Kruger National Park Safari Holidays Kruger Park Safari South Africa

Panorama Route + Kruger National Park (self-drive)
KCA7M

7 NIGHTS
FROM $672
International flights and car hire quoted separately
This independent self drive safari allows you to explore the beautiful Drakensberg Panorama Route and the great Kruger National Park, stopping at a rest camps of your choice - such as Skukuza, Satara, Lower Sabie, Shingwedzi, Olifants, Letaba, Berg n Dal, Mopani or Pretoriuskop. With its outstanding wildlife, you can view the Big 5 and much more ….
HIGHLIGHTS
Kruger National Park Self Drive Holiday Kruger National Park South Africa Car Hire South Africa Kruger Park
• Johannesburg • Blyde River Canyon • Pilgrims Rest • Bourkes Luck Potholes
• Drakensberg Mountains • Kruger Rest Camps • Skukuza • Satara
• Lower Sabie • Olifants
Day 1
Arrive Mpumalanga Airport, collect your hire car and drive to your hotel on the scenic Panorama Route.
  
Check into your hotel in this beautiful region.
Day 2
At leisure to relax on the beautiful Panorama Route.
 
Explore the region further or participate in one of the optional local activities, such as an Elephant Safari or an exciting pre-dawn Hot Air Balloon ride. Other optional activities in the region include horse riding, fly fishing and golf. Alternatively simply relax by the swimming pool and enjoy the wonderful bird life!
Day 3
This morning enjoy the splendour of the Drakensberg Panorama Route as you drive through the green Blyde River Canyon, the third largest canyon in the world. View Mac Mac Falls and Bourke’s Luck Potholes, and enjoy the panoramic views from God’s Window. You can also make a brief stop at the historic mining village of Pilgrim’s Rest.
 
If you arrive before 2pm, we suggest an optional visit to Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre where you have the unique opportunity of viewing wild lion, leopard, cheetah, eagles and vultures at close quarters. Animals found injured, poisoned or orphaned are given a second chance and released back into the wilds.
 
Check into your lodge in this region famous for its beauty and wildlife.
Day 4
Today enter the world famous Kruger National Park (gate fees for own account). Game viewing opportunities should present themselves almost immediately in this vast 2-million hectare game sanctuary the size of Wales. Hopefully see several species of antelope, zebra, wildebeest and maybe even giraffe before you reach your rest camp.
 
The Kruger National Park has seven rest camps, each situated in a different section of the park with its own unique flora and fauna - Skukuza, Letaba, Olifants, Lower Sabie, Pretoriuskop, Satara and Berg-en-Dal. Accommodation is in simple but comfortable thatched game park bungalows on a bed only basis, with each camp having a restaurant and a small shop. Check in, settle in and relax in the atmosphere that only the African bushveld can provide!
 
Day 5
Today is devoted to self drive game viewing in the Kruger National Park. We recommend setting off early each morning as the camp gates open (05h30 to 06h00 depending on the season), to take advantage of the best game viewing conditions of the day.
   
Explore the famous Kruger National Park, which offer magnificent game viewing opportunities and the highest concentration of lion in the whole of Africa. Hope to see several of the Big Five today - Lion, Elephant, Buffalo, Leopard and Rhino - as well as many other species before returning to camp for breakfast (or buy provisions at camp and cook breakfast at a picnic spot such as Tshokwane).
 
The rest of the morning is free to relax by the swimming pool or enjoy bird watching at camp, before setting out again at the time of your choice (usually the late afternoon) for another game drive. With nearly 150 different species of mammals and over 100 species of reptiles in the Kruger National Park, you can hope to see cheetah, giraffe, hippo, kudu, crocodiles, sable antelope, waterbuck, warthogs, baboons, wild dogs and many other interesting animals. With over 500 different bird species including eagles, kingfishers, vultures and storks, 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.
Day 6
Today check out of your Kruger Rest Camp and enjoy a full day of game viewing, as you drive to your next rest camp, stopping at various picnic spots and view sites along the way.
 
With its many differing habitats, the vast Kruger National Park offers superb game viewing and a wide variety of different species of wildlife (both large and small) as well as a wonderful display of bird life.
Day 7
Enjoy another full day exploring the magnificent wildlife and birds of the Kruger National Park in another region of this amazing game reserve, which boasts so many diverse habitats - each with its own flora & fauna.
 
Explore the many side roads, dams and waterholes to discover more of the wildlife riches of this national park.
Day 8
Time permitting enjoy some final early morning game viewing, before driving 2.5-hours to Mpumalanga Airport to drop-off your hire car and connect with your flight home.