CLASSICAL SOUTH AFRICA
14 DAYS - DEPARTS EVERY SUNDAY
Day 1 Sunday Johannesburg
On arrival you will be met and transferred to your hotel. Afternoon tour of Gold Reef City. Overnight at the Sunnyside Park Hotel. (Bed and Breakfast)
Day 2 Monday Johannesburg
Full day tour of Pretoria and Cullinan Diamond Mine with lunch en route.
Overnight at the Sunnyside Park Hotel. (Bed and Breakfast)
Day 3 Tuesday Johannesburg/Kruger National Park
Travel via Nelspruit and Hazyview to the to the Kruger National Park. Overnight at a restcamp. (Dinner, Bed and Breakfast)
Day 4 Wednesday Swaziland
Early Morning game drive before breakfast and then continue game drives until
lunchtime. Leave the Kruger National Park and enter the Kingdom of Swaziland, stopping in the capital city, Mbabane, for a visit to the Swazi market. Overnight at a Hotel in the Ezulwini Valley. (Dinner, Bed and Breakfast)
Day 5 Thursday North Eastern Transvaal
In the morning, drive past the National Stadium, King's Palace and Parliament
Buildings. Drive down the Lowveld towards Big Bend and cross back into South
Africa, heading for the Itala Game Reserve. Overnight at the Ntshondwe Camp. (Bed and Breakfast)
Day 6 Friday Zululand
Early morning drive before breakfast and then continue game drives until
lunchtime. Leave Itala and travel to Ulundi, capital city of Zululand. Visit the ancient Kraal of King Cetshwayo, and get a briefing on Zulu cultures and traditions. Overnight at the Ulundi Holiday Inn. (Bed and Breakfast)
Day 7 Saturday Durban
Leave Ulundi and travel to Dingaan's Kraal where in 1838 an agreement was
signed between the then Zulu King Dingaan and Voortrekker leader Piet Retief
which eventually led to the Battle of Blood River. Travel through Natal en route to Durban. Overnight at the Elangeni Hotel. (Bed and Breakfast)
Day 8 Sunday Durban
Day at leisure to go to the beach, explore or take one of the optional tours. Overnight at the Elangeni Hotel. (Bed and Breakfast)
Day 9 Monday Durban/Port Elizabeth
City tour of Durban in the morning see the rickshaw pullers and the Durban
Harbour. Visit the Botanical Garden and later the Indian market with time to
bargain for souvenirs. Final stop at the Workshop, an outstanding shopping
experience, before returning to the hotel. Afternoon transfer to Durban Airport for flight to Port Elizabeth. Overnight at the Elizabeth Holiday Inn. (Bed and Breakfast)
Day 10 Tuesday Port Elizabeth/Wilderness
After breakfast leave the "friendly city" towards the primeval forest of Tsikama. After a short break at Plettenberg Bay, head for Knysna with its magnificent Lagoon. Overnight at the Wilderness Garden Court. (Bed and Breakfast)
Day 11 Wednesday Wilderness/Oudtshoorn
After breakfast travel through George to Oudtshoorn and visit the Cango Caves
and an Ostrich Farm. Overnight at the Oudtshoorn Garden Court. (Bed and Breakfast)
Day 12 Thursday Oudtshoorn/Cape Town
After breakfast head for Mossel Bay then on to historical Swellendam. Travel via Sir Lowry's Pass to Cape Town at the St.Georges Hotel. (Bed and Breakfast)
Day 13 Friday Cape Town
Depart from Cape Town to visit the famous Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens.
Continue via the Indian Coast Line into the Cape Point Nature Reserve. Lunch in the reserve then continue over Chapmans Peak, Llandudno, Clifton and
cosmopolitan Sea Point to Cape Town and back to your hotel. Overnight at the St. Georges Hotel. (Bed and Breakfast)
Day 14 Saturday Cape Town/Johannesburg
Tour of the "Mother City" including a visit to the South African Museum, the
Malay Quarter and the harbour. Drive up Signal Hill and, weather permitting,
visit the famous Table Mountain returning to the Hotel. Transfer to the airport to fly back to Johannesburg. Extended stay in Cape Town quoted on request.
