Africa Dream Trip

On arrival into OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, you will be met in the terminal by a BidAir representative carrying a name board.

You will be assisted with immigration, baggage collection and accompanied through customs.

Private road transfer from OR Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg) to The Saxon Boutique Hotel, Villas and Spa.

This morning you will be met at 09:00 am by Wilro Tours for a Private Full Day Johannesburg, Soweto & Apartheid

Highlights

·Absorb the rich history and culture of South Africas major city, Johannesburg, and the legendary Soweto.

·Drive past all the major points of interest including Nelson Mandelas home, the Constitutional Court, Newtown, the Nelson Mandela Bridge and the previous homes of famous political heroes of apartheid.

·View Johannesburg from the Top of Africa at the Carlton Centre and visit the Hector Pieterson Memorial.

·Be mesmerized by the turmoil of the past and the optimism of the newfound Rainbow Nation at the Apartheid Museum.

This full day tour combines two of our most popular tours, Johannesburg & Soweto orientation and Apartheid Museum & Soweto, giving you a full experience of South Africa's commercial and financial capital Johannesburg. Aptly named the City of Gold, its origins stretch back to 1886, when gold was discovered in the area. Now the city is known amongst locals as Egoli, Jozi or Jo'burg and has a rich and vibrant past and present. Our route covers all the major points of interest, from Sandton in the north to Soweto in the south. You can expect to drive through Rosebank and Houghton, the latter being the site of Nelson Mandelas former home. In Braamfontein you will see the Constitutional Court of South Africa and further downtown the City Hall, Diagonal Street, Newtown and Nelson Mandela Bridge. At the iconic Carlton Centre, we see the city from the "Top of Africa" in the enclosed viewing deck 50 floors up. We continue past the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital and Regina Mundi Catholic Church and then visit the Hector Pieterson Memorial before making our way to Vilakazi Street, Nelson Mandela's former home and Bishop Desmond Tutu's home. After an optional lunch at a local tavern, we visit the insightful Apartheid Museum.

The tour takes approximately nine hours.

This morning you will be met at The Saxon Boutique Hotel, Villas and Spa by Wilro Tours for a private road transfer to O.R. Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg).

You will be assisted to the departure counter for your flight to Maun, Botswana.

On arrival at Maun Airport and after clearing customs and immigration, you will be met and assisted by a Wilderness Safaris to your light aircraft for you onward scheduled charter flight to Vumbura Plains North.

Enjoy morning and afternoon game viewing activities with your private guide.

After an early morning game drive and breakfast, depart from Vumbura Plains South on a scheduled charter flight to Little Mombo.

Enjoy daily game viewing activities with your private guide.

Enjoy an early morning game drive and after breakfast depart on a scheduled charter flight to Kasane Airport.

On arrival at Kasane Airport and after clearing customs and immigration, you will be met and assisted by a Wilderness

Safaris representative to your light aircraft private charter to Victoria Falls Airport.

On arrival you will be met and taken on a private tour of the Falls.

After your tour you will have a private road transfer from Victoria Falls town to Victoria Falls River Lodge.

Enjoy lodge activities.

Choice of either morning/afternoon game drives in the Zambezi National Park

A sunrise/sunset river cruise per person per day

Sunset snacks and local drinks are included on activities.

This morning you will have a private road transfer from Victoria Falls River Lodge to Victoria Falls Airport.

Depart on a scheduled flight to Cape Town.

On arrival at Cape Town International Airport, you will be met and have a private road transfer to Ellerman House.

Enjoy breakfast and at 09:00 am you will be taken on a Private Half Day City and Table Mountain Tour (Including Lunch)

Highlights

·Ride the revolving cable car for birds-eye views of Cape Town and Peninsula from the top of the iconic Table Mountain (weather dependent).

·Explore the rich history and culture of Cape Town including Company Gardens, South African Museum, Castle of Good Hope, Grande Parade and the District Six Museum (closed on Sundays).

·Haggle in the colourful and bustling market of Greenmarket Square.

·Lunch at one of the citys popular a la carte restaurants.

The first stop is Table Mountains Lower Cableway Station, for a 5-minute revolving cable car ride to the top. We will explore the mountains summit and absorb the breathtaking views before descending.

We then return to the city via the old Cape Malay Quarter for a walk through the Company Gardens, a fresh produce garden for ships and locals from the mid-17th century, and now home to the South Africa Museum, Houses of Parliament, National Gallery and St. Georges Cathedral.

We stroll through the city to Greenmarket Square, where you can browse the bustling market stalls for beautiful and unique African mementos. From there we drive to the Castle, South Africas oldest building, with its incredible collection of Old Cape paintings.

Take in the nearby Grand Parade, where Nelson Mandela addressed the nation on his release in 1990, and then move on to the District Six Museum, which showcases the colourful life of this legendary area and the forced relocation of its residents during the Apartheid era. We round off our tour at one of the citys popular restaurants, before returning to your hotel.

Entrance fees to Table Mountain, the South African Museum, the Castle of Good Hope and the District Six Museum are included. Other points of interest are optional.

This morning at 09:00 am, you will be met and taken on a Private Full Day Peninsula Tour

Highlights

·Travel through many famous coastal suburbs of the Cape and traverse one of the worlds most spectacular passes Chapmans Peak.

·Visit the African penguin colony at Boulders Beach as well as the Cape fur seal colony on Duiker Island (weather dependent).

·Catch a glimpse of Southern right whales (seasonal) off the Capes longest beach.

·Spot wildlife in the Table Mountain National Park, and explore the rocky coastline, the Cape fynbos vegetation and the south-westernmost point of Africa Cape Point and its lighthouse.

·Stroll through world-famous Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens at the foot of Table Mountain.

·Lunch at an a la carte coastal restaurant.

We make our way along the Atlantic seaboard passing Sea Point, Bantry Bay and Clifton. Bakoven and Llandudno, with their ghostly shipwrecks, are also fantastic sights on the way to the fishing village of Hout Bay, where we board a boat to view the Cape fur seal colony on Duiker Island (weather dependent).

From here we navigate the 114 curves of 600m high Chapmans Peak Drive. We enter the Cape of Good Hope section of the Table Mountain National Park with its unique Cape fynbos vegetation and home to birds like African black oystercatchers and Cape sugarbirds as well as to very special fauna including Cape mountain zebra, bontebok (both endemic) and the charismatic Cape baboon.

Climb (or ride the worlds first environmentally friendly funicular) to the famous Cape Point Lighthouse to capture the magical vistas of False Bay.

After lunch, we visit Boulders Beach to see the penguins, and then head home through the naval village of Simonstown and over scenic Boyes Drive, taking in the views of the fishing harbour at Kalk Bay and the seaside havens of St. James and Muizenberg.

To round off your day you can take a stroll through Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens on the slopes of Table Mountain.

Later today you will have a private transfer to Cape Town International Airport for your departure flight.