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Joburg to Cape Town (16 days)16 days duration
On arrival at Johannesburg's O.R Tambo International Airport you are taken to your hotel for the night. Johannesburg is the largest and most populous city in South Africa. It is also the source of a large-scale gold and diamond trade, due to its location on the mineral rich Witwatersrand Range of hills.
The trendy northern suburb Sandton, with its shopping malls, bars and restaurants and colourful African markets is where you hotel is situated.
This morning you start your journey through Mpumalanga Province, known as "Paradise Country". You drive along the spectacular "Panorama Route", offering views of amazing scenery including the 26km long Blyde River Canyon and historic God's Window, a breathtaking view (weather permitting) from the edge of the escarpment taking in Kruger National Park. You will then continue on to your hotel for tonight. (B)
The day begins with early morning coffee or tea, followed by an open-vehicle game drive through the Kruger National Park with a pre-packed breakfast. The park offers great game viewing and wildlife opportunities and you will soon appreciate the challenges of managing this unique reserve. Search for the "Big Five": Rhino, Buffalo, Lion, Leopard and Elephant, as well as prolific birdlife and numerous other game. You then return to the hotel to relax for the afternoon.
Later in the afternoon you depart on a community visit to the Amazing Grace Children's Centre for a tour and a brief look into the lives of the children that are living there. This visit offer you the opportunity to understand more about the rural communities and their lifestyles and to interact with them in a secure and optimistic environment. Optional late afternoon or night open-vehicle game drives are available at additional cost. (B) Please note: There is an optional Luxury Private Game Lodge option in the Sabi Sand Conservancy available for these two days. This involves an additional cost.
After breakfast you travel to Swaziland, an independent Kingdom adjoining South Africa. It is known for its lovely scenery, crafts and colourful indigenous culture. Here you visit the Ngwenya glass factory, where visitors can watch talented glass blowers create a range of enchanting African animals, birds and fish, as well as tableware, made from 100% recycled glass that is collected by the children of Swaziland.
In the afternoon the opportunity exists to visit a Swazi candle factory, where you can watch Swazi wax artists make beautiful candles. (B)
Today you travel to the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve, which contains an immense diversity of fauna and flora and is quite famous for its conservation of black and white rhino. Enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve. Tonight is spent at a hotel in the area. (B)
After breakfast you travel past sugar cane fields, Eucalyptus plantations and Zulu Kraals enroute to Durban. You visit a traditional Zulu village to experience the local culture, dancing and enjoy a delicious lunch before continuing on to Durban for the night. Durban offers a long golden beach and a fascinating mix of cultures, from the downtown Zulu rickshaws, temples, mosques and the oriental bazaar to modern shopping malls. (BL)
Today is at leisure. You may like to arrange an optional Durban City Tour. (B)
After breakfast you are taken to Durban Airport for the short flight to Port Elizabeth, known as the "friendly city", where you are met and taken to your hotel. The remainder of you day is at leisure. (BD)
Today you head westward along the Garden Route, following the Indian Ocean coastline and bordered inland by soaring mountain ranges and indigenous forests, to Knysna. Knysna nestles on the banks of a beautiful lagoon in the heart of the Garden Route. (B)
After a leisurely breakfast you enjoy a lagoon cruise to the Featherbed Nature Reserve, where you can take a trailer ride to the top of the Western Head to enjoy panoramic views of the town and lagoon below. (BL)
This morning you are taken through the spectacular Outeniqua Mountain Range to Oudtshoorn where you visit an Ostrich Farm for a guided tour, before visiting the spectacular limestone caverns of the Cango Caves, one of the world's great natural wonders, sculpted by nature through the ages. Oudtshoorn is the centre of the world's Ostrich industry. (BD)
Today you travel through 'Little Karoo' and Montagu, a picturesque and historic spa town. Enroute, you stop off in the town of Barrydale, where you visit a local farm school and learn about the local community. You continue to Cape Town for three nights. (B)
Today is free. You may like to undertake one of the following optional tours. (B)
1st Option: This morning you enjoy a city tour taking in all the highlights of Cape Town, followed by a spectacular revolving cable car ascent of the magnificent Table Mountain.
2nd Option: Today you board a ferry to Robben Island, formerly a political prison housing Nelson Mandela and now a museum and National Monument.
Today is also at leisure. You may like to undertake the following optional tour. (B)
Tour Option: Today's tour begins with a scenic drive along the Atlantic Coast, with its glorious views of the Twelve Apostles, part of the Table Mountain Range; the fishing village of Hout Bay and then on to Cape Point in the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet. You then continue along the False Bay Coastline and return by way of Simon's Town where you visit the Penguin Colony at Boulders Beach. Before your return, you stop at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens for a short walking tour of this beautiful place. Finally, you pass by Cape Town University and the Rhodes Memorial.
This morning you are taken to Cape Town Airport for your onward flight. (B)
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