Great Wildlife Expedition - South Africa Tours, Safari
Great Wildlife Expedition
Visit The Kruger National Park in Mpumalanga as well as the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park in KwaZulu-Natal which complement each other splendidly in terms of habitat and wildlife. Once you have been on this tour, you will return home with those memories of mysti
Tour Code: SCMD
Depart From: Johannesburg
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Duration: 6 Days
Country:
South Africa
Departures: Weekly
(Sundays and Wednesdays)
Type: Safari | |
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Tour Description
This tour combines the best wild life and wilderness areas of South Africa, blended with the rugged beauty so synonymous with the African continent. It incorporates the areas from the diverse KwaZulu-Natal with habitats such as lakes, rivers, dune forests, beaches, mangrove forests and sub-tropical vegetation to the Kingdom of Swaziland, one of only three sovereign Kingdoms in Africa.
It also covers Mpumalanga with mountains, valleys, waterfalls, pockets of primal forests. The famous Kruger National Park, covering around two million ha of African bushveld, is situated here.
We also visit a private game lodge on the edge of the Kruger National Park. Here we are treated to open vehicle game drives with powerful spotlights in search of the nocturnal animals and game viewing on foot! The ultimate experience - what an adrenaline rush!
The tour departs Johannesburg every Sunday and Wednesday at 09:00. It also runs from Durban to Johannesburg departing Durban on Mondays.
ROUTING: Johannesburg - Mpumalanga - Private Game Lodge - Kruger National Park - Swaziland - Zululand - Durban.
SPECIAL NOTES: Bring sun block and an insect repellant along. Please take your passport with as we enter
Swaziland. Ensure you have a multi entry visa into South Africa if you need a visa to enter into South Africa.
MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS: An anti-malaria drug is highly recommended.
DRESS REQUIREMENTS: Comfortable casual and smart
casual for the evenings, warm windbreakers/jackets for the night game drives in open vehicle.
Itinerary
Day 1.
Our first day on tour takes us from Johannesburg via Middelburg, Dullstroom and Robber’s Pass to Pilgrims Rest, the early gold mining town turned into a living museum. Rich deposits of alluvial gold were found here at the end of the 19th century, hence the existence of the town deep in the mountains.
After exploring this quaint old town, we continue to Sabie where we have a pleasant walk through indigenous forest to visit Lone Creek Falls. Overnight at the Lone Creek River Lodge.
Day 2
We travel via Graskop to marvel at scenic areas such the Pinnacle, God’s Window, Lisbon Falls, Bourke's Luck Potholes (a walk down the hill to this unique trick of nature is worth the effort), and the magnificent Three Rondavels view site at the Blyde River Canyon. We walk along the cliffs to really appreciate the breathtaking views.
Finally we descend to the Lowveld via Abel Erasmus pass and the Strydom Tunnel to arrive at Mohlabetsi in the Balule private game reserve. This afternoon our encounter with Africa's wildlife begins as we travel on an open vehicle to search for the game. Enjoy a great dinner under the stars tonight (weather permitting).
Overnight at Mohlabetsi
Day 3.
After an early morning hike, searching for the wild on foot, and breakfast, we enter the Kruger National Park and spend the rest of day in this magnificent reserve around 2 million ha in extent.
We overnight in the reserve in chalets in one of the rest camps.
Day 4.
We rise early for a game drive and return for breakfast in the camp. We spend the rest of the morning in the reserve and depart in the afternoon for the mountain Kingdom of Swaziland. We travel via Piggs Peak through magnificent mountain scenery and visit the Ngwenya glass factory where all the products are hand made from recycled glass.
We drive through Mbabane, the capital of Swaziland, before travelling to our overnight stop, the Foresters Arms Hotel, in the mountains just outside Mhlambanyatsi.
Day 5.
This morning we have an early breakfast and then visit Swazi Candles in the Malkerns Valley where we watch the locals hand-moulding wax into a variety of interesting shapes. We continue through the Ezulwini Valley past the Houses of Parliament and the Independence Stadium to the well-known local craft market where bargaining is the order of the day.
Our route then takes us via Manzini, the country’s industrial centre, and Big Bend with its large sugar plantations to the South African border.
We are now getting closer to the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park, where we arrive mid afternoon. After checking in at Hilltop Camp, leave on a late afternoon/early evening game drive in an open safari vehicle equipped with high powered spot lights to search for the shy nocturnal and other animals.
Dinner is served after the completion of this exciting experience.
Day 6.
After an early breakfast we do a final game drive in our vehicle before travelling to the village of St Lucia. Here we join a boat cruise on the estuary of the famous Lake St Lucia (proclaimed a World Heritage Site in 1999), a paradise with bird species such as fish eagle, Goliath heron and many more. Your skipper/guide will show you the world of the hippo and the crocodile and the other mystic inhabitants of the "deep".
After this unforgettable experience we travel to Durban where our tour ends.
Tour Include
Accommodation
Meals include Breakfasts & Dinners.
Transport by aircon mini-bus
Guide (English)
Entry and park fees.
Tour Exclude
Items of a personal nature.
Please take your passport with as we enter Swaziland. Ensure you have a multi entry visa into South Africa if you need a visa to enter into South Africa
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