KRT12M: Kruger Park + Cape Town + Garden Route

Day 1

You will be met at Johannesburg Airport and transferred to your luxury hotel.

Check in, settle in and relax by your hotel swimming pool under warm blue skies.

Day 2

This morning you will be collected and transferred to the Kruger National Park, a scenic drive of approximately 5-hours through the Eastern Transvaal.

[Or 2-hour transfer from Mpumalanga Airport]

Enter the world famous Kruger National Park, where game-viewing opportunities should present themselves almost immediately in this vast 2-million hectare game sanctuary. Hopefully we will see several species of antelope, zebra, wildebeest and maybe even giraffe before we reach your lodge.

Check in to your luxury game lodge, settle-in and relax in your outdoor bushveld surroundings before enjoying your first game drive in an open-top game viewing vehicle accompanied by a lodge ranger. Later enjoy a delicious dinner in the outdoor Boma in the atmosphere that only the African bushveld can provide.

Days 3 and 4

Set off early each morning on an open-top game viewing drive with your lodge ranger, to take advantage of the best game viewing conditions of the day.

Explore the vast Kruger Plains, which offer magnificent game viewing opportunities and the highest concentration of lion in the whole of Africa. Hopefully we will see at least one of the Big Five today - Lion, Elephant, Buffalo, Leopard and Rhino, before returning to camp for breakfast.

The rest of the morning is free for relaxing at camp or beside the swimming pool. Alternatively enjoy a guided walk with a lodge ranger, to study some of the smaller animals, insects and trees of the park.

In the afternoon enjoy another open-top game drive with your ranger. With nearly 150 different species of mammals and over 100 species of reptiles in the Kruger Park, we hope to see hippos, crocodiles, cheetah, giraffe, kudu, sable antelope, waterbuck, warthogs, baboons, wild dogs and a wide variety of other interesting animals.

With over 500 different bird species in the park, outstanding bird watching is also guaranteed - including eagles, vultures, storks, fish eagles and kingfishers. In the evening, enjoy the balmy weather and pristine stars of the Southern Sky and Milky Way, as you have never seen them before – including the spectacular Southern Cross.

NB: Game viewing restrictions may apply to children < 12. Please enquire when booking

Day 5

This morning transfer to Mpumalanga Airport for your 2.5-hour flight to Cape Town.

You will be met at Cape Town Airport and transferred to your luxury hotel conveniently situated near the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront.

Check in and relax in your magnificent surroundings.

Day 6

Today is free for independent sightseeing in Cape Town.

You will be given a day pass for the convenient red Hop-On Hop-Off Bus, which stops at all Cape Town’s key sights and beaches, including the cable car for Table Mountain (optional) where you can ascend to enjoy one of the world’s most famous views.

Continue to Camps Bay beach and then explore the shops and many other attractions of the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, which is also the centre of Cape Town’s nightlife.

Day 7

Today enjoy a full day Small Group Tour to:

• Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve where two oceans meet, and where you may see baboons, penguins, ostrich, antelope and dolphins; or
  
  Your tour travels via Hout Bay and along spectacular Chapman’s Peak Drive to the Cape Point, returning via naval Simons Town, Fish Hoek and Constantia. A very scenic tour of the whole Cape Peninsula, with the opportunity of visiting the penguin colony at Boulders Beach (optional)
  
  
• Stellenbosch Winelands for a cellar tour and wine tasting at some of the famous the wine estates of Paarl, Stellenbosch and Franschhoek; or
  
  Your tour travels from Cape Town to the renowned Cape Winelands of Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and Paarl, including stopping at several famous Wine Estates for wine tasting and visiting the historic university town of Stellenbosch
  
  
• Hermanus a small seaside village regarded as the best site for land-based whale watching in the world (July to November season)
  
  Your tour travels over Sir Lowry’s Pass with spectacular views of False Bay and includes wine tasting at a Wine Estate (closed Sundays) and a visit to the Harold Porter National Botanical Garden with its fynbos flora and bird life

You will be collected from your hotel between 08h30 and 09h00 and return to Cape Town around 17h30.

Days 8 and 9

At leisure in the beautiful city of Cape Town.

Choose one of the many optional excursions available today, such as a visit to Robben Island the infamous prison home of Nelson Mandela, or explore the many sights of Cape Town. Alternatively simply relax on golden Camp’s Bay beach – the choice is yours

Day 10

This morning transfer to Cape Town Airport for your 1-hour flight to George on the beautiful Garden Route.

You will be met at George airport and transferred to your luxury hotel in Knysna or Plettenberg Bay, a scenic 45-minute drive.

Check in and relax in your hotel in this area of outstanding natural beauty.

Day 11

This morning you will be transferred to the ferry to visit Featherbed Nature Reserve situated on the Western Head, one of two magnificent sandstone cliffs guarding the entrance to the vast Knysna lagoon. This spectacular nature reserve is only accessible by ferry, followed by a short trailer ride to the top of the reserve, which offers panoramic views.

Most visitors choose to return on foot via a 1-mile guided nature walk through natural coastal forest onto the cliffs, through caves and along a scenic coastal path. A seafood buffet lunch is then served under the old Milkwood trees.

Day 12

Today is free for relaxation and independent sightseeing on the Garden Route.

Knysna is a lively town situated on a vast lagoon and is famous for its bohemian artists and oysters, which are grown in the lagoon. It offers many interesting craft shops and many excellent seafood restaurants.

Plettenberg Bay is South Africa’s playground for the rich and famous and has spectacular sweeping beaches. Schools of dolphins are regularly seen in the warm Indian Ocean and whales may be seen in season (July to November).

Many optional excursions are available such as a day visit to Oudtshoorn to see ostriches and the Cango Caves.

Day 13

Return transfer to George Airport for your journey home.