Ntaba Birding Safari
Experience Wildlife Safaris, African Culture and the country as a whole. Enjoy excellent cuisine together with superb South African wines. Great souvenir shopping, African art, skins and hides, diamonds, and Kruger Rands. You will visit many places including Visit Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Kruger Park, Mkuze, Cape Town, Kirstenbosch, the most ...
Read Full Description- Destination:
- Cape Town, South Africa; Johannesburg, South Africa; Manzini, Swaziland; Mkuze, South Africa; Nelspruit, South Africa; Pretoria, South Africa; South Africa; Swaziland; United States
- Trip Length:
- 15 days
- Price Range:
- From $3000 to $5000 per person See what this includes and what this excludes
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- Recommended for:
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11 - 14, 15 - 17, 18 - 20, 25 - 30, 31 - 35, 36 - 40, 41 - 50
Group Retreat, Summer Vacation, Trip Around the World
Detailed Trip Description
Experience Wildlife Safaris, African Culture and the country as a whole. Enjoy excellent cuisine together with superb South African wines. Great souvenir shopping, African art, skins and hides, diamonds, and Kruger Rands. You will visit many places including Visit Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Kruger Park, Mkuze, Cape Town, Kirstenbosch, the most famous South African botanical garden and Rietvlei Wetland Reserve. Excellent Birding, guided by professional and registered ornithological guide, David Nkosi.
Trip Itinerary
Day 1 - United States
Flight from USA for South Africa.
Commercial Flight
Depart from the U.S.A. for South Africa.
Day 2 - Johannesburg
Stay at Hotel.
Country Inn
Arrival in Johannesburg in the mid afternoon. Transfer to the Irene Country Lodge, located in Irene on the outskirts of Pretoria. The hotel has a large lake where we’ll do some great sunset birding and enjoy welcome drinks and dinner at the Irene Country Lodge in the evening.
Day 3 - Pretoria
Enjoy birding at Rietvlei Dam Nature Reserve.
Sightseeing
Sunrise birding around the Irene Country Lodge.
National Parks
After breakfast depart for Rietvlei Dam Nature Reserve, taking a picnic lunch from the hotel. Enjoy birding in the area, and then proceed through to a local bird sanctuary in the leafy suburbs of Pretoria.
Country Inn
Make a stop at the Blue Crane Restaurant for refreshments, and return to the Irene Country Lodge for overnight on a dinner bed and breakfast basis.
Day 4 - Nelspruit
Leave Irene for departure to Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga.
Sightseeing
Depart after breakfast for Mpumalanga, making a stop at Milly’s Trout Farm for some birding along the way.
Sightseeing
Continue to Nelspruit, the provincial capital of Mpumalanga , for lunch and a visit to the Lowveld Botanical Gardens.
Hotel
Continue to Hazyview for overnight at the Protea Kruger hotel on a dinner bed and breakfast basis.
Day 5 - South Africa
Enjoy Safari at the Kruger National Park.
Safari
Very early departure to the Kruger National Park for a full day in open Landrovers. We take a packed breakfast with us and lunch will be for own account at one of the rest camps. Head northwards today from Skukuza to cover as much ground as possible in the Kruger.
Hotel
Return to the lodge for overnight on DBB basis.
Day 6 - South Africa
Enjoy Safari at the Kruger National Park.
Safari
Another full day in the park, departing with a packed breakfast, heading south today for more variety in vegetation and locations for birding.
Hotel
Depart the park at sunset and for Malelane overnight on DBB basis.
Day 7 - South Africa
Enjoy Safari at the Kruger National Park.
Safari
Another full day in the park, departing with a packed breakfast, spending today in the southern part of Kruger for more variety in vegetation and locations for birding.
Hotel
Depart the park at sunset and for Malelane overnight on DBB basis.
Day 8 - Swaziland
Visit Malolotja Nature Reserveat Swaziland.
Sightseeing
Sunrise birding around the lodge area and the river.
Sightseeing
After breakfast, depart for Swaziland and a visit Malolotja Nature Reserve, one of the few areas where the rare Blue Swallow nests.
Hotel
Continue to the Royal Swazi Sun hotel for overnight on a dinner bed and breakfast basis.
Day 9 - Manzini
Visit Mlilwane Game Reserve
Sightseeing
Morning in Mlilwane Game Reserve , a small reserve between Mbabane and Manzini. Lunch at Swazi Candles, one of the kingdom’s most famous export products. Continue after lunch through the sugar cane plantations and leave Swaziland via Lavumisa border control.
Country Inn
Continue into KwaZulu- Natal to Mkuze area, where overnight at Ghost Mountain Inn on a dinner bed and breakfast basis.
Day 10 - Mkuze
Full day trip to Mkuze Game Reserve.
Safari
Full day trip to Mkuze Game Reserve in open 4x 4 landrovers, take a packed breakfast and picnic lunch with the group.
Country Inn
Return to Ghost Mountain Inn for overnight on DBB basis.
Safari
Get back to Ghost Mountain Inn for early dinner and then do a night drive in Mkuze Game Reserve later that evening.
Day 11 - Cape Town
Flight from Durban to Cape Town.
Commercial Flight
After breakfast travel through Kwa-Zulu Natal to Durban for the flight to Cape Town.
Hotel
Lunch en route in the Umhlanga area is included. On arrival in Cape Town, you will be transferred to the Bantry Bay Luxury Suite Hotel for overnight on a BB basis.
Day 12 - Cape Town
Explore Cape Town.
Sightseeing
Visit Table Mountain and the Cableway at the first opportunity. Full day around the Cape Peninsula including Cape Point, Cape of Good Hope, a seafood lunch in Simonstown and a visit to the local African Penguin Colony at Boulders Beach.
Hotel
Return to the hotel for overnight on a BB basis in Cape Town.
Day 13 - Cape Town
Enjoy birding at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens.
Sightseeing
Depart after breakfast to Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, set on the back slopes of Table Mountain. Enjoy the beautiful indigenous vegetation and views of the Mountain, and a very good opportunity for birding. Enjoy lunch in Kirstenbosch and in the afternoon visit some of the local nature areas and wetland “vleis” for birding.
Hotel
Return to the hotel in the later afternoon for overnight on a BB basis.
Day 14 - Cape Town
Visit Gordon’s Bay, Rooi Els and Harold Porter Botanical Gardens.
Sightseeing
Visit Gordon’s Bay, Rooi Els, Harold Porter Botanical Gardens, located at Kleinmond and then on to Hermanus for lunch. This coastal town is famous for whalewatching, wineries and beautiful scenery.
Hotel
Return to Cape Town via Sir Lowry's Pass for overnight at the hotel on a BB basis.
Day 15 - Cape Town
Visit Rietvlei Wetland Reserve.
Sightseeing
Early morning visit to Rietvlei Wetland Reserve.
Commercial Flight
Depart from Cape Town for the flight to Johannesburg and the USA.
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