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South Africa is a country that you should visit at least once in your life. With its sun-kissed beaches, majestic mountain peaks, and golden savannas; this biodiverse country is everything you expect and so much more.
Your journey begins in the “Mother City” of Cape Town, where you explore the vibrant streets, savor world-class cuisine and wines, and interact with the friendly locals. Your home for the next few days is the award-winning One & Only Cape Town, where you will experience extraordinary facilities, opulent accommodation, and warm hospitality.
After exploring the gorgeous coastline of Cape Town and the picturesque wine country, you head off on a true African safari adventure, staying in two famous private reserves located in the Greater Kruger National Park: Sabi Sands and Timbavati. Both reserves are renowned for the Big Five, but the Sabi Sands is most famous for its big cat sightings, while Timbavati offers the opportunity to see rare white lions. Your time on safari will be spent exploring the wilderness on open vehicle game drives and guided bush walks, encountering Africa's wildlife up-close.
You will first enjoy an intimate and personalized safari experience at Sabi Sabi Little Bush before heading to the Timbavati for an authentic tented safari offered at Ngala Tented Safari Camp. Both lodges are ultra-luxurious with world-class facilities and exceptional service, making it an ideal choice for travelers wanting the best of the best.
Today you will be met on your arrival at Cape Town International Airport and transferred to your luxurious Waterfront hotel for check-in. During your stay in Cape Town, you will have the opportunity to explore the bustling V&A Waterfront only a short walk from your hotel, as well as other top attractions. Cape Town is a friendly city with a wide range of activities for everyone. We highly recommend visiting Table Mountain, Boulders Beach, which is home to African penguins, and the Cape Winelands for some fine cuisine and world-class wines. One of our expert consultants will be more than happy to discuss the various options available to you.
Accommodation: One&Only Cape Town
After a sumptuous breakfast, you bid farewell to the vibrant city of Cape Town as you transfer by road back to Cape Town International Airport for your scheduled flight to Skukuza Airport. On arrival, you will be met and transferred to your camp for check-in. The reserve is home to the Big Five (elephant, rhino, lion, leopard, and buffalo), as well as cheetah, wild dog, and hundreds of other species of animals, birds, and plants indigenous to the area. Highly trained and experienced rangers and Shangaan trackers ensure that your safari experience ranks amongst the best in the world.
Discover the beauty of the reserve with exciting morning and afternoon/evening open-vehicle game drives, and for the more adventurous traveler, there are guided bush walks that truly immerse you in nature and heighten each of your senses.
Accommodation: Sabi Sabi Little Bush Camp
After one final game drive in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve and a warm breakfast, you will transfer by road to the Timbavati Game Reserve, where you will check into your luxury tented camp. The 15,000-hectare Timbavati Game Reserve is most famous for being the home of the world's last white lions living freely in the wild. Over and above these magnificent creatures, the reserve boasts more than 40 mammal species, including the Big Five, and 260 species of birds - a paradise for bird lovers.
Venture out into the bush on morning and afternoon/evening open-vehicle game drives and enjoy one of the camp's popular nature walks. The walks are led by an armed guide and offer the opportunity to discover the smaller wondrous creatures of the African bush, as well as the various plants that flourish on the reserve.
Accommodation: Ngala Tented Safari Camp
After one final safari adventure in the African bush, you sit down to a hearty breakfast before gathering your belongings and transferring by road to Hoedspruit Airport for your scheduled flight to Johannesburg's OR Tambo Airport. Once in Johannesburg, you will connect with your onward travel arrangements.
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November 30, 2024
Great advice, responsive and knowledgeable!
Pascal John at Safari.com guided me on different safari lodges (experience, rating), and most importantly knew about specials (buy 3 nights, get 4th for free) which allowed my family to secure a 5-star location at a more reasonable rate. Great advice, responsive and knowledgeable!
September 20, 2024
Sabi Sands Game Reserve reservations made easy
Made safari reservations with Pascal John. He was very helpful as we had a specific time frame that corresponded with the rest of our Africa trip. Pascal John was professional, sent documents on time, and and with no errors. He responded via email very very quickly. We definitely recommend Safari.com and Pascal John!
August 24, 2024
Pascal the man
Pascal the man
Dec 13, 2024
Leigh-Ann Croeser from Safari.com was fantastic
Leigh-Ann from Safari.com was great to work with to plan our group safari trip. She was able to get me on the priority waitlist for a lodge that I liked, which ended up working out for our group during my preferred dates. Leigh-Ann was responsive and provided various tour recommendations for us to decide on the best option for us. There were a few email and name typos from Leigh-Ann that I had to correct, but other than that, I had a great experience.
Dec 12, 2024
Dolan was terrific
Dolan was terrific. He got back to us immediately to answer all of our questions. And was so nice to hold a room for a couple of days because of my moms passing. It gave us time to finalize her arrangements and time to book our trip. I would highly recommend using him to book your trip!!
Dec 12, 2024
Great support and communication
I had great support from Lana, she has been helping to book the dream trip to Bostwana in a very efficient way. Great communication, very responsive and precise, could not wish for more. Highly recommend her.
Dec 12, 2024
Anja Is A Fabulous Travel Consultant
Anja Mayer was extremely knowledgeable, patient, prompt with her responses to questions, and always very helpful. She was also a pleasure to work with. I would highly recommend to anyone that asks that Anja is the right person to contact if they are interested in travelling to South Africa or Botswana.
Dec 12, 2024
Anja did a fabulous job!
Anja was knowledgeble, patient prompt with her responses to questions and always very helpful. In addition, it was a pleasure working with her. I would recommend her to anyone without any reservation.
Dec 10, 2024
Mel du Toit was the perfect person to…
Mel du Toit was the perfect person to arrange and organize our trip!! She was on the ball, made sure everything was in place and travel arrangements secured! I highly recommend her!!
Dec 9, 2024
Great support from Shann
Shann made the booking experience seamless - provided very helpful information to ensure we fully understood what the experience would be like and made sure we felt safe with experiences we have booked.
Dec 9, 2024
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Very fast response, polite - impressive
Dec 7, 2024
Went through Newmarket travel and Hays…
Went through Newmarket travel and Hays travel ..information about flight changes hard to get..but on arrival the holiday was taken over Safari.com..amazing ..experience everything was fine tuned and the staff ..guides drivers fabulous and friendly ..lots of knowledge..lots of fun and the surprises they did was so lovely ...loved every minute ..Paris our guide was amazing..10/10 and Eric driver ..the waiters and waitress every and everyone in the hotels .smiling and friendly..Best holiday of my life
