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SELF DRIVE TOUR SOUTH AFRICA    

7 DAY KRUGER PARK AND VICTORIA FALLS SAFARI

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TOUR INFORMATION:

>> Johannesburg - Kruger Park Border - Kruger Park Safari - Private Game Lodge - Johannesburg - Victoria Falls - Johannesburg

Departure date: Any date of your choice
Departure location: Johannesburg International Airport
Safari ends:

Johannesburg International Airport

Safari Price: On Request
 

INCLUDES/EXCLUDES:

The safari 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 safari 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

 

 

 

 


DETAILED ITINERARY:      
       
Day 1 – Mpumalanga Province - Kruger National Park Border   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
410km / 255mi

Accommodation: Hippo Hollow Country Estate
Bed and breakfast basis

Mpumalanga Province - Kruger National Park Border
       
       
Day 2 – Mpumalanga/Limpopo Province - Kruger National Park    

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
51km / 31mi

Accommodation: Satara, Skukuza, Olifants or Lower Sabie Restcamp
Self-catering basis (There is a well-stocked shop and restaurant in the Restcamp)

Mpumalanga/Limpopo Province - Kruger National Park
       
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    

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)

 

114km / 71mi

Accommodation: Private Game Lodge
Fully inclusive of all meals and game-viewing activities

Mpumalanga/Limpopo Province - Private Game Reserve
       
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      
       
Day 4 – Gauteng Province - Johannesburg    

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

 

448km / 278mi

Accommodation: The Metcourt Laurel Hotel at Emperor’s Palace
Bed and breakfast basis

Gauteng Province - Johannesburg
       
       
Day 5 – Victoria Falls - Zambia      

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.

 
2 Hours
Accommodation: Zambezi Sun Hotel
Bed and breakfast basis
     
       
       
Day 6 – 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 7 –  End of safari    

The morning is at leisure, after which you are transferred to the Livingstone Airport for your flight back to Johannesburg.

 2 Hours
 
End of tour - Johannesburg

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.

     

 


CAR RENTAL OPTIONS:

The rental is for a period of 4 days, from early morning on Day 1 to early morning on Day 5.

Group B:
(Recommended for 2 people travelling together)
Toyota Corolla or similar, manual, air-conditioner, power-steering
Group D:
(Recommended for 2 passengers travelling together)
Toyota Corolla or similar, automatic, air-conditioner, power-steering
Group V:
(Recommended for 3 to 4 people travelling together)
Volkswagen Sharan or similar, manual, air-conditioner, power-steering
Group E:
(Recommended for 5 to 7 people travelling together)
Volkswagen T5 or similar, manual, air-conditioner, power-steering

 

Important notice:
International travellers wishing to rent and drive a motor vehicle in South Africa are required by law to be in possession of a valid "International Drivers License". Please ensure that such a license is obtained before travelling to South Africa.

 



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