Tour Overview
Day by Day Itinerary
Day 01: Cape Town, South AfricaArrive Cape Town International Airport. Upon clearing Customs and Immigration, you are met by our local representative who will present you with a welcome packet including necessary documentation. Scheduled transfer to your hotel for check-in and balance of day at leisure.
Four Rosmead Day 02: Cape Town
Breakfast at the hotel. Half-day scheduled Cape Town city tour. The ultimate 'Mother City' experience - designed to orientate you and give you an insight into the magic of Cape Town featuring; Table Mountain (weather permitting); the Castle - South Africa's oldest building; Company Gardens; a scenic tour past the Parliament Buildings, City Hall and Slave lodge; historic Malay Quarter and colorful Bo-Kaap; ending with a diamond cutting tour. Transfer to the V&A Waterfront. Enjoy lunch (own account) and join an afternoon Robben Island Tour (scheduled departures from the Clock Tower.) The infamous Robben Island, whose prison was once home to former South African president Nelson Mandela as well as many other black political dissidents, is now a World Heritage Site and provides stunning views across the bay with Table Mountain as its backdrop. Your tour includes round trip ferry to the island, an island tour and a tour of the prison with a former political prisoner as your guide (3.5 hours including 30-minute ferry transfers each way.) On your return to the V&A Waterfront you will be met for a scheduled transfer to your hotel.
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Day 03: Cape Town
Breakfast at the hotel. Half-day scheduled Cape Peninsula tour. Travel along the Atlantic Seaboard, to Hout Bay. From Hout Bay, travel to Noordhoek and through Ou Kaapse Weg. Proceed to the Cape Point Nature Reserve, where you may opt to ride the Funicular (own account) where you can view the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean. The Cape Peninsula is the thin finger of land in the Southwestern corner of Africa with the city of Cape Town at its head. As you travel south towards Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope, the land gets narrower until you reach the very tip, with nothing beyond except Antarctica. Continue to Simonstown, for a short stop at Boulders Beach. Nestled in historic Simon's Town in South Africa, Boulders Penguin Colony is part of the Cape Peninsula National Park. Almost 3000 African (jackass) penguins, so called because their call resembles the bray of a donkey, reign supreme amidst rounded rocks and fish-filled False Bay. These endangered, flightless birds are free to roam the seas and return to their private haven – Boulders Beach. Next transfer to the Cape Winelands for a half-day tour of the wine region including two estates for wine tasting and a cellar tour. Whether it is its magnificent natural beauty, its rich cultural heritage or its world-renowned wines, the Winelands Region is synonymous with all the best that the Cape has to offer. A 45-minute drive from Cape Town brings you to this area where splendid mountains form a dramatic backdrop to lush vineyards and gabled Cape Dutch homesteads steeped in history. Come experience the hospitality and beauty of Stellenbosch, Paarl, Wellington, Franschhoek and Pniel. The diversity of the Winelands will capture every heart. Follow in the footsteps of our ancestors as you stroll along the oak-lined streets of Stellenbosch, the second oldest town in the country. Return to Cape Town and your hotel later this afternoon.
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Four Rosmead Day 04: Cape Town - Thornybush Game Reserve & Kruger National Park
Breakfast at the hotel. Scheduled transfer to Cape Town Airport. NOTE: Cape Town-Kruger flight is not included in land price. Arrive Kruger Mpumalanga Airport. You are met for private ground transfer (2 hours) to Thornybush Game Reserve, adjacent to world-renowned Kruger National Park where your safari begins with game viewing en route to your luxury lodge. Option to fly to Thornybush Game Reserve airstrip (at extra cost) and get an aerial view of the game reserve is available. Nearly 2 million hectares of unrivalled diversity of life forms fuses with historical and archaeological sights – this is real Africa. Kruger National Park offers a wildlife experience that ranks with the best in Africa. Established in 1898 to protect the wildlife of the South African Lowveld, this national park is unrivalled in the diversity of its life forms and a world leader in advanced environmental management techniques and policies. Truly the flagship of the South African national parks, Kruger is home to an impressive number of species: 336 trees, 49 fish, 34 amphibians, 114 reptiles, 507 birds and 147 mammals. After checking in, you will have the opportunity to freshen up and have lunch. Spend some time relaxing, before departing on a game drive late this afternoon. Return to the lodge after dark, for dinner.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Thornybush Lodge Day 05: Kruger National Park
Meals at the lodge. Full day of game viewing activities with your resident safari guide. Game drives in open landrovers and a professional team of game rangers, offer guests the thrill of close encounters with Africa’s BIG FIVE. Early morning game drives start with a wake up call between 05h00 and 06h00; tea and coffee is served in the lounge before heading out for your game drive. Leave in time to catch the sunrise & great animal viewing. Return to camp by 9am and enjoy a hearty breakfast. Join guided walking safaris after breakfast where game rangers offer fauna and flora lectures and magnificent rock art viewing. Each topic is discussed and guests are welcome to set the pace as they wish. There is of course always the good possibility of game viewing on these outings. Lunch and relaxation time is enjoyed until the big game drive starts in the late afternoon. Beverages and snacks are served at a scenic place en route to watch the African sunset. Once back from the evening game drive, dinner is served at the lodge or in your own room if you wish.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Thornybush Lodge Day 06: Kruger National Park
Breakfast at the lodge. Morning game drive and return private transfer to Kruger Mpumalanga Airport. NOTE: Kruger -Johannesburg flight is not included in land price. Arrive Johannesburg airport. You are met outside baggage claim for scheduled transfer to your hotel.
Afternoon scheduled visit to the Apartheid Museum. The Apartheid Museum opened in 2001 and is acknowledged as the pre-eminent museum in the world dealing with 20th century South Africa, at the heart of which is the apartheid story. Apartheid was dismantled a decade ago but its horror lives on, in a stark white building in Johannesburg. It is the Apartheid Museum, and it takes visitors on a journey you're unlikely to forget. Inspiring journey from the dark days of 'whites only' privilege, through to Nelson Mandela's historic release. Documented film snippets, texts, sound clips and live accounts recapture life in the old South Africa.
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The Rosebank Hotel Day 07: Johannesburg - Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Breakfast at the hotel. Return scheduled transfer to Johannesburg Airport. NOTE: Johannesburg – Victoria Falls flight is not included in land price. Arrive Victoria Falls airport. You are met outside baggage claim for scheduled transfer to your hotel. Afternoon scheduled tour of Victoria Falls. Discover why the Falls is one of the seven natural wonders of the world as you tour the Zimbabwean side, which offers various vantage points along the width of the Falls, to view this natural phenomenon. Walk through the rain forest - a fun experience and quite beautiful. Stop at several vantage pints to view the Main Falls, Horseshoe Falls, Rainbow Falls, the Boiling Pot, Cataract Island and Livingstone Island. Witness the spray and thunderous noise, as millions of liters of water tumble over the Falls into a series of narrow gorges below. Boma Dinner at the lodge. This unique dining experience coupled with a feast of cultural entertainment is great value-for-money and a completely different cultural night out, with exciting cultural dance and song. Taste traditional Zimbabwean dishes and for those with a sense of adventure a few mopani worms! Shangaan and Ndebele dancers and singers will thrill you with their energetic performances.
Breakfast, Dinner
Victoria Falls Safari Lodge Day 08: Victoria Falls – Chobe National Park, Botswana
Breakfast at the lodge. Scheduled transfer (border crossing) to your lodge near Chobe National Park. Chobe National Park is one of Africa's finest game reserves with a reputation for the highest concentration of elephants worldwide. In Chobe a sunset cruise is a thrilling end to a magnificent day as hundreds of dusty elephants jostle at the river's edge to quench their thirst. After checking in, you will have the opportunity to freshen up and have lunch. Spend some time relaxing, before departing on a game drive in Chobe National Park. Note: park fees (own account) paid locally. Return to the lodge after dark, for dinner.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Mowana Safari Lodge Day 09: Chobe National Park
All meals at the lodge. Morning and afternoon game viewing activities with your resident safari guide. Spend your day game viewing in the Chobe National Park, a great wilderness area packed with giraffe, bush buck, elephant, lion and leopard. You have the opportunity to enjoy exhilarating game drives in an open safari vehicle, and experience the romance of Chobe River on a sundowner cruise, while enjoying fantastic sightings of both hippo and crocodile.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Mowana Safari Lodge Day 10: Chobe National Park - Victoria Falls - Depart
Breakfast at lodge. Morning game drive and return transfer (border crossing) to Victoria Falls Airport for your departing flight. NOTE: Victoria Falls-onward flight is not included in land price.
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