Since 2010, the Zambezi has offered an alternative safari experience: instead of staying in a lodge at night and venturing out into the gameparks in jeeps by day, travellers eat, sleep and breathe the life of the floodplains.

BBC: Safari by water in southern Africa

Not only do you avoid long drives before your safari starts, but that bump you hear in the night may well be an elephant looking in your window.

BBC: A guide to South African safaris