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17 days Fun In the Sun Self Drive Tour

Included:

  • Air tickets Durban - PE
  • AccommodationT
  • Transport
  • Guide
  • Meals as indicated
  • Conservation and entrance fees to places of interest.

Day 1

Morning arrival in South Africa, your guide will meet you upon arrival at Johannesburg International Airport (JIA). Depart to Pretoria for a city tour that includes the Voortrekker Monument, Paul Kruger House, Church Square and Union Buildings. Overnight at Muldersdrift, just outside Pretoria. Dinner at the Carnivore restaurant.

Day 2

Travel via Middleburg, Lydenburg and Sabie (Long Tom Pass) to Hazyview situated in the province of Mpumalanga. Early afternoon arrival at your hotel. Enjoy an evening of African culture with singing, dancing and dinner at Shangana, a traditional Shangaan village, meet the chief with his 3 wives and 36 children. Overnight in Hazyview.

Day 3

Visit the old gold rush town of Pilgrim's Rest a museum in its entirety. Lunch at the famous Harries Pancakes restaurant. Travel the Panorama Route of the majestic Drakensberg Mountains, admire the natural beauty of the Bourke`s Luck Potholes, God's Window and the Blyde River Canyon - the third deepest canyon in the world. Overnight in Hazyview.

Day 4

Depart for the world-renowned Kruger National Park (KNP), visit Moholoholo Animal Rehabilitation Center and Kapama Cheetah Breeding & Research Centre. Enter the KNP through Orpen Gate, spend the rest of the day in the KNP. Dinner at the camps restaurant. Overnight in the KNP.

Day 5

Enjoy a full day in the KNP in search of the "Big 5" and a host of other animals. Travel to the southern part of the KNP. Overnight in the KNP.

Optional Activities:

  • Evening game drive.

Day 6

Today we travel through the mountain kingdom of Swaziland to Zululand. Lunch along the way. Overnight on a private game reserve situated near the small town of Hluhluwe. Dinner will be served at the camp - traditional bush braai.

Day 7

This morning you have an option of joining the ranger on a game walk, rest of the morning at leisure. This afternoon we travel to the Hluhluwe / Umfolozi Game Reserve to enjoy an open vehicle safari, in by-gone years this reserve was the hunting grounds of Zulu Kings. Dinner at the camp's restaurant. Overnight on Bonamanzi.

Day 8

Take a cruise on the St Lucia estuary, a lake riddled with crocodiles and hippos in the Greater St Lucia Wetlands. Depart after the cruise to Shakaland for lunch, check into hotel. Enjoy Zulu hospitality at its best with a traditional Zulu festival at Shakaland, dinner at the hotel.

Day 9

Depart to Durban for a city tour and lunch at the Famous Fish Company restaurant on the "Point" - Durban harbour, before you catch an afternoon flight to Port Elizabeth, city tour of PE, evening at leisure. Overnight in PE.

Day 10

Travel along the Garden Route to Knysna. Visit the "Big Tree", Bloukrans and the Storms river mouth suspension bridge in the Tsitsikamma National Park. Dinner will be served at the Dry Dock restaurant on the Knysna Waterfront. Overnight in Knysna.

Day 11

A morning at leisure. This afternoon we take the ferry across the lagoon to the Featherbed Nature Reserve for lunch, 4 x 4 trailer-ride tour and hike through the reserve. Overnight in Knysna.

Day 12

Travel via the Outeniqua Pass to Oudtshoorn in the Klein Karoo (semi desert area) a 60km drive that reflects the great diversities of nature South Africa has to offer. Visit the Cango Caves, Cango Wildlife Ranch and Safari Ostrich Farm, lunch. Overnight in Oudtshoorn.

Day 13

Travel to Cape Town via Riversdale and Swellendam. Optional and weather permitting - we take the cableway up Table Mountain. Evening at leisure and overnight in Cape Town.

Day 14

Take a scenic drive around the Cape of Good Hope. Visit Hout Bay and the Cape Fur Seal colony on Duiker Island, Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, Cape Point and the Boulders - Penguins. Overnight in Cape Town

Day 15

A day to do what you please - shopping or just relax at the hotel or visit Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens or you could visit Robben Island, the place where Mr. Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years. Overnight in Cape Town.


Day 16

Wine tasting and cellar tour at one of the wine estates along the Cape's world-renowned Stellenbosch Wine Route, also visit the quaint historical towns of Stellenbosch and Franschhoek. Enjoy sundowners on Signal Hill before your farewell dinner at Vijff Vlieghen (Five Flies) Restaurant. Overnight in Cape


Day 17

Morning at leisure. Lunch at the V & A Waterfront, time for last minute shopping and weather permitting an optional helicopter flip over the Cape Peninsula. Transfer to Cape Town International Airport to catch your flight home.


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