| SELF DRIVE TOUR SOUTH AFRICA |
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| 15 DAY KRUGER, VICTORIA FALLS, CAPE TOWN AND GARDEN ROUTE TOUR |
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TOUR INFORMATION:
>> Johannesburg - Kruger Park Border - Kruger Park Safari - Private Game Lodge - Johannesburg - Victoria Falls - Johannesburg - Cape Town - Knysna - Tsitsikamma Forest - Oudtshoorn - Franschhoek - Cape Town
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Any date of your choice |
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Johannesburg International Airport |
| Tour Price: |
On Request |
| Tour ends: |
Rental vehicle is dropped off at any location in Cape Town |
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INCLUDES/EXCLUDES:
The tour price includes
- Meet and greet at the Johannesburg International Airport
- Detailed route description under guidance of a Southern Eagle Tours representative
- Assistance with collecting your rental vehicle
- Accommodation as specified (subject to availability)
- Meals as specified
- 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
- Rental car of your choice, on Super Cover*
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
* See below for car rental options
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| DETAILED ITINERARY: |
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| Day 1 - Mpumalanga Province - Kruger National Park Border |
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Start of tour - Johannesburg |
You will be met at the Johannesburg International Airport by a Southern Eagle Tours representative who will hand you all your travel documentation which includes accommodation vouchers, car rental vouchers, air tickets and detailed maps. A detailed route description will be done and you will be assisted in collecting your rental vehicle. You depart from Johannesburg, traveling east to the Mpumalanga Province and visit the many attractions along the “Panorama Route”, including God’s Window, the Bourke’s Luck Potholes, the Three Rondavels and the historic gold mining town of Pilgrim’s Rest. In the late afternoon you descend the eastern escarpment and travel through the warm “lowveld” to the charming town of Hazyview, just minutes away from the world famous Kruger National Park. You overnight at a beautiful country lodge, a short distance outside the town.
Suggested highlights:
- Interesting towns like Belfast, Dullstroom, Lydenburg and Sabie
- The spectacular “Long Tom” Pass
- The historic town of Pilgrim's Rest
- God's Window
- Bourke's Luck Potholes
- Blyde River Canyon
- The Three Rondawels
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410km / 255mi |
Accommodation: Hippo Hollow Country Estate
Dinner, bed and breakfast basis |
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Mpumalanga Province - Kruger National Park Border |
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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. |
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| Day 2 – Mpumalanga/Limpopo Province - Kruger National Park |
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Today's route:
After an early breakfast at the lodge you travel the short distance to the nearest entrance gate to the Kruger National Park. Once inside the Park, excitement will mount as you start seeing some of the numerous animals that inhabit this magnificent wildlife sanctuary. You spend most of the day travelling inside the Kruger Park arriving at your “restcamp” in the late afternoon. Accommodation tonight is in comfortable en-suite bungalows or cottages, and dinner can be enjoyed in the camp restaurant.
Suggested highlights:
- Full day game viewing in the Kruger National Park
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51km / 31mi |
Accommodation: Satara, Skukuza, Olifants or Lower Sabie Restcamp
Self-catering basis (There is a well-stocked shop and restaurant in the Restcamp) |
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Mpumalanga/Limpopo Province - Kruger National Park |
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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. |
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| Day 3 - Mpumalanga/Limpopo Province – Private Game Reserve |
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Today's route:
The route continues to a private game reserve adjacent to the Kruger National Park.
Suggested highlights:
- Morning game viewing in the Kruger National Park
Included highlights:
- Evening game drive in open 4x4 vehicles
- Dinner under the stars (weather permitting)
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114km / 71mi |
Accommodation: Private Game Lodge
Fully inclusive of all meals and game-viewing activities |
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Mpumalanga/Limpopo Province - Private Game Reserve |
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| 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: Serondella Came Lodge, Chapungu Luxury Tented Camp, N’Kaya Camp, Nkorho Bush Lodge, Kapama Buffalo Camp, Kapama River Lodge, Kuname River Lodge, Umlani Bushcamp or Jackalberry Lodge |
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| Day 4 - Gauteng Province – Johannesburg |
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Today's route:
After a final open vehicle game drive and a late breakfast, you travel back to Johannesburg. Your hotel is conveniently situated close to the Johannesburg International Airport.
Included highlights:
- Early morning game drive in open 4x4 vehicles
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448km / 278mi |
Accommodation: The Metcourt Laurel Hotel at Emperor’s Palace
Bed and breakfast basis |
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Gauteng Province - Johannesburg |
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Please note:
The Livingstone flights depart around 11:00 from Johannesburg, which makes an overnight in the area unavoidable. The hotel mentioned above is situated within a few minutes of the airport, and there is a complimentary shuttle service. |
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| Day 5 – Victoria Falls, Zambia |
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After breakfast you drive back to the Johannesburg International Airport where your rental vehicle is dropped off in time 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.
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2 Hours |
Accommodation: The Zambezi Sun Hotel
Bed and breakfast basis |
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Victoria Falls - Zambia |
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| Day 6 – Victoria Falls, Zambia |
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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
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| Day 7 - Western Cape Province – Cape Town |
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The morning is at leisure, after which you are transferred to Livingstone Airport for your flight to Johannesburg. At the Johannesburg Airport you connect with a domestic flight to Cape Town. At the Cape Town Airport you collect your rental car and travel to your hotel, ideally situated at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront.
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2 Hours |
Accommodation: City Lodge, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront
Bed and breakfast basis |
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Please note:
The cost of the domestic flight between Johannesburg and Cape Town on this day is not included in the tour price. Please let us know if you want us to book this flight on your behalf. If you book the flight yourself the departure time from Johannesburg Airport should not be earlier than 18:00 on Day 7. |
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Western Cape Province - Cape Town |
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| Day 8 - Western Cape Province – Cape Town |
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Today's route:
A full day exploring Cape Town and surrounds.
Suggested highlights:
- Cable Car ride to the top of Table Mountain
- Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens
- Robben Island
- The Victoria and Alfred Waterfront
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Accommodation: City Lodge, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront
Bed and breakfast basis |
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| Day 9 - Western Cape Province – Cape Town |
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Today's route:
A full day exploring Cape Town and surrounds.
Suggested highlights:
- The Victoria and Alfred Waterfront
- The picturesque towns of Llandudno and and Hout Bay
- The spectacular Chapman’s Peak drive
- Cape Point and Nature Reserve
- African Penquin colony at Boulder’s Beach
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Accommodation: City Lodge, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront
Bed and breakfast basis |
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| Day 10 - Western Cape Province - Knysna |
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Today's route:
Via the southernmost point of Africa at Cape Agulhas, then inland to Swellendam, Mosselbay and finally the picturesque coastal village of Knysna.
Suggested highlights:
- Cape Agulhas, the "Foot of Africa"
- Swellendam, the 3rd oldest town in South Africa
- The Post Office Tree at Mosselbay
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502km / 312mi |
Accommodation: Bradach Manor (Lagoon facing rooms)
Bed and breakfast basis |
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Western Cape Province - Knysna |
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| Day 11 - Western Cape Province - Knysna |
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Today's route:
A full day in the beautiful "Garden Route" area around Knysna.
Suggested highlights:
- Steamtrain ride on the Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe between George and Knysna
- Ferry Boat trip on the Knysna Lagoon
- The Knysna Waterfront
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Accommodation: Bradach Manor (Lagoon facing rooms)
Bed and breakfast basis |
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| Day 12 - Eastern Cape Province - Tsitsikamma Forest |
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Today's route:
Towards Port Elizabeth for a visit to the Tsitsikamma National Park. Accommodation is at a beautiful lodge deep in the lush Tsitsikamma Forest.
Suggested highlights:
- Tsitsikamma National Park
- A walk in the Tsitsikamma Forest to the "Big Tree"
- The dizziyng view from the Paul Sauer Bridge over the Storms River
- Log chalets in a beautiful garden setting
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90km / 56mi |
Accommodation: Tsitsikamma Lodge (Luxury cabin)
Bed and breakfast basis |
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Eastern Cape Province - Tsitsikamma Forest |
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| Day 13 - Western Cape Province - Oudtshoorn |
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Today's route:
A short distance back towards Port Elizabeth in order to follow the alternative, inland route known as "Route 62" to Oudtshoorn, the "Ostrich capital of the world".
Suggested highlights:
- “Route 62”
- Guided tour on a working ostrich farm
- Guided tour through the subterranean caverns of the Cango Caves
- Spectacular mountain scenery
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213km / 132mi |
Accommodation: La Plume Guest Farm
Bed and breakfast basis |
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Western Cape Province - Oudtshoorn |
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| Day 14 - Western Cape Province - Franschhoek |
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Today's route:
Via Oudtshoorn, Montagu, Villiersdorp and the spectacular Franschhoek Pass to Franschhoek, in the heart of the Western Cape winelands.
Suggested highlights:
- “Route 62”
- Franschhoek Pass
- Hugenot memorial
- Gourmet dining in Franschhoek
- Wine tasting
- Cellar tour in Paarl
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391km / 243mi |
Accommodation: Maison Chablis Guest House
Bed and breakfast basis |
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Western Cape Province - Franschhoek |
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| Day 15 - End of tour |
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You travel back to the Cape Town Airport where your rental car is handed back in time for your flight home. |
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91km / 56mi |
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End of tour - Cape Town |
Please note:
The activities and excursions mentioned under “Suggested highlights” in the itinerary are suggestions only, and the cost thereof is not included in the tour price. Activities mentioned under “Included highlights” are included with the accommodation, at no additional cost. |
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