On arrival at OR Tambo International Airport, you will be met at the aircraft door by our representative and assisted with customs and immigration formalities before proceeding to the departure gate for your onward connection to Nelspruit. If your luggage has not been checked through, our representative will assist you with collection and check-in.
Scheduled flight from Johannesburg to Nelspruit – not included
Private road transfer from Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport to Highgrove House.
Spend 1 night at Highgrove House in a Luxury Suite with en suite facilities on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis.
After breakfast, you will spend most of this day exploring the wonderful sightseeing activities of this region before arriving at Lion Sands River Lodge. Lunch is offered at Harries Pancakes in Graskop. Visit:
God’s Window - a stunning view from Highveld to Lowveld
The Pinnacle - a 30 m high quartzite “needle” which rises dramatically out of a fern clad ravine
Bourke’s Luck - fascinating rock forms at the confluence of the Blyde and Treur Rivers
Blyde River Canyon - endless viewpoints over the third largest canyon in the world
Lisbon, Berlin and Mac Mac Falls - impressive scenery and deep waterfalls
Pilgrim’s Rest - restored Gold Rush mining town and home of Jock of the Bushveld.
Spend 2 nights at Lion Sands River Lodge in a Luxury Room with en suite facilities on a full board basis including accommodation, local drinks, mini bar in room, daily game viewing activities, Sabi Sands Guest Conservation Contribution, Wi-Fi and Skukuza Airport transfers. Activities include two game drives daily, specialist activities (bush walks; Hippo tour; Astronomy; Wildlife lectures; Bush breakfasts, picnic lunches & bush dinners; Henna Pre-school visit).
Lodge transfer from Lion Sands River Lodge to Skukuza Airport
Scheduled flight from Skukuza to Cape Town – not included
Private road transfer from Cape Town International Airport to The Table Bay Hotel. Transfer time is approximately 30 minutes.
Spend 4 nights at The Table Bay Hotel in a Luxury Mountain Facing Room on a bed and breakfast basis including Wi-Fi
Day 05: Private Half Day City and Table Mountain Tour including entrance fees and lunch.
The first stop (weather permitting) is Table Mountain’s Lower Cableway Station, for a 5-minute revolving cable car ride to the top. We will explore the mountain’s summit and absorb the breath-taking 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 George’s 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 Africa’s 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 city’s popular restaurants, before returning to your hotel. Entrance fees to Table Mountain Cableway, the South African Museum, the Castle of Good Hope and the District Six Museum are included. Other points of interest are optional.
Table Mountain was officially named one of the New 7 wonders of Nature in December 2012. Both local and international tourists are adding the New 7 Wonders of Nature sites to their “bucket lists”. Table Mountain is the most accessible of the New 7 Wonders and is the only one in a city.
This evening you will be collected from the hotel and transferred to the Cellars Hohenort for dinner. (Dinner for your own account).
After dinner you will be transferred back to the hotel.
Day 06: Private Full Day Connoisseurs Winelands Tour including entrance fees and lunch.
Depart the city for the winelands in the nearby Boland Mountains for a leisurely exploration of historic towns, liquid delights, gastronomic wonders and home-grown hospitality. The Cape Winelands are some of the most beautiful in the world, with a heritage that lives on in beautiful, historic estates producing some of the world’s most celebrated wines. There are a variety of route options that take in the historic wine regions of Constantia, Stellenbosch, Paarl and Franschhoek, or the more emergent areas like Walker Bay, the Swartland and Worcester. Learn about the industries colourful history and traditions and savour the wonderful wines that showcase the unique terroirs of the Cape in a myriad of styles, from classic old world favourites to fruit-driven “early drinking” new world wines. Enjoy a sumptuous lunch at one of South Africa’s top restaurants, paired of course, with the regions finest wines.
NB. Specific requests for wine estate visits and tastings are subject to confirmation at time of booking.
Day 07: Private "The Very Best of the Cape Peninsula" Full Day Tour including entrance fees and lunch.
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 scheduled boat to view the Cape fur seal colony on Duiker Island (weather dependent). From here we navigate the 114 curves of 600m high Chapman’s 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 world’s 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.
Private road transfer from The Table Bay Hotel to Cape Town International Airport.
