SOUTH AFRICAN 15 DAY TOUR

Cape Town - Garden Route - Kwa Zulu - Swaziland - Kruger Park - JHB

Via the Garden Route, Natal, Swaziland and the Kruger National Park.
"A magical tour that takes you through the 
very best that South Africa has to offer".

MAP ROUTE - 5000km
1. Cape Town /Hermanus
2. Mossel bay 
3. Oudtshoorn
4. Knysna
5. Port Elizabeth
6. Durban /St Lucia
7. Swaziland/ Kruger National Park 
8. Pretoria
9. Johannesburg

Brief Description:

This is an excellent 15-day tour that departs from Cape Town
(15 days, 14 nights) Bed / Breakfast Basis 

Departure place: Cape Town International Airport or other

Itinerary \:

(Day1)

Cape Town

Cape Town Airport /our guide / meet you / check you into your Hotel / sightseeing tour of Cape Town / including the Cable Car (weather permitting) up Table Mountain / cruise on a sailing ship on Table Bay experiencing the African Sunset at its best with enough Champagne to swim in.

Supper / Afrika Restaurant on Lang Street with their African faire and live vibrant drums and marimbas.

Accommodation: Selected Guesthouse ****or similar BB

Supper: Excluded

(Day 2)

Peninsula tour / Atlantic Seaboard / Seapoint, Bantry Bay, Clifton, Bakoven / Fish Market in Hout Bay / Seal Colony by ocean going vessel / spectacular Coastline / Boulders at SimonsTown and the Naval Base where we interact with the Jack-ass Penguins /False Bay on to Cape Point National Park /funicular to the top of the look out point, hundreds of feet above the pounding surf and the place where the mighty Indian and Atlantic Oceans meet /Fish Hook / Hermanus (The Whale Capitol of the World –July to Nov).

Accommodation: Selected****BB or similar BB

Lunch: Two Oceans Restaurant Exc.

Supper: Traditional SA cuisine Excl.

 

(Day 3)

Stanford to Swellendam for lunch / White Cape Dutch Architecture / Mossel Bay /

Dias Statue in Mossel Bay

temperate climate /walk on its fine Madibas Beach /shop the flea markets in this little bustling fishing.

Accommodation: Selected Guesthouse **** BB or similar BB

Lunch: Zandrift Excl.

Supper: Restaurant Excluded.

Day 4:

Robinson Pass/ indigenous Fynbos and Protea & Erica / Little Karoo / Oudtshoorn, centre of the Ostrich Kingdom / Ostrich Show Farm where you can see, feel, touch, sit on and ride / delightful lunch /Red Wine / Ostrich Steak / Cango Caves set in the mysterious Swart Berg Mountains  Accommodation: Selected Guest House**** DBB

De Poort Guest house

Lunch: Ostrich Incl

Supper: Traditional SAcuisine BBQ - Incl

Day 5:

Great Karoo / Swartberg Pass /. fascinating red rock formations /Fynbos / Prince Albert walk through / full of rich history and sights.

Swartberg Pass

Lunch of Karoo lamb /Meirings Poort / refreshing walk with 400m mountains towering above us on either side / De Rust with its interesting mix of house styles from all influences / Oudtshoorn onto George via the 800m Outeniqua Pass / Dolphin's Point / Wilderness / picturesque town on the Garden Route - Knysna.

Accommodation: Selected Guest House**** BB

Lunch: Excl.

Supper: Excl.

Day 6:

Local Black pre-school facility and have a cultural interaction/ Tsitsikamma via Plettenberg Bay and Natures Valley

Natures Valley

Thick green indigenous forests with its Yellowwood and giants and tree ferns / Blou Krans pass /  highest 216 meter Bungi jump in the world / Tsitsikamma Zip Line/  Tsitsikamma National Park with its hanging bridge on the rocky coastline with forests and sea.

Storms River Hanging bridge

We head for the Sunshine coast and Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape.

Accommodation: Selected Suite**** BB

Lunch: Plettenberg Bay Excl

Supper: Excluded.

Day 7:

After breakfast we do a short drive through of PE and head out towards Grahamstown in Frontier Country into the Ciskei to East London on the Buffalo River.

Wild Coast of Transkei

Transkei via Kei Bridge past Nelson Mandela's Home to Umtata, capital of the Transkei. We are in the rural heartland of the Xhosa Nation, a region where the 21st Century and yesterday have not met.

We head to Umtata Capital of the Transkei/ a place so wild and untouched.

Accommodation: Selected BB

Lunch: Excl

Supper: Excluded.

Day 8:

Umtata on via Kokstad, Bizana, Flagstaff to Port Edward in Kwa Zulu Natal, on to Durban.

Durban

We visit the Natal Sharks Board Museum, Shaka Marine World one of the best Aquariums in the world.

Accommodation: Selected ***BB

Lunch: Exec

Supper: Exec

(Day 9):

Golden Mile / scenic North Coast of Kwa Zulu Natal / Stanger, birth place of Shaka your guide accompanies you to Eshowe and Shakaland with traditional Zulu music, dance & culture in the valley of 1000 hills.

Shakaland Hotel & show

Accommodation: Shakaland DBB

Lunch: Shakaland Inc

Supper: Shakaland Inc

(Day 10):

St Lucia, boat trip on Lake St. Lucia for Hippo, birds & Crocodiles. Continue up the Matopo Mountains to Ghost Mountain

Accommodation: Selected Guesthouse BB

Lunch: Excl

Supper: Excl

 

(Day 11)

Golela into the Kingdom of Swaziland with its arts & craft markets.

 We sleep over at Mbabane.

Accommodation: Selected Lodge BB

Foresters Arms Swaziland

Lunch: Excl

Supper: Excl

(Day 12)
Piggs Peak into the Kruger National Park at Malelane. We start our game drive immediately and continue to Crocodile Bridge

Accommodation: Selected Camp BB

Lunch: En Route Excl

Supper: Excluded

(Day 13)
We spend the whole day game driving and top the action with a night drive on open vehicles.

Accommodation: Selected Camp Kruger National DBB

Lunch: En Route Excl

Supper: Kruger Excl

(Day 14)
We spend the whole day game driving and top the action with a night drive on open Vehicles.

Accommodation: Selected Camp Kruger National DBB

Lunch: En Route Excl

Supper: Kruger Excl

(Day 15)

Orphen Gate to the West exit on the Kruger to Sabie / magnificent Mpumalanga/ Blyde river Canyon, Bourks Luck Potholes, to Pilgrims Rest./ (An old gold diggers town) Graskop/ back via Pretoria to Johannesburg for drop off at hotel or International Airport.

Lunch: En Route Excl

 

Included:

All entrance fees except where it is excluded.

All transfers

Satour driver/guide

Transport Air-con 6 & 14 Seater Microbus

All accommodation bed, breakfast

Selected lunch & suppers as per itinerary

Portage.

All game drives, open 4x4 vehicles, spotlights.

Excluded is:

Meals as per itinerary

Alcoholic drinks

Tips and gratuities

Items of personal nature.

Tariff per person sharing:

R 43,850.00 per person

Single Supplement R 4,280.00

Last revised: 2010