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11 DAY - CAPE TOWN, SABI SAND PRIVATE GAME RESERVE & VICTORIA FALLS  (Book Now)

A luxurious African Safari - emphasizing comfort, hospitality, gourmet food, elegant accommodation and outstanding game viewing. Cape Town, Sabi Sand Game Reserve & Victoria Falls.

11 DAY – CAPE TOWN, SABI SAND & VICTORIA FALLS

11 Days - Cape Town - Sabi Sand Private Game Reserve - Victoria Falls (Zambia) - Johannesburg.

Info:

Tour grading: Gold
Accommodation: 10 nights Luxury Hotel & Lodge.
Group Size: Not applicable.
Price Includes: Cape Town - Professional guide, tours as specified, hotel accommodation, breakfasts, Sabi Sand - Luxurious accommodation, Three delicious meals daily including all teas and coffees, Two scheduled game-drives daily in an open 4 x 4 safari vehicle, accompanied by an experienced Ranger and Tracker, Interactive bush walks (one hour) accompanied by our experienced armed Trackers, House wines, local brand spirits and beers, soft drinks and bottled water, Laundry service, guided tour of the Victoria Falls both sides (Zimbabwe & Zambia), Sunset Cruise, transfers
Price Excludes : Meals not specified in the program, Drinks, Gratuities, Telephone calls, Items of a personal nature, flights, visas, Table Mountain Cable Car weather permitting $20 USD

11 DAY – CAPE TOWN, SABI SAND & VICTORIA FALLS

Day 1: CAPE TOWN 

Welcome to South Africa. A country teaming with Africa's wildlife, a land with friendly and diverse cultures. A contrast between traditional homesteads and vibrant modern cities. On arrival at Cape Town International Airport you are met and transferred to your hotel.  Time to relax after your long flight.

Accommodation: Hotel / Guesthouse


Day 2: CAPE TOWN  (B)

After lunch we explore all the "must-sees" of Cape Town. A geographical & cultural experience, showing you Cape Town, from its historical beginnings to the dazzling modern shopping malls of the Waterfront.

Today's highlights:

  • Table Mountain by cable car (weather permitting)
  • City Centre
  • Castle of Good Hope
  • South African Museum
  • The Company Gardens
  • Bo-Kaap - Traditional Malay Quarter
  • Victoria & Alfred Waterfront (S.A's most visited attraction)

Accommodation: Hotel / Guesthouse


Day 3: CAPE PENINSULA (B)

Today we continue to explore the area. An unforgettable journey to the mythical meeting place of the two great oceans. Breathtaking scenic beauty contrasts with the harsh rugged conditions of the most south-westerly edge of the African continent.

Today's highlights:

  • Clifton Beaches
  • Hout Bay & Mariners' Wharf
  • Boat ride to view seals (optional)
  • Chapman's Peak Drive/Ou Kaapse Weg
  • Cape Point
  • Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve
  • Penguin colony at the Boulders
  • Historic Simon's Town
  • Groot Constantia Wine Estate OR
  • Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens

Accommodation: Hotel / Guesthouse


Day 4: WINELANDS   (B) 

After breakfast, you will be picked up with your luggage for your day tour. 

Travel through the spectacular mountain scenery and lush fertile valleys of the Cape. Taste a mixture of fascinating history and allow yourself to indulge in the pleasures of the renowned Cape Winelands.

  • Historical Wine Estates
  • Historic Stellenbosch
  • Franschhoek Valley
  • Huguenot Memorial
  • Paarl

You will visit selected wine estates on the 3 main wine routes. We have set our criteria for selection of wine estates, high standards of winemaking, historical and architectural significance, picturesque environment and visitor friendliness.

Accommodation: Hotel / Guesthouse


Day 5: CAPE TOWN – SABI SAND (B / D)

After breakfast you are transferred to Cape Town International Airport for your flight to Johannesburg, from where you fly to Kruger/Mpumalanga Airport. On arrival you are met and transferred to your lodge.

Accommodation: Luxury Lodge


Day 6/7:  SABI SAND (B / L / D)

The Sabi Sand Game Reserve is renowned for having the best Big Five game-viewing in South Africa, if not the world. Located on the southwestern corner of the Kruger National Park, there are no restricting fences, thus enabling the animals to roam freely just as nature intended.

The Reserve is famous for its incredible leopard sightings. The Sabi Sand leopards have grown accustomed to safari vehicles, thereby permitting close up sightings and extraordinary photographic opportunities.

  • World-renowned Leopard sightings
  • Big 5 Game-viewing
  • Day and night safaris

Accommodation: Luxury Lodge


Day 8:  THE PANORAMA ROUTE (B)

After breakfast we depart Sabi Sand, We explore the Three Rondavels, Bourkes Luck Potholes, and some of the spectacular waterfalls found in the region.

Optional Shangaan Village:After lunch you have the option to visit a Shangaan village and see the different facets of the Shangaan way of life, including their history and customs, initiation ceremonies, the practice of polygamy, the outfits and weapons of masocho (warriors), the construction of homes, ornate beadwork clothing, and the preparation of food. Guests are encouraged to touch, feel and participate in what is happening in the village. Visit the mystical kraal of the Sangoma (traditional healer). The Sangoma explains different mutis (medicines) and may throw his bones on request. He is a registered member of the Traditional Healers' Association, so the advice he gives is serious!

Elephant Interaction: All elephants are rescued African Elephants. Elephants are exercised and stimulated daily, which provides a firm foundation for trust. These animals are highly intelligent and delightful: you will discover a different character, personality and temperament within each one. Learn a lot about elephants get to touch, feel, feed, walk trunk-in-hand and even ride these magnificent animals.

Transfer to Kruger Mpumalanga Airport for your flight to Johannesburg.

Accommodation: Luxury Hotel


Day 9: JOHANNESBURG - VICTORIA FALLS (ZAMBIA / ZIMBABWE)   (B)

After breakfast you are transferred to Johannesburg International Airport for your flight to Victoria Falls. On arrival at the Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe) or Livingstone (Zambia) airport you are met and transferred to your hotel.

This afternoon you have a sundowner cruise on the Zambezi River. The total cruise time is approximately 3 hours. Enjoy the special atmosphere as the sun sets beneath the African sky. Sightings of elephant, giraffe and even rhino coming down to the river to drink are common. There is also an abundance of hippos, crocodiles, and birdlife.

Accommodation: Luxury Lodge


Day 10: VICTORIA FALLS (ZAMBIA / ZIMBABWE)  (B) 

This morning you will have a tour of both the Zambian and Zimbabwean sides of the Falls.  A natural phenomenon and one of the seven natural Wonders of the World, the Victoria Falls is an immense curtain of water cascading over 100m. Around 550 million litres over the lip every minute, at peak flow this increases to 750 million litres.

Around the Falls is a rainforest sustained by the spray of the Falls with some plant species rarely found elsewhere in Zambia or Zimbabwe.

During peak flow (January to June) the Zambian side of the Falls is the most spectacular and there are walkways to look out points and across the swaying Knife Edge bridge.

  • The guide will accompany you· During high water visitors can get wet at the Falls, raincoats are advisable (available for hire) and cameras should be sealed in plastic bags
  • Transfers to/from your hotel are included

Day 11: VICTORIA FALLS (ZAMBIA / ZIMBABWE) - JOHANNESBURG   (B) 

After a leisurely breakfast you are transferred to the Airport for your flight to Johannesburg. - Tour Ends

Additional nights’ accommodation and tours are available on request.  (Book Now)


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