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Duration:
9 Nights / 10 Days
Recommended add-on tour:
3 Nights - Cape Town
Accommodation:
- Click on the star rating ***** (indicating the grading of the various establishments) to view the standard
of the 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 have selected the best accommodation available for each category at each location.
- All accommodation prices given are an accurate guideline. All prices on accommodation are calculated according to the off-peak period.
The displayed prices could therefore change slightly on your final free quotation.
Car Hire:
- Select the type of car you would prefer, click on the icons below to view selections and prices. Self Drive Southern Africa is an approved agent for Avis and Europcar.
Please click on map / image - tour route indicator
Day 1:
Morning arrival in South Africa. Our representative will be at the airport to meet you and
hand over your travel documents (Vouchers). Collect your hired car at the Avis or Europcar office at
Johannesburg's O R Tambo International Airport . Depart to Pretoria for a city tour that includes
the Voortrekker Monument, Paul Kruger House, Church Square and Union Buildings. Overnight
in or near the Jacaranda City of Pretoria. Our recommended restaurant - Carnivore Restaurant
at the Misty Hills Hotel.
Accommodation:
Day 2:
Depart to Hluhluwe via Ermelo and Piet Retief. Overnight in or near Hluhluwe in Zululand.
Accommodation:
Day 3:
Take a cruise on the St Lucia estuary, a lake riddled with crocodiles
and hippos in the Greater St Lucia Wetlands. Travel to the Hluhluwe / Umfolozi
Game Reserve, in by-gone years this reserve was the hunting grounds of Zulu Kings.
Spend the rest of the day in search of the "Big 5" and a host of other animals.
Overnight in or near Hluhluwe in Zululand.
Accommodation:
(Recommend the same as day 2)
Day 4:
Spend the morning in the Hluhluwe / Umfolozi Game Reserve, which is renowned for
its white & black rhino conservation efforts. Enjoy Zulu hospitality at its best
with a traditional Zulu festival at one of the Zulu cultural villages in Zululand.
Overnight near Eshowe.
Accommodation:
Day 5:
Early departure for a day of history and battlefields, visit places that still
exude an ambience of a once mighty Zulu nation, such as the Anglo-Zulu war battlefields
of Isandlwana and Rorke`s Drift, as well as the famous "Battle of Blood River".
Overnight in or near Dundee.
Accommodation:
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Travel to the seaside town of Umhlanga, check-in at your accommodation establishment
and spend the rest of the day at leisure.
Accommodation:
Day 6:
Day at leisure in Umhlanga with its golden beaches washed by the warm Indian Ocean
in a sub - tropical setting. Overnight in Umhlanga.
Accommodation:
(Recommend the same as day 5)
Day 7:
Travel to the Natal Drakensberg Mountains, also known as the "barrier of spears"
via the historical city of Pietermaritzburg, stop for lunch at Howick Waterfall.
Overnight near the Natal Drakensberg Mountains.
Accommodation:
Day 8:
A day at leisure in the beautiful Natal Drakensburg Mountains where Bushmen left
their life stories in the form of paintings and drawings on the rocks and in the
caves. Various caves can be visited in the way of guided tours or you could take
a walk along one of the numerous nature trails in the parks. Overnight near
the Natal Drakensberg Mountains.
Accommodation:
(Recommend the same as day 7)
Day 9:
Travel the Oliviershoek Pass to the village of Clarens and the Golden Gate Highlands
National Park. Spend the afternoon relaxing or take a walk along one of the numerous
nature trails in the park.
- Optional activities: Horse riding or game drives are available.
Accommodation:
Day 10:
Travel back to Johannesburg the commercial hub of South Africa, drop-off the hired
car at the Avis or Europcar office at O R Tambo International Airport . There will be time
for some last minute shopping before your departure.
- Optional activities: Township tour of Soweto, with an accredited guide.
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Recommended - Cape Town add-on tour:
Travel to Johannesburg, catch your connecting flight to Cape Town (Recommend flight booking: 11h00 - 13h30).
Collect your car at the Avis or Europcar office at Cape Town Airport. Check-in at your accommodation. We recommend
that you do an orientation tour of South Africa's beautiful Mother City. Visit the Castle of
Good Hope, Parade Ground, City Hall, Houses of Parliament, Tuinhuis and the Dutch East India Company Gardens
, these gardens became known to early travellers as "the noblest and most beautiful curiosity in Africa". Overnight in Cape Town.
Our recommended restaurant - Mamma Africa
Accommodation:
Day 11:
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, Boulders - Penguins and Kirstenbosch National
Botanical Gardens. Lunch along the way. Weather permitting - take the cableway up Table Mountain.
Overnight in Cape Town. Our recommended restaurant - Hildebrand on the V & A Waterfront.
Accommodation:
(Recommend the same as day 10)
Day 12:
Visit the Cape's world-renowned Stellenbosch wine route, also spend some time in the historical towns
of Stellenbosch and Franschhoek. Overnight in Cape Town. Our recommended
restaurant - Five Flies in Cape Town.
Accommodation:
(Recommend the same as day 10+11)
Day 13:
Morning at leisure or you could visit Robben Island, the place where Mr. Nelson Mandela was imprisoned
for 18 years. Lunch at the V & A Waterfront, time for last minute shopping. Return to Cape Town International
Airport and drop-off the hired car at the Avis or Europcar office at the airport. Catch your flight home.
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