vacation tour Durban to P.E

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Dolphins

Day 1

• Depart Durban and drive along the spectacular coastal road to Ramsgate before crossing the Mtamvuna River into the beautiful and scenic Eastern Cape region, home of the Xhosa people, with its endless hillsides of traditional huts and villages.

• Just outside of Lusikisiki drive past the Magwa tea plantation, where the landscape changes drastically to deep gorges filled with lush vegetation and waterfalls. Descending through the Mqaba forest we reach Pondoland’s best kept secret, situated at the mouth of the Mbotyi River and tidal estuary. A tasty dinner is served at the lodge.
accommodation: Mbotyi River Lodge or similar - dinner, bed and breakfast basis

Nelson Mandela Museum

Day 2

• Start the day with a hearty breakfast before visiting the Magwa Tea Estate. This area is characterised by rolling hills, deep gorges and spectacular waterfalls.

• Visit the plantation and see how tea is grown and processed. Take in the wonderful view of the Magwe falls.

• Return back to the lodge for lunch (not included). Spend the rest of the afternoon at leisure sitting next to the pool or, for the more adventurous, take a walking trail along the coast down to Shark Point, a walk that could turn out to be a whale and dolphin watchers dream.

• Dinner at the lodge.
accommodation: Mbotyi River Lodge or similar - dinner, bed and breakfast basis

Port St Johns

Day 3

• After breakfast depart the lodge and head towards the town of Port St Johns, an area filled with a history of shipwrecks from a 10 000 ton passenger liner to several sailing yachts.

• Stop at Mthatha and experience a typical African city with its street markets and traders. Visit the Nelson Mandela Museum and Mr Mandela’s home village of Qunu. The afternoon drive continues inland via lush valleys and forests to an overnight stop in East London

accommodation The King David Hotel or similar - dinner, bed and breakfast basis

Grahamstown

Eland

Day 5

• Early morning nature walk or drive through the, passing through a scenic natural valley where indigenous antelope and zebra roam and continuing up onto a grassy ridge that overlooks an uninterrupted vista of beach and sky.

• Arrive back at the lodge for a hearty breakfast.

• Depart and spend the rest of the afternoon in the Addo Elephant National Park

• The day ends at your Port Elizabeth beachfront hotel or the airport.

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