Bushveld Tour

No of pax: Min 2

Dates: On demand

Duration: 9 Nights / 10 Days

Recommended Add-on Tour: 3 Day - Cape Town

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

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

Day 2:

Travel via Middelburg, Lydenburg and Sabie (Long Tom Pass) to Hazy view 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 Hazy view.

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

Day 4:

Depart for the world-renowned Kruger National Park (KNP), visit Kapama Cheetah Breeding & ' Research Center, enter the park through Orpen Gate. Enjoy the rest of the day in the KNP. Overnight in the KNP.

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

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

Day 5:

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

Accommodation: Punda Maria Camp (B & D) ***

Day 6:

Still in the far northern reaches of the KNP, do a guided tour on foot with the parks rangers to the Thulamela Ruins, former seat of wicked King Ingwe and beautiful Queen Losha, visit Crook's Comer on the border between SA, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. ,Afternoon at leisure, optional evening game

drive. Overnight in the KNP.

Accommodation: Punda Maria Camp (B & D) ***

Optional activities: Evening game.drive.

Day 7:

Depart from the KNP via Punda Maria Gate. Travel to Tzaneen, visit Modjadji Cycad Forest Reserve and Sapeco Tea Estate, lunch on th~ estate at the Pekoe View restaurant. Arrive in the early afternoon at The Coach House hotel, time to relax and enjoy the beautiful surroundings and the Agatha Spar at the hotel.

Accommodation:, The Coach House (B & D) *****

Day 8:

Travel to Warmbaths (Bela Bela) via Pietersburg (polokwane), visit Debengeni Waterfalls, Bakone malapa a Northern Sotho living museum and Makapan's Valley an archaeological site where hominids fu-ed 3 million years ago. Overnight near Warmbaths.

Accommodation: Mabalingwe Private Game Reserve (B & D) ****

Day 9:

Travel to Sun City via the Pilanesberg National Park another "Big Five" game reserve, what animals you might have missed in the KNP you have a good chance of seeing here. Early afternoon arrival at Sun City the "Place where the sun never sets". Spend the afternoon at leisure.

Accommodation: Sun City Hotel (B) *****

Day 10:

Spend the morning relaxing and enjoying Sun City. Back to Johannesburg the commercial hub of South Africa, Township tour of Soweto. Last minute shopping before your departure. Accommodation: - (B)

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Recommended - Cape Town Add-on Tour:

Travel to nA, catch your flight to Cape Town (Recommend flight booking: IlhOO - 14hOO), Your guide will meet you on arrival in CT. 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". Dinner at a restaurant at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront.
Accommodation: LionskloofLodge (D) ***

Day 11:

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, Boulders - Penguins and Kirstenbosch ~ational Botanical Gardens. Lunch along the way. Optional and weather permitting - we take the cableway up Table Mountain. Evening at leisure. Overnight in Cape Town,

Accommodation: LionskloofLodge (B) ***

Day 12:

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

overnight in Cape Town.

Accommodation: LionskloofLodge (B & D) ***

Day 13:

Morning at leisure or you could do an optional visit to Robben Island, the place where Mr, Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years. Lunch at the V & A Waterfront, time for last minute shopping.

Transfer to Cape Town International Airport for your flight home,

Acommodation:-(B)

Included: Accommodation (3-5*), transport, guide, meals as indicated and all entrance fees as per itinerary,

Excluded: Air tickets (all flights), passport and visa fees, airport tax, insurance, phone calls,

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

IMPORTANT

Various other guesthouses or lodges can be used to reduce the costs of above tour. A camping option is also available.