or, simply relax at the camp by taking take a dip in the pool or reading a book on our viewing platform overlooking the Plains. Afternoon tea break followed by the afternoon game drive then dinner and overnight at Busanga Plains Camp.

Days 6: Transfer to Mukambi Safari Lodge, Kafue NP

Breakfast and depart with a game drive from Busanga Plains Camp to Mukambi Safari Lodge. Brunch followed by a tea break and afternoon activities to include a sunset boat cruise or afternoon game drive. Or, simply relax at the lodge by taking take a dip in the pool or enjoy a massage. Dinner and overnight at Mukambi Safari Lodge.

Day 7: Road Transfer to Lusaka Intl Airport

Today you will have breakfast at the lodge and depending on your domestic flight time from Lusaka you may have a morning activity either a game drive or guided bush walk in Kafue National Park. Alternatively, visit our community school. Or, simply relax at the lodge by taking a dip in the pool or enjoy a massage followed by departure for Lusaka by private transfer.

When you arrive at Kenneth Kaunda Intl Airport in Lusaka (LUN) you will be assisted by our representative to check-in onto the domestic flight to Mfuwe. One-hour flight to Mfuwe and on arrival at Mfuwe Intl Airport you will be welcomed by the guide from Zikomo Safari Lodge who will then transfer you for about 45 minutes to an hour through the beautiful villages and bushes.

Check-in and relax. Later you will have dinner and overnight at Zikomo Safari Camp

Day 8 & 9: Explore South Luangwa NP (Nsefu Sector)

On these days you will start with morning breakfast and then you will leave for a morning game drive or walking safari and return to the camp for a lunch break, relax and later it's afternoon tea and afternoon/night game drive and return to the camp for dinner and time. During your free time, you have an option of taking an excursion that can be a village tour, local school or Visit to Fabric Shop.

Day 10: Transfer to Mfuwe Lodge, South Luangwa NP

Breakfast is followed by a morning game drive and then you will return to the camp for a lunch break, after lunch you will be transferred to Mfuwe Lodge on the different side of the South Luangwa National Park, central area.

Check-in and relax. Later you will be served with afternoon tea followed by the afternoon and night game drive returning to the lodge almost in time for dinner and overnight at Mfuwe Lodge.

Day 11 & 12: Game Viewing South Luangwa NP

On these days you will have morning breakfast and then you will leave for a morning game drive or walking safari and return to the camp for a lunch break, relax and later it's afternoon tea and afternoon/night game drive and return to the camp for dinner and time. During your free time, you have an option of taking an excursion that can be a village tour, local school or Visit to Fabric Shop.

Day 13: Domestic Flight from Mfuwe to Lusaka

Morning Breakfast and depending on your flight time to Lusaka and you will check out of the lodge, and the guide will transfer you to Mfuwe Airport in time for your domestic flight to Lusaka.

On arrival at Lusaka International Airport, our representative will meet you and assist you with check-in onto the international flight and this Marks the end of your unforgettable Zambian safari experience.