TOTAL COST PER PERSON: Contact us at 503-896-2464
Minimum group size for tour to operate: 6 people
Maximum group size: 10 people
PACKAGE INCLUDES:
- Transportation & Gas Daily
- Accommodations
- Park entrance fees as noted
- Safari fees as noted
NOT INCLUDED:
- Airfare
- Lunch / Dinner (unless specified)
- Wine tasting fees
- Optional Activities where fees are involved
- Guide gratuities (Safari drivers, Tour Guides where applicable)
St Lucia – South Africa’s first World Heritage Site
Awarded as a World Heritage site in 1999 (Unesco), this small but quaint village has fast become a top tourist destination. St Lucia also happens to be the most visited town in Africa to witness our beloved Hippos.
DAY 1 – 3 ARRIVE ST LUCIA, SOUTH AFRICA
If you fly into Johannesburg or Cape Town, 1 hour flight to St Lucia is about $50-60 USD
OCT 21 (3 NIGHTS)
You will be picked up at the St Lucia airport by your private chauffeur and transferred to the lodging location.
Optional activities:
- River Boat Cruise Hippo, Birds & Alligator viewing – 2 hrs (approx $35pp)
- Drive to Cape Vidal & Mission Rocks Beach via iSimangaliso Wetland Park
- Free self drive Safari, viewing wildlife in their natural habitat.
- Optional Night drive escorted: $36 approx
- Mountain Bike trails – ($17pp – 3 hours w/tour) or ($8 bike only – 3 hour rental)
- Boardwalk trails
- Birdwatching (approx $10pp) https://stluciasouthafrica.com/birding-and-guided-walks/
- Shopping in town and open street market
- Visit Veyane Cultural Village & WOWZULU Marketplace
**Most optional activities can be done individually or with the group and are all optional.
DAY 4 – 5 DRIVE TO UMHLANGA ROCKS (NEAR DURBAN) – 3-4 hour drive
OCT 24 (2 NIGHTS)
- We will stop along the way at small coastal villages
- Umlalazi Nature Reserve – possible walk on trails
Or
- Amatikulu Nature Reserve – possible walk on trails
- Lunch – Raffia Restaurant Zinkwazi (or) Ballito coastal town
Optional activities:
- Umhlanga Rocks shopping
- Botanical Gardens
- Spa Day
- Beachwood Mangrove Reserve (pending appointment)
- Tala Reserve Game Drive – $30pp / 2 hours
Low-key and off the well-beaten track, Tala spans some 3,000 hectares, encompassing a mix of acacia thornveld, open grassland and a sensitive wetland, which attracts more than 380 bird species, and plenty of big game, including kudu, hippo, giraffe and wildebeest.
**Most optional activities can be done individually or with the group and are all optional.
DAY 6 DRIVE TO OUR HALFWAY POINT HEADING FOR ADDO NATIONAL PARK
OCT 26th – 1 NIGHT / 9 hour drive
East London – Inkwenkwezi Private Reserve
Oct 27th – includes:
- 8:30am game drive – 3 hours
- 12pm – Buffett lunch (brunch)
DAY 7 DRIVE TO ADDO NATIONAL PARK – 3.5 hour drive
OCT 27 2 NIGHTS
Highlights of this full-day driving to get to our next two destinations, will lend to viewing opportunities of South Africa Landscapes ~ But when we get there, hopefully the hot tubs will be calling our names!
GLAMPING – AfriCamps Addo Eastern Cape
Welcome to AfriCamps Addo, the first AfriCamps Boutique Glamping location in the Eastern Cape. Nestled among thickets of indigenous fynbos, overlooking forested hills and gorges, eight fully equipped boutique glamping tents offer the perfect base for adventure, wildlife, and relaxation.
Located on the beautiful Hayterdale Trails property at the foothill of the Zuurberg Mountains, the camp offers easy access to 50 km of scenic mountain biking, trail running, and hiking routes through Yellowwood forests and across rolling hills of valley bushveld dotted with ancient cycads. Spot over 160 bird species, and even catch a glimpse of sable, and nyala in the property’s conservancy.
- Firewood extra – $1.50 a bag
- Outdoor braai (BBQ)
- Private outdoor wood-fired hot tub
- Breakfast x2 days and BBQ Basket Dinner x1 night included
DAY 8 ADDO ELEPHANT NATIONAL PARK – HOME OF THE BIG FIVE
THIRD LARGEST NATIONAL PARK IN SOUTH AFRICA
Addo Elephant Park has expanded to conserve a wide diversity of landscapes, fauna and flora. Stretching from the semi-arid Karoo area in the North around Darlington Dam, over the rugged Zuurberg Mountains, through the Sundays River valley and South to the river mouth, Addo covers about 180 000 hectares (444 700 acres) and includes the Bird and St Croix Island groups. Antelope species, black rhino, buffalo, Cape mountain zebra, spotted hyenas, baboons, aardwolf and red rock rabbit are some of the many other game species found in the Park.
Guided Safari drive in Addo National Park – North Gate
- Options; 5:30am, 9am, 12pm, 3pm, 5:30pm, 7:30pm
- Optional lunch in Addo – Tangelo Restaurant
- Glamping property: Hiking, biking, bird watching
- RELAX
DAY 9 – 10 DRIVE TO THE GARDEN ROUTE – 4-5 Hour drive
OCT 29 2 NIGHTS
The Garden Route is one of South Africa’s most popular and interesting stretches of coastline, a temperate landscape of sandy beaches, indigenous forests, rocky shores and quaint towns where you can do everything from savor fresh oysters to watch southern right whales at play.
Optional Activities:
- Kayak, Canoe, Snorkel, Guided Tubing in river canyon ( $40 – 80pp)
- Fishing Charters ($$ varies)
- Hiking – numerous trails (easy to difficult)
- https://georgetrails.org.za/half-collared-kingfisher-trail/ (good for birding)
- or https://georgetrails.org.za/brown-hooded-kingfisher-trail/ (good for birding)
- https://www.capenature.co.za/reserves/robberg-nature-reserve/
- Mountain Biking – http://knysnacycles.co.za/2018/09/06/ride-with-a-local/ (about $20 bike or $40 bike & guide
- Shopping – Knysna Quay Waterfront / upscale dining
**Most optional activities can be done individually or with the group and are all optional.
DAY 11 DRIVE TO WINE COUNTRY – 4 HOURS
OCT 31 3 NIGHTS
Activities along the way:
- Possible visit/hike to a cave “The Point of Human Origins” – 90 min
- Based on availability at the time of booking
- Stop at a winery enroute
- Shopping
- Sightseeing
DAY 12 – 13 FRANSCHHOEK WINE COUNTRY / PAARL / ROBERTSON / STELLENBOSCH
Options:
- Franschhoek Wine Train – hop on hop off to as many wineries as desired
- Private driver – 6 hours
- Food & Forage Class with wine pairing – 3-4 hours $70pp
- Possible Food/Wine pairing dinner – Faber, Avondale Winey (or) Le Petit Ferme $75pp
- Visit Charmonix Winery & Food near our accommodations
DAY 14 DRIVE SCENIC LOOP TO CAPE TOWN / 3-5 HOURS
NOV 3 – 5th – 2 NIGHTS
Scenic drive to the eastern side of the Cape along the coastline then over the mountain (optional to drive to the Cape of Good Hope – most southern point, Cape Point Lighthouse) before overnighting near Cape Town.
- Boulders Beach – Penguins
- Fish Hoek
- Simons Town
- Hout Bay & Tunnel
DAY 15 FREE DAY (Optional to fly home or stay another night)
Activities:
Table Mountain tram
Shopping the wharf
City Tour Cape Town – $45pp
Boat tour to Robben Island – World Heritage Site
- Prison location during Nelson Mandella’s incarceration
- Ferry to island and tour – 3.5 hrs $35pp
