This all-South African tour starts
off with a couple of days at a wonderful game lodge, where
guests are pampered in 5-star luxury – enjoy first-class
game-viewing, observing the famous “Big Five”.
After our game-viewing experience, we make our way to Cape
Town’s popular “Mother City”, where you
will experience the rhythm of the Cape and surrounding areas.
From sampling some our local cuisine and trying some of
our award-winning wines, to taking in the beauty of the
Cape Peninsula and Garden Route, this tour combines some
of the best attractions that South Africa has to offer.
Spend a couple of days and nights
in Cape Town, enjoying various excursions, for example,
no visit to Cape Town would be complete without a cable
car ride to the top of Table Mountain – Cape Town’s
most popular landmark. After enjoying a couple of days in
Cape Town, we will take you along the scenically beautiful
Garden Route – popular with tourists and locals alike.
The Garden Route offers one a kaleidoscope
of stunning scenery with plenty to see and do along the
way. One of your highlights will be the unique opportunity
to touch a live Cheetah at the Cango Wildlife Ranch in Oudtshoorn.
The tour ends with a couple of days enjoyed at a well-known
golf estate and spa, where one can revel in the luxury of
spa treatments with lots of time to relax before contemplating
the long journey back home.
Day 1: JOHANNESBURG
Dinner and overnight at the Michelangelo Hotel – B/L/D
Upon arrival at Johannesburg Int.
Airport, you will be met by a local English-speaking tour
guide and transferred to your hotel for check-in. Lunch
will be served at yourhotel. After lunch, depart the hotel
for an afternoon tour to Soweto township, where you willexperience
a taste of vibrant township life. Explore the historical,
social and artistic aspects of Soweto life.
This is your opportunity to gain
a new perspective and personal insight into one of the largest
black cities in Africa. Visit one of the biggest hospitals,
former house of Nelson and Winnie Mandela, the Hector Pieterson
Memorial, Kliptown freedom square, Apartheid Museum, shebeens,
etc. Late afternoon return to your hotel. Activities included:
Soweto Tour
Day 2: JOHANNESBURG –
MALA MALA
Overnight Mala Mala Game Lodge – Fully Inclusive Basis
– B/L/D
After breakfast, your guide will
collect you for your airport transfer to Johannesburg International
Airport for your flight to Mala Mala Game Reserve –
situated in the eastern part of South Africa in the province
of Mpumalanga. It shares a common border with the Kruger
National Park. Mala Mala is South Africa’s legendary
and exclusive safari destination. Internationally acknowledged
as “the top game-viewing destination in the world”,
it is set in beautiful surroundings on the banks of the
Sand River. Activities included: Game Drive included
Days 3 & 4: MALA MALA
GAME RESERVE
Overnight Mala Mala Game Lodge – Fully Inclusive Basis
– B/L/D
The following 2 days are for you
to enjoy the luxury that Mala Mala has to offer. This exclusive
safari lodge prides itself on being one of the few safari
destinations which is able to offer a fully equipped disabled
suite – designed in accordance with the Disabled People’s
Information Service of South Africa and is in line with
international standards.
The luxury and comfort of the camp,
combined with the exhilarating game drives and guided walks
in beautiful unspoilt wilderness dramatised by the close
encounters with Africa’s game, big and small, is incomparable.
Only guests accommodated at one of Mala Mala’s camps
are permitted to traverse this immense tract of privately
owned game land.
Day 5: JOHANNESBURG –
CAPE TOWN
Overnight in 5 star/Luxury Hotel in Waterfront- Full board
basis
Today you will depart Mala Mala and
return to Johannesburg, in time to connect with your flight
to Cape Town. Upon arrival at Cape Town’s International
Airport, you will be met by anEnglish-speaking, registered
tour guide and welcomed into South Africa’s popular
“Mother City”. Your guide will transfer you
to your hotel, situated within the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront
complex. After check-in, there will be some time to relax
and freshen up after your flights. Dinner will be served
at your hotel.
Day 6: CAPE TOWN
Overnight in 5 star/Luxury Hotel in Waterfront- Full board
basis
Today is for you to enjoy a full
day at your leisure, taking in the various sights and sounds
of South Africa’s popular “Mother City”.
Your guide & vehicle will be at your disposal for the
entire day (24hr prior notice is required for services on
this day). Lunch and dinner will be arranged.
Day 7: CAPE TOWN –
KIRSTENBOSCH BOTANICAL GARDENS
Overnight in 5 star/Luxury Hotel in Waterfront- Full board
basis
After breakfast we will depart the
hotel for a morning excursion to Cape Town’s most
popular garden – Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens –
to acquaint ourselves with some of the Cape’s indigenous
flora. The beautiful Kirstenbosch gardens cover an area
of 528 hectares with 36 hectares of cultivated garden. The
gardens are a celebration of South African flora - showcasing
only indigenous South African plants. Fynbos, proteas, cycads
and rolling lawns are intermingled with streams and ponds
and well-laid out pathways for easy walking. Leisurely lunch
will be served at Kirstenbosch Restaurant.After lunch we
will make our way to Cape Town’s most famous landmark
- Table Mountain. A visit to Cape Town would not be complete
without a cable car ride to the top of this massif (weather
permitting).
The top of Table Mountain offers
spectacular views in all directions and gives a bird’s
eye view of the city. The upper cable car station is situated
at 1067 metres and the revolving cable car makes sure that
your trip up and down gives you a good look in all directions.
After our visit to Table Mountain, we will transfer to the
Mount Nelson Hotel for High Tea, followed by a return transfer
to your hotel. During the evening we will drive through
the newly renovated Malay Quarter, where we will stop for
dinner at one of the many trendy restaurants in the area.
Activities included: Entry Kirstenbosch
Botanical Gardens, Cable Car to the top of Table Mountain
Day 8: CAPE TOWN
Overnight in 5 star/Luxury Hotel in Waterfront- Full board
basis
Enjoy another leisure day in Cape
Town. Again, your guide, vehicle and scooter will be at
your disposal for the entire day (24hrs notice is required
for services on this day). All your meals will be included.
Day 9: CAPE TOWN –
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
Overnight in 5 star/Luxury Hotel in Waterfront- Full board
basis
Today will be a full day’s
excursion where we will take a scenic drive along the Cape
Peninsula stopping in Hout Bay to enjoy a short boat cruise
to Seal Island to see our large Cape fur seal colony. At
the tip of the Cape Peninsula you will find Cape Point situated
within the Cape Peninsula National Park where we will transfer
to the Lighthouse lookout by funicular or on foot for spectacular
views over the Atlantic Ocean. Also included in today’s
outing will be a visit to Boulders Beach to view our resident
African Penguin colony. Seafood lunch will be served en
route at a local restaurant. Followed by a transfer to the
V&A Waterfront for dinner.Activities included: Seal
island cruise, Park entry fee to Cape Point Nature Reserve,
Funicular and Boulders Beach
Day 10: CAPE TOWN
Overnight in 5 star/Luxury Hotel in Waterfront- Full board
basis
Another free day for you to enjoy,
with your vehicle and guide at disposal for the day.
Day 11: CAPE TOWN –
WEST COAST
Overnight in 5 star/Luxury Hotel in Waterfront- Full board
basis
WEST COAST NATIONAL PARK
Today after breakfast we start our
way along the West Coast of South Africa toward North. Our
first daily destination is the famous West Coast National
Park. Just inland from the secluded harbour of Saldanha
Bay one finds the azure waters of the Langebaan Lagoon,
focal point of the West Coast National Park. Thousands of
seabirds roost on sheltered islands, pristine golden beaches
stretch endlessly into the early morning mist and brooding
salt marshes are home to vast concentrations of migrant
waders from the northern hemisphere.
During the spring the strandveld
is embroidered with a tapestry of multi-hued flowers, while
in the Postberg section many antelope are to be seen in
a setting that is as unique as it is idyllic (open September
and October). Lunch will be served inside the Park in a
very characteristic local restaurant.Included in today’s
activities, we will enjoy a boat cruise, weather dependant,
in either the morning or the afternoon.We will arrive at
your Hotel in the late afternoon in time to refresh before
dinner.Activities included: yacht cruise incl. platter dish
and drinks, park entry fee to West Coast National Park
Day 12: CAPE TOWN –
WINELAND
Dinner and overnight in a luxury Hotel in the Wineland –
B/L/D.
FRANSHOEK AND STELLENBOSH
Today we will transfer to the Cape’s
breathtaking winelands, visiting the valleys of Franschhoek
and Stellenbosch to sample some of the best wines our country
has to offer. Lunch will be served at one of the numerous
local wine estates. During the afternoon we will pay a visit
to the Stellenbosch museum, followed by a late afternoon
arrival at your hotel - the 300 year old Lanzerac Manor
& Winery is located on a private working wine estate
in the world-famous Jonkers-hoek Valley, surrounded by the
dramatic Helderberg mountains. Activities included: Three
wine tastings, entry to Stellenbosch Museum
Day 13: GARDEN ROUTE - HERMANUS
Overnight at the Marine Hotel, Hermanus – B/L/D
After breakfast, late morning departure
for the coastal holiday village of Hermanus, situated approx.
2.5hrs drive from Cape Town. Lunch will be served at a local
restaurant in town, followed by leisure time for shopping,
etc. Hermanus is famous for its wonderful whale-watching
opportunities, especially of the Southern Right whales (main
whale-watching season runs from July – November).
Enjoy some leisure time sight-seeing and shopping in one
of our most popular seaside holidayvillages.
Day 14: GARDEN ROUTE: HERMANUS
–GEORGE
Overnight at Fancourt Golf & Country Estate –
B/L/D.
Today, we depart Hermanus for the
start of our journey along the scenically beautiful Garden
Route.Travelling via Mossel Bay, our next destination is
George, and the well-known Fancourt Golf & Country Estate
- one of South Africa’s finest golfing estates, on
a par with international golfing estates the world over.
At the estate’s wonderful health and beauty spa, one
can relax and be pampered in truly beautiful and superbly
appointed surroundings, enjoying an unrivalled range of
therapies, treatments and leisure activities. All meals
are included at any one of the five fabulous restaurants
on the estate, each offering a variety of excellent dining
experiences in truly delightful settings.
Day 15: GEORGE - OUDTSHOORN
Overnight at Fancourt Golf & Country Estate –
B/L/D.
After a leisurely breakfast, we will
depart the hotel for Oudtshoorn, situated in the heart of
the Karoo region. We will spend the full day in Oudtshoorn,
visiting one of the local ostrich farms in the area and
we will also enjoy a tour to the Cango Cheetah & Wildlife
Ranch. Lunch will be served en route at a local restaurant.
Late afternoon return transfer to your hotel in George.
Activities included: Entry Cango Wildlife Ranch and Cango
Ostrich farm
Day 16: GEORGE – KNYSNA
Overnight at Fancourt Golf & Country Estate –
B/L/D.
Today we travel further along the
Garden Route to visit the Tsitsikamma National Park. Spectacular
scenery includes the Indian Ocean breakers, pounding rocky
shores beneath 180 m high cliffs, ever-green forests and
fynbos (proteas and heath) rolling down to the sea in a
lush carpet where ancient rivers have carved their path
to the ocean through rocky ravines.Afterwards we visit the
coastal village of Knysna – once voted as South Africa’s
favourite town. Lunch will be served at the Knysna Waterfront,
followed by leisure time/ shopping. Knysna Lagoon is popular
for sailing, canoeing, water-ski-ing, windsurfing and fishing.
Great restaurants and shopping can
be found at Knysna’s Waterfront. Knysna is also noted
for its superb oysters, which can definitely be recommended!
In the afternoon enjoy a sundowner cruise on the Knysna
Lagoon on board the ‘Knysna ChartersActivities included:
Entry into Tsitsikamma National Park and sunset cruise on
Knysna charters
Day 17: Transfer
to George Airport in time to connect with your flight to
Johannesburg.
