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"Big Five" Ntaba Tours Safari

September 19 - October 4, 2008

Tour Price:  $5750.00 per person sharing

 
 

To REGISTER for this safari, please email us to request a Registration Form as well as other relevant forms.
 

 Itinerary

Friday, September 19, 2008 – Depart from the U.S.A. for South Africa  

Day 1:    Saturday, September 20
Arrive in Johannesburg, go through customs, and fly on domestic flight to Cape Town.  Transfer to your hotel. 

Stay at:  Simonstown Quay Side Hotel

 

Day 2:    Sunday, September 21 - Cape Town
Tour of Table Mountain via the Famous Cableway
Wine Tasting at Constantia
Light Lunch at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens
Guided tour of the famous gardens

Stay at: Simonstown Quay Side Hotel                     Dinner: Nyoni Kraal

 

Day 3: Monday, September 22 – Cape Town
Tour of the Cape Point Region with highlights the famous penguins at The Boulders, a scenic drive through the area including Hout Bay, Chapman’s Peak and an afternoon Walk-With-Baboons tour.

Light lunch at: Flukes Restaurant

Stay at: Simonstown Quay Side Hotel                     Dinner: Simonstown

 

Day 4: Tuesday, September 23 – Mossel Bay
Depart early for the Garden Route and stop at Dassiesfontein, Swellendam as well as the Allcare Aloe Factory. The local Aloe Ferox is the South African version of the famous Aloe Vera.

Light lunch: (Heidelberg / Riversdal )

Stay at: Diaz Beach Hotel                                         Dinner: Bahia Dos Vaquieros Restaurant

  

Day 5: Wednesday, September 24 – Mossel Bay
You” Meet the People” and interact with some of the colorful local people and have a light lunch with Pop and Edith Joubert in Friemersheim, an old German mission station. The afternoon is spent viewing the beautiful wild animals at Garden Route Game Lodge.

Stay at: Diaz Beach Hotel                                   Dinner: Early at Café Serengeti at the Lodge

 

Day 6: Thursday, September 25 – Mossel Bay
Spend this day in the Arid Klein Karoo where we introduce you to the Ostrich Industry via a guided tour on the Highgate Ostrich Farm. We visit the Cango Wildlife Ranch for a tour of the facility including the Big Cats, Crocodiles and many more. Here you have the opportunity to get up close to a croc by doing a Crocodile Cage Dive as an optional extra. Also you have a similar option of touching a cheetah or Bengal Tiger. This day also includes a wine tasting and tasting of Buchu Brandy. Buchu is a wild medicinal herb used for centuries in both the Boer and black cultures and is indigenous to South Africa.

Light lunch at Jemima’s Restaurant

Stay at: Diaz Beach Hotel                                     Dinner: Jazzbury’s (South African Cuisine)

 

Day 7: Friday, September 26 – Mossel Bay
A morning at leisure in Mossel Bay, the sun trap of Africa, leaving you time to catch up with family via e-mail, Skype etc, shopping, spending time on the beach.  The afternoon will be another ”Meet the People” experience with a few more interesting cultural experiences.

Light lunch at Baruch Coffee Roaster and Israeli Cuisine

Stay at: Diaz Beach Hotel                                         Dinner:  Kingfisher Restaurant (Seafood)

 

Day 8: Saturday, September 27 – Garden Route
Travel along the beautiful Garden Route to Port Elizabeth, stopping along the way to visit a cheetah rehabilitation center.

Light lunch : Tsitsikamma National Park

Stay at: Kelway Hotel, PE                                              Dinner: Port Elizabeth

 

Day 9: Sunday, September 28 – Addo Elphant Park
Spend a great day game viewing at Addo Elephant Park.

Light lunch at Addo

Stay at:  Kelway Hotel                                                    Dinner: Port Elizabeth

 

Day 10: Monday, September 29 – Zintulo Private Safari Lodge
Fly out of Port Elizabeth on an early flight to Durban.  Transfer to Zintulo Private Safari Lodge in the Nambiti Big 5 Conservancy in Northern KwaZulu Natal, a malaria-free area.  Enjoy evening game drive.

Stay at: Zintulo Private Safari Lodge                         Dinner: Zintulo Private Safari Lodge

 

Day 11: Tuesday, September 30 – Zintulo Private Safari Lodge
Early wake-up, enjoy a cup of coffee before heading out on a game drive.  Enjoy a morning’s game viewing and have the chance to see the BIG FIVE (lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and buffalo). Also enjoy the abundant bird life.  Coffee and rusks break along the way.  Enjoy a well-deserved breakfast back at the lodge.  Relax. Light lunch.  Head out for an evening game drive before returning to the lodge for dinner.

Stay at: Zintulo Private Safari Lodge                         Dinner: Zintulo Private Safari Lodge

 

Day 12: Wednesday, October 1 - Zintulo Private Safari Lodge
Enjoy another day with a morning and evening drive, and relaxing at the lodge.

Stay at: Zintulo Private Safari Lodge                         Dinner: Zintulo Private Safari Lodge

 

Day 13: Thursday, October 2 - Zintulo Private Safari Lodge
Enjoy another day with a morning and evening drive, and relaxing at the lodge.

Stay at: Zintulo Private Safari Lodge                         Dinner: Zintulo Private Safari Lodge

 

Day 14: Friday, October 3 – Depart for the U.S.A.
After a morning game drive and breakfast, transfer to Oliver Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg.  Depart South Africa for your flight home.

 

Saturday, October 4, 2008 – Arrive back in the U.S.A. from South Africa

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Tour Price:  $5750.00 per person sharing

 

Included in the package:
Flights:                                
U.S.A. to Johannesburg, Return
                                             Johannesburg to Cape Town
                                             Port Elizabeth to Durban

Accommodation:                 
Hotel/ Lodge as per itinerary
Transfers:
                             Cape Town to Mosselbay to Port Elizabeth
                                             Durban to Zintulo to Johannesburg

Meals:                                  
As per itinerary
Guided:
                                 Yes
Activities:
                              As per itinerary

Excluded from the packages:
Domestic flight within the USA

Travel Insurance & Medical Insurance
Items of personal nature
Gratitude’s and Tips for local guides and drivers
Activities and items not mentioned in itinerary
 


 

To REGISTER for this safari, please email us to request a Registration Form as well as other relevant forms.
 
 

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