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Sun City + Madikwe Safari + (self-drive)
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Sun City + Madikwe Safari + (self-drive)
7 NIGHTS
FROM $1,399
International flights and car hire quoted separately
This self drive holiday combines a luxury safari in the wild Madikwe Game Reserve, situated on the border between South Africa & Botswana and renowned for its elephants, predators and wild dogs, with time relaxing at the resort of Sun City - where you can ride in a Hot Air Balloon or on the back of an elephant. Madikwe is malaria free & ideal for romance.
HIGHLIGHTS
Madikwe Safari Holiday Madikwe Game Reserve South Africa Car Hire Sun City Self Drive Safari Holiday South Africa
• Madikwe • Game Drives • Lion • Elephant
• Wild Dog • Rhino • Sun City • Golf
• Casino • Valley of Waves
Day 1
Arrive at Johannesburg Airport, collect your hire car and drive for 2-hours through the rural North West Transvaal to the resort of Sun City.
 
Check in, settle in and relax in your lush subtropical surrounding and enjoy the many facilities of your resort, which offers the best of Vegas-style gaming combined with wonderful sporting and entertainment facilities.
Days 2 To 4
Relax and enjoy the many facilities of Sun City. Although famous for its gaming activities, Sun City offers a wide variety of outdoor, family and sporting activities - making it one of South Africa’s most popular holiday destinations.
  
Its world-class Entertainment Centre includes slot machines and bingo, whilst the sophisticated casino offers black jack, roulette and much more. Outside there are waterfalls and abundant tropical bird life. The Valley of the Waves water theme park offers gentle rides and thrilling steep slides, as well as a man-made tropical beach with real waves.
  
There is an excellent spa, gym and full range of sporting activities - including water sports on the dam, tennis and two world-class championship golf courses at the Gary Player Country Club and Lost City, where crocodiles are found in some of the water hazards!  Or simply relax at one of the many swimming pools and enjoy the excellent food and warm African sunshine.
Day 5
Today drive 2.5-hours from Sun City through the rural North West Transvaal to the malaria-free Madikwe Game Reserve.
   
After checking in to your 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 in this vast game sanctuary. Hopefully you will see several species of antelope, zebra, wildebeest and maybe even wild dogs - as well as several of the Big Five today. Then dine under the stars in the African bushveld.
Days 6 To 7
Rise at dawn to take advantage of the best game viewing conditions of the day, as you enjoy a thrilling open-top game viewing drive with your lodge ranger in the Madikwe Game Reserve. Explore the vast plains, which offer magnificent game viewing and the opportunity to search for all of the Big 5 - Lion, Elephant, Buffalo, Leopard and Rhino - before returning to your lodge for breakfast.
  
The rest of the morning is free to relax by the swimming pool or enjoy bird watching, before setting out again in the late afternoon for another game drive. With numerous different species of mammals and reptiles in the park you can hope to see cheetah, giraffe, hippo, kudu, crocodiles, sable antelope, waterbuck, warthogs, baboons, wild dogs and many other interesting animals. 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 8
Enjoy a final early morning game drive in Madikwe Game Reserve, before driving 5-hours to Johannesburg Airport for your flight home.