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12 days
Daily Tour
Unlimited
English
This 12 day journey brings together the very best of South Africa. You begin with six nights at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. From there you visit Robben Island, ride the cable car up Table Mountain, drive the Cape Peninsula to Cape Point, and spend a day in the Cape Winelands.
You then fly to Kruger National Park for two nights at a lodge inside the park itself. Twice a day you head out with an experienced guide in search of the Big Five: lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino.
The tour ends in Johannesburg. You drive the Panorama Route on the way, then explore Soweto, the Apartheid Museum and Pretoria. You travel privately throughout, with your own driver and guide, and stay in hand-picked hotels.
Welcome to South Africa. Our representative meets you at Cape Town International Airport and transfers you to The Commodore Hotel at the V&A Waterfront. The rest of the day is yours. The Waterfront is a short walk from the hotel, with restaurants, shops and views across the harbor to Table Mountain.
Overnight: The Commodore Hotel, V&A Waterfront
Meals included: None
This morning you walk to the Nelson Mandela Gateway, a few minutes from your hotel, for the ferry to Robben Island. Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison here, and the island is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Your visit includes the maximum security prison and his cell. The afternoon is free to enjoy the Waterfront.
Overnight: The Commodore Hotel, V&A Waterfront
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner
Note: Ferry departures depend on the weather and sell out in season, so we book them well ahead.
Ride the cable car to the top of Table Mountain for views over the city, the Atlantic and Robben Island. Your guide then shows you the city: the Company’s Garden, the Castle of Good Hope and the brightly painted houses of the Bo-Kaap, the historic Cape Malay quarter.
Overnight: The Commodore Hotel, V&A Waterfront
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Note: The cable car runs only in good weather. If it is closed, we move the visit to another day.
A full day along one of the world’s great coastal drives. Follow the Atlantic coast through Camps Bay and over Chapman’s Peak Drive, when open, to the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point. On the return along False Bay, stop at Boulders Beach near Simon’s Town to see the colony of African penguins.
Overnight: The Commodore Hotel, V&A Waterfront
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drive inland to the Cape Winelands, framed by mountains and vineyards. Visit the university town of Stellenbosch, then Franschhoek, founded by French Huguenot settlers in the 1600s. Enjoy a wine tasting at a selected estate and lunch in Franschhoek, with a stop in Paarl before returning to Cape Town.
Overnight: The Commodore Hotel, V&A Waterfront
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
A free day to explore at your own pace. You might visit Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, shop at the Waterfront, or take a sunset cruise. Your Palace Travel team can arrange any of these for you.
Overnight: The Commodore Hotel, V&A Waterfront
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight to Skukuza, in the heart of the Kruger region. You are met on arrival and taken to aha Skukuza Safari Lodge, inside the park at Skukuza on the Sabie River, about 20 minutes from the airport. After lunch, set out on your first afternoon game drive.
Overnight: aha Skukuza Safari Lodge, Kruger National Park
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Today is all about wildlife. Head out at first light on a morning game drive in an open safari vehicle with your guide, when the animals are most active. Return to the lodge to relax, then go out again in the late afternoon. Kruger is home to the Big Five, as well as cheetah, wild dog, giraffe, zebra, hippo and hundreds of bird species.
Overnight: aha Skukuza Safari Lodge, Kruger National Park
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
After an early breakfast, drive along the Panorama Route along the edge of the escarpment. Stop at God’s Window, Bourke’s Luck Potholes and the Three Rondavels above the Blyde River Canyon, one of the largest canyons in the world. Continue to Johannesburg, arriving in the evening. This is a long travel day, with about five hours of driving after the Panorama Route.
Overnight: The Da Vinci Hotel and Suites, Sandton
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Begin at the Apartheid Museum, which tells the story of South Africa’s struggle for freedom. In the afternoon, visit Soweto. Walk Vilakazi Street, home at different times to two Nobel Peace Prize winners, Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Visit the Mandela House and the Hector Pieterson Memorial and enjoy lunch in Soweto.
Overnight: The Da Vinci Hotel and Suites, Sandton
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch
Drive to Pretoria, the administrative capital. See the Union Buildings and the nine meter statue of Nelson Mandela, then the Voortrekker Monument. Return to Sandton for an afternoon of shopping at Sandton City and Nelson Mandela Square, both next to your hotel. This evening, enjoy a farewell dinner.
Overnight: The Da Vinci Hotel and Suites, Sandton
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner
The morning is free until your transfer to O.R. Tambo International Airport for your flight home.
Meals included: Breakfast
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