Discount tour Joburg-Cape Town

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Johannesburg

DAY 1 - Saturday

• On arrival in Jo'Burg airport you are met by your guide and privately transferred to your hotel

• After settling into your hotel, enjoy a half day Johannesburg city tour including the downtown historical buildings and the arty suburb of Melville.

• Return to your hotel via the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens in Emmarentia.

Accommodation - Protea Hotel Wanderers
Bed and breakfast basis

Lone Creek River Lodge

Warthogs

DAY 2 - Sunday

• Travel over the famous Long Tom Pass on to the small town of Sabie visiting the Lone Creek Waterfalls before arriving at your elegant hideaway.

• Enjoy a delectable dinner that can only be described as a 'culinary masterpiece'.

Accommodation - Lone Creek River Lodge (Timber Cottages) or similar on a Dinner, bed and breakfast basis

Three Rondawels

Blyde River

DAY 3 - Monday

• After breakfast it's a visit to the Mac Mac Waterfalls

• Along the Bonnet Pass, we 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.

• We continue to explore the Panorama Route featuring: the Blyde River Canyon, Three Rondawels, Bourke’s Luck Potholes, God's Window and various waterfalls

• Continue to your private Game lodge near the Kruger National Park Arrive in time for afternoon tea, followed by your evening game drive in an open safari vehicle.
Return to the lodge for a diverse array of eclectic cuisine

Accommodatio: Makalali Private Game Reserve or similar. Dinner, bed & breakfast basis + 2 game viewing
Activities

Kruger National Park

DAY 4 -Tuesday

• Early morning game drive followed by breakfast.

• Enter the World famous Kruger National Park at Orpen Gate

• This National Park which covers over two million hectares is unrivalled in the diversity of its flora and fauna. Spend the day looking for the “Big Five”, general game and prolific bird life.

• After a late afternoon arrival at your hotel, relax and enjoy dinner in the elegant dining room.

Accommodation: Casa Do Sol Hotel or similar - dinner bed and breakfast basis

Maputaland

DAY 5 - Wednesday

• After breakfast travel via Nelspruit to the Kingdom of Swaziland. Drive through North-Eastern Swaziland along the Lebombo Mountains. Leave Swaziland and continue via the town of Pongola to your lodge in the Ubizane Game Reserve, arriving in the late afternoon. Dinner served in the Boma under the African sky (weather permitting)

Accommodation - Ubizane Game Reserve or similar - dinner, bed and breakfast basis + 1 game viewing activity

White Rhino Hluhluwe

Giraffe

DAY 6 - Thursday

• After an early safari in Hluhluwe Game reserve and breakfast

• We move on to 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

• A drive through the sugar cane plantations along the Indian Ocean seaboard, we arrive in the bustling city of Durban for drop off at your hotel.

Accommodation - Protea Hotel Umhlanga
Bed and breakfast basis

King Shaka

DAY 7 - Friday

• Optional full day tour of Shakaland.

• Depart Durban and travel to Eshowe and the authentic Zulu Kraal of Shakaland

Feel the pulsating rhythm of Africa as you re-live the excitement and romance of the days of Shaka, King of the Zulus.
Experience the sight of assegai wielding warriors, share the fascinating secrets of Sangomas and witness traditional customs such as tribal dancing, spear making and the beer making ceremony

• A traditional Zulu lunch will be served.
Please note that this excursion is not included in the package price

For those not taking the tour, enjoy the day at leisure or
join a Durban Day Tour excursion

Accommodation - Protea Hotel Umhlanga
Bed and breakfast basis

Crowned Crane

DAY 8 - Saturday

• Enjoy a morning at leisure before a semi-private transfer to Durban International Airport for your flight to Port Elizabeth (not included)

• On arrival at Port Elizabeth Airport, semi-private transfer to your beachfront hotel

Accommodation - Protea Hotel Marine - Port Elizabeth
Bed and breakfast basis

Plettenberg Bay

oysters

DAY 9 Sunday

• Departing Port Elizabeth by bus for the Garden Route via the high forests of the Tsitsikamma Mountains and the Bloukrans and Groot River Passes.

Attractions to be visited through the Tsitsikamma Forest area include the Big Tree and the Garden of Eden

• After lunch (not included) at the scenic Storms River mouth, continue via the 'millionaires' playground' of Plettenberg Bay to South Africa’s 'oyster capital', Knysna.

• We wll take a short refreshment stop at Knysna’s East Head before continuing via Sedgefield to the quaint seaside village of Wilderness.

Accommodation - Protea Hotel Wilderness Resort or similar. Bed and breakfast basis

elephant encounter

Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe

DAY 10 -Monday

• TIGK TOUR - Nature's Beauty and Nostalgia

• From our hotel in Wilderness, we travel to Knysna to embark on the Featherbed Nature Reserve ferry from the Knysna Waterfront.

• On arrival we take a “Unimog” (tractor driven wagon) ride to the top of the Western Head. - An optional hike
can be taken through the indigenous Knysna forest to the restaurant area where lunch (included) is served.

• On our return to Knysna we depart for an elephant experience, where we are able to enjoy a very close encounter with these gigantic mammals.

• Finally we take the scenic drive back to Wilderness for drop off at your hotel

Accommodation - Protea Hotel Wilderness Resort or similar. Bed and breakfast basis

Ostrich ranch

Cango caves

Wildlife Ranch

DAY 11 - Tuesday

TIGO TOUR - Klein Karoo Kaleidoscope

• Experience the stunning views of the Outiniqua Pass as we travel toward the Klein Karoo’s capital - Oudtshoorn.

• Here we visit the Safari Ostrich Ranch where we are given fun and detailed information about these strange flightless birds, and their magnificent plumage.

• After enjoying a sumptuous traditional ostrich lunch (included), we proceed on to the world famous Cango Caves where a guided tour allows us to explore the ancient stalagmites and stalactites.

• We are then introduced to some rare and endangered animals on a fully guided tour at the Cango Wildlife Ranch

• The day concludes with a scenic drive back to Wilderness where you will be dropped off at your hotel.

Accommodation -Protea Hotel Wilderness Resort or similar . Bed and breakfast including lunch

Little Karoo

Cape Town

DAY 12 - Wednesday

• After a sumptuous breakfast, our journey to Cape Town begins

• Route 62 takes us through Mossel Bay then over the majestic Tradouw’s Pass toward Barrydale

• Enjoy a wine tasting before you sit down to a real South African lunch in a typical country restaurant in Barrydale.

• Continuing through the Little Karoo, we arrive in Montagu in time for a delectable country luncheon at Mimosa Lodge (well known for its fine cuisine and hospitality)

• After lunch we traverse Kogmanskloof Pass through to the town of Robertson and then on to Worcester. We continue over the Du Toits Kloof Pass with stunning views over the Paarl valley to Cape Town.

• The adventure ends by being dropped off at your hotel

Accommodation: Protea Hotel Extreme or similar – bed and breakfast

Stellenbosch

DAY 13 - Thursday

• Full day Cape Highlights tour: TICL

This full day tour includes: Camps Bay; Hout Bay; Chapman's Peak (subject to the road being open) the Cape of Good Hope Reserve. After enjoying stunning views from the highest point, continue towards
Simonstown and Muizenberg. After lunch (not included), sample some South African wines at a local wine estate. Travel through the University town of Stellenbosch before returning to the hotel in the early evening

Accommodation: Protea Hotel Extreme or similar – bed and breakfast

DAY 14 - Friday

• Private transfer to Cape Town International Airport for your homebound flight.

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