CW02 - 14 Day Countrywide Tour & Safari

Two weeks of taking in the highlights of South Africa. Starting with a city tour in Pretoria we move on to do some game viewing in the Kruger National Park as well as get up close and personal with the wild game at a Private Game Reserve. We then fly south to Port Elizabeth from where we travel along the Garden Route taking in all the sights and nature along the way until we reach Cape Town.

Knysna, Garden Route.

Tour Cost - Fully Guided	01 Nov 2011 - 31 Oct 2012	01 Nov 2012 - 31 Oct 2013
Per Person Sharing - SA Rand (2-3 Persons)	R32670	Please Enquire
Per Person Sharing - SA Rand (4-8 Persons)	R28715	Please Enquire
Single Supplement - SA Rand	R4580	Please Enquire
Children Under 12 - SA Rand	Please Enquire	Please Enquire

This tour can also operate as a complete Self-Drive Tour or Semi-Guided Tour (Guided Kruger Section and Self-Drive Garden Route & Cape Town Section). Please enquire for the rates if you are interested in these tour options.

Tour Highlights

Half Day Pretoria City Tour
3 Nights of Luxury 4-star Air-Conditioned Accommodation in Kwa-Madwala Private Game Reserve
Open 4x4 Safari Vehicle Sundowner Game Drive in Kwa-Madwala Private Game Reserve
Full Day of Game Viewing in the Kruger National Park
Half Day of Game Viewing in the Kruger National Park
Afternoon at leisure to do optional extra game viewing activities (walks, elephant back safaris and more)
Guided Jane Goodall Chimpanzee Eden Tour
Spend some time in the Tsitsikamma National Park
Knysna Sundowner Cruise
Featherbed Nature Reserve Tour in Knysna
Visit to an Ostrich Farm and the Cango Caves in Oudtshoorn
Winelands Tour
Robben Island & Table Mountain Tour
Cape Peninsula Day Tour

The Route
Johannesburg - Pretoria - Kwa-Madwala Private Game Reserve - Kruger National Park - Chimpanzee Eden - Johannesburg - Port Elizabeth - Tsitsikamma National Park - Knysna - Oudtshoorn - Mossel Bay - Stellenbosch - Cape Town

Departures
Tours depart daily to suit your needs

Guests
Minimum 2 - Maximum 8

Day 1 of the tour
Guests arrive at OR Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg) in the morning where they will be met by one of our tour guides. We then travel to Pretoria where we will do a Pretoria City Tour taking in the Voortrekker Monument where we learn about the days of the great trek. After that we drive to Kruger House where we get to look around before continuing on to Church Square. From there we travel up to the Union Buildings where we stop and spend some at the headquarters of South Africa. This evening will be at leisure. (There are a number of nearby restaurants that you may decide to visit for dinner).

Overnight: The Courtyard Hotel Arcadia - Pretoria (Bed & Breakfast)

Day 2 of the tour
An early start as you depart Pretoria and travel from the highveld to the lowveld region of the Mpumalanga Province. You will arrive at the Kwa-Madwala Private Game Reserve in the early afternoon, just in time for lunch. There will then be some leisure time for you to check into your luxurious rooms and laze around the pool with an ice-cold drink. Later in the afternoon, you will have your first chance to view South Africa's abundant wildlife when you partake in a sundowner game drive on an open 4x4 safari vehicle with a professional game ranger. Kwa-Madwala is home to a variety of game species including Elephant, Rhino, Lion, Leopard, Giraffe and Zebra to name just a few. Dinner this evening could be served in either the boma with its huge central fire place or on the main dining deck.

Overnight: Manyatta Rock Camp - Kwa-Madwala Private Game Reserve (Lunch, Dinner, Bed & Breakfast)

in one of our comfortable air-conditioned vehicles for a full day of game viewing. You will travel throughout the southern reaches of the Kruger Park and have the opportunity to enjoy one of the world’s finest game sanctuaries.

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 the 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 vast array of shrubs, grasses and bulbous plants.

Later in the afternoon you will exit the Kruger Park and travel back to the Kwa-Madwala Game Reserve where you will have some time at leisure to relax before enjoying another fantastic dinner.

Overnight: Manyatta Rock Camp - Kwa Madwala Private Game Reserve (Lunch, Dinner, Bed and Breakfast)

Day 4 of the tour
This morning you will once again have an early start as your guide takes you into the Kruger National Park for a half day of game viewing. You will return to the lodge at about 13:00 and then have lunch. After lunch you will have the opportunity to relax around the pool at leisure or take part in any of the optional extra game viewing activities as mentioned below:

*** All prices are subject to change.

Game Drives, Walking Safaris & Cultural Experience:

3 Hour morning game drive in Kwa-Madwala Private Game Reserve with coffee and rusks in an open 4x4 game viewing vehicle, hosted by a professional game ranger - R450 per person.
3 Hour afternoon/ night game drive in Kwa-Madwala Private Game Reserve with sundowner drinks and snacks in an open 4x4 game viewing vehicle, hosted by a professional game ranger - R450 per person.
2 and a half hours night game drive in Kwa-Madwala Private Game Reserve in an open 4x4 game viewing vehicle, hosted by a professional game ranger - R350 per person.
1 Hour walking safari - R250 per person.
2 Hour walking safari - R350 per person.
3 Hour walking safari - R450 per person.
Kruger National Park half day tour in an air-conditioned mini bus including entrance fees - R750 per person.
Kruger National Park full day tour in an air-conditioned mini bus including entrance fees - R950 per person.
Local traditional dancing and singing - R250 per person.

Elephant Back Safaris & Interaction Experiences:

Half Hour elephant interaction experience including, walk, feed, feel, touch, sense and talk - R450 per person.
1 Hour energetic walk with elephants through the bush - R700 per person.
1 Hour elephant back safari including game viewing experience through the bush - R800 per person.
2 Hour elephant back safari including game viewing experience through the bush - R1400 per person.
3 Hour elephant back safari including game viewing experience through the bush - R1950 per person.

Horse Back Safaris:

1 Hour ride through the bush - R300 per person.
2 Hour ride through the bush - R550 per person.
Half day ride including breakfast - R800 per person.

Microlight Safaris - (low altitude light aircraft safaris): Morning (06:30-08:30, Afternoon (15:00-17:00) weather depending:

15 Minute microlight safari flight above Kwa-Madwala Private Game Reserve (minimum of 4 pax) - R650 per person.
1/2 Hour microlight safari flight above Kwa-Madwala Private Game Reserve and along the Crocodile River (border of the Kruger National Park) - R1050 per person.
1 Hour microlight safari flight above Kwa-Madwala Private Game Reserve and along the Crocodile River (border of the Kruger National Park) - R1750 per person.

Day Tours:

Panorama route day tour - R1250 per person.
Day trip to Swaziland - R1500 per person.
Day trip to Maputo, Mozambique - R2000 per person.

Spa Treatments:

Kwa-Madwala also has its own Spa Treatment Centre that overlooks the fantastic valley below. Please feel free to enquire at reception about the treatments on offer.

The evening will again include dinner and time to relax.

Overnight: Manyatta Rock Camp - Kwa Madwala Private Game Reserve (Lunch, Dinner, Bed and Breakfast)

Day 5 of the tour
This morning after breakfast we will depart the lodge and make our way to the Jane Goodall Chimpanzee Eden in Nelspruit where we will partake in a one and a half hour guided tour starting at 10:00. This reserve and many of its chimps have been made famous by the Animal Planet series 'Escape to Chimp Eden'. The sanctuary has been constructed in a forest in the secure heart of the reserve. You will get to visit the information and interpretation centre and meet the chimps on an informative guided tour around semi-wild enclosures to observe the chimps, completely at home, behaving much as they would in the wild. After the tour you will be able to have a light lunch in the restaurant (own account) before we depart and make our way back to Johannesburg where you will be dropped off at OR Tambo International Airport and catch a flight to Port Elizabeth. On arrival in Port Elizabeth you will be met and transfer to your guest house where you will be at leisure for the rest of the evening.

Overnight: Beachwalk B&B - Port Elizabeth (Bed & Breakfast)

Day 6 of the tour
We depart Port Elizabeth this morning and start our trip along the Garden Route. We make our way to the Tsitsikamma National Park where we visit the ‘Big Tree’ and you will have leisure time to walk in the forest and just enjoy the amazing nature. There are many optional adventure activities on offer in the area which you are welcome to take part in. Tonight you have an evening of leisure.

Overnight: Tsitsikamma Village Inn - Storms River (Bed & Breakfast)

Day 7 of the tour
We will have an easy start to the day as we drive to the small quaint town of Knysna. You will be free to explore for the rest of the day. This is a great town to do your shopping for African curios. Later this afternoon we get together and are treated to a spectacular sundowner cruise on the Knysna estuary. This evening you will be at leisure to enjoy a superb dinner at one of the many fantastic restaurants in town. Seafood is a must while dining out in Knysna.

Overnight: Knysna Log Inn - Knysna (Bed & Breakfast)

Day 8 of the tour
This morning we enjoy an exclusive tour of the Featherbed Private Nature Reserve situated at the Knysna Heads, including a 2,5km guided scenic walk and a superb lunch. The rest of the afternoon and evening will be at leisure in Knysna.

Overnight: Knysna Log Inn - Knysna (Lunch, Bed & Breakfast)

Day 9 of the tour
Today we head further inland to the Klein Karoo town of Oudtshoorn known as the ‘Ostrich Capital’ of the world. Here we will visit an Ostrich Farm where we will have the opportunity to learn about them as well as feed them and maybe even get the chance to ride them. Next we stop at the Cango Caves which were once inhabited by men from the Stone Age. We do a guided tour of the caves where we learn about the history of the caves as well as view their amazing formations. This evening we will relax in one of the most tranquil places in our South African Safari. A choice for dinner must surely be to try an ostrich steak.

Overnight: Hlangana Lodge - Oudtshoorn (Bed & Breakfast)

Day 10 of the tour
This morning sees us depart Oudtshoorn after breakfast and drive to the town of Mossel Bay. A visit to the Diaz Maritime Museum and the old Post Office Tree are definitely the highlights. Our drive on to Stellenbosch will have us bypass the towns of Swellendam and Caledon before going over Sir Lowry’s Pass where you will enjoy fantastic views. On arrival in Stellenbosch we will check into our hotel and will be at leisure for the evening.

Overnight: D'Ouwe Werf Hotel - Stellenbosch (Bed & Breakfast)

Day 11 of the tour
This morning you are at leisure to explore Stellenbosch, the second oldest town in South Africa. At lunch time we get together to enjoy the afternoon doing some wine tasting at some of the finest estates in the well known wine farming regions of Stellenbosch. You will also have the opportunity to buy some bottles of your favourite wine. After a great day out in the winelands we will drive on to Cape Town where you check into your hotel and have the rest of the evening at leisure.

Overnight: City Lodge V&A Waterfront - Cape Town (Bed & Breakfast)

Day 12 of the tour
This morning your guide will take you to the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront where you will join a boat trip to the World Heritage Site that is Robben Island (Prison Island where Nelson Mandela spent 19 years). You will enjoy a guided tour while on the Island. Upon return from Robben Island you will have some time to relax and have lunch (own account). After lunch this afternoon you will have the opportunity to take an optional trip up Table Mountain. From the top of Table Mountain you will have some of the best views over Cape Town. An evening at leisure will allow you to enjoy one of the many fantastic restaurants that are on offer in Cape Town.

Overnight: City Lodge V&A Waterfront - Cape Town (Bed & Breakfast)

Day 13 of the tour
We do a South Peninsula Tour of the Cape today taking in the views of Hout Bay as we do the incredibly scenic drive over Chapman’s Peak and on to Cape Point, where many like to believe the two oceans meet. Here you will have the opportunity to go up to the lighthouse and take some of the most memorable pictures of your travels, as well as get a photo opportunity at the world famous Cape of Good Hope sign. As we continue along the coastline we stop to visit the Boulders Beach Penguins before taking a drive through the navy town of Simon’s Town. We then enjoy beautiful views across False Bay, before we make our way back to your hotel. You will again be at leisure to enjoy the night life of Cape Town.

Overnight: City Lodge V&A Waterfront - Cape Town (Bed & Breakfast)

Day 14 of the tour
This morning is at leisure to possibly catch up on some last minute shopping. You will then be collected from your hotel and transfer to Cape Town International Airport or to the accommodation of your choice in the Cape Town area.

Included

13 Nights B&B Accommodation
3 Dinners - Nights 2,3,4
4 Lunches - Days 2,3,4,8
Transportation in air-conditioned vehicles and open game viewing vehicles
All Entrance Fees & Conservation Fees as mentioned
Game Viewing as described in the itinerary
THETA Registered tour guide for the duration of the tour
Sundowner Cruise in Knysna
Domestic Flight (Johannesburg - Port Elizabeth)

Excluded

International Flights
All Unspecified Meals
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.