Sample Romantic South Africa Self-drive - Main

Days 1 - 2: Hazyview

Relax and rejuvenate for 2 nights in the Drakensberg Escarpment, B&B

You begin your holiday with some relaxation and rejuvenation time in the beautiful Drakensberg Escarpment area for a couple of nights. On arrival at Kruger International Airport, you collect your Group H rental car (Audi A4 or similar) and head to Summerfields Rose Retreat in the Drakensberg escarpment area. The Drakensberg escarpment provides welcome relaxation after the excitement of a wedding. This area of tumbling streams and waterfalls amongst indigenous woodland and forest plantations provides scenic drives, relaxing walks, horse riding and soft adventure activities…

Paired back Option: Tanamera Lodge or Highgrove House

  

Day 3: Ulusaba Private Game Reserve

Transfer to Private Kruger Reserve for 3 nights on Safari, Fully Inclusive

Once you are ready to face the early morning game drives, you are transferred by road to one of South Africa’s prime private game reserves which shares open borders with the Kruger National Park.

Paired Back Option: Simbavati Hilltop Camp

Activities and Services

Days 4 - 5: Ulusaba Private Game Reserve

Safari in the Sabi Sands (or Timbavati) Private Game Reserve

Enjoy game drives in the early morning and evening to enjoy game viewing when the animals are most active. Game drives are conducted by experienced rangers and Shangaan trackers in open 4×4 vehicles, with excellent photographic opportunities. You traverse over 18,000 hectares of the finest big game country, with lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and buffalo thriving alongside giraffe, zebra and a variety of antelope.

Activities and Services

Days 6 - 7: Franschhoek

Fly to Cape Town & drive to the Cape Winelands for 2 nights at La Cotte Hotel in Franschhoek, B&B

Today after a final early morning game drive, you are transferred back to the Kruger Airport for your flight to Cape Town (flight not included in the tour price). 

On arrival at Cape Town, you collect your rental car  and drive to the Winelands where you spend 2 nights.

The Cape Winelands is an exquisite area of rocky mountains overlooking green vineyards. Oak avenues lead to elegant Cape Dutch wine estates and some of the most charming towns and villages in South Africa. The pleasure of this region is the enjoyment of the good life: appreciating the wine and the unique Cape architecture; savouring long, lazy meals at one of the many excellent restaurants; or browsing in the craft studios and art galleries.

Note: The Paired Back option takes a different routing so consult us for that itinerary.

Days 8 - 9: Hermanus

Drive to Hermanus where you spend 2 nights.

 

Day 10: Cape Town

Head to Cape Town for 3 nights, B&B

Cape Town is one of the most beautifully situated cities in the world. Cradled by Table Mountain, it has immense charm and historical interest whilst its unique cultural blend; part African, part European and part Asian, makes for a cosmopolitan dining experience. 

 

Activities and Services

Drive to 52 De Wet Hotel in Cape Town

Cape Town (Cape Town City)

Day 13: End of Itinerary

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