Main Attactions
- Cultural and historical Johannesburg
- Panorama Route
- Kruger National Park
- Royal Kingdom of Swaziland
- Thanda Private Reserve
- Greater St Lucia Wetlands National Park
- KwaZulu-Natal beaches
- Garden Route
- Knysna
- Ocean safari
- Oudtshoorn
- Cape Town
- Optional Shakaland
Itinerary Day 1: Johannesburg City On arrival in Johannesburg, your expert guide, who will privately transfer you to your hotel, will meet you. Half day Johannesburg City Tour including the downtown historical buildings and the arty suburb of Melville. Return to your hotel via the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens in Emmarentia and the suburb of Rosebank
Meals Included Today: Dinner
Overnight City/Town: Johannesburg
Accommodation: Protea Hotel Wanderers
Day 2: Historic towns Depart from Johannesburg and travel to the 'Province of the Rising Sun', Mpumalanga, via the historic towns of Witbank, Dullstroom and Lydenburg. Travel over the famous Long Tom Pass on to the small town of Sabie. Visit the Lone Creek Waterfalls before arriving at your elegant hideaway. Enjoy a delectable dinner that can only be described as a 'culinary masterpiece'
Meals Included Today: Breakfast , Lunch , Dinner
Overnight City/Town: Sabie
Accommodation: Lone Creek River Lodge (Timber Cottages)
Day 3: Panorama Route After breakfast, visit the Mac Mac Waterfalls. Along the Bonnet Pass, pay a short visit to the historic town of Pilgrim's Rest, where the richest alluvial gold deposits in South Africa were discovered in 1873. Continue exploring the Panorama Route featuring the Blyde River Canyon, Three Rondawels, Bourke's Luck Potholes, God's Window and various waterfalls. Traveling over Kowyn's Pass to the Hazyview area, arrive at your luxury safari hotel in a lush sub-tropical 'Garden of Eden' setting. Enter the Kruger National Park for a short introductory game drive in the late afternoon and return to your hotel for dinner under the stars in a traditional African Boma (weather permitting)
Meals Included Today: Breakfast , Lunch , Dinner
Overnight City/Town: Kruger National Park
Accommodation: Protea Hotel Kruger Gate
Day 4: Kruger National Park. Early morning game drive in the Kruger National Park. An open safari vehicle is available as an optional extra. Enjoy a sumptuous breakfast in the Kruger Park followed by further game viewing en route to the private game lodge. Arrive in time for high tea, and late afternoon game viewing in an open safari vehicle with an experienced ranger and tracker. Return to the lodge for dinner where an African feast awaits you.
Meals Included Today: Breakfast , Picnic Lunch , Dinner
Overnight City/Town: Bongani
Accommodation: Bongani Mountain Lodge
Day 5: Lebombo Mountains. Enjoy an early morning game drive. After breakfast depart via the Mananga border through eastern Swaziland and along the Lebombo Mountains. Leave Swaziland at Goelela border post and continue via the town of Pongola to a Maputaland safari lodge, arriving in the late afternoon. Dinner served in the Boma under the African sky (weather permitting)
Meals Included Today: Breakfast , Lunch , Dinner
Overnight City/Town: Pongola
Accommodation: Maputaland safari lodge
Day 6: St Lucia After an early safari in Hluhluwe Game Reserve and breakfast, visit St Lucia, a World Heritage Site, and enjoy a river cruise on the estuary. Here you may see pelicans, fish eagles, hippo and crocodiles. After driving through sugar cane plantations along the Indian Ocean seaboard, arrive in the bustling city of Durban for drop off at your hotel
Meals Included Today: Breakfast , Lunch , Dinner
Overnight City/Town: Durban
Accommodation: Protea Hotel Umhlanga
Day 7:Authentic Zulu Kraal of Shakaland Optional full day tour of Shakaland. Depart Durban and travel to Eshowe and the authentic Zulu Kraal of Shakaland. Feel the pulsating rhythm of Africa as you re-live the excitement and romance of the days of Shaka, King of the Zulus. Experience the sight of assegai wielding warriors, share the fascinating secrets of Sangomas and witness traditional customs such as tribal dancing, spear making and the beer making ceremony. Traditional Zulu lunch will be served. For those not taking the tour, enjoy the day at leisure. Please note that this excursion is not included in the package price
Meals Included Today: Breakfast , Lunch , Dinner
Overnight City/Town: Umhlanga
Accommodation: Protea Hotel Umhlanga
Day 8: Durban flight to Port Elizabeth Morning at leisure. Semi-private transfer to Durban International Airport for your flight to Port Elizabeth (not included). On arrival at Port Elizabeth Airport, semi-private transfer to your beachfront hotel.
Meals Included Today: Breakfast , Lunch , Dinner
Overnight City/Town: Port Elizabeth
Accommodation: Protea Hotel Marine
Day 9: Garden Route Departing Port Elizabeth, enter the Garden Route via the high forests of the Tsitsikamma Mountains and the Bloukrans and Groot River Passes. Attractions to be visited through the Tsitsikamma Forest area include the Big Tree and the Garden of Eden. Gaze in awe at the scenery whilst crossing the bridge over the Storms River where photographic opportunities abound. After lunch at the scenic Storms River mouth (not included), continue via the 'millionaires playground' of Plettenberg Bay to South Africa's 'oyster capital', Knysna. After a short refreshment stop at Knysna's East Head we continue via Sedgefield to the quaint seaside village of Wilderness
Meals Included Today: Breakfast , Lunch , Dinner
Overnight City/Town: Knysna
Accommodation: Protea Hotel Wilderness Resort
Day 10: Featherbed Nature Reserve's ferry From our hotel in Wilderness, we board the famous Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe and travel to Knysna. On arrival at the Knysna Waterfront, we embark on the Featherbed Nature Reserve's ferry, nature trail and lunch. After the ferry returns to the Featherbed Ferry Terminus, the day's adventure ends with a scenic drive back to Wilderness for drop off at your hotel
Meals Included Today: Breakfast , lunch , Dinner
Overnight City/Town: Knysna
Accommodation: Protea Hotel Wilderness Resort
Day 11: Oudtshoorn The day's adventure begins as we depart Wilderness to the historic town of Mossel Bay. Our tour continues via the Robertson Pass to the town of Oudtshoorn. Here we visit the Safari Ostrich Show Farm and enjoy a traditional lunch. The day continues with a fully guided tour of the Cango Caves as well as the Cango Wildlife Ranch and Valley of Ancients endangered species breeding facility. The day concludes with a scenic drive over the Outeniqua Pass into George and onward to Wilderness where you will be dropped off at your hotel
Meals Included Today: Breakfast , lunch , Dinner
Overnight City/Town: Knysna
Accommodation: Protea Hotel Wilderness Resort
Day 12: Journey to Cape Town begins After a sumptuous breakfast, our journey to Cape Town begins. Driving through Mossel Bay, we travel over the majestic Tradouw's Pass toward Barrydale. Enjoy a wine tasting before you sit down to a real South African lunch in a typical country restarurant in Barrydale. Continuing through the Little Karoo we drive through Montagu, a quaint country village . After leaving we traverse Kogmanskloof Pass through to the town of Roertson and then on to Worcester . We continue over the Du Toit's Kloof Pass with stunning views over the Paarl valley to Cape Town. The adventure ends by being dropped off at your hotel.
Meals Included Today: Breakfast , Lunch , Dinner
Overnight City/Town: Cape Town
Accommodation: Extreme Hotel Cape Town
Day 13: Full day Cape highlights Full day Cape highlights tour travelling via Camps Bay, Hout Bay, and Champman's Peak to the Cape of Good Hope Reserve . After enjoying stunning views from the highestpoint continue towards Simonstown and Muizenberg . After lunch ( not inclueded ) , sample some of South African wines at local wine estate. Travel through the University town of Stellenbosch before returning to the hotel in the early evening . Pleas note: The drive along Champman's Peak is subject to th road being open
Meals Included Today: Breakfast , Lunch , Dinner
Overnight City/Town: Cape Town
Accommodation: Extreme Hotel Cape Town
Day 14: Homebound Private Transfer to Cape Town International Airport in time for your homebound flight
Meals Included Today: Breakfast
Overnight City/Town: none
Accommodation: none
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