Day one - Blyde River Canyon
resort - Drakensberg Panorama
We collect you from your overnight accommodation or on arrival at the
Airport in Johannesburg . Drive to the scenic Drakensberg Escarpment
through the agricultural and mining rich 'highveld'. Visit Pilgrim's
Rest, God's Window, Waterfalls, Bourkes Luck Potholes and The Three
Rondavels - Overnight Blyde River Canyon
Our meals will be at wayside
cafes en route to and from the Parks. In the game reserve we will have
breakfast and dinners in the restaurants. Breakfast offers one, from
cereals, porridge, fruit, juice, yoghurts through to a full cooked breakfast
with eggs, bacon and then generally sausages and tomatoes or the like.
Dinners are generally buffet style. Soup, fish, a variety of meat dishes,
though usually a choice of roasts (sometimes venison is on the menu
as an option) with vegetables, ending in sweets, cheese and biscuits
and coffee. Lunches are usually snack type at one of the camps or at
picnic stop cafes. Here the choice is limited to sandwiches and the
like.
Day two to five - Kruger
Park restcamps
Kruger National Park for four nights overnighting at two different camps,
Bungalow accommodation. Here the rooms have twin beds, each a private
shower, toilet and handbasin en-suite. The brick under thatch rooms
are equipped with airconditioning and a fridge. There is insect proof
screening on the doors and windows. You will be provided with bath and
hand towels as well as soap.
Full daily wildlife game viewing
safari programme including a night drive in an open game viewing vehicle.
This to improve on your chances of seeing some of the nocturnal species
such as leopard (always difficult to find), lion, hyena, genet, bush
babies and then the other nocturnal animals such as the owls and
nightjars. You also get to see most of the diurnal animals, their eyes
lighting up like a little town when you chance on a herd of Impala.
Kruger is an excellent venue with good sightings of lion, elephant,
giraffe, zebra, buffalo, wildebeest, kudu, warthog, baboon, monkey,
hippo and impala regularly seen. The more elusive animals like cheetah,
leopard and wild dog are an exciting find. Option to go on a walk in
the bush with an armed field ranger - included, adults only.
Day
six - Ntshondwe Camp, Ithala Game Reserve
Depart Kruger Park, travel to northern Zululand and the Itala
Game Reserve. The Ithala experience combines excellent facilities with
superb game viewing and bird watching in a beautiful setting. Of the
30000 ha, about a quarter is open bushveld and much of the remaining
area consists of steep valleys with dense vegetation. Very different
to the flat, open terrain of the Kruger Park. Animals occurring in the
reserve, that are considered rare and endangered include, greater bushbaby,
caracal, leopard, honey-badger, brown hyena, pangolin, tsessebe and
the martial eagle amongst others. Good sightings of eland, red hartebeest
and mountain reedbuck are regularly enjoyed. Overnight Ntshondwe Camp.
Day seven and eight - Hilltop
Camp, Hluhluwe Imfolozi Park
We leave the Itala Game Reserve travelling through rural Zululand and
proceed to the Hluhluwe Umfolozi Park where we would spend two nights
at the world renowned, Hilltop Camp. The accommodation here is brick
under thatch chalets, each with their own private bathroom. The meals
would be at the excellent Mapunye restaurant.
This is the game reserve famous
for "Operation Rhino" which brought the white rhino back from
the brink of extinction. Now you should see just how successful the
Nature Conservation Service has been.
Sightings of rhino, giraffe,
buffalo, wildebeest, zebra, warthog, baboon. vervet monkey, with antelope
such as impala, nyala and kudu frequently seen and with the possibility
of seeing lion, leopard, cheetah, elephant, black rhino, hippo, crocodile,
monitor lizards, hyena and antelope such as red bush duiker, steenbuck,
waterbuck, eland, reedbuck, bushbuck and then the rare Samango monkey
and Wild Dog, much less frequently.
Day eight - Hilltop Camp,
Hluhluwe Umfolozi Park
This morning we will go on an early morning bush walk with an armed
field ranger. Not included & subject to limited availability. Here you get to track the animals and we often get comfortably in
sight of wildlife such as white rhino. The black rhino is given a wide
berth should we chance on one of those more cantankerous of pachyderms
- included, adults only. Full day game viewing programme.
Day nine - Lake St Lucia
Visit a Zulu cultural village -optional - and then on to Lake St
Lucia to overnight at a Lodge close to the Lake shore. Sundowners overlooking
the Lake with the possibility of seeing hippo leaving for their nocturnal
grazing grounds.
Day ten - Durban
Early morning cruise on Lake St Lucia which was recently proclaimed
a World Heritage Site - hippo, crocodile and excellent birding, arriving
in cosmopolitan Durban late afternoon, travelling via the scenic Dolphin
Coast. Safari ends. Overnight at a Hotel on the Beachfront at Umhlanga,
just north of Durban? (Not included)
The cost of this ten day,
nine night fully inclusive private wildlife Safari based on a minimum
of two people travelling is
Johannesburg to Durban R19,650 - approx
US$3,000 or UK£ 1,700 per person sharing Single supplement R3,300 - approx US$510, UK£285.
Prices quoted in SA Rand. US$ & £ subject to exchange rate. Prices
valid until 31/10/2007, minimum 2 people.
The above price includes all transport, accommodation, meals, all park
and guide fees and excursions as detailed.
Not included would be all drinks, laundry and telephone calls as well
as any personal purchases and gratuities.
Our vehicles are modern, airconditioned,
registered with the Dept of Transport and undergo an annual roadworthy
inspection. The drivers all have Professional Public Drivers Permits
which need to be renewed bi-annually. All guides are registered by SATOUR
and have had in excess of 5 years experience, all have a current first
aiders certificate and have English as their mother language.
We are members of a number
of controlling authorities and in particular the South African Tourism
Services Association, SATSA, which has strict membership criteria. Members
have to comply with all industry requirements and to be financially
secure.
Cellphone communication is
provided, subject to network connection which is good. All overnight
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