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15 DAY VICTORIA FALLS, KRUGER PARK, CAPE TOWN AND GARDEN ROUTE
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TOUR INFORMATION:

>> Johannesburg - Kruger Park Border - Kruger Park Safari - Private Game Lodge - Johannesburg - Victoria Falls - Cape Town - Oudtshoorn - Knysna - Cape Town

Departs: Every Monday
Pick-up location:

Any location in Johannesburg or Pretoria

Pick-up time: Between 06:30 and 08:00, depending on location
Drop-off location: Cape Town International Airport (or any other location in Cape Town)
Drop-off time: Approximately 18:00
Tour price: Please contact us

INCLUDES/EXCLUDES:

The tour price includes

  • Accommodation as specified (subject to availability)
  • Meals as specified
  • All transport in air-conditioned or open game-viewing vehicles
  • All excursions and entry fees as described in the program
  • The services of a qualified and registered tour guide/driver
  • Return flights – Johannesburg/Livingstone
  • SA departure taxes on the above flights
  • Return airport transfers in Livingstone
  • Sundowner cruise on the Zambezi River
  • US$25 per person Zambian departure tax
  • One way flight Johannesburg/Cape Town

The tour price does not include

  • Meals not specified
  • Drinks, gratuities, telephone calls and other items of a personal nature
  • International and domestic flights not mentioned under “Includes”
  • Zambia Visa fees

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Sight-seeing along the “Panorama Route”
  • The Kruger National Park
  • Late afternoon open vehicle game drive in the Kruger National Park
  • Two nights at an exclusive Private Game Lodge
  • Early morning and late afternoon/evening open vehicle game drives at the private game lodge
  • The magnificent Victoria Falls
  • Cape Town, the “Mother City”
  • Afternoon Cape Town City, Table Mountain and Blouberg Beach
  • Full day Cape Point Tour
  • Full day Cape Winelands Tour
  • Garden Route including all its most memorable sights
  • The southernmost tip of the African continent at Cape Agulhas
  • Swellendam, the 3rd oldest town in South Africa
  • Whale watching at Hermanus (seasonal)

 

 

 

 


DETAILED ITINERARY:
 
Day 1 – Mpumalanga Province - Kruger National Park Border

An early departure from Johannesburg/Pretoria as we travel east towards the Mpumalanga Province and visit the many attractions along the "Panorama Route", including God's Window, the Bourke's Luck Potholes and the Three Rondavels. In the late afternoon we descend the eastern escarpment and travel through the warm "lowveld" to a beautiful country lodge, just a short distance from the Kruger Park.

Accommodation: Country Lodge
Dinner, bed and breakfast basis
Day 2 – Mpumalanga/Limpopo Province - Kruger National Park

After an early breakfast at the lodge we travel the short distance to the nearest entrance gate to the Kruger National Park. Once inside the Park, excitement will mount as we start seeing some of the numerous animals that inhabit this magnificent wildlife sanctuary. We spend most of the day travelling north inside the Kruger Park arriving at our “restcamp” in the late afternoon. There is time for a short break before joining an exciting “open vehicle” game drive, looking for Africa’s “Big Five” - Elephant, Rhino, Buffalo, Lion and Leopard.
Accommodation tonight is in comfortable en-suite bungalows or cottages, and dinner is enjoyed in the camp restaurant.

Accommodation: Satara, Skukuza, Olifants or Lower Sabie Restcamp
Dinner, bed and breakfast basis
 
What is a restcamp?
The word "restcamp" is a bit deceiving as it has nothing to do with "camping".  The accommodation used in the Kruger National Park are brick or stone cottages or bungalows, usually with a thatched roof.  These bungalows or cottages all have private en-suite facilities (WC, shower and wash basin) and air-conditioning.
 
Day 3 – Mpumalanga/Limpopo Province - Private Game Reserve

After breakfast we exit the Kruger Park and travel to an exclusive lodge in a nearby private game reserve. Later this afternoon an exhilarating game drive in specially adapted open 4X4 vehicles is undertaken. At dusk sundowners are enjoyed deep in the bush, after which the drive continues, making use of spotlights to search for nocturnal animals. A final highlight is a specially prepared dinner enjoyed under the stars around the campfire. (weather permitting)

Accommodation: Private Game Lodge
Fully inclusive of all meals and game-viewing activities
Day 4 – Mpumalanga/Limpopo Province - Private Game Reserve

An early wake up call signals the start of yet another exciting day in Big Five territory.
You depart on an early morning safari in open 4x4 vehicles after which you return to the lodge for a late breakfast.

After breakfast you can embark on a guided bush walk with an armed ranger, who will identify spoor and droppings and share with you some of the fascinating secrets of the bush. If you are lucky you may come across big game on foot - a truly exhilarating experience.

This evening another safari in open 4x4 vehicles is undertaken, followed by a scrumptious South African dinner..

Accommodation: Private Game Lodge
Fully inclusive of all meals and game-viewing activities
 
We make use of a number of smaller and more intimate game lodges in one of the private game reserves that lie directly west of the Kruger National Park. The specific game lodge used will depend on availability, but should be one of the following:JACKALBERRY GAME LODGE, CHAPUNGU LUXURY TENTED CAMP, ROYAL LEGEND SAFARI LODGE, KAMBAKU SAFARI LODGE, NKORHO BUSH LODGE, KAPAMA RIVER LODGE, KAPAMA BUFFALO CAMP OR SIMBAVATI RIVER LODGE
 
Day 5 – Gauteng Province - Johannesburg

After a final open vehicle game drive and a late breakfast, we travel back to Johannesburg, where you are dropped off at your hotel, situated conveniently close to the Johannesburg Airport. There is a complimentary shuttle service to the airport.

Accommodation: The Metcourt Laurel Hotel at Emperor’s Palace
Bed and breakfast basis
Day 6 – Victoria Falls - Zambia

You take the shuttle bus back to the Johannesburg International Airport for a 2-hour flight to Livingstone, on the Zambian side of the Victoria Falls. At the Livingstone Airport you will be met and transferred to your hotel. The hotel is within easy walking distance of the Falls, to which you have unlimited access.

Accommodation: Zambezi Sun Hotel
Bed and breakfast basis
Day 7 – Victoria Falls - Zambia

A full day to spend at the Victoria Falls, where you can witness the greatest mass of falling water on earth as it plunges down a sheer rock face, spraying its mystical mist hundreds of meters in the air. A final highlight today is a romantic sundowner cruise on the mighty Zambezi River.
Accommodation: Zambezi Sun Hotel
Bed and breakfast basis

Day 8 - Western Cape Province – Cape Town

The morning is at leisure, after which you are transferred to the Livingstone Airport for your flight back to Johannesburg. At the Johannesburg Airport you connect with a domestic flight to Cape Town. Upon your arrival at the Cape Town Airport you will be met and transferred to your hotel, ideally situated at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront.

Accommodation: City Lodge, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront
Bed and breakfast basis
 
Please note:
The City Lodge Victoria and Alfred Waterfront is an excellent 3-star hotel, well located at the entrance to the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront. However, there are numerous other hotels in Cape Town, any of which could be used as an alternative to the City Lodge. Should you wish to be accommodated at any other hotel of your choice, please let us know and we will send you an amended quote.
 
Day 9 - Western Cape Province - Oudtshoorn

This morning you are collected from your hotel for the start of the Garden Route leg of your tour.
The route passes over the Du Toit’s Kloof Mountain Pass to Worcester and Robertson and then via one of South Africa’s most scenic routes, the well known “Route 62” from Montagu via Barrydale and Calitzdorp to Oudtshoorn.

Includes:

  • The Du Toit's Kloof mountain pass and tunnel
  • The interesting and historic towns of Worcester, Robertson, Montagu, Barrydale and Calitzdorp
  • Oudtshoorn - ostrich capital of the world
  • Guided tour of the awe-inspiring Cango Caves

You are requested to be ready for pick-up at 08:00

Accommodation: La Plume Guest Farm
Bed and breakfast basis
Day 10 - Western Cape Province - Knysna

The day starts with a visit to an ostrich farm where, through interesting talks and demonstrations by experts, you will get to know more about these fascinating birds. Our route then continues to Mosselbay, George and Wilderness to Knysna, in the hart of the Garden Route.

Includes:

  • Guided tour of an Ostrich farm
  • The Diaz Museum in Mosselbay and the famous “Post Office Tree” where early sailors left mail for homebound ships to Europe
  • Scenic coastal drive between George and Knysna
Accommodation: Bradach Manor
Bed and breakfast basis
Day 11 - Western Cape Province - Knysna

A full day is spent exploring the Garden Route between Knysna and the Tsitsikamma forest, before returning to Knysna in the late afternoon for a romantic boat cruise on the Knysna Lagoon.

Includes:

  • Plettenberg Bay
  • Monkeyland, the world’s first free-roaming multi-specie primate sanctuary
  • Garden of Eden, one of the most lush and beautiful parts of the Knysna forest
  • The Big Tree
  • Dizzying view from the Paul Sauer Bridge over the Storms River
  • A cruise on the Knysna Lagoon to the Knysna Heads
  • Knysna Waterfront
Accommodation: Bradach Manor
Bed and breakfast basis
Day 12 – Western Cape Province – Cape Town

An early departure from Knysna as we travel via Swellendam to the most southern point of Africa at Cape Agulhas. The route continues via the famous whale watching town of  Hermanus, before ending back in Cape Town after four fabulous days exploring the beautiful Garden Route!

Includes:

  • Swellendam, the 3rd oldest town in South Africa
  • The southernmost tip of the African continent, where the Indian and Atlantic oceans meet
  • Whale watching at Walker Bay in Hermanus (seasonal)
  • The scenic coastal route past the villages of Kleinmond, Betty’s Bay and Pringle Bay

Arrival in Cape Town at approximately 18:00

Accommodation: City Lodge, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront
Bed and breakfast basis
Day 13 - Western Cape Province – Cape Town

The morning is at leisure to explore the vibrant Victoria and Alfred Waterfront on you own.
This afternoon you are collected for an afternoon Cape Town City, Table Mountain and Blouberg Beach Tour. This tour incorporates some of the most interesting and historical sights of Cape Town, unforgettable views from the Table Mountain Arial Cableway, and the summit of Table Mountain itself. The tour end with a visit to Blouberg Beach which offers outstanding photographic opportunities of Cape Town City, the Cape Town Waterfront and Table Mountain across Table Bay.

Includes:

  • Table Mountain – weather permitting (otherwise Signal Hill)
  • Scenic City tour passing the Houses of Parliament, the City Hall and the Castle of Good Hope
  • "Bo-Kaap" (traditional Malay Quarter)
  • Green Market Square
  • District Six
  • Blouberg Beach

Please note:
As the operation of the Table Mountain Arial Cable Way weather-dependent, the Cable Car Fare is for your own account and is payable at the ticket office.
You are requested to be ready for pick-up at 14:00, and will be back at the hotel at approximately 17:30.


Accommodation: City Lodge Victoria and Alfred Waterfront
Bed and breakfast basis
Day 14 - Western Cape Province – Cape Town

Today you undertake a full day Cape Point Tour.
On the program today is a drive to Cape Point, where traditionally the two oceans, the Atlantic and the Indian meet. On our drive along the rugged and scenic Atlantic coast, you will begin to understand why Sir Francis Drake described this as “the most beautiful Cape in whole the circumference of the globe”, but also why at times the Portuguese name of the “Cape of Storms”, could be as appropriate. We also visit Boulder’s Beach, home of one of the very rare African Penguin colonies on the African coast. The tour ends with a visit to the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden which is world-renowned for the beauty and diversity of the Cape flora it displays, and for the magnificence of its setting against the eastern slopes of Table Mountain.

Includes:

  • Clifton and Camps Bay beach views
  • Picturesque Chapman’s Peak Drive
  • Cape Point and nature reserve
  • The Cape of Good Hope
  • Fish Hoek
  • Simon’s Town
  • Penguin colony at Boulder’s Beach
  • Kirstenbosch botanical gardens

Please note:
For those who do not feel up to the stiff walk to the view site at Cape Point, there is an electrically powered funicular railway, the only one of its kind in the world. The cost of the funicular is included.
You are requested to be ready for pick-up at 08:30, and will be back at the hotel at approximately 17:30.

Accommodation: City Lodge Victoria and Alfred Waterfront
Bed and breakfast basis
Day 15 – End of Tour

This morning you are collected for a full day tour of the magnificent Cape Winelands.
The picturesque towns of Paarl, Franschhoek and Stellenbosch, in the heart of South Africa’s wine producing areas, will be visited today. Apart from magnificent scenery, these towns have much to offer and one thing that may not be missed is a visit to a few of the many wine estates, where some of South Africa’s best wines can be sampled.

Includes:

Paarl

  • An informative drive through the town of Paarl
  • A cellar tour with wine tasting
  • The Afrikaans Language Monument, the world’s only monument dedicated to a language
 

Franschhoek

  • A visit to a wine estate with wine tasting
  • The village of Franschhoek
  • The Huguenot Memorial
 

Stellenbosch

  • The Helshoogte Mountain Pass
  • City tour of Stellenbosch with some free time to explore on foot
  • A visit to a wine estate with wine tasting

You are requested to be ready for pick-up at 08:30, and will be back at your hotel or the Cape Town Airport at approximately 17:30.

 

 


 

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