Touring South Africa Packages

The Cape to Kruger

An increasingly popular tour, which visits many of South Africa's highlights, from unspoilt beaches and the game-rich wildlife reserves and wilderness areas, all accompanied with a sunny climate and a vibration totally 'African'.  South Africa as a holiday destination encompasses a diverse landscape and cultural mix.

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Departure Dates:
Guaranteed departures EVERY Sunday from Cape Town!
This is another very popular tour!
The same as the World in One Country but starting in Cape Town and not Johannesburg.

Highlights of the Tour:

• Visit the diamond mine that produced the ‘Great Star of Africa’.

• View the spectacular Blyde River Canyon and God’s Window.

• Seek out the ‘Big Five’ in the Kruger National Park in open safari vehicles.

• Visit a traditional African craft market in the Kingdom of Swaziland.

• Enjoy a Swazi cultural experience.

• Enjoy a boat cruise on Lake St Lucia – A World Heritage Site.

• Swim, bathe, and surf along the pristine beaches of Durban’s 'Golden Mile'.

• Stroll through the Tsitsikamma National Park, renowned for its age-old trees.

• Journey via ferry to the Featherbed Nature Reserve, situated at the entrance to the Knysna Lagoon.

• Discover the Cango Caves with its magnificent dripstone formations of stalactites and stalagmites.

• Enjoy an ostrich farm experience.

• The best land-based whale watching in the world, is in Hermanus. (Seasonal July to Nov).

• Explore the coastline of the Cape Peninsula.

• Enjoy wine tasting at some of the Cape’s most famous wine estates.

Tour Prices:
Per Person sharing: R19580
or Single Person: R23695
These rates are valid to 30 October 2008

The Itinerary:

Day 1: (Sun)   Cape Town

Touch down at Cape Town International Airport, where you’ll be met and transferred to your hotel. Spend the rest of the day exploring the city or the famous waterfront, adjusting to the laid-back rhythms of the ‘Mother City’. 
Accommodation: Protea Hotel President or similar

Day 2: (Mon)   Cape Winelands                           (B)

Journey into the beauty and tranquillity that is the Cape Winelands. Sip some of South Africa’s finest wines at two well-known estates in Paarl and Stellenbosch. A visit to the Huguenot Memorial and the Afrikaans Language Monument provides a historical perspective.
Accommodation: Protea Hotel President or similar

Day 3: (Tue)     Cape Peninsula                            (B)

A full day’s touring of the ruggedly beautiful Cape Peninsula via the Atlantic seaboard. We stop at the fishing village of Hout Bay, where you can opt to take a cruise (own account) to Seal Island to watch the antics of these natural performers. Then we carry on along the Indian Ocean coastline to Boulders Beach for close encounters with another of the Cape’s adorable creatures – penguins. We drive through the quaint naval village of Simon’s Town on our way back to our Cape Town hotel. 
Accommodation: Protea Hotel President or similar

Day 4: (Wed)     The Karoo / Oudtshoorn             (B)

We depart by 08h00 and travel via the town of Montagu on ‘Route 62’ (South Africa’s version of America’s famous ‘Route 66’) to the pretty village of Barrydale where we stop for tea (own account) at the Country Pumpkin Restaurant. Then on to Oudtshoorn, known as the ‘Feather Capital of the World’ thanks to its huge ostrich industry. After a fascinating tour of an ostrich farm, we go underground to marvel at the icy formations in the Cango Caves, regarded, for good reason, as one of South Africa’s most spectacular natural wonders. We overnight in an Oudtshoorn hotel.  
Accommodation: Queens Hotel or similar

Day 5: (Thu)      Oudtshoorn / Knysna                  (BD)

Upon arrival in Knysna spend the rest of the day discovering the joys of the town’s many art galleries, craft shops and coffee bars.
Accommodation: Knysna Log Inn or similar
 

Day 6: (Fri)        Knysna                                        (BL)

Cruise on the vast Knysna Lagoon, then visit the Featherbed Nature Reserve. Enjoy an amazing view of the imposing sandstone ‘Heads’ which guard the sea entrance to Knysna’s huge tidal lagoon, and the forests, marshes and pristine beaches surrounding it. After lunch spend the rest of the day at leisure, enjoying this lovely and special town.
Accommodation: Knysna Log Inn or similar 

Day 7: (Sat)        Port Elizabeth / Durban                (B)

We get to Port Elizabeth via the glorious indigenous Tsitsikamma Forest. Board a mid-afternoon flight to Durban (cost of flight not included). There you’ll be met and transferred to your Durban hotel for the night. 
Accommodation: Protea Hotel Edward or similar
(Flight NOT included)

Day 8: (Sun)       Durban / St Lucia                         (BL)

Meet your new guide this morning and travel to the Kingdom of the Zulu’s via the lush north coast of KwaZulu-Natal. First stop is a vibrant cultural village. Thrill to the sight of Zulu dancers performing their ancient high-kicking routines to the beat of drums, sample traditional Zulu beer and watch women craft clay pots and intricate beadwork. After a hearty lunch, we proceed to the village of St Lucia, checking in at your hotel.
Accommodation: Protea St Lucia Hotel or similar

Day 9: (Mon)       Kingdom of Swaziland                  (BLD)

The day begins with a motor launch cruise amid the breathtaking wilderness of Lake St Lucia, a World Heritage Site. Back on dry land, we drive past the traditional rural homesteads of Zululand and into the tiny Kingdom of Swaziland, a former British Protection Territory, now ruled by King MsWati III. Enjoy a visit to the Swazi Candle Factory, where waxy works of art beckon from groaning shelves.  We arrive at the hotel in the late afternoon. 
Accommodation: Lugogo Sun or similar

Day 10: (Tue)       Swaziland / Kruger National Park  (BLD)

We visit the famous Ngwenya Glass Factory to see master craftsmen fashion collectable figures and functional art out of molten glass. We enter the vast Kruger National Park through its southern-most gate and head north to our camp in time for a welcome sundowner (own account) in the African bush.
Accommodation: Kruger Rest Camp or similar

Day 11: (Wed)       Kruger National Park                    (B)

A full day safari. We set off before breakfast in open safari vehicles in search of lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard, and all manner of wondrous wild-life, birds and plants besides. Savour the magic of this enormous wilderness. 
Accommodation: Kruger Rest Camp or similar

Day 12: (Thu)        The Lowveld / Panorama Route    (BD)

Explore living history in the form of Pilgrim's Rest, the old mining village where gold was first discovered; gasp at the glory that is God's Window, a boundless view of forested mountains and fertile plains, and visit the spectacular Blyde River Canyon, one of the natural wonders of Africa. We spend the night in Pilgrim’s Rest. 
Accommodation: The Royal Hotel Pilgrims Rest or similar

Day 13: (Fri)          Johannesburg                             (B)

We leave Pilgrim’s Rest by 06h30 and travel on to the world famous Premier Diamond Mines, which produced Africa's biggest diamond, the Cullinan, from which the ‘Great Star of Africa’ was cut to
grace the sceptre of the British Crown Jewels. After lunch we continue on to Pretoria, South Africa’s Capital City, before arriving in Johannesburg in the late afternoon. 
Accommodation: Protea Wanderers Hotel or similar

Day 14: (Sat)         Johannesburg                                  (B)

The end of the tour. Check-out of your hotel and transfer to the airport for your flight home.

TOUR ENDS!

Other IMPORTANT Tour Information!
Transportation and Accommodation

• Tour in air-conditioned micro-buses or 18-seater mini-buses.

• Professionally Escorted - Discover South Africa with our professional tour guides.

• Rooms with private facilities, on a twin share basis.

Dining & Other Inclusions

• 13 Breakfasts.  -  4 Lunches - · 4 Dinners.
  Plus

• Airport transfers included.  

• Hotel porterage included.

• Kruger National Park Conservation Levy included.

• The internal flight between Port Elizabeth and Durban is not included. Touring SA can assist you in
  obtaining these flights. Clients are requested to book flights that depart Port Elizabeth no earlier than
  13h30 on the Saturday!

• Visa conditions apply for Swaziland and passports are required

You might want to look at our other escorted tours!
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A World in One Country - 14 days and 13 nights - from Johannesburg
The Kruger and Kingdoms - 7 days and 6 nights - from Johannesburg
The Garden Route Splendour - 4 days and 3 nights - from Port Elizabeth
The Cape to Kruger - 14 days and 13 nights - from Cape Town
The Majestic Drakensberg - 4 days and 3 nights - from Durban
The Garden Route Wonderland - 4 days and 3 nights - from Cape Town
The Kruger Wildlife - 3 days and 2 nights - from Johannesburg

Our Day Tours
These tours operate daily with a minimum of 2 Passengers. Full day Tours from Durban include a light lunch - Half day tours do not! Full day tours elsewhere do not include lunch! Tours include all entrance fees unless stated otherwise in the itinerary.

Day Tours from Durban
Durban Durban City Tour - 3hours, covering the Beachfront, City, Indian Market & Botanic Gardens
Shakaland - full day Zulu Cultural Experience with lunch.
Hluhluwe Game Reserve - Seek out the "Big 5" in the oldest proclaimed Game Reserve
Sani Pass & Lesotho - Discover the Sotho Culture in 4x4 vehicles up the highest road pass
Durban Highlights - Full day without lunch - Ushaka Marine World and City Tour Combo

Day Tours from Cape Town
Cape Town City - 3 hours incl Parliament, Company Gardens
Cape Winelands - Full day - Visit 2 wineries and taste the best of South Africa
Cape Point - Full day visiting Cape Point where 2 oceans meet.
Walk to Freedom - Full day - Visit Robben Island where Mandela was held prisoner

Day Tours from Johannesburg
Johannesburg City - 3 hours visiting the highlights of this city.
Pretoria City - 3 hours visiting the highlights of this city.
Soweto Township - Discover life in the Black Township.
Lesedi Cultural Village - Full day with dinner - Experience many local cultures Sun City & Pilanesberg Reserve - Full day with lunch - Experience many local cultures

We are also in a position to assist you with any custom itinerary that you may have! We will beat any written quote, providing that the accommodation & sightseeing is the same - guaranteed!

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