South Africa: An Elegant Adventure
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Cape Town; Discovery; Elegant Adventure; Johannesburg; Kruger National Park; South Africa; Victoria Falls; Zimbabwe;
"Only during South Africa travel can you experience inspiring game drives, the majesty of Victoria Falls, and the drama of the Cape of Good Hope, interspersed with tasting fine wines, strolling formal botanical gardens, and visiting a historic Dutch town. Stay in a private game reserve where you may spot ...
Read Full Description- Destination:
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Cape Town, South Africa; Johannesburg, South Africa; Stellenbosch, South Africa; Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe; Zambezi, Zambia
South Africa
- Trip Length:
- 11 days
- Price Range:
- From $5000 to $6000 per person See what this includes and what this excludes
- Best Time to Go:
- March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October
- Recommended for:
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(15-18), (18-24), (25-30), (31-35), (36-40), (41-50), (51-55)
Family Trip, Group Retreat, Trip Around the World
Detailed Trip Description
"Only during South Africa travel can you experience inspiring game drives, the majesty of Victoria Falls, and the drama of the Cape of Good Hope, interspersed with tasting fine wines, strolling formal botanical gardens, and visiting a historic Dutch town. Stay in a private game reserve where you may spot leopards, lions, elephants, impalas, and zebras. Explore Cape Town, the wine country, Johannesburg, and Soweto. Learn more about the struggle against apartheid, board a cable car for ocean views, and ride an elephant for the ultimate wildlife experience. This South Africa travel journey does it all."
Trip Itinerary
Day 1 - Cape Town, South Africa
Tauck's South Africa travel begins in Captivating Cape Town.
Hotels
Your South Africa travel adventure begins at the Cape Grace hotel at 6:30 pm. A transfer from Cape Town International Airport to the Cape Grace hotel, which is perfectly situated right on the waterfront in the heart of this beautiful city, is included. Found on the prestigious Condé Nast Traveler’s Gold List, the hotel offers marvelous views of Table Mountain. Meet your Tauck Director and your fellow travelers at our welcome reception and dinner tonight. Meals: Dinner. Lodging: Cape Grace, Cape Town, South Africa.
Day 2 - Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Peninsula kaleidoscope.
Adventure
As the first full day of your South Africa travel begins, you’ll see a bit of Cape Town and the surrounding area before, you’re off to discover the majesty of the Cape Peninsula. Board a funicular for a ride up to Cape Point to admire its historic lighthouse and see the tumultuous Cape of Good Hope for yourself.
Hotels
This evening, indulge yourself in the dining and entertainment options on the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront as you please.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch. Lodging: Cape Grace, Cape Town, South Africa.
Day 3 - Cape Town, South Africa
The story of South Africa's freedom fighters.
Sightseeing
Following a journey by cable car, you’ll find yourself atop famous Table Mountain. As you stroll along the trails, admire both the 14,000 species of plants that grow here and the magnificent views of the sea far below. After returning to sea level, a ferry ride across Table Bay to Robben Island, a World Heritage Site, awaits you. Take time to look back at Table Mountain on the way. The fascinating history of the island unfolds during a guided tour and the struggles of South Africa’s freedom fighters come alive as you view the infamous prison and the cell in which Nelson Mandela was confined for 27 years. The remainder of the day is free to explore Cape Town as you wish.
Hotels
Meals: Breakfast, dinner. Lodging: Cape Grace, Cape Town, South Africa.
Day 4 - Stellenbosch, South Africa
A five-star day a a five-star wine estate.
Wine
South Africa travel offers memorable sights, scents and tastes today. At Kristenbosch National Botanical Garden, discover a variety of plants unique to South Africa as their sweet scents surround you. Then head to South Africa’s wine country, stopping to taste the country’s wines at a historic estate. Visit the decidedly Dutch town of Stellenbosch, located in one of the oldest and most important wine-producing regions in South Africa. Founded in 1679, it features whitewashed Cape Dutch buildings along oak-lined streets.
Hotels
You’ll always remember your stay tonight at a 5-star wine estate renowned for the quality of its food and wines. Meals: Breakfast, dinner. Lodging: Lanzerac Manor & Winery, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Day 5 - South Africa
At home on safari.
National Parks
South Africa travel just wouldn’t be complete without opportunities to view Africa’s fascinating wildlife in an up-close-and-personal way that you are about to enjoy at one of South Africa’s finest private game reserves located within Kruger National Park. And you’ll set out on game drives from a luxurious lodge set on the banks of the Sabie River in the heart of the bushveld. The nearby watering hole attracts the animals that make the surrounding plains their home.
Hotels
Meals: Breakfast, dinner. Lodging: Sabi Sabi Bush Lodge / Tinga Private Game Lodge, South Africa.
Day 6 - South Africa
Private game reserves and "Big Five" antics.
Sightseeing
With the help of experienced Shangaan trackers, set out in search of Africa’s Big Five – the elephant, buffalo, lion, leopard and rhinoceros – in an open-top Land Rover on morning and afternoon game drives. Look from gamboling gazelles, stately giraffes and watch the antics of the antelopes as your guide shares insights about their lives. The resident rangers will tell you all about the geography of the area, the wildlife and the efforts being made to conserve these living treasures.
Hotels
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Lodging: Sabi Sabi Bush Lodge / Tinga Private Game Lodge, South Africa.
Day 7 - Johannesburg, South Africa
Bush safari to city sophistication.
Safari
Enjoy one more game drive early this morning before bidding the bushveld farewell and flying to Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest city. The Westcliff, your city home for the next two nights, is set in one of the city’s most sophisticated residential neighborhoods. Add your name to its prestigious guest list that includes Peter Ustinov and U2.
Hotels
Meals: Breakfast, dinner. Lodging: The Westcliff, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Day 8 - Johannesburg, South Africa
Sights and sounds of Soweto.
Sightseeing
During a guided tour, you’ll see the diversity of Soweto, from its thriving business environment of today to its historical importance as a residential township in the time of the apartheid. View the homes of Archbishop Desmund Tutu and Winnie Mandela as well as Freedom Square and the Hector Pieterson memorial.
Relaxation
The evening is free to enjoy as you wish.
Hotels
Meals: Breakfast, lunch. Lodging: The Westcliff, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Day 9 - Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Experience the grandeur of Victoria Falls.
Commercial Flights
Fly to Victoria Falls, regarded as one of the seven natural wonders of the world.
Sightseeing
The Zambezi River plunges more than 300 feet into the Zambezi Gorge, often creating rainbows in the spray. It is nearly twice as wide and twice as high as Niagara Falls.
Hotels
"Enjoy elegant accommodations at The Victoria Falls Hotel, established in 1904. In your free time, stroll the hotel’s private pathway atop the gorge for inspiring views of the Victoria Falls Bridge crossing into Zambia.
Meals: Breakfast, dinner. Lodging: The Victoria Falls Hotel, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.
Note: Guests who booked the shorter, nine-day itinerary have a private transfer to the airport in the morning for departure home. "
Day 10 - Zambezi, Zambia
The ultimate elephant experience – elephants everywhere.
Safari
Today will be a most memorable experience in your South Africa travel. Take a morning walking tour into Zambezi National Park before learning all about the African elephant from your guide. Then climb onto a special seat atop an enormous African elephant for a lumbering stroll through the bush in search of wildlife … it’s the ultimate African wildlife experience! You may even still be talking about it at this evening’s farewell reception and dinner.
Hotels
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Lodging: The Victoria Falls Hotel, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.
Day 11 - Zambezi, Zambia
Homeward bound or bound for Botswana.
Airport Transfers
Enjoy a final morning at Victoria Falls before your flight to Johannesburg at the conclusion of your South Africa travel. Tour ends at Johannesburg Airport. Hop on your flight home or on to Botswana for a memorable four-night unescorted safari extension at a luxury tented camp. Whichever way you go, we wish you a safe and pleasant journey. Meals: Breakfast.
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