Arrive O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg and transfer to your hotel in Central Sandton. Why not spend the afternoon discovering South Africa's dark past with a visit to the Apartheid Museum and Soweto or explore the sprawling Sandton City complex and Nelson Mandela Square?
After breakfast, you will be met by your Journeys by Jet Representative and transferred to the Waterberg Biosphere for three nights. Ant’s Hill is hosted by a wonderful team who create an open and friendly atmosphere. Built on the edge of a cliff, this bush home offers breath-taking views across the Waterberg. With spacious rooms and vast folding doors, the thatched lodge blends into the bush, while exotic furniture and brightly coloured African fabrics make it both sophisticated and comfortable.
Each cottage is uniquely designed and the individual bathrooms are spectacular, offering guests sunken baths and waterfall showers. Set in boulders on the edge of the cliff, the heated swimming pool offers fabulous views across reserve, enticing you to relax there for hours.
From horse riding and mountain biking to game drives and guided walks, there are a variety of activities, at Ants, that will appeal to the intimate couple to families alike.
The day is at leisure to enjoy the lodge / camp activities
The day is at leisure to enjoy the lodge / camp activities
Transfer to the lovely Madikwe Private Game Reserve and check in at your Lodge. Stretching over 75 000 hectares of African bush, the Madikwe Game Reserve contains a diverse environment offering the discerning nature lover a great abundance of life. With a general game count of over 10 000 animals Madikwe includes 60 species of large mammal and over 400 species of bird.
Madikwe is in a semi-arid region straddling South Africa's Savannah and Dessert Biome Areas. The climate and altitude of the area do not support malaria-carrying Anopheles mosquitos.
While each Lodge is different, you will generally awake early with a steaming cup of coffee and a traditional South African rusk before departing on your morning Game Drive in an open top Safari vehicle accompanied by a qualified Ranger and Tracker. Spend the morning discovering the African wildlife up close before returning to your Lodge for brunch.
Enjoy some downtime next to the pool before enjoying Afternoon Tea and departing on your afternoon/evening Game Drive. More often than not you will find yourself stopping for a cheeky G&T in the middle of the bush at Sundown before returning to your lodge for dinner, often served al-fresco around a blazing open log fire in the traditional African Boma.
Birding at Madikwe River Lodge
Transfer to the airstrip for your shared light aircraft flight to the Federal Air Terminal and transfer to O.R. Tambo International Airport for your scheduled flight to Cape Town International Airport. Upon arrival you will be met and transferred to your Cape Town Hotel. This evening, why not discover the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, the buzzing shopping and entertainment complex reclaimed from a derelict area of Cape Town harbour?
After breakfast, you have the day to explore Cape Town. Take a Cable Car to the top of Table Mountain, head out to Robben Island for an education tour on the history of Nelson Mandela's 37 year incarceration, travel down the Cape Peninsula to Houtbay and the quirky penguins at Simonstown or simply explore the city with its array of shops, restaurants and street vendors.
There is so much to do in the Mother City. Why not head into the Cape Winelands today and discover historic Stellenbosch, visit a number of the many award-winning Cape Wineries or enjoy lunch in the little corner of France that is Franschoek?
Transfer to Cape Town International Airport this afternoon for your onward flight and journey home.
