Day 01: Cape Town, South Africa
Arrive Cape Town International Airport. Upon clearing Customs and Immigration, you are met by our local representative who will present you with a welcome packet including necessary documentation.
Private transfer to your hotel for check-in and balance of day at leisure. Cape Grace Hotel
Day 02: Cape Town
Breakfast at the hotel. Private full-day tour featuring Table Mountain and Cape Peninsula.
The ultimate 'Mother City' experience - designed to orientate you and give you an insight into the magic of Cape Town featuring; Table Mountain (weather permitting) and scenic tour past the Parliament Buildings, City Hall and Slave lodge; historic Malay Quarter and colorful Bo-Kaap.
Next, continue along the Atlantic Seaboard, to Hout Bay. From Hout Bay, travel to Noordhoek and through Ou Kaapse Weg. Proceed to the Cape Point Nature Reserve, where you may opt to ride the Funicular (own account) where you can view the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean. The Cape Peninsula is the thin finger of land in the Southwestern corner of Africa with the city of Cape Town at its head. As you travel south towards Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope, the land gets narrower until you reach the very tip, with nothing beyond except Antarctica.
Continue to Simonstown, for a short stop at Boulders Beach. Nestled in historic Simon's Town in South Africa, Boulders Penguin Colony is part of the Cape Peninsula National Park. Almost 3000 African (jackass) penguins, so called because their call resembles the bray of a donkey, reign supreme amidst rounded rocks and fish-filled False Bay. These endangered, flightless birds are free to roam the seas and return to their private haven – Boulders Beach.
Return to Cape Town this afternoon. Breakfast Cape Grace Hotel Day 03: Cape Town
Breakfast at the hotel. Private full-day Cape Winelands tour.
Transfer to the Cape Winelands for a tour of the wine region including several estates for wine tasting and cellar tour.
Whether it is its magnificent natural beauty, its rich cultural heritage or its world-renowned wines, the Winelands Region is synonymous with all the best that the Cape has to offer. A 45-minute drive from Cape Town brings you to this area where splendid mountains form a dramatic backdrop to lush vineyards and gabled Cape Dutch homesteads steeped in history. Come experience the hospitality and beauty of Stellenbosch, Paarl, Wellington, Franschhoek and Pniel. The diversity of the Winelands will capture every heart. Follow in the footsteps of our ancestors as you stroll along the oak-lined streets of Stellenbosch, the second oldest town in the country.
Enjoy dinner at Lanzarac Manor & Winery before returning to Cape Town this evening. Breakfast, Dinner Cape Grace Hotel Day 04: Cape Town - Exeter Private Reserve/Sabi Sands
Breakfast at the hotel. Private transfer to Cape Town Airport.
NOTE: Cape Town-Johannesburg flight is not included in land price.
Board the Federal Air scheduled charter to Sabi Sands airstrip. You are met by lodge staff for transfer to your lodge with game viewing en route.
Nearly 2 million hectares of unrivalled diversity of life forms fuses with historical and archaeological sights – this is real Africa. Kruger National Park and it’s surrounding private game reserves offer a wildlife experience that ranks with the best in Africa. Unrivalled in the diversity of its life forms and a world leader in advanced environmental management techniques and policies. Kruger is home to an impressive number of species: 336 trees, 49 fish, 34 amphibians, 114 reptiles, 507 birds and 147 mammals.
After checking in, you will have the opportunity to freshen up and have lunch. Spend some time relaxing, before departing on a game drive late this afternoon. Return to the lodge after dark, for dinner. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Leadwood Lodge Day 05 & 06: Exeter Private Reserve / Sabi Sands
All meals at the lodge. Two full days of game viewing activities with your resident safari guide.
Game drives in open landrovers and a professional team of game rangers, offer guests the thrill of close encounters with Africa’s BIG FIVE.
Early morning game drives start with a wake up call between 05h00 and 06h00; tea and coffee is served in the lounge before heading out for your game drive. Leave in time to catch the sunrise & great animal viewing.
Return to camp by 9am and enjoy a hearty breakfast. Join guided walking safaris after breakfast where game rangers offer fauna and flora lectures and magnificent rock art viewing. Each topic is discussed and guests are welcome to set the pace as they wish. There is of course always the good possibility of game viewing on these outings. Lunch and relaxation time is enjoyed until the big game drive starts in the late afternoon. Beverages and snacks are served at a scenic place en route to watch the African sunset.
Once back from the evening game drive, dinner is served at the lodge or in your own room if you wish. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Leadwood Lodge Day 07: Exeter Private Reserve/Sabi Sands - Johannesburg
Breakfast at the lodge. Morning game drive and return transfer to Sabi Sands airstrip.
Federal Air scheduled air charter to Johannesburg Airport. You are met outside baggage claim by a hotel representative for transfer to the hotel and afternoon at leisure.
One option is to visit the Apartheid Museum (additional fees apply.) The Apartheid Museum opened in 2001 and is acknowledged as the pre-eminent museum in the world dealing with 20th century
South Africa, at the heart of which is the apartheid story.
Other options (additional fees apply) include; Sterkfontein Caves (Cradle of Mankind), Elephant Sanctuary, Rhino Breeding Center, Cheetah Research Center, Lion Park Tour or Gold Reef City Mining Tour. Breakfast Tintswalo @ Waterfall HotelDay 08: Johannesburg - Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Breakfast at the hotel. Return hotel transfer to Johannesburg Airport.
NOTE: Johannesburg – Victoria Falls flight is not included in land price. Arrive Victoria Falls Airport. You are met outside baggage claim for private transfer to your hotel.
Afternoon at leisure in Victoria Falls. The hotel has its own private path to the Victoria Falls, which is less than a 10-minute walk away (entrance fee is on own account.) Discover why the Falls is one of the seven natural wonders of the world as you tour the Zimbabwean side, which offers various vantage points along the width of the Falls, to view this natural phenomenon. Walk through the rain forest - a fun experience and quite beautiful. Stop at several vantage pints to view the Main Falls, Horseshoe Falls, Rainbow Falls, the Boiling Pot, Cataract Island and Livingstone Island. Witness the spray and thunderous noise, as millions of liters of water tumble over the Falls into a series of narrow gorges below. Dinner at the hotel this evening. Breakfast, Dinner Victoria Falls HotelDay 09 & 10: Victoria Falls - Okavango Delta, Botswana
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer by road (border crossing en route) to Kasane Airport in Botswana. Light aircraft transfer to Nxabega Okavango Safari Camp. Lodge staff await to transfer to your lodge with game viewing en route. Larger herbivores - including elephant and buffalo. Lion prides, cheetah, leopard and African wild dog may be encountered. Herds of handsome red lechwe favor the edges of floodplains, often feeding in the company of tsessebe. Hippos reside in deeper channels and lagoons.
Enjoy two full days of game viewing activities with your lodge guides.
Guests have a choice of daily activities including meandering along the floodplains of the Delta by mokoro (canoe), exploring the deeper channels by motor boat, nature walks accompanied by a professional guide, or tracking game in open 4x4-safari vehicle in the mopane forests and open grasslands. The added highlight of an evening game-drive with spotlight assures you of an unforgettable experience in Botswana. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Nxabega Okavango Safari Lodge Day 11: Okavango Delta - Maun - Depart
Breakfast at lodge. Morning game drive and return by light aircraft to Maun. Breakfast
NOTE: Maun-onward flight is not included in land price.
