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Day 1: Johannesburg to Kruger Park Area
Watch Johannesburg fade in your rearview as you pass through Mpumalanga’s coalfields, which produce an astounding 80% of the country's coal, to Kruger National Park. At the park, enjoy a leisurely game drive—sundowner in hand—absorbing nature's splendour against the backdrop of an African bush sunset.
Meals: Lunch & Dinner
Included Highlight: Sundowner Safari
Day 2: Kruger National Park
It's up on your feet early this morning to spend most of the day on safari in Kruger National Park, unrivalled as South Africa's largest wildlife sanctuary (4.9 million acres) and home to countless animal species. See how many of the Big 5 you can spot—animals so renowned they even feature on South African banknotes! Return to camp to share and compare all the amazing sightings of the day.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Included Highlight: Kruger Park 4x4 Open Vehicle Game Drive
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Included Highlight: Panorama Route
Day 4: Kruger Park - Eswatini
An early start, departing Kruger for the landlocked country-within-a-country, Eswatini. Be prepared for excellent game-sighting opportunities along the way. Once through the border, you head for the picturesque Ezulwini Valley (aka Valley of Heaven) to your campsite.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Included Highlight: Kruger Park Game Drive
Day 5: Eswatini (Swaziland)/Eswatini - Milwane Nature Reserve
Embark on a guided nature walk this morning in the Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary, one of Eswatini’s highly recommended hiking spots spanning 4,560 hectares. Afterward, explore the place at your own leisure, feeling safe knowing there are no dangerous animals within the sanctuary.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Included Highlight: Nature Walk
Day 6: Eswatini (Swaziland) to St Lucia
Wave goodbye to the Swazi people as you cross the border back into South Africa. En route, wind through the Zululand hills towards the coastal town of St. Lucia.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 7: St Lucia and Umfolozi - Hluhluwe Game Reserve
Today, you have further opportunities to spot the Big 5, particularly rhino, during your safari through the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve. The park is also home to a wide variety of other wildlife, including cheetahs, hyenas, jackals, blue wildebeests, giraffes, zebras, Nile crocodiles, hippos, and plenty more. In the afternoon, board a boat to explore the magnificent iSimangaliso Wetland Park estuary, South Africa's first UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Included Highlight: St Lucia Boat Cruise, Hluhluwe Game Drive
Day 8: Drakensberg Mountains
You head inland today to the 1,125 km-long uKhahlamba-Drakensberg mountain range, offering up phenomenal scenery along the way. Ancient San rock art haunts its caves, and diverse ecosystems are entrenched in its valleys and rugged cliffs. En route, you make a stop at Howick Falls, the second-tallest waterfall in South Africa (95m), and visit the notorious Capture Site where Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Included Highlight: Visit to the Mandela Capture Site, visit Howick Falls
Day 9: UKhahlamba Drakensberg Park
Strap on your boots and explore uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park on a group hike. With 240,000 hectares of forest, rivers, cliffs, and valleys, the park contains trails of varying difficulty, ranging from leisurely strolls to adventure routes. Take your pick... and a water bottle.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Included Highlight: Hike with your guide in Ukhahlamba-Drakensberg Park
Day 10: Lesotho
Enjoy the unfolding scenery as you leave uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park and make your way to your accommodation in Semonkong, crossing the border into Lesotho at Maseru Bridge.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Days 11: Lesotho
Partake in a rejuvenating two-hour hike to the renowned Maletsunyane waterfall this morning, where the river plummets 186 metres down, creating a smokey mist. No wonder Semonkong is known as ‘Place of Smoke'!
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner on both days
Included Highlight: Morning waterfall hike with your Nomad guide
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Included Highlight: Valley of Desolation sundowner tour
Day 13: Gqeberha (Addo Elephant National Park)
Leaving the sunbaked Karoo dust behind, you head for the coast to your accommodation in South Africa’s hardest-to-pronounce city, Gqeberha (previously named ‘Port Elizabeth’). On the way, you stop in for a close-up encounter with elephants at Addo Elephant National Park, which houses roughly 600 elephants and a many other large mammals.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Included Highlight: Half day game drive in Addo National Park
Day 14: Greater Addo Elephant National Park area
This morning, you revisit Addo Elephant National Park to explore the greater park area. Even though elephants are the park’s main focus, Addo is South Africa’s third-largest national park, and there’s plenty more wildlife to see that you won't want to miss!
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Included Highlight: Half day game drive in Addo National Park
Day 15: Tsitsikamma National Park
You hit the road early this morning, making a quick detour to Jeffreys Bay, every surfer’s dream destination. The bay offers prime surfing conditions (especially the world-famous ‘Supertubes’ break), fantastic beaches, and hosts an annual World Surf League contest. Then, it’s off to Tsitsikamma as today’s main destination.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Included Highlight: Tsitsikamma National Park entrance to hike with your guide
Included Highlight: Morning Visit to Natures Valley, Cango Caves Basic Tour
Included Highlight: Stop at Ronnie’s Sex Shop, Meerkat Experience
Included Highlight: Hermanus, Southernmost point, Cape Agulhas, Stony Point Penguin Colony
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