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A four day game viewing experience in the Kruger National Park that starts with a Panorama Route Tour. You will then enjoy a full day of game viewing in the in the Kruger National Park as well as an open-safari vehicle game drive. Next you travel to a Private Game Reserve where you will stay at a Private Lodge and enjoy more open-vehicle game viewing activities. The tour ends back in Johannesburg.    
The Route
Johannesburg - Panorama Route - Country Lodge - Kruger National Park - Private Game Reserve - Johannesburg
Departures 
Tour Starts: Monday (Between 06:30 and 08:00)
Tour Ends: Thursday (Between 16:30 and 18:00)
If you can't start this tour on a Monday - no problem! These tours can also operate as Private Tours and start on any other day to suit your needs. Please enquire for the private departure tour rate. Guests
Minimum 2 - Maximum 8 (This is a Scheduled Tour that operates with other travellers)
| Tour Cost - Fully Guided | 01 Nov 2009 - 31 Oct 2010 | 01 Nov 2010 - 31 Oct 2011 | | Per Person Sharing - SA Rand (2-8 Persons) | R9200 | Please Enquire | | Single Supplement - SA Rand | R730 | Please Enquire | | Children Under 12 - SA Rand | Please Enquire | Please Enquire |
Day 1 of the tour
We collect our guests from all hotels, guesthouses and private homes in Gauteng as well as from OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. We then depart Johannesburg and travel east towards the Mpumalanga Province and visit the many attractions along the "Panorama Route", including God's Window, the Bourke's Luck Potholes and the viewpoint over the Blyde River Canyon at the Three Rondawels. In the afternoon we descend the eastern escarpment and travel through the warm "lowveld" to a beautiful country lodge, just a short distance from the Kruger National Park.
Overnight: Country Lodge - Mpumalanga Province (Dinner, Bed and Breakfast)
Day 2 of the tour
After an early breakfast at the lodge we travel the short distance to the nearest entrance gate to the Kruger National Park. Once inside the Park, excitement will mount as we start seeing some of the numerous animals that inhabit this magnificent wildlife sanctuary. We spend most of the day game viewing inside the Kruger Park arriving at our "restcamp" in the late afternoon. There is time for a short break before joining an exciting "open vehicle" game drive, looking for Africa's "Big Five" - Elephant, Rhino, Buffalo, Lion and Leopard. Accommodation tonight is in comfortable en-suite bungalows or cottages, and dinner in the camp restaurant. The world-renowned Kruger National Park, which sprawls across nearly 20 000 sq kilometres of hot, flattish lowveld terrain in the far northeast of South Africa, ranks among the finest game sanctuaries in the world. Few visitors come away disappointed. The sky is big, the horizons are far and the great expanses of bushveld remain remarkably unspoilt. All the roads, rest camps and other man-made features only account for about 2 percent of the park’s area, the rest is pure wilderness. No other sanctuary in Africa can match the Kruger in the number and variety of its life forms: the savannah plains of the park, the forest and riverine reaches are home to nearly 150 kinds of mammal, including the ‘Big 5’ (Lion, Elephant, Rhino, Leopard and Buffalo), more than 500 bird species, 112 reptile types (50 of them snakes of one sort or another), 49 of fish, 34 of amphibian, an uncountable diversity of insects, 500 types of tree and a vast array of shrubs, grasses and bulbous plants. Overnight: Satara, Olifants, Letaba or Skukuza Rest Camp - Kruger National Park (Dinner, Bed and Breakfast)
Day 3 of the tour
After breakfast we exit the Kruger Park and travel to an exclusive lodge in a nearby private game reserve. Later this afternoon an exhilirating game drive in specifically adapted open 4x4 safari vehicles is undertaken. At dusk sundowners are enjoyed deep in the bush, after which the drive continues, making use of spotlights to search for nocturnal animals. A final highlight is a specially prepared dinner enjoyed under the stars around the campfire (weather depending). We make use of a number of smaller and more intimate game lodges in one of the private game reserves that lie directly west of the Kruger National Park. The specific game lodge used will depend on availability, but should be one of the following: Jackalberry Game Lodge, Chapungu Luxury Tented Lodge, Royal Legend Safari Lodge, Kambaku Safari Lodge, Nkorho Bush Lodge, Kapama River Lodge, Kapama Buffalo Camp, Simbavati River Lodge. Overnight: Private Game Lodge - Limpopo Province (Lunch, Dinner, Bed and Breakfast)
Day 4 of the tour
After a final open vehicle game drive and a late breakfast, we travel back to Johannesburg/ Pretoria. Drop off is at a hotel or guesthouse of your choice, or the OR Tambo International Airport.
Included
* 3 Nights B&B Accommodation
* 3 Dinners - Nights 1,2,3
* 1 Lunch - Day 3
* Transportation in air-conditioned vehicles and open-game viewing vehicles
* All Entrance Fees and Conservation Fees as mentioned
* Game viewing as described in the itinerary
* THETA Registered tour guide for the duration of the tour Excluded
* International & Domestic Flights
* Unspecified Lunches
* All Beverages
* Optional Extra Activities
* Gratuities, Telephone calls etc.
* Travel Insurance Please Note
Please feel free to make any other requests or suggestions to the above African tour. We will do our best to make itinerary and accommodation changes to suit your budgets and needs.
Scheduled Departure Dates 2009/ 2010 Nov 09 | Dec 09 | Jan 10 | Feb 10 | Mar 10 | Apr 10 | May 10 | Jun 10 | Jul 10 | Aug 10 | Sep 10 | Oct 10 | 02 | 07 | 04 | 01 | 01 | 05 | 03 | 07 | 05 | 02 | 06 | 04 | 09 | 14 | 11 | 08 | 08 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 09 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 23 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 26 | 24 | 28 | 26 | 23 | 27 | 25 | 30 | | | | 29 | | 31 | | | 30 | | |
Private Departures
If you cannot begin this tour on a Monday then we can do our best to accommodate you in this respect. We can operate it as a private tour and start on any other day to suit your needs. Please enquire for the private departure rates. Feel free to make any other requests or suggestions to the above mentioned Kruger Park tour(in South Africa). We will do our best to make itinerary and accommodation changes to suit your specific budgets and requirements.
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