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Daily from Johannesburg or Cape Town. Cape Town
departure is just a reversal of the one below. Contact us
and we will gladly provide you with an itinerary of the reversal
tour!
The Kruger National Park
is one of South Africa's main landmarks and offers an exciting
wilderness experience. The sight of elephant, lion, rhino,
leopard, buffalo, etc. in their natural habitat is always
a thrill. The park is the second largest in Southern Africa
with a south to north span of more than 380 kilometres and
has a vast selection of animal species. The evenings are particularly
rewarding when you hear the sounds of Africa from the camps.
We spend the first four days in and around the park , return
to Johannesburg and fly to Port Elizabeth from where we spend
the next four days touring through the famous Garden Route
en-route to Cape Town.
Depart from Johannesburg - Mpumalanga - Kruger National
Park - Port Elizabeth - Garden Route - Oudtshoorn - end in
Cape Town.
Pretoria – Kruger National Park
We drive eastwards via Witbank and Middelburg to Nelspruit
and enter the Kruger National Park in the south. Our
encounter with the wild life starts here. Tonight we enter
our camp for dinner and overnight
Overnight Skukuza Camp.
Kruger National Park
Today is completely devoted to game viewing as we search
for the 'Big Five' amongst other animals. We reach our camp
at sunset for dinner and overnight. Some may want to do a
night drive in an open game viewing vehicle utilising high
powered spotlights to find the nocturnal animals (optional).
Overnight Satara Camp.
Kruger
National Park – Panoramic Route – Hazyview
After a final game drive and breakfast, we leave the
park and drive via Klaserie and the Abel Erasmus Pass to the
Escarpment and visit Blyde River Canyon, Bourke's Luck Potholes,
God's Window and the Pinnacle Rock. Travel via Graskop to
our hotel.
Overnight Lone Creek Hotel.
Pilgrim’s Rest – JNB - Port Elizabeth
Visit the Lone Creek Falls and then the national heritage
town of Pilgrim’s Rest. Take a walk through the main street
and get carried away to the late nineteenth century when this
little village was bustling with activity as a result of the
alluvial gold found here. From here we return via Robber's
Pass to reach O R Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg)
late afternoon for your flight to Port Elizabeth where we
overnight at Fifth Avenue Beach House.
Port Elizabeth – Garden Route
This morning we join the Garden Route tour. Our first
stop is Storms River with the impressive Paul Sauer Bridge
across the valley towering some 139 m above the river. We
visit the Tsitsikamma National Park (Khoisan for 'The place
of much water') stretching over 100 km of wild and rocky
coastline characterised by massive cliffs, narrow isolated
beaches and shady indigenous forests along the river valleys.
Then we traverse through magnificently scenic river valley
passes to Plettenberg Bay for a short visit. Continue to Knysna.
We join a sundowner cruise on the lagoon. Overnight at Fish
Eagle Lodge or similar.
Garden Route - Oudtshoorn
Spend the morning in Knysna visiting the “Heads”
etc. Knysna also offers shopping opportunities of unusual
locally made art and craft, etc. This afternoon we experience
some of the most magical views on the Garden Route and Wilderness
National Park and scenic viewpoints along the way. We travel
over the Outeniqua Mountains to the Little Karoo where we
visit the Cango Wildlife Ranch and Valley of Ancients, an
endangered species breeding facility extraordinaire. Then
travel to our hotel. Overnight at La Plume Guest House.
Oudtshoorn - Mossel Bay
After breakfast we visit an Ostrich Show Farm for some unique
experiences including ostrich racing. A ride on a back of
an ostrich is not for the fainthearted. We visit the Cango
Caves, regarded as one of South Africa's foremost natural
wonders. The fascinating calcite caves comprises an underground
wonderland of stalactites and stalagmites. Visit Oudtshoorn,
also called the "Feather capital" of the world, as over
ninety percent of the world's ostrich farms are found here.
Continue to Mossel Bay for overnight.
Mossel Bay – Hermanus – Cape Town
We visit arguably the oldest post office in Africa, the
Post Office Tree and the site of the first landfall, made
by the Portuguese explorer Bartholomew Dias in 1488.
Continue to Hermanus, the best place in the World to spot
Whales from land – (July to Dec). After lunch depart for
Cape Town via the beautiful coastal route between Hermanus
and Gordon’s Bay, arriving late afternoon.
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