African Journey Tour

No of pax: Min 4

Dates: On Demand

Duration: 22 Nights / 23 Days

Meals: (B - Breakfast. L - Lunch. D - Dinner)

* Accommodation is subject to availability, if the under mentioned accommodation is not available we shall endeavor to supply comparable facilities.

Day 1:

Morning aqival in South Africa, your guide will meet you at Johannesburg International Airport (nA). Depart to Pretoria for. a city tour that includes the Voortrekker Monument, Paul Kruger House, Church Square and Union Buildings. Lunch in Pretoria. The rest of the afternoon at leisure, dinner at the

Carnivore restaurant. Overnight near Johannesburg. .

Accommodation: Misty Hills Hotel (D) ****

Day 2:

Travel via Middleburg, Lydenburg and Sabie (Long Tom Pass)-to Hazyview situated in the province of Mpumalanga. Visit the old gold rush town of Pilgrim's Rest a museum in its entirety. Overnight in Hazyview.

Accommodation: Hippo Hollow Country Lodge (B & D) ***

Day 3:

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, which is the third deepest canyon in the world, lunch along the way. Enjoy some 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 Razyview.

Accommodation: Hippo Hollow Country Lodge (B & D) ***

Day 4:

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

Accommodation: Satara Camp (B & D)***

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.   .

Accommodation: Lower Sabie Camp (B & D) ***

Optional activities: Evening game drive.

Day 6:

After a leisurely breakfast we depart for the mountain kingdom of Swaziland Lunch at Matsumo a Swazi cultural village at the border. Overnight in Swaziland

Accommodation: Foresters Arms Hotel (B. L & D) ***

Day 7:

Depart from Swaziland, lunch in St Lucia. Take a cruise on the St Lucia estuary, a lake riddled with crocodiles and hippos in the Greater St Lucia Wetlands. Travel to the Hluhluwe / Umfolozi Game Reserve, in by-gone years this reserve was the hunting grounds of Zulu Kings. Dinner at the camp restaurant. Overnight in this park

Accommodation: Hilltop Camp (B & D) ****

Day 8:

Spend the morning in search of the "Big Five" and a host of other animals, Hluhluwe l Umfolozi Game Reserve is also renowned for its white & black rhino conservation efforts. Travel to Sh31rn13nd, here you can enjoy dinner and Zulu hospitality at its best with a traditional Zulu festival. Overnight in Zululand

Accommodation: Shakaland Protea Hotel (B & D) ****

Optional activities: Early morning bush walk -with game ranger.

Day 9:

A day of history and battlefields, visit places that still exude an ambience of a mice mighty Zulu nation, such as the "Battle of Blood River", the Anglo-Zulu war battlefields of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift.

Evening at leisure. Overnight in Umhlanga.     '

Accommodation: Umhlanga Protea Hotel (B) ****

Day 10:

Day at leisure in Umhlanga with its golden beaches washed by the warm Indian Ocean in a sub¬tropical setting. Overnight in Umhlanga.

Accommodation: Umhlanga Protea Hotel (B) ****

Day 11:

Travel to the Royal Natal National Park via Durban and the historical city of Pietermaritzburg, stop for lunch at Howick Waterfalls. Overnight in the northern Natal Drakensberg Mountains.

Accommodation: Mont Aux Sources Hotel (B & D) ***

Day 12:

A day at leisure in the beautiful Natal Drakensberg Mountains where the Tugela Falls (second highest waterfall in the world) plummets in a series of sheer falls and cascades and where Bushman left their life stories in the form of paintings and drawings on the rocks and in the caves.

Accommodation: Mont Aux Sources Hotel (B & D) ***

Dav 13:

Travel the Oliviershoek Pass to the village of Clarens and the Golden Gate Highlands National Park. Spend the afternoon relaxing at the hotel or take a walk along one of the numerous nature trails in the

park. Horse riding and game drives are also available.      ' .

Accommodation: Golden Gate Highlands National Park & Brandwag Hotel (B & D) ***

Day 14:

Spend the day traveling through the picturesque Eastern Free State visiting small towns such as Ficksburg, Ladybrand and Zastron. Lunch along the way. Overnight at Tussen Die Riviere / Gariep Dam Nature Reserve.

Accommodation: Aventura, Resort Gariep (B & D) ***

Day 15:

Travel to the historical town of Graaff-Reinet known as the "Gem of the Karoo", lunch in town, then check 'into the hotel. Spend the afternoon in the Karoo National Reserve, visit the Valley of Desolation. Evening at leisure. Overnight in Graaff-Reinet.

Accommodation: The Drostdy Hotel (B) ***

Day 16:

After a leisurely breakfast we depart for Oudtshoorn in the Klein Karoo (semi desert area). Afternoon at leisure. Overnight in Oudtshoorn.

Accommodation: Queens Hotel (B) ****

Day 17:

Visit Cango Wildlife Ranch, Safari Ostrich Farm and the Cango Caves. Overnight in Oudtshoorn. Accommodation: Queens Hotel (B & L) ****

Day 18:

Travel via Outeniqua Pass to George a 60km drive that reflects the great diversities of nature South Africa has to offer. Travel along the Garden Route to Knysna. Visit the "Big Tree", Bloukrans and the Storms 'river suspension bridge in the;: Tsitsikarnma National Park. Overnight in Knysna.

Accommodation: Knysna Quays Protea Hotel (B) ****

Day 19:

Morning at leisure in Knysna. Take the ferry across the lagoon in Knysna to the Featherbed Nature Reserve for lunch, a 4 x 4 trailer-ride tour and a hike to the western head of the estuary. Evening of leisure. Overnight in Knysna.

Accommodation: Knysna Quays Protea Hotel (B & L) ****

Day 20:

Travel to Cape Town via Riversdale and Swellendam, lunch along the way. Optional and weather permitting - we take the cableway up Table Mountain. Dinner at the Greek Fisherman Restaurant on the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront. Overnight in Cape Town.

Accommodation: The President Hotel (B & D) ****

Day 21:

Take a scenic drive around the Cape of Good Hope, which was proclaimed by Sir Francis Drake as the "Fairest Cape in the whole circumference of the earth". Visit Hout Bay and the Cape Fur Seal colony on Duiker Island, Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, Cape Point, Boulders - Penguins and Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, lunch on route. Evening at leisure. Overnight in Cape Town. Accommodation: The President Hotel (B) ****

Day 22:

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 dinner and an evening of live music at Marco's African Place. Overnight in Cape Town.

Accommodation: The President Hotel (B & D) ****

Day 23:

Morning at leisure or an optional visit to Robben Island Lunch at the V & A Waterfront. City tour of South Africa's beautiful Mother City, this tour includes the Castle of Good Hope, Parade Ground, City Hall, Houses of Parliament, Tuinhuis and the Dutch East India Company Gardens, these gardens became known to early travelers as "the noblest and most beautiful curiosity in Africa" .

Transfer to Cape Town International to catch your flight home.

Accommodation: - (B)

Included: Accommodation (3-4*), transport, guide, meals as indicated and all entrance fees as per itinerary.

Excluded: Air ticket, passport and visa fees, airport tax, insurance; phone calls, facsimiles,

        beverages, all gratuities and items of a personal nature and excess baggage.

IMPORTANT

Various other guesthouses or lodges can be used to reduce the costs of above tour

Duration of Tour	Accommodation	Number of Pax	Standard Tours Price
23 Days	3-4 Star
		4	R 31600
		5	R 28500
		6+	R 26400