Take flight overnight flight to Cape Town.
After collecting your luggage and clearing immigration, you will be met in the arrivals hall and shown to the car hire depot. Make your way to Hermanus, just about an hour and 30 minutes from Cape Town Airport. On your free day in Hermanus we highly recommend a boat trip out with Marine Dynamics. If the whales are in the bay, they will find them - the experience is terrific! When viewing whales from the boat you realise the enormity of these magnificent creatures and how silently they can appear as they sometimes approach the boat. Whale watching in Hermanus is also very good from the shoreline and during the peak season the Whale Cryer will blow his horn indicating that there are whales nearby. Consider yourself an expert photographer if you are able to secure a photo of a whale breaching from the sea!
Leaving Hermanus behind today make your way to Cape Town and check in to your hotel situated on the vibrant V&A Waterfront. The are lots of amazing places to visit from Cape Town; Table Mountain (take the cable car up as soon as you can because the table cloth of cloud can come down at any time and make a visit not possible), Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned, Cape Point Nature Reserve, Boulders Beach to see the penguins and Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden where summer concerts often happen. These are just a few of our favourites and there are many more to choose from.
After breakfast, return your hire car to Cape Town Airport and take the flight to Johannesburg. After collecting your luggage you will be transferred by road to the Madikwe Game Reserve. The drive from Johannesburg Airport to the Madikwe Game Reserve will take around 4-5 hours so if you'd prefer to fly this is also an option. The Madikwe Game Reserve offers malaria free option for safaris and it is an amazing place to spot great game such as lion, elephant, giraffe, the elusive leopard if you are very lucky and packs of wild dog would be a real treat. The wildlife gathers around the various waterholes and sometimes conflict occurs, we've seen a big bull elephant seeing off a lion at the waterhole - very exciting viewing as they bound around your vehicle! The birdlife is prolific in the Madikwe Game Reserve and it wouldn't be unusual for you to see lilac breasted rollers, yellow hornbills (in great numbers), fish eagles and if you are very lucky a secretary bird.
After your final game drive and breakfast you will be transferred to Johannesburg Airport for your flight back to the UK.
Arrive into the UK.
