Wildlife Discovery Silver Class Southbound

SOUTHBOUND

JOHANNESBURG TO DURBAN

With option of itinerary in reverse - Durban to Johannesburg

DAYS: 5 Days and 4 Nights
MIN/MAX PAX: One / Nine
DEPARTURE: Sunday and Tuesday (Sandton hotels at 07h30)
VEHICLE: Luxury Sedan/ Luxury Microbus/ Luxury Mini Coach
LANGUAGES AVAILABLE: English - German. Various language guides available on request
VISA/ PASSPORT: Multiple entry visas for South Africa where applicable.
For Swaziland entry, passport and visa conditions apply

Main Attractions:

• Panorama Route featuring Pilgrim's Rest, Blyde River Canyon, Bourke's Luck Potholes, God's Window and Lisbon Falls
• World Famous Kruger National Park, rich in fauna and flora, with game viewing in open safari vehicles
• Maputaland Reserve featuring an open safari game drive in the Hluhluwe Game Reserve
• Greater St Lucia Wetlands National Park - estuary river cruise
• Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve

Accommodation: Upper 3 and 4 Star hotels and private game lodges

Day 1 -

Depart from Johannesburg and travel to the 'Province of the Rising Sun', Mpumalanga, via the historic towns of Witbank, Dullstroom and Lydenburg. Travel over the famous Long Tom Pass on to the small town of Sabie. Visit the Lone Creek Waterfalls before arriving at your elegant hideaway. Enjoy a delectable dinner that can only be described as a 'culinary masterpiece'.

Day 2 -

After breakfast, visit the Mac Mac Waterfalls. Along the Bonnet Pass, pay a short visit to the historic town of Pilgrim's Rest, where the richest alluvial gold deposits in South Africa were discovered in 1873. Continue exploring the Panorama Route featuring: the Blyde River Canyon, Three Rondawels, Bourke's Luck Potholes, God's Window and various waterfalls. Traveling over Kowyn's Pass to the Hazyview area, arrive at your luxury safari hotel in a lush sub-tropical "Garden of Eden" setting. Enter the Kruger National Park for a short introductory game drive in the late afternoon and return to your hotel for an eclectic table d'hôte dinner.

Day 3 -

Early morning game drive in the Kruger National Park. An open safari vehicle is available as an optional extra. Enjoy a sumptuous breakfast in the Kruger Park followed by further game viewing en route to the private game lodge. Arrive in time for high tea, and late afternoon game viewing in an open safari vehicle with an experienced ranger and tracker. Return to the lodge for dinner where an African feast awaits you.

Day 4 -

An early morning game drive (optional). After breakfast depart via the Mananga border through eastern Swaziland and along the Lebombo Mountains. Leave Swaziland at Goelela border post and continue via the town of Pongola to a Maputaland safari lodge, arriving in the late afternoon. Dinner served in the Boma under the African sky (weather permitting).