10 DAY KRUGER PARK, VICTORIA FALLS & CAPE TOWN HOLIDAYS

TOUR INFORMATION

⇒ Johannesburg/Pretoria - Kruger Park Border - Kruger Park Safari - Private Game Lodge - Johannesburg - Victoria Falls - Cape Town

Departs:	See departure dates below
Pick-up Location:	Any location in Johannesburg or Pretoria
Pick-up Time:	Between 06:30 and 08:00, depending on location
Drop off location:	Cape Town International Airport (or any other location in Cape Town)
Drop off Time:	Depending on your flight
Passengers:	Minimum 2 - Maximum 7

Please Note: Due to possible fluctuations in airfare and airport taxes all prices are subject to change.
Per Person Sharing: the amount payable per adult sharing a twin/double room
Per Person Single: the amount payable per adult in a single room
Per Child: the amount payable per child under 12 sharing a room with parents
ZAR: South African Rand

INCLUDES/EXCLUDES

The tour price includes

• Accommodation as specified (subject to availability)
• Meals as specified
• All transport in air-conditioned or open game-viewing vehicles
• All excursions and entry fees as described in the program
• Game viewing as described in the program
• The service of a qualified and registered tour guide/driver
• Return flights Johannesburg/Livingstone
• SA departure taxes on above flights
• Return airport transfers in Livingstone
• Sundowner cruise on the Zambezi River
• One way flight Johannesburg/Cape Town

The tour price excludes

• Meals not specified
• Drinks, gratuities, telephone calls & other items of personal nature
• International Flights not mentioned under includes

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

• Sight-seeing along the "Panorama Route"
• Kruger National Park Safari
• Late afternoon open vehicle game drive in the Kruger National Park.
• Overnight at an exclusive Private Game Lodge
• Early morning & late afternoon open vehicle game drives at the private game lodge
• The Victoria Falls
• Sundowner cruise on the Zambezi River
• Full day Cape Point & Table Mountain Tour
• Full day Cape Winelands Tour

DETAILED ITINERY : Cape Town & Kruger Park & Victoria Falls

Day 1 - Mpumalanga Province - Kruger National Park Border
An early departure from Johannesburg/Pretoria as we travel east towards the Mpumalanga Province and visit the many attractions along the “Panorama Route”, including God’s Window, the Bourke’s Luck Potholes, the Three Rondavels and the historic gold mining town of Pilgrim’s Rest. In the late afternoon we descend the eastern escarpment and travel through the warm “lowveld” to a beautiful country lodge, just a short distance from the Kruger Park. Accommodation: Country Lodge
Bed & Breakfast basis.
Distance traveled: 410km / 255mi

Day 2 - Mpumalanga/Limpopo Province - Kruger National Park
After an early breakfast at the lodge we travel the short distance to the nearest entrance gate to the Kruger National Park. Once inside the Park, excitement will mount as we start seeing some of the numerous animals that inhabit this magnificent wildlife sanctuary. We spend most of the day travelling north inside the Kruger Park arriving at our “restcamp” in the late afternoon. There is time for a short break before joining an exciting “open vehicle” game drive, looking for Africa’s “Big Five” - Elephant, Rhino, Buffalo, Lion and Leopard. Accommodation tonight is in comfortable en-suite bungalows or cottages, and dinner is enjoyed in the camp restaurant.
Accommodation: Satara, Skukuza, Olifants or Lower Sabie Restcamp
Bed & Breakfast basis.
Distance traveled: 51km / 31mi

Day 3 - Mpumalanga/Limpopo Province - Private Game Reserve
After breakfast we exit the Kruger Park and travel to an exclusive lodge in a nearby private game reserve. Later this afternoon an exhilarating game drive in specially adapted open 4X4 vehicles is undertaken. At dusk sundowners are enjoyed deep in the bush, after which the drive continues, making use of spot lights to search for nocturnal animals. A final highlight is a specially prepared dinner enjoyed under the stars around the campfire. (weather permitting)
Accommodation: Private Game Lodge
Fully inclusive of all meals & game-viewing activities.
Distance traveled: 114km / 71mi

Day 4 - Gauteng Province - Johannesburg
After a final open vehicle game drive and a late breakfast, we travel back to Johannesburg, where you are dropped off at your hotel, conveniently situated close to the Oliver Tambo International Airport. There is a complimentary shuttle service to the airport.
Accommodation: The Melcourt Laurel Hotel at the Emperor's
Bed & Breakfast basis.
Distance traveled: 458km / 284mi

Day 5 - Victoria Falls - Zambia
Depart from the Johannesburg International Airport on a 2-hour flight to Livingstone, on the Zambian side of the Victoria Falls. At the Livingstone Airport you will be met and transferred to your hotel. The hotel is within easy walking distance of the Falls, to which you have unlimited access.
Accommodation: Zambezi Sun Hotel
Bed & Breakfast basis
Distance traveled: 2 hours flight

Day 6 - Victoria Falls - Zambia
A full day to spend at the Victoria Falls, where you can witness the greatest mass of falling water on earth as it plunges down a sheer rock face, spraying its mystical mist hundreds of meters in the air. A final highlight today is a romantic sundowner cruise on the mighty Zambezi River.
Accommodation: Zambezi Sun Hotel
Bed & Breakfast basis

Day 7 - Western Cape Province – Cape Town Holidays
The morning is at leisure, after which you are transferred to the Livingstone Airport for your flight back to Johannesburg. At the Johannesburg Airport you connect with a domestic flight to Cape Town. Upon your arrival at the Cape Town Airport you will be met and transferred to your hotel, ideally situated at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront.
Accommodation: City Lodge, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
Bed & Breakfast basis
Distance traveled: 2 hours flight

Day 8 - Monday - Western Cape Province - Cape Town
A full day tour of the magnificent Cape Winelands

Today's most memorable features:

Paarl
• A drive through the town of Paarl
• Nelson's Creek cellar tour with wine tasting
• Victor Verter prison, where Nelson Mandela was released in 1990

Franschoek
• Cheese and wine tasting at Franschoek vineyard
• The village of Franschoek
• The Huguenot Memorial
• Lunch stop in Franschoek (lunch for own account)

Stellenbosch
• The Helshoogte Mountain Pass
• City Tour of Stellenbosch
• Some free time to explore on foot
• Opportunity to touch a cheetah (Optional)
• Informal wine tasting area
• Minimum of 3 wine tastings, 1 with cheese

Please be ready for pick-up at 08:30, we will be back at the hotel at approximately 17:30
Accommodation: City Lodge Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
Bed & Breakfast basis

Day 9 - Western Cape Province – Cape Town
Join a full day Cape Point & Table Mountain Tour. Your Peninsula experience starts with a visit to Table Mountain. Enjoy the crisp air and clear visibility as you reach the summit. Your guide will point out the highlights of one of the world's most famous views. After our descent the tour continues to Cape Point, following Africa's premier tour route to the romantic meeting place of the Indian & Atlantic Oceans. Sir Francis Drake the explorer called it "the fairest cape that we saw in the circumference of the globe" This tour offers a full and exciting day out.

Includes:

• Table Mountain, weather permitting (otherwise Signal Hill)
• Clifton & Camps Bay beach views
• Hout Bay, optional trip to seal island
• Chapmans Peak Drive
• Cape Point & nature reserve
• Cape of Good Hope
• Penguin colony at Boulder’s Beach (Optional)
• Optional stop for lunch at Fish Hoek Galley
• Kirstenbosch botanical gardens

Excludes:

• Cable car fare

You are requested to be ready for pick-up at 07:45, and will be back at the hotel at approximately 17:30.
Accommodation: City Lodge Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
Bed & Breakfast basis

Day 10 - End of tour
The day is at leisure until you are transferred to the Cape Town International Airport in time for your flight home.
Distance traveled: 30km / 18mi