South Africa – Best of in 16 days

SPD-Reise Service – October 2015 Itinerary

 

Day 1  Pretoria                                             

Voortrekker Monument

Short city tour of Pretoria

• Church Square
• Union Buildings
• House of Paul Kruger

Afternoon free

Overnight Pretoria

 

Day 2  Johannesburg and SOWETO        

Constitutional Court

Drive past city tour

Tour of Soweto

• Hector Pieterson Memorial
• Vilikazi Street
• Lunch in a local restaurant

Apartheids Museum

Overnight Pretoria

 

Day 3  Mpumalanga 

Museum village of Botshabelo

Afternoon – free to enjoy some of the surrounding mountain area.

Overnight Sabie area

 

Day 4  Panorama                                                                

Panorama Route

• God’s Window
• Bourke’s Luck Potholes
• Three Rondavels / Blyde River Canyon.

• Kruger National Park (KNP)

Overnight Kruger Park area

 

Day 5  Kruger National Park                                                         

All day open vehicles game drive

• With a qualified ranger throught the the Kruger National Park
• Possible Big 5 sightings

. Overnight Kruger Park area

           

Day 6  Swaziland                                                                 

Swazi dance show

Scenic landscape of this mountain kingdom

Visit a craft market and a candle factory

Overnight Swaziland

 

Day 7 Northern Kwazulu-Natal

Scenic drive through the lower part of Swaziland and the bush landscape of

the nortern part of KwaZulu Natal

Open vehicle game drive through the well known Hluhluwe Umfolozi Game Park

Overnight in St Lucia

 

Day 8  St Lucia & Beach                                                                       

Motor boat excursion on the St Luca Lake

Proceed towards Umhlanga Rocks

Time on the beach

Overnight Umhlanga

 

Day 9  Transfer flight & Tsitsikamma                               

King Shaka International Airport -flight to Port Elizabeth

Short city tour of Port Elizabeth

Stormsriver Mouth – Tsitsikamma National Park

Scenic hike to the suspension bridges

Overnight Tsitsikamma

 

Day 10            Garden Route                                   

Garden Route

View people bunge jumping from Bloukrans Bridge which is the highest bridge in the world

World of Birds

Knysna Elephant Park

Knysna Watefront

Overnight Knysna

 

Day 11            Garden Route & Oudtshoorn                     

Scenic Wilderness

Outeniqua Pass

Ostrich farm

Cango Caves

Overnight Oudtshoorn

 

Day 12            Klein Karoo & Hermanus                            

Klein Karoo along the scenic Route 62

Beautiful mountain landscape and quaint towns

Hermanus

Boat cruise to view whales.

Overnight Hermanus

 

Day 13         Franschhoek

Two mountain passes and apple fruit tree / vineyard landscape

Franschhoek

• Huguenot Monument
• Cellar tour & wine tasting.

Overnight Franschhoek

 

Day 14             Stellenbosch Winelands                

Cape Winelands

Stellenbosch town

Village Museum

Orientation city tour

Table Mountain

Overnight Cape Town

 

Day 15            Township & Robben island                        

Cape Town township tour

Robben Island

Overnight Cape Town

 

Day 16            Cape Peninsula                                            

Cape Peninsula full-day

Hout Bay fishing village

Chapman’s Peak Drive

Cape Point National Park

Cape of Good Hope

Penguin colony at Boulders Beach

Overnight Cape Town

 

Day 17

Transfer from our hotel to Cape Town International Airport