14 Days / 13 Nights
Arrive: Cape Town
Depart Johannesburg

Arriving Cape Town, arguably the most beautiful city on planet earth, we experience the natural beauty as well as the laid-back attitude of the inhabitants of Cape Town! Some of the nature and culture we are to experience include whales, penguins, fynbos flora with an option for Table Mountain and Robben Island too. Robben Island Prison was an institution which was used to hide the apartheid’s opposition from the outside world during the 60’s & 70’s, and, today, a World heritage Site. The second part of this Tour Program concentrates on the showpiece in South African Conservation – the world famous and well-documented Kruger National Park. Discovering wildest Africa on foot is an experience very few privileged guests experience – or even know they can do it! Waking up to animal sounds in the African bush, is an experience you will not be able to convey to your amazed friends! Forget the hustle & bustle of the modern cities and wind down with like-minded fellow travelers! The Tour Program is designed for all ages and who are true friends of nature – you will just love the experience! Day 1: Cape Town Touching down Cape Town International Airport, you are transferred to Afton Grove Country Retreat. The rest of the day is spent at leisure after a long and exhausting flight from the UK.
Meals: Dinner
Accommodation: Afton Grove

Day 2: Kirstenbosch, Cape Point & Boulders
After breakfast we transfer to Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens via the scenic and world-renowned Chapman’s Peak. Founded in 1913 and lying on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain, Kirstenbosch covers an area of 828ha, of which 60ha is cultivated with indigenous flora with the remainder uncultivated areas, protected as a natural floral reserve. Kirstenbosch is a living display featuring almost 5000 of the 20 000 indigenous floral species of the South African flora. Towards mid-morning, we depart from Kirstenbosch and visit the world famous Groot Constantia Wine Cellar, situated on the slopes of the Table Mountain Range. After lunch, we depart for the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, which forms part of the Table Mountain National Park. Established to protect the Fynbos (means fine leaves), this reserve is a botanist’s dream. The fynbos within the reserve, which forms part of the Cape Floral Kingdom, is the smallest of the six floristic kingdoms of the world, but has the highest number of species, a staggering 8 600, of which 5 800 are found nowhere else in the world! All “crammed” into an area measured only one-third the size of Britain. The Cape Floral Kingdom also has the highest known concentration of plant species: 1 300 species per 10 000 km²! The nearest rival is the South American rain forest with a concentration of a mere 400 species per 10 000 km²! The most characteristic form of vegetation in this floral kingdom is fynbos (pronounced “fain-bos”) and is the common name for the distinctive scrublands of the Western Cape Province of South Africa.  We also visit the wild and rocky promontory of Cape Point with fantastic views. Our last place of interest to visit for the day is Boulder’s Beach – one of only two South African land based African Penguin colonies.
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Accommodation: Afton Grove

Day 3: Great White Sharks
At daybreak we board our boat for Great White Shark photography. False Bay is the only place in the world where Great White Sharks breach (see documentary, “Breaching Sharks”, on The Discovery Channel) and we will try and capture that on film! We return to shore after mid-day. Please note that this excursion is weather dependant. Our lunch is complimented with a visit to some of the finest wine cellars in the world. The afternoon is spent tasting some of the best wines in the world and we can also appreciate the true yesteryear’s Cape-Dutch architecture of some of these wine estates. 
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Accommodation: Afton Grove
 
Day 4: Cape Town
Your day at leisure!
Spend time in the V&A Waterfront – any shop-aholic’s dram or take the ferry to Robben Island. Robben Island, today a world heritage site, became internationally known for its institutional brutality towards “political prisoners”. The duty of those who ran the Island and its prison was to isolate opponents of apartheid and to crush their morale. Some freedom fighters spent more than a quarter of a century in prison for their beliefs!
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Accommodation: Afton Grove

Day 5: Cape Town – Johannesburg - KNP
You board your domestic flight to Johannesburg from Cape Town at mid-day. At the arrivals hall you are met by a representative of your overnight accommodation for check-in. The rest of the day is spent at leisure, either at the pool or just relaxing in your comfortable 4-star room!
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Accommodation: The Safari Clu

Day 6: Johannesburg - Hazyview
You are met by your guide after breakfast and transfer to Hazyview. Arriving mid-day, we check in at Hippo Hollow Country Estate. The rest of the afternoon is spent at leisure in the peaceful surroundings of the lodge.
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Accommodation: Hippo Hollow

Day 7: Hazyview
We leave Hazyview after breakfast for a day of sightseeing on the Great Escarpment of South Africa. The area we visit today is one of both mystery and breathtaking beauty – some of the most spectacular views in Africa unfold from the heights of the mentioned Escarpment. We visit some of the most dramatic waterfalls of the region, The Pinnacle, God’s Window, the Three Rondavels and Bourke’s Luck Potholes. Somebody once described this beautiful area as follows: “The Escarpment is a place of legends, of secrets, hidden gold mines, of jack tars, journeymen en route to Delagoa Bay, pausing to take in the beauty around them and then exhaling, sighting at what lay ahead.” Extra optional activities in the form of Abseiling, Pleasure Flights and Parachuting are all available at request. We return to Hazyview late afternoon, in time for dinner.
Accommodation: Hippo Hollow
Meals: Full Board

Day 8: Hazyview – Kruger National Park
Just before sunrise, we board the vehicle and depart for our long awaited exciting experience with elephants: “Early Morning Elephant Wake-Up, -Interaction and -Ride. After lunch, we enter one of the most famous game reserves in Africa - Kruger National Park. Almost two million hectares in extent, and roughly the size of Wales, Kruger holds the greatest diversity of animal life of all national parks worldwide. We drive towards Olifants Camp and check in. The camp is situated a top a hill which towers several hundred feet over the Olifants river. Views from the lookout platforms allow one to see the river below, just as a soaring eagle would survey it, as it hunts from the skies.
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Accommodation: Olifants

Day 9: Olifants
At daybreak we leave the safe environment of the camp for a pre-breakfast game walk! Experience the wild side of Africa on foot! Olifants is situated in rugged veld on rhyolite / basalt soil. Lowveld cluster-leaf, raisin bush and mopane dominate the habitat in the Olifants area.  This habitat attracts numerous animals and Burchell’s Zebra, Blue Wildebeest, Warthog and Buffalo are all possibilities.  The open plains to the south are preferred habitat of Cheetah and your guide will pay special attention to the surroundings to try and locate this athletic, well-camouflaged cat. Tonight you have a night game drive on the cards - to experience and appreciate the “darker” side of nocturnal animals!
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Accommodation: Olifants

Day 10: Olifants
At daybreak, we leave Olifants on a pre-breakfast game-drive. Nocturnal mammals are on the menu and hopefully we see Leopard this morning! We return to the camp in time for breakfast and shortly after breakfast, we leave on another exciting game drive, which will keep us busy till around midday. Buffalo, Giraffe, Elephant and Lion are often seen, with Kudu, Wildebeest, Zebra and Impala all god possibilities. We arrive back at Olifants in time for lunch. The afternoon is spent at leisure and then we board the vehicle for yet another late afternoon game drive.
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Accommodation: Olifants

Day 11: Olifants – Gomo-Gomo Game Lodge
We leave Olifants after breakfast and travel south towards Skukuza to arrive at Gomo-Gomo Game Lodge after lunch. Gomo Gomo is an intimate, camp built on the banks of the Nhlaralumi River in the prestigious Timbavati Private Nature Reserve, one of South Africa's most pristine and unspoiled reserves. Known for its excellent game viewing and diverse habitats, Timbavati is the home of the white lion, and now forms part of the greater Kruger National Park, with a common unfenced border - an area comprising more than 2.2 million hectares of untamed bushveld. Your private safari at Gomo Gomo Game Lodge allows access to over 12 000 hectares of the finest big game country, with lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and buffalo thriving alongside giraffe, zebra and a variety of antelope.
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Accommodation: Gomo-Gomo

Day 12: Gomo-Gomo
Fully inclusive day with activities at Gomo Gomo Game Lodge.
Meals: Full Board
Accommodation: Skukuza

Day 13: Gomo-Gomo
Fully inclusive day with activities at Gomo Gomo Game Lodge.
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Accommodation: Skukuza

DAY 14: Gomo-Gomo - Johannesburg
We leave Kruger National Park after lunch to arrive Johannesburg as the sun sets in the west. We check in at our overnight accommodation and prepare for dinner.
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Accommodation: The Safari Club

DAY 15: Johannesburg - Home
Depending on the time of your morning departure flight, you are dropped off at the airport, in time for check-in.

Meals: Breakfast