Classic South Africa 28 Day Tour
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Safari; Sightseeing; Addo Elephant Park; Plettenberg Bay; Blyde River Canyon; Robben Island; Table Mountain; Gordon Bay; Stormsriver; Bloukrans Bridge; Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Park;
Your South Africa Tour can be a combination of many creative possibilities for you to experience South and Southern Africa. Botswana, Victoria Falls, Zambia Safaris are easy add ons to a South Africa Tour. Your tour to South Africa can be as diverse as you want, as we custom design ...
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- Trip Length:
- 20 days
- Price Range:
- From $10000 to $12000 per person See what this includes and what this excludes
- Best Time to Go:
- Any time.
- Recommended for:
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15 - 17, 18 - 20, 25 - 30, 31 - 35, 36 - 40, 41 - 50, 51 - 55
Family Trip, Group Retreat, Trip Around the World
Detailed Trip Description
Your South Africa Tour can be a combination of many creative possibilities for you to experience South and Southern Africa. Botswana, Victoria Falls, Zambia Safaris are easy add ons to a South Africa Tour. Your tour to South Africa can be as diverse as you want, as we custom design South Africa Vacations and Tours. Your South Africa trip includes city visits such as Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Safaris in the Kruger National Park, sightseeing in Drakensberg, Port Elizabeth and Coffee Bay.
Trip Itinerary
Day 1 - Johannesburg
Car Rental
Fly in to Johannesburg. Pick up your rental car.
Hotel
Check in to your hotel and relax.
Day 2 - Soweto
Sightseeing
Visit Soweto, Gold Reef City and Museum Africa and/or tour Pretoria.
Day 3 - South Africa
Sightseeing
Drive up to the Cradle of Humankind, and do an escorted tour of the area, which will include an explanation of the palaeontological remains which have been found there.
Day 4 - South Africa
Commercial Flight
Fly, or drive, to the famous Kruger National Park.
National Parks
You will see lots of animals, almost certainly including at least one or two of the big five. And perhaps more.
Day 5 - South Africa
Safari
Explore Kruger further. You could add an extra day here.
Day 6 - Mpumalanga
Sightseeing
Do a scenic drive through Mpumalanga, taking in God's Window, the Blyde River Canyon. Pilgrim's Rest and many more lovely sights. (overnight Barberton)
Day 7 - Mpumalanga
Safari
Drive down through the Eastern part of Mpumalanga to Itala Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal.
Day 8 - South Africa
Sightseeing
Explore Itala, especially if you are interested in birds.
Day 9 - Hluhluwe
Safari
Continue to Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Park, where you will probably have incredible sightings of black and white rhinos.
Day 10 - South Africa
Sightseeing
Continue to Shakaland, where you can overnight in a (significantly modernised) traditional-style Zulu hut, and get an understanding of Zulu culture.
Day 11 - Durban
Sightseeing
Continue to Durban for some fun and sun, and a bit of an urban fix.
Day 12 - South Africa
Fly Fishing
Head up the N3 towards the Drakensberg, and spend a few days there? going for walks, perhaps doing a little fly-fishing or even a pony ride.
Golfing
There are golf courses a-plenty.
Day 13 - South Africa
Sightseeing
More Drakensberg.
Day 14-17 - South Africa
Sightseeing
From the Southern Drakensberg, take the scenic mist-belt drive through Donnybrook and Ixopo to Port Edward on the South Coast. Add a few days in here to accommodate an escorted trip into the deep rural areas which will take you through some wonderful scenery and give you the opportunity to meet many interesting people.
Day 18 - South Africa
Sightseeing
Drive to Coffee Bay, enjoying the lovely beach, great seafood and fantastic scenery. Visit Hole-in-the-Wall, a spectacular natural sea arch through an offshore island.
Day 19 - South Africa
Safari
Drive to the Greater Addo Elephant Park en route. Here you will see very different game and vegetation to that found in Kruger and the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park.
Day 20 - South Africa
Sightseeing
After leaving Addo, stop in Port Elizabeth for lunch. This is a lovely city and it would be nice to spend a few days here if you have the time. As you head further west, you will cross the Bloukrans Bridge, which is the border between the Eastern and Western Cape. If you?re feeling brave, you can stop off and do the highest commercial bungy jump in the world.
National Parks
Carry on to Stormsriver Mouth in the Tsitsikamma National Park.
Day 21 - South Africa
Safari
Stay in Stormsriver, where you can do lots of lovely walks in the beautiful forest, sneak up on brightly coloured forest birds, do a scenic boat ride up a magnificent gorge or go snorkeling or diving. Don't miss the nearby tree-top canopy tour.
Day 22 - South Africa
Sightseeing
Continue down the Garden Route, stopping in Plettenberg Bay, Knysna and/or Wilderness.
Day 23 - South Africa
Sightseeing
Spend another day in the town of your choice.
Day 24 - South Africa
Sightseeing
Continue South along the R62, going through Calitzdorp, Ladismith and Barrydale. From Barrydale, turn on to the beautiful Tradouw Pass (R324) to Swellendam. Swellendam has some lovely old buildings and an interesting museum.
Day 25 - Cape Town
Sightseeing
Head back towards Cape Town on the N2 but, after a short while, take the R319 down to Agulhas? the southernmost tip of Africa. From there follow the little used coastal route to Hermanus. If it?s whale season, hang around here for quite a while, adding in a few extra days, if you have time.
Day 26 - Cape Town
Sightseeing
Take the scenic, coastal route from Hermanus to Gordon's Bay, and then to Cape Town.
Day 27 - South Africa
Sightseeing
Do a circuit of the Peninsula, visiting Table Mountain and Cape Point.
Day 28 - South Africa
Wine
Do an early morning trip to Robben Island and then head out to the winelands for an afternoon tasting tour.
Day 29 - Cape Town
Shopping
Tour the V&A Waterfront, go shopping, have a leisurely lunch.
Commercial Flight
Then fly home from Cape Town.
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Accommodation for 28 nights. Meals as mentioned in the itinerary. Entrance fees as mentioned in the itinerary, Transfers & sightseeing as per itinerary.
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