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South African Extravaganza Tour 

 

 

 

 

South Africa Extravaganza Tour _Starts at SandtonDay 1: Arrival at Johannesburg
Met on arrival to JNB International and transfer to a luxury hotel in Sandton. The rest of the day at leisure to recover from the flight.

Day 2: Upington and Augrabies Falls
Transfer to JNB airport and catch domestic flight to Upington where a team member will meet you on arrival. Depart for the Augrabies Falls National Park. Afternoon Sight seeing and game drives. Return to Upington.

Day 3: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Early Breakfast. Depart to Kalahari National Park (now called the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park). A full day of game drives. Traditional Braai (barbeque).

South Africa Extravaganza Tour - KalahariDay 4: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Early morning Coffee and depart for a game drive, exploring the southern section of the Park and stopping for a picnic “brunch” along the way. In the afternoon we head back to Upington, en route we visit the San (Bushmen) in the area. The Hominy!
We enjoy dinner at one of the local Restaurants.

Day 5: Cape Town
An Early Breakfast pack up and fly to Cape Town to arrive at approximately 09h30. Again a team member will meet you on arrival and en route to your accommodation you will take a short orientation tour of the city, including Table Mountain, weather permitting. The rest of the day at leisure.

Day 6: Peninsula Tour
After breakfast we start at Kirstenbosch Gardens and then onto the Penguin Colony at Boulders beach Simons Town and Cape Point where we have Lunch. In the afternoon we take in a drive to Hout Bay, where a Boat Trip to seal island is planned. Then it’s back to Cape Town where visit the Waterfront enjoy an early dinner before going back to our accommodation

Day 7: The Wineland’s Tour
Our tour of the Wineland’s starts off with, weather permitting, a Photo Shoot at Blouberg strand. We then move on to Paarl for a cellar tour and wine tasting and continuing we make our way to Franchhoek for lunch. After lunch it onto to Stellenbosch for another Wine tasting a walk about tour of this fascinating town. After a full day we return to Cape Town. Supper at Marco’s Africa Place.

South Africa Extravaganza Tour - Garden RouteDay 8: Garden Route - Cape Agulhas, the southern most point of Africa
Start of Garden Route, we travel to Hermanus, via the scenic False
Bay coastal drive, and stop briefly at the Harold Porter Botanical Garden.
Hermanus is famous for whale viewing.) In the nearby town of Stanford we visit a small Brewery (beer), where we have lunch. After lunch on to the southern most point of Africa at Cape Agulhas where we visit the lighthouse Museum.

Day 9: Oudtshoorn in the Klein Karoo
Breakfast and then we make our way to the historical town of Swellendam and visit the local museum. We drive over the Tradouw Pass to the Town of Barrydale, where we stop for lunch. Our next stop is in Calitzdorp, famous for it’s Port, which we must try. Our last stop is the Town of Oudtshoorn; here we visit an ostrich farm.

South Africa Extravaganza Tour - OudshoornDay 10: Cango Caves - the Lake District - Plettenberg Bay
An early breakfast, after which we move to the world famous Cango Caves for a one-hour guided tour. We make our way back to Oudtshoorn, and to the coastal town of George. Here we embark on a steam train trip through the Lake and Coastal Districts between George and Knysna. At Knysna we have lunch and take a tour of the town and its surroundings. In the afternoon a scenic drive to Plettenberg Bay.

South Africa Extravaganza Tour - Hluhluwe elephantsDay 11: Tsitsikamma - Port Elizabeth - Durban
Today our first stop will be the Monkeyland Primate Sanctuary, a world first. We enjoy lunch at the Tsitsikamma National Park before driving the last stretch of the garden Route to Port Elizabeth. Drop off at the airport to connect with an afternoon flight to Durban, where you will be met by a team member who will take you on a brief City tour en route to you beach front hotel.

Day 12: Hluhluwe/Umfolozi Park
Scenic 2 ˝ hour drive to Hluhluwe/Umfolozi Park, the oldest game reserve in Africa and famous for saving the White Rhino from extinction. Today the park is home to the largest population and concentration of both species of rhino as well as all the other “Big 5” species. A game drive on arrival en route to check in at our camp. Afternoon game drive.

Day 13: Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park
Early morning wake up and after a light snack we pack up and depart on game drive stopping along the way for a bush breakfast. We continue on our game drive leaving the park at lunchtime. Lunch at local restaurant followed by curio shopping opportunity before we continue on to St. Lucia where we arrive in the late afternoon.

Day 14:
After breakfast we take a 2-hour boat cruise tour up the estuary of Lake St. Lucia. En route back to Durban we stop at Mtunzini for lunch and a walk in the Rafia Palm forest. Drop off at Durban airport and connect with flight to Johannesburg to connect with you flight home.

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