ECU7C: Club Cricket: Cape Town + Safari

Day 1

Arrive Cape Town Airport and meet your Cricket Test host, who will transfer you to your luxury hotel.

Check in and relax in your magnificent surroundings, before enjoying a special Welcome dinner this evening.

Days 2 and 3

Your cricketing holiday starts today as players are transferred to play Club Cricket against appropriately matched local clubs for the next two days, whilst enjoying the warm Mediterranean climate and endless blue skies of Cape Town.

Each day enjoy a full day of cricket, including a light lunch, before socialising with the opposing team over dinner – typically a traditional South African barbeque (“braai”).

All cricketing arrangements will be made for you, including grounds and balls. An umpire will also be provided if required.

NON-PLAYERS:
Cape Town City Tour (half day)
Cape Point Tour (half day)

Day 4

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. Start by ascending Table Mountain by cable car to enjoy one of the world’s most famous views and continue to Camps Bay beach and the V&A Waterfront.

Alternatively choose one of the many local excursions available, such as to the beautiful Stellenbosch Winelands or Robben Island, the infamous prison home of Nelson Mandela.

Day 5

Enjoy another day of enjoyable South African Club Cricket against an appropriately matched local club – this time an exciting Day/Night game, played under floodlights!

After play enjoy socialising with the opposing side, then venture out and explore the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, which is the centre of Cape Town’s nightlife.

NON-PLAYERS
Robben Island (half day)

Day 6

Return transfer to Cape Town Airport for your 2-hour flight to Johannesburg.

You will be met at Johannesburg Airport and transferred to the beautiful malaria-free Pilanesberg Game Reserve, a 2-hour drive through the rural North West Province.

After checking into your luxury game lodge, enjoy your first game drive in an open-top game viewing vehicle in this superb Big Five game reserve, which is uniquely situated inside an extinct volcano.

Hopefully see elephants, lions, antelope and a wide variety of other game, before enjoying dinner in your warm African surroundings.

Day 7

Up early this morning, when viewing conditions are at their best, for another open-top game drive in the Pilanesberg Game Reserve. We hope to see more of the Big Five today: lion, buffalo, rhino, elephant and leopard – as well as giraffe, wildebeest, crocodiles, hippos, antelope and many other interesting species, before returning to the lodge for breakfast.

The rest of the morning is at leisure. Visit the neighbouring gaming resort of Sun City, or relax beside the lodge swimming pool and visit the viewing hide. In the afternoon return to Pilanesberg Game Reserve for another open-top game drive, before dining at the lodge in the atmosphere that only the African bushveld can provide!

Day 8

Enjoy another early morning open-top game drive before breakfast and your return transfer to Johannesburg Airport.