KWAZULU NATAL SAFARI
KWAZULU NATAL offers the vibrant Zulu culture, outstanding wildlife in Hluhluwe Game Reserve and warm sweeping Indian Ocean beaches of the Durban North Coast and South Coast. On the far northern Zululand coast, turtles breed and dolphins are regularly seen. With its proud Zulu culture and outstanding safari parks in close proximity to the beaches, the Zulu Kingdom offers year-round safaris and sunshine. Add the beauty of the Drakensberg Mountains, the history of the great Zulu Battlefields, championship golf and scuba diving with sharks for a superb holiday experience!
14 NIGHTS
FROM $748
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If you are looking for an affordable self-drive holiday through wonderful KwaZulu Natal - and enjoy walking, wildlife & birding - this holiday is for you. Stay at simple but clean self-catering KZN Wildlife Camps in spectacular mountain, safari & beach locations and soak up all this fascinating region has to offer (pots & pans provided, but buy & cook your own food).
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• Durban
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• Midmar Dam
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• Drakensberg Mountains
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• Walking
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• Bushman Paintings
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• Dundee
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• Ithala Game Reserve
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• Mkuze Game Reserve
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• Hluhluwe
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• Big-5 Safari
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7 NIGHTS
FROM $823
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This self drive safari holiday takes in the highlights of KwaZulu Natal, driving from the warm Durban North Coast to Hluhluwe National Park, which saved the rhino from extinction, and the Zulu Battlefields at Rorkes Drift. Complete your holiday relaxing in the mighty Drakensberg Mountains - the "barrier of spears" - with wonderful walks, birdlife and Bushman paintings.
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• Durban North Coast
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• uShaka Marine World
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• Indian Ocean
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• Deep Sea Fishing
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• Hluhluwe
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• Big 5 Safari
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• Rhino
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• Rorkes Drift
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• Isandlwana
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• Drakensberg Mountains
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10 NIGHTS
FROM $974
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If you would like to explore South Africa independently, this self drive holiday allows you to combine the beauty of KwaZulu Natal, relaxing on the warm beaches of Durban & walking in the stunning Drakensberg Mountains, with the wildlife of Kruger National Park and the beautiful Blyde River Canyon. Wide selection of hotels, from affordable 3* guest houses to luxury 5*.
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• Durban
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• North Coast Beaches
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• Walking Trails
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• Bushman Paintings
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• Drakensberg
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• Game Drives
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• Kruger Park
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• Pilgrims Rest
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• Gods Window
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• Blyde River Canyon
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14 NIGHTS
FROM $1,125
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This self drive holiday travels through the beautiful Drakensberg Panorama route to the Kruger National Park, rich in wildlife, continuing through the small mountainous kingdom of Swaziland into KwaZulu Natal. Visit Hluhluwe Game Reserve, famous for preserving the black rhino, & the bird life of the Isimangaliso St Lucia Wetlands before arriving in Durban.
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• Blyde River Canyon
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• Gods Window
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• Kruger National Park
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• Photo Safari
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• Swaziland
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• Hluhluwe uMfolozi
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• St Lucia Wetlands
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• Birding
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• Ballito
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• Durban
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7 NIGHTS
FROM $1,171
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This relaxing beach safari combines a visit to the beautiful Hluhluwe National Park in Zululand - home to all the Big-5, but particularly famous for its large population of endangered rhinos - with time relaxing on the warm golden beaches of the Durban North Coast with excellent restaurants, shopping, golf, luxury spas, horse riding & fishing. Also vibrant Zulu culture.
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• Durban
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• Hluhluwe
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• Big-5
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• Rhino
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• Game Drives
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• Birding
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• North Coast
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• Golf
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• Horse Riding
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• Fishing
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7 NIGHTS
FROM $1,322
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This exciting overland safari tour starts in Durban on the warm Indian Ocean, and travels through the kingdoms of Zululand & Swaziland to the world famous Kruger National Park, staying in rest camps & chalets. Enjoy a boat ride in the St Lucia Wetlands, view game in Hluhluwe and visit a Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre. If over 65, you will need a doctor's certificate.
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• Durban
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• St Lucia Boat Ride
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• iSimangaliso Wetlands
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• Hluhluwe Game Reserve
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• Zululand
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• Swaziland
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• Kruger National Park
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• Game Drive
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• Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
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• Johannesburg
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10 NIGHTS
FROM $1,352
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If you are interested in visiting both the Zulu Battlefields and the Anglo Boer War Battlefields, chose this self-drive safari of KwaZulu Natal - which includes Durban, Hluhluwe Game Reserve, Drakensberg Mountains and the Zulu Battlefields at Isandlwana & Rorkes Drift - as well as key Boer War sites such as Ladysmith (where there is a small museum) & Spioenkop.
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• Durban
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• Hluhluwe
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• Game Drives
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• Rhino
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• Zululand
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• Isandlwana
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• Rorkes Drift
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• Ladysmith
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• Spioenkop
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• Drakensberg
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7 NIGHTS
FROM $1,352
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Enjoy this active escorted small group tour to the southern & central Drakensberg Mountains, including a spectacular 4x4 ascent up Sani Pass into Lesotho and walking at Giants Castle. Complete your holiday relaxing on the warm Indian Ocean beaches of the Durban North Coast. Tour departs from Durban every Monday, subject to a minimum of 2. No children < 8.
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• Durban
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• North Coast
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• uShaka
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• Golf
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• Lesotho
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• Drakensberg
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• Sani Pass
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• Giants Castle
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• Walking
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• Bird Watching
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7 NIGHTS
FROM $1,352
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If you are looking for a well-priced beach safari, this relaxing safari holiday combines the wonderful wildlife of the Kruger National Park with time relaxing on the golden beaches of Balito on the warm Durban North Coast. Visit uShake Marine World where you can see dolphins, penguins & sharks, or take a day tour to a Zulu Village. Also excellent golf & fishing.
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• Kruger Park
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• Game Drives
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• Elephant
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• Lion
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• Leopard
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• Rhino
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• Buffalo
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• Durban
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• Zulu Culture
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• North Coast
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21 NIGHTS
FROM $1,503
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If you are quite adventurous and would like to drive from Durban all the way to Cape Town, travelling through the Xhosa heartland of the Transkei and visiting the rugged unspoilt Wild Coast, this self drive holiday is for you! Visit Sani Pass in the Drakensberg Mountains and enjoy a safari in Addo Elephant Park, before continuing along the Garden Route to Cape Town.
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• Durban
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• uShaka Marine World
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• Drakensberg Mountains
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• Sani Pass
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• Transkei Wild Coast
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• East London
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• Addo Elephant Park
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• Garden Route
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• Hermanus
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• Cape Town
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18 NIGHTS
FROM $1,503
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If you would love to explore the flora of South Africa in depth, this wonderful self-drive holiday covers all the famous botanical gardens of the region - from Johannesburg & Pretoria, to the cycads of Nelspruit, Durban & Pietermaritzburg and Cape Town - including Kirstenbosch, Harold Porter & Karoo National Park. Holiday can be shortened if required.
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• Johannesburg
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• Nelspruit
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• Kruger National Park
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• Durban
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• North Coast
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• Cape Town
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• Kirstenbosch Gardens
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• Harold Porter Gardens
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• Karoo National Park
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• Cape of Good Hope
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6 NIGHTS
FROM $1,654
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This 4* escorted small group tour travels from Johannesburg to Durban via the Panorama Route and Kruger National Park, including a safari in a private game reserve for open-top game viewing. Continue through Swaziland & Zululand to Hluhluwe and the iSimangaliso St Lucia Wetlands. Departs weekly each Monday. Group size 2-9. English & German. No children < 12.
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• Long Tom Pass
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• Sabie
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• Kruger Park
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• Game Drives
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• Blyde River Canyon
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• Swaziland
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• Zululand
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• Hluhluwe
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• St Lucia
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• Durban
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12 NIGHTS
FROM $1,654
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This comprehensive self drive holiday of KwaZulu Natal cover the beaches of Durban, the dramatic Drakensberg Mountains, the Zulu Battlefields & a stay in a Zulu Village for an insightful cultural experience. Enjoy a luxury safari then complete your holiday walking or relaxing at St Lucia in the Isimangaliso Wetlands. Outstanding for walking & birding.
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• Durban
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• uShaka Marine World
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• Drakensberg Mountains
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• Bushman Paintings
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• Walking
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• Rorkes Drift
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• Zulu Village
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• Zululand Game Reserve
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• Mkuze
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• St Lucia
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7 NIGHTS
FROM $1,654
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If you enjoy lodges which are slightly different, combine a Big-5 safari in Zululand with a visit to the lakes of Kosi Bay in far northern Zululand, where your luxury tent is lit by paraffin lamps and where you can bathe in complete privacy outdoors. Complete your holiday relaxing in luxury on warm Thonga Beach, where you can see hippos and crocodiles in Lake Sibaya.
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• Hluhluwe
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• Game Drives
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• Big-5
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• Rhino
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• Kosi Bay
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• Scuba Diving
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• Thonga Bay
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• Turtles
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• Dolphins
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• Lake Sibaya
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7 NIGHTS
FROM $1,654
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This escorted small group tour combines the wildlife, cultures and natural beauty of 3 countries - South Africa, Mozambique & Swaziland - including the highlights of Chimp Eden & Kruger National Park; Maputo city tour & time relaxing on glorious beaches; Hluhluwe Game Reserve & St Lucia estuary. Scheduled departures. English only. Min 2/max 10. No children < 12.
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• Chimpanzee Sanctuary
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• Kruger National Park
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• Game Drive
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• Maputo City Tour
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• Mozambique Coast
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• Zululand
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• Hluhluwe Game Reserve
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• St Lucia Wetlands
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• Ngwenya Mine
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• Swaziland
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8 NIGHTS
FROM $1,805
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Enjoy the best that KwaZulu Natal has to offer - combing the wonderful wildlife, spectacular mountains and warm Indian Ocean beaches of the fascinating Zulu Kingdom. Visit uShaka Marine World, where you can see penguins, dolphins & sharks, and walk in the scenic Drakensberg Mountains - a World Heritage site due to its many Bushman rock art paintings.
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• Hluhluwe Umfolozi
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• White Rhino
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• Black Rhino
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• Ballito
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• Umhlanga
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• Durban
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• uShaka Aquarium
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• Dolphins
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• Drakensberg Mountains
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• Bushman Painting
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7 NIGHTS
FROM $1,805
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Enjoy a suberb guided safari in Hluhluwe National Park in KwaZulu Natal, famous for its stunning wildlife and beaches. As you will have your own private private driver/guide throughout your safari, you can watch & photograph wildlife at your own pace. Complete your holiday relaxing on the warm Indian Ocean beaches of the Durban North Coast. Less 10% for 4+ pax.
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• Hluhluwe
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• Game Drives
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• Rhino
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• Big 5
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• Bird Watching
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• St Lucia Wetlands
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• Pelicans
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• Durban
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• uShaka Marine World
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• Photo Safari
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14 NIGHTS
FROM $1,956
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This affordable 3* small group group tour travels the length of South Africa - from Johannesburg to Cape Town overland. Visit the Kruger National Park, Swaziland, Zululand, Durban, Drakensberg Mountains, Transkei, East London, Port Elizabeth and travel the scenic Garden Route to Cape Town. Scheduled departure dates. Group size 2-25. No children <12.
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• Blyde River Canyon
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• Kruger National Park
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• Swaziland
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• Hluhluwe
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• Durban
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• Drakensberg
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• Transkei
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• East London
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• Garden Route
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• Cape Town
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7 NIGHTS
FROM $1,956
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Explore the Zulu Battlefields with your own expert private driver/guide, allowing you to decide the pace of your tour and which additional battlefields you would like to visit. You can walk the Fugitives Drift trail, before contuinuing to key Boer War sites near Ladysmith, including the graves atop Spionkop. Complete your holiday relaxing in the Drakensberg Mountains.
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• Durban
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• North Coast
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• Zululand
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• Isandlwana
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• Rorkes Drift
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• Ladysmith
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• Spioenkop
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• Drakensberg
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• Walking
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• Bird Watching
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7 NIGHTS
FROM $2,107
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This holiday starts with a safari and continues with a private tour to the Zulu Battlefields at Isandlwana & Rorkes Drift with your own expert driver/guide. Visit Spioenkop battlefield before completing your holiday relaxing in the Drakensberg Mountains - a World Heritage site because of its Bushman paintings and wonderful for walking. Less 10% for 4+ pax.
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• Durban
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• North Coast
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• Hluhluwe
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• Game Drives
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• Rhino
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• Zululand
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• Isandlwana
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• Rorkes Drift
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• Spioenkop
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• Drakensberg
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7 NIGHTS
FROM $2,107
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If you would like to combine tiger fishing on a huge inland lake in warm Zululand, with deep sea game fishing in the warm Indian Ocean off the east coast of South Africa, this holiday is for you. Transfer to a house boat on remote Lake Josini in far northern KwaZulu Natal for fantastic tiger fishing & game viewing, before deep sea fishing for marlin at Sodwana Bay.
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• KwaZulu Natal
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• Lake Josini
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• House Boat
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• Tiger Fishing
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• Game Viewing
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• Pongola
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• Sodwana Bay
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• Deep Sea Fishing
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• Marlin
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15 NIGHTS
FROM $2,258
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This 3* escorted small group group tour covers the highlights of South Africa - travelling from Johannesurg to Kruger National Park, and continuing southwards through Swaziland, Zululand, Drakensberg Mountains, East London, Port Elizabeth and along the scenic Garden Route to Cape Town. Scheduled departure dates. Group size 2-25. German & English. No children <12.
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• Blyde River Canyon
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• Kruger National Park
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• Swaziland
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• Hluhluwe
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• Durban
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• Drakensberg
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• Transkei
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• East London
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• Garden Route
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• Cape Town
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16 NIGHTS
FROM $2,258
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If you have 3 weeks to enjoy the beauty of South Africa, this self drive "Grand Tour" includes Cape Town, the beautiful Garden Route & a Big-5 safari in the Eastern Cape, before continuing to the beautiful Drakensberg Mountains and Zulu Battlefields of KwaZulu Natal. Complete your holiday relaxing on the warm beaches of the Durban North Coast.
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• Cape Town
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• Garden Route
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• Plettenberg Bay
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• Port Elizabeth
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• Drakensberg Mountains
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• Bushman Paintings
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• Durban Beaches
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10 NIGHTS
FROM $2,409
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This luxury self drive holiday showcases the very best of KwaZulu Natal, starting at Cathedral Peak Hotel in the beautiful Drakensberg Mountains - ideal for walking and bird watching. Continue to Isandlwana Lodge overlooking the poignant Zulu Battlefields, enjoy a Big-5 safari at Amakozi Game Reserve & relax at Makakatana Bay Lodge in Isimangaliso St Lucia Wetlands.
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• Durban
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• Natal Midlands
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• Drakensberg Mountains
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• Bushman Paintings
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• Walking
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• South African Battlefields
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• Zululand
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• Big-5 Safari
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• St Lucia Wetlands
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• Whale Watching
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10 NIGHTS
FROM $2,409
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This holiday is ideal for walkers, bird lovers and families, starting in the beautiful Drakensberg Mountains of KwaZulu Natal - renowed for its bird life & Bushman Paintings as well as wonderful mountain walks & trout fishing - & continuing via the Durban North Coast into Zululand for a Big-5 Safari. Visit Mkuze - another birding "hot spot" - then relax at St Lucia.
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• Durban
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• Drakensberg Mountains
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• Walking
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• San Bushman Paintings
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• Big-5 Safari
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• Elephant
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• Lion
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• Rhino
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• Birding
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• Mkuze
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10 NIGHTS
FROM $2,411
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Combine the key attractions of warm sub-tropical KwaZulu Natal - including Hluhluwe National Park, famous for saving the rhino from extinction; the Zulu Battlefields at Isandlwana & Rorke's Drift; and walking in the spectacular Drakensberg Mountains with their many Bushman paintings - with time exploring the attractions of the beautiful city of Cape Town.
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• KwaZulu Natal
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• Hluhluwe Game Reserve
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• Rhino
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• Zulu Battlefields
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• Isandlwana & Rorkes Drift
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• Drakensberg Mountains
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• Walking
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• Bushman Paintings
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• Cape Town
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• Stellenbosch
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24 NIGHTS
FROM $2,711
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This adventurous overland safari tour takes you the length of South Africa from Cape Town and the beautiful Garden Route, via Lesotho & the dramatic Drakenberg Mountains to the warm beaches of Durban, staying in rest camps & chalets. Continue through Zululand and Swaziland to the Kruger National Park & Johannesburg. If over 65, you will need a doctor's certificate.
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• Cape Town
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• Stellenbosch
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• Garden Route
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• Tsitsikamma
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• Lesotho
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• Drakensberg Mountains
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• Durban
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• Swaziland
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• Kruger National Park
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• Panorama Route
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7 NIGHTS
FROM $2,711
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Board the Rovos Rail for this luxury train journey to Durban, travelling through the Free State and scenic KwaZulu Natal, disembarking at Ladysmith for a game drive and Boer War battlefield tour at Spioenkop. Continue to the warm Durban North Coast & complete your holiday with a Big-5 safari. Journey available in both directions - Pullman, Deluxe or Royal.
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• Rovos Rail Train
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• Capital Park Station
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• Pretoria
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• KwaZulu Natal
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• Ladysmith
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• Spionkop Boer Battlefield
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• Nambiti Game Reserve
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• Durban
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• Ballito
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• Zululand Safari
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9 NIGHTS
FROM $3,013
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Enjoy a few nights at a luxury beach hotel on the Durban North Coast, before boarding Rovos Rail for this special "double" journey, travelling through beautiful KwaZulu Natal to Pretoria, where we disembark for 1-night before continuing through Botswana to Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe - to the mighty "smoke that thunders". Pullman, Deluxe or Royal. No children < 12.
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• Durban
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• Durban
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• Zimbali Fairmont
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• North Coast
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• Rovos Rail
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• Luxury Train
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• Ladysmith
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• Ladysmith
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• Spioenkop
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• Spioenkop
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• Malaria Free Safari
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• Pretoria
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• Botswana
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• Capital Park
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• Sheraton Pretoria
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• Victoria Falls
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• Zambezi Cruise
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• Mafikeng Trains
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• Victoria Falls Hotel
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• Elephant Safari
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7 NIGHTS
FROM $3,013
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Explore the dramatic Wild Coast, a undiscovered region also known as the Transkei, where Nelson Mandela was born, with your own driver/guide. Linking Durban to Port Elizabeth and the Garden Route, the Wild Coast is as beautiful but far less developed, with outstanding beaches and fishing. Also visit East London, historic Grahamstown & Addo Elephant Park.
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• Durban
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• South Coast
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• Wild Coast
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• Transkei
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• East London
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• Game Drives
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• Grahamstown
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• Addo Park
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• Elephants
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• Port Elizabeth
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11 NIGHTS
FROM $3,013
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This 4* escorted small group tour of South Africa travels from Johannesburg to Cape Town, via the Drakensberg Panorama Route and the wildlife of the world famous Kruger National Park, continuing through Swaziland & Zululand to Durban. From Port Elizabeth continue along the scenic Garden Route to beautiful Cape Town. Scheduled departures every Monday.
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• Blyde River Canyon
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• Kruger National Park
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• Swaziland
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• Zululand
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• St Lucia
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• Knysna
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• Garden Route
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• Cape Town
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• Table Mountain
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• Winelands
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8 NIGHTS
FROM $3,164
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This romantic flying beach safari combines the Kruger National Park, home to the Big-5 and the highest concentration of lion in all of Africa, with time relaxing at a remote eco-lodge on the warm unspoilt northern Zululand coast, with snorkelling from the beach and diving. Turtles nest here from Nov to Feb and dolphins frolick in the waves. Price includes all internal flights.
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• Kruger Park
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• Kruger National Park
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• Big-5 Safari
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• Game Drives
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• Big-5
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• Lion
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• Elephant
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• Birding
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• Thonga Beach
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• Walking Safari option
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• Thonga Beach
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• Dolphins
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• Turtles
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• Turtles
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• Dolphins
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• Snorkelling
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• Scuba Diving
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• Scuba Diving
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• Lake Sibaya
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• Lake Sibaya
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12 NIGHTS
FROM $3,467
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This active holiday combines a luxury walking safari in the Kruger National Park, with a visit to the mighty Drakensberg Mountains of KwaZulu Natal where you can walk to remote Bushman paintings with optional hike up Mont-Aux-Souces. Complete your holiday visiting the Zulu Battlefields at Rorkes Drift & relaxing on warm Durban North Coast (min 16 yrs).
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• Kruger Park
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• Walking Safari
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• Game Drives
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• Drakensberg Mountains
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• Birding
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• Trout Fishing
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• Zulu Battlefields
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• Rorkes Drift
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• Durban North Coast
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• Indian Ocean beaches
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10 NIGHTS
FROM $4,222
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This privately guided tour combines the beautiful Panorama Route, the fascinating wildlife of the Kruger National Park and a tour of the Zulu Battlefields at Isandlwana & Rorkes Drift, with an expert battlefields guide. Continue to Ladysmith & the Boer War graves atop Spionkop, before relaxing in the spectacular Drakensberg Mountains. Less 10% for 4+ pax.
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• Blyde River Canyon
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• Kruger Park
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• Game Drives
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• Night Drive
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• Photography
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• Zululand
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• Isandlwana
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• Rorkes Drift
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• Drakensberg
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• Spioenkop
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