9 Day Garden Route & Kruger National Park Highlights Tour
This package includes a 4 day guided tour along the picturesque garden route between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth followed by 3 days in the world famous Kruger National Park.
The Garden Route is one the highlights of any trip to South Africa with the range of topography, vegetation, wildlife and outdoor activities second to none and a truly breathtaking experience. Your guided tour by luxury coach will travel along Route 62 via Montagu and the Klein Karoo to Oudtshoorn, the ostrich capital of the world. Here you will tour the vast limestone Cango Caves and visit one of the large ostrich farms before travelling to the quaint coastal city of Knysna. You will spend a day touring this beautiful region including a lagoon cruise to Featherbed Nature Reserve, a trailer ride to the top of Western Head and picturesque walk back through the milkwood trees. From Knysna you will travel through Tsitsikamma Forests and its spectacular road passes to the lovely coastal city of Port Elizabeth where you will spend a night before travelling to Johannesburg.
Kruger National Park is one of the world's most famed protected areas, known for its size, history of conversation, diversity of wildlife and ease of access. It's a place where the drama of life and death is played out on a daily basis. Your tour includes 4 x open vehicle guided game drives in the park as well as a guided tour through the spectacular Blyde River Canyon a must see for any visitor to this region.
Package Details
Price | Twin share | $2,235 | |
| Single Supplement | $485 | |
Number of Days: 9
Note:
1. Price is valid until 31 October 2012. If travelling after this date please contact us for revised prices
2. Price does not include flight from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg
3. Tour departs weekly every Tuesday
4. Accommodation may be different from properties listed due to availability but will be of a similar standard
5. Minimum of 2 & maximum of 20 people on tour
6. Vehicle for tour a 7 seater microbus, 18 seater mini coach or 28 seater luxury coach (all air-conditioned)
Package Includes:
- 8 nights accommodation with daily buffet breakfast
- 1 lunch
- 3 dinners
- English speaking guide
- 2 x open vehicle game drives with experienced guide in Kruger National Park
- All sightseeing specified in the itinerary
- All transfers & transportation specified in the itinerary
- Porterage
Itinerary
Day 1 - Cape Town to Oudtshoorn
This morning you will be collected from your hotel and you will commence your guided tour of the scenic Garden Route. You will travel on Route 62 through the picturesque town of Montagu with its art deco architecture and fine national monuments through the Little Karoo to Oudtshoorn, the ostrich capital of the world, where you will spend the night. Dinner is included in your tour tonight.
Day 2 - Oudtshoorn
This morning after breakfast you will be taken for a tour of the limestone Cango Caves. Named after the Khoesaan word for ‘a wet place' the Cango Caves are located 30km's from Oudtshoorn and are one of the major tourist attractions of the region. From the caves you will travel to one of the large ostrich farms in the area where you will be taken on a guided tour.
Day 3 - Oudtshoorn to Knysna
This morning after a leisurely breakfast you will depart for George, travelling via the Outeniqua Pass with an opportunity for a photo stop at the top of the pass. On arrival in George you will be taken on a guided tour of the town before departing for Victoria Bay, a beautiful cove enclosed by cliffs. We will then travel to Wilderness, an attractive holiday resort with lovely long white beaches. After lunch you will travel to Knysna where the remainder of the afternoon is at leisure.
Day 4 - Knysna
Located on the edge of a serene lagoon and surrounded by forests, Knysna is the perfect placed to spend two nights to take in the beauty of this region. This morning after a leisurely start you will embark on a lagoon cruise to Featherbed Nature Reserve where you will be taken in 4x4's through the reserve for lunch and leisurely walks through forest. After lunch you will cruise back through the lagoon and have the afternoon at leisure.
Day 5 - Knysna to Tsitsikamma
This morning you will leave from Knysna and travel eastward to Plettenberg Bay and then on to Bloukrans Bridge. You will then travel to Tsitsikamma National Park which lies at the foot of the Tsitsikamma Range and is cut by rivers that have carved ravines into the ancient forest. The flora varies from huge stinkwood and yellowwood trees to ferns, lilies and proteas making it a spectacular area to walk through. You will spend the night on the edge of this lovely old growth forest in Storms River Mouth.
Day 6 - Tsitsikamma to Johannesburg
This morning you will travel to Port Elizabeth for a orientation tour before transferring to the airport for your flight to Johannesburg for your nights stay.
Day 7 - Johannesburg to Kruger National Park
You will be collected from Johannesburg and will travel through some of the most spectacular scenery South Africa has to offer as you move from the Highveld of Gauteng Province to the Lowveld regions of Mpumalanga Province. You will travel through Nelspruit, White River and Hazyview before entering the world famous Kruger National Park and spend the afternoon looking for the Big Five. This park has more recorded species of wildlife than any other African game reserve. Return to the hotel in the late afternoon with the smells of traditional South African cuisine filling the air.
Day 8 - Kruger National Park
Enjoy breakfast before you enter the Park for a full day of game viewing activity. Your guide will endeavour to spoil you with sightings of the "Big Five", general game and prolific bird life. Stop at one of the rest camps for lunch (not included). Spend the rest of the afternoon in the park.
Day 9 - Kruger National Park to Johannesburg
Spend your last morning at leisure before you start your journey to Johannesburg via Graskop where we will have a lunch stop (not included), over Kowyn Pass to the small town of Pilgrimsrest. Pass through Lydenburg, Dullstroom and Belfast. Arrive in Johannesburg in the early evening at approximately 18h30.
Accommodations
Queens Hotel Oudtshoorn
The Queen's Hotel is nestled in the heart of Oudtshoorn, and is situated in close proximity to a multitude of restaurants, curio and coffee shops. The Queen's Hotel is the third oldest hotel in South Africa and was built in 1880. The original building was made of stone and had a thatched roof. The hotel offers 40 stylishly decorated en-suite double bedrooms providing individually remote controlled air-conditioning and television, with M-net, clock radio and direct dial telephone.
Protea Hotel Knysna Quays
One of the best hotel sites in South Africa, the 4-Star Protea Hotel Knysna Quays offers premium lodging in the beautiful Garden Route region of the Western Cape. This quality 4-Star Hotel is centrally located on the Knysna Quays Waterfront. Protea Hotel Knysna Quays offers a tranquil stay in spacious bedrooms that overlook the Knysna lagoon.
Facilities at the Hotel are 4-Star including a heated outdoor swimming pool, the Wellness centre for massages, a boardroom and a variety of restaurants to choose from.
Protea Hotel Tsitsikamma
The magical Tsitsikamma Village Inn, Protea Hotels' eighth property on the Garden Route, is a family-owned and managed hotel, originally established in 1946. Close to the Tsitsikamma National Park at Storms River Mouth, the hotel consists of 49 free-standing rooms, village-style, where each cottage is individually decorated and has its own garden matching the specific colonial building style found in the Garden Route.The main building, which traces its roots back to 1845, has a spacious dining room, incorporating the De Oude Martha Restaurant, the Hunters Inn Pub and GUEST Lounge.
Garden Court Sandton City
The stylish décor encompassing a hint of Art Deco reflects the Garden Court Sandton City's modern hospitality. The warm and welcoming ambience extends from the beautiful reception area, to a bright breakfast room overlooking a luscious pool-centred garden, to each of 444 spacious en-suite bedrooms with shower-bath combination, direct-dial telephone with voice mail and wakeup call facilities, computer modem point, wireless internet connectivity, television with enhanced DSTV channels, individually controlled air conditioning, hairdryer, bathroom amenities and tea and coffee making facilities.
Protea Kruger Gate
From the time that you are welcomed to the Protea Hotel Kruger Gate under the towering indigenous portico upon the wooden board walk to the reception area, you will know that you're about to experience something different. It's the impression of being in a tree house, reinforced when you notice that the veranda and walkway to your air-conditioned room is at a level normally the sole domain of the variety of birds found in the area.
Situated only 100 meters from the Paul Kruger Gate, the Protea Hotel Kruger Gate provides guests with the ideal location from which to experience wildlife first-hand - Surely, one of the most memorable moments of your visit will be dining in the open air Lapa Restaurant under the African stars.
Each of the comfortably appointed 96 luxury en-suite bedrooms and 7 six-sleeper fully equipped self-catering units at the 4-Star Protea Hotel Kruger Gate will make you feel part of the bush environment. For young and old alike, one of the most unique facilities is the Tree House, providing an opportunity to experience a sleep out under the stars, with calls of the wild drifting by. All rooms feature extras such as air conditioning, television, mini-bar fridge, personal tea and coffee making facilities and a spacious working area for the conference delegate or business traveller.
Other recommendations
This tour gives you a good overview of South Africa as it takes in two of its major attractions, the Garden Route and Kruger National Park. As the tour departs Cape Town you have the option of spending some time in this wonderful city prior to the commencement of the tour. At the completion of the tour you may wish to travel by road to Sun City and Pilanesberg National Park, only 2 hours drive from Johannesburg. You may also want to travel further north into Botswana, Zambia or Namibia to experience other regions of southern Africa. Or you may wish to relax on a beach in Mozambique before heading home.
Please contact us for these other options.
Flights
Wild Africa Travel Company has excellent airfares from Australia to Cape Town and return flights from Johannesburg to Australia.
Prices for economy class flights with South African Airways start from:
Ex Perth $1,490
Ex Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide $1,580
Taxes approximately $395
Actual prices and taxes will depend on dates of travel. Please contact our office on free-call 1800 615 524 or by email for an exact quote
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Travel Insurance
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