DURATION

5 Days

DEPARTURE DAY

Sunday & Tuesday – Minimum 2 passengers

PICK UP SERVICE

From Sandton area hotels, others on request

LANGUAGE DEPATURES

All departures in English with dual German/English on selected departures

INCLUDES

• 4 Breakfast
• 4 Dinner
• Accommodation
• Transportation
• Porterage at hotels
• Sightseeing as specified

ITINERARY

DAY

HOTEL

DAY 1

Sunday/Tuesday

DAY 2

Monday/Wednesday

PROTEA HOTEL KRUGER GATE or similar

DAY 3

Tuesday/Thursday

DAY 4

Wednesday/Friday

GAZEBO SAFARI LODGE or similar

DAY 1

JOHANNESBURG - MPUMALANGA

SUN/TUES

Depart from Johannesburg and travel to the 'Province of the Rising Sun', Mpumalanga, via the historic towns of Witbank, Dullstroom and Lydenburg. Travel over the famous Long Tom Pass on to the small town of Sabie. Visit the Lone Creek Waterfalls before arriving at your elegant hideaway. Enjoy a delectable dinner that can only be described as a 'culinary masterpiece'.

08h00

+/-375km

16h00
(BD)

DAY 2

MPUMALANGA

MON/WED

After breakfast, visit the Mac Mac Waterfalls. Along the Bonnet Pass, pay a short visit to the historic town of Pilgrim’s Rest, where the richest alluvial gold deposits in South Africa were discovered in 1873. Continue exploring the Panorama Route featuring: the Blyde River Canyon, Three Rondawels, Bourke’s Luck Potholes, God's Window and various waterfalls. Traveling over Kowyn’s Pass to the Hazyview area, arrive at your luxury safari hotel in a lush sub-tropical “Garden of Eden” setting. Enter the Kruger National Park for a short introductory game drive in the late afternoon and return to your hotel for dinner under the stars in a traditional African Boma (weather permitting).

08h00

+/-150km

18h00
(BD)

DAY 3

MPUMALANGA

TUES/THUR

Early morning game drive in the Kruger National Park. An open safari vehicle is available as an optional extra. Enjoy a sumptuous breakfast in the Kruger Park followed by further game viewing en route to the private game lodge. Arrive in time for high tea, and late afternoon game viewing in an open safari vehicle with an experienced ranger and tracker. Return to the lodge for dinner where an African feast awaits you.

05h30

+/- 95km

20h00
(BD)

DAY 4

MPUMALANGA  - ZULULAND

WED/FRI

An early morning game drive (optional). After breakfast depart via the Mananga border through eastern Swaziland and along the Lebombo Mountains. Leave Swaziland at Goelela border post and continue via the town of Pongola to a Maputaland safari lodge, arriving in the late afternoon. Dinner served in the Boma under the African sky (weather permitting).

05h30

+/- 480km
16h30

(BD)

DAY 5

ZULULAND – DURBAN

THUR/SAT

After an early safari in Hluhluwe Game reserve and breakfast, visit St Lucia, a World Heritage Site, and enjoy a river cruise on the estuary. Here you may see pelicans, fish eagles, hippo and crocodiles. After driving through sugar cane plantations along the Indian Ocean seaboard, arrive in the bustling city of Durban for drop off at hotel or Durban International Airport.

05h30

+/- 390km

15h30