|
“… Life is not about how many breaths you take, it is about how many moments take your breath away…”
Please click on button for free quotation.
Duration:
10 Nights / 11 Days
Recommended add-on tour:
3 Nights - Kruger National Park
Accommodation:
- Click on the star rating ***** (indicating the grading of the various establishments) to view the standard
and the type of accommodation you would prefer to stay in, at each location.
- Accommodation is subject to availability, if the under mentioned accommodation is not
available we shall endeavour to supply comparable facilities.
- The standard of the accommodation is on average a lot better than our grading,
due to the fact that we selected the best accommodation available for each category at each location.
Car Hire:
- Select the type of car you would prefer, click on the icons below to view selections. Self Drive Southern Africa is an approved agent Budget and First Car Rentals.
Please click on map / image - tour route indicator
Day 1:
Catch your connecting flight to Port Elizabeth on your arrival in South Africa, either from Cape Town or O R Tambo
(Johannesburg) International Airport. Our representative will be at the airport to meet you and hand over your travel
documents (Vouchers). Collect your car at the Budget Rentals or First Car Rentals office at the Airport. Afternoon
at leisure in Port Elizabeth, also known as the "Friendly City". Dinner can be enjoyed at one of the numerous
restaurants near you hotel.
Accommodation:
Day 2:
After breakfast and a leisurely morning, you can enjoy an interesting city tour of Mandela Bay, before departing for
the renowned Addo Elephant National Park. This is the only park in the world that boast with the "Big 7", namely
- Lion, Leopard, Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Rhino, Whale and the Great White Shark. Overnight in the park.
Accommodation:
Day 3:
Another day to relax in the African bush and to continue with your search of the "Big 7" and a host of other animals. Overnight in the park.
Accommodation:
Optional activities: Enjoy a sunset or evening game drive in an open vehicle with a park ranger.
Day 4:
Travel along the Garden Route towards Knysna, visit the "Big Tree", the Storms river mouth suspension bridge
in the Tsitsikamma National Park and Bloukrans - "Highest bungee in the world". Lunch on route. Our recommended
restaurant - Dry Docks on the waterfront. Overnight in Knysna.
Accommodation:
Day 5:
Morning at leisure - time to relax and enjoy what Knysna has to offer, this is a good place to do some shopping.
This afternoon you can take the ferry across the lagoon to the Featherbed Nature Reserve for a 4 x 4 trailer-ride
tour and hike through the reserve. Evening of leisure. Overnight in Knysna.
Accommodation:
(Recommend the same as day 4)
Day 6:
Travel via the Outeniqua Pass to Oudtshoorn in the Klein Karoo (semi desert area), a 60km drive that reflects the great diversities
of nature South Africa has to offer. Visit Cango Caves and Safari Ostrich Farm for lunch, also learn
everything and more than you might want to know about ostriches. Overnight in Oudtshoorn.
Accommodation:
Day 7:
Drive to Cape Town via Riversdale, Swellendam and Hermanus in the whaling season, and the rest of the year
you could travel along the scenic Route 62. Weather permitting - take the cableway up Table Mountain.
Evening at leisure. Our recommended restaurant - Mamma Africa. Overnight in Cape Town.
Accommodation:
Day 8:
Take a scenic drive around the Cape of Good Hope. Visit Hout Bay and the Cape Fur Seal colony on Duiker Island,
Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, Cape Point and the Boulders - Penguins. Have lunch at one of the numerous
restaurants in Simonstown. Evening at leisure. Our recommended restaurant - Hildebrand on the V & A Waterfront. Overnight in Cape Town.
Accommodation:
(Recommend the same as day 7)
Day 9:
A day at leisure, where you can do the following optional activities - a city orientation tour of South Africa's beautiful
Mother City on the "hop-on hop-off bus" or visit a local township or visit Robben Island where Nelson Mandela
was imprisoned for 17 years or visit to Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens or visit one of the numerous
beautiful beaches around the Cape or for the energetic - take a hike up Table Mountain or for the brave - shark
cage diving. Evening at leisure. Overnight in Cape Town.
Accommodation:
(Recommend the same as day 7+8)
Day 10:
Explore the stunning scenery of the Cape's world-renowned Stellenbosch Wine Route. Enjoy some excellent wines,
with wine tasting and cellar tours at some of the numerous wine estates along this route.
Also visit the quaint historical towns of Stellenbosch and Franschhoek. Our recommended
restaurant - Vijff Vlieghen (Five Flies) in the city. Overnight in Cape Town.
Accommodation:
(Recommend the same as day 7+8+9)
Day 11:
Morning at leisure. Time for last minute shopping and lunch at the V & A Waterfront. Weather
permitting an optional helicopter flight over the Cape Peninsula. Then drive to Cape Town
International Airport, drop-off your hired car at the Budget Rentals or First Car Rentals office, before catching your flight home.
OR
Recommended - Kruger National Park add on tour:
Drive to Cape Town Airport, drop-off your hired car at the Budget Rentals or First Car Rentals
office before, catching an early morning flight to Johannesburg's O R Tambo International Airport.
Collect your hired car at the Budget Rentals or First Car Rentals office at the airport. Travel
via Middelburg, Lydenburg and the scenic Long Tom Pass to Hazyview situated in the province of
Mpumalanga, meaning "the land of the rising sun". Depending on time and availability - you could
enjoy an evening of African culture with singing, dancing and dinner at Shangana, a traditional
Shangaan Village, meet the chief with his 3 wives and 36 children. Overnight in Hazyview.
Accommodation:
Day 12:
Visit the picturesque little town of Graskop, an excellent place to do some shopping.
Travel the Panorama Route of the majestic Drakensberg Mountains, admire the natural
beauty of God's Window, Bourke`s Luck Potholes and the Blyde River Canyon - third
deepest canyon in the world. Then it is off to the Kruger National Park (KNP), enter
the park through Orpen Gate. Overnight in the park.
Accommodation:
Day 13:
Enjoy a full day in the KNP in search of the "Big 5" and a host of other animals.
The KNP is known to be the most diverse park in the world with 140 mammals,
119 reptiles, ± 506 bird, 55 amphibians and ± 1980 plant species. Overnight
at one of the camps in the southern section of the park.
- Optional activities: Open vehicle sunset drive - with game ranger.
Accommodation:
Day 14:
Spend the morning in the KNP, before you travel to Johannesburg, the commercial hub of South Africa,
drop-off the hired car at the Budget Rentals or First Car Rentals office at O R Tambo International
Airport, before you to catch your flight home.
- Optional activities: Early morning bush walk - with game ranger.
Please click on button for free quotation.
|
|
