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Horse Riding: Pongola + Safari + Durban Coast
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7 NIGHTS
FROM $1,956
International flights quoted separately
This exciting horseback safari combines riding with plains game in a spectacular private game reserve in Pongola, with a Big-5 safari at a luxury game lodge. Complete your holiday relaxing on the warm Indian Ocean beaches of the Durban North Coast. All riding levels welcome & non riding partners can enjoy lodgegame drives that meet up with riders in the bush.
HIGHLIGHTS
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• KwaZulu Natal • Pongola • Lake josini • Horseback Safari
• Walking Trails • Big-5 Game Reserve • Walking • Kosi Bay
• Canoeing • Snorkelling
Day 1
You will be met at Johannesburg Airport and transferred 6-hours to your riding lodge in Pongola in remote and beautiful northern Zululand.
 
Check into your lodge and enjoy a superb dinner.
Days 2 To 3
Today enjoy a riding safari in the pristine wilderness of Pakamisa Private Game Reserve.
 
Offering breathtaking views from the Pakamisa Mountain plateau over the valleys and plains of the Pongola River, this malaria free game reserve provides a superb opportunity for both beginners and advanced riders to enjoy close encounters with plains game - including giraffe, zebra, waterbuck, blue wildebeest, red hartebeest, warthog, kudu, nyala, impala, bush buck, reedbuck, duiker and klipspringer. As there are no lions or elephants in Pakamisa, you can ride in the reserve with confidence. You can also hope to see baboon, vervet monkeys, caracal, genet and prolific bird life.
 
One horse ride per day is included in your package (horse riding weight limit 90kg) as well as one game drive, bush walk, archery or target shooting per day..
Day 4
Today depart from Pongola and travel 1.5-hours to your Private Game Reserve in Zululand, renowned for its outstanding wildlife.
 
After checking in to your game lodge, enjoy your first thrilling safari drive in an open-top game viewing vehicle accompanied by a lodge ranger. Game viewing opportunities should present themselves almost immediately and hopefully you will see several species of antelope, zebra, wildebeest and maybe even giraffe - as well as several of the Big 5 - before dining under the stars in the atmosphere that only the African bushveld can provide!
Day 5
Rise at dawn to take advantage of the best game viewing conditions of the day and enjoy a thrilling open-top game viewing safari with your lodge ranger in your Private Game Reserve which is home to all the Big Five - Lion, Elephant, Buffalo, Leopard and Rhino. Hope to see many interesting species before returning to your lodge for breakfast. Note: game drives are optional extras, if not included in your lodge package (see hotel details below).
 
The rest of the morning is free to relax by the lodge swimming pool, before setting out again in the late afternoon for another game drive. Hope to see cheetah, giraffe, hippo, kudu, crocodiles, sable antelope, waterbuck, warthogs, baboons and many other interesting animals. With over 500 different bird species, outstanding bird watching is also guaranteed!
 
After a beautiful African sunset, enjoy the balmy evening and pristine stars of the Milky Way as you have never seen them before – as well as the spectacular Southern Cross.
 
Children < 6 are not allowed on open top game drives
Day 6
After some final early morning game viewing, transfer 3-hours to the warm North Coast near Durban, renowned for its wonderful beaches and reliably warm holiday weather all year round.
 
Relax in your lush sub-tropical surroundings on the shores of the warm Indian Ocean.
Day 7
Today we recommend an optional Durban City tour, including the City Hall and Botanical Gardens.
 
We recommend continuing to uShaka Marine World situated in the old harbour area that is being extensively re-developed. Here you have the opportunity of viewing large indigenous sharks of the Indian Ocean and a wide variety of other marine animals, including the opportunity to interact with dolphins, seals and penguins (pay entrance fee locally).
Day 8
Transfer 30-minutes to Durban Airport for your flight home.