You are met at Johannesburg International Airport and transferred to the Michelangelo Hotel or similar. Close to shopping centre. Your luggage can be stored at the reception until the rooms are ready. Afternoon is at leisure. You will meet at 19h00 in the hotel restaurant for dinner.

Overnight - Michelangelo Hotel – Dinner included

Day 2:

Breakfast is at leisure. Meet in the reception area at 08h30 for a tour of an Elephant Sanctuary. Tour starts at 10h00 in the North West provinces.  Guides will take you through the Sanctuary and you will be given lots of information about the elephants. You will interact with them and also touch them and have the opportunity to walk hand in trunk with them. After the tour you can have lunch there at an extra cost. Return to the hotel mid afternoon. Evening is at leisure and you can have dinner in a nearby restaurant.

Overnight - Michelangelo Hotel – Dinner included

Day 3:

Breakfast is at leisure. Check out of hotel and transferred to the Airport for your flight to Hoedspruit. Here you will be met and transferred to Luxury Thornybush lodge. Enjoy a light lunch upon arrival. Relax before meeting for high tea in the afternoon. Depart on your first game drive on open top game vehicles. The advantage of the private game lodges is that the vehicles can go off road in search of the ‘Big 5’. The guides are also in radio contact with each other so all good sightings are called in so everyone can see the animals at close quarters. Return to the lodge for dinner.

Overnight - Thornybush Lodge – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included

Day 4:

Meet in the dinning room for early coffee or tea before departing on the morning game drive. Return to the lodge for breakfast, after breakfast there is an optional bush walk with your guide. Lunch is at the lodge. Time to relax before high tea. Then it is off on another game drive before returning to the lodge for a ‘Boma’ dinner.

Overnight - Thornybush Lodge – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included

Day 5:

Meet in the dinning room for early coffee or tea before departing on your game drive. Return for breakfast and then you can go on a bush walk or just relax at the lodge with lunch being served later. Meet for high tea and then off on your afternoon/evening game drive. Return for dinner at the lodge.

Overnight - Thornybush Lodge – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included

Day 6:

Early morning game drive before breakfast, and then you check out and are transferred to the Airport for your flight to Johannesburg for your onward flight to Cape Town. You will be met by our representative and transferred to the Waterfront. Evening is at leisure.

Overnight - Table Bay Hotel or similar – Breakfast included

Day 7:

Breakfast is at leisure. Meet in the reception at 09h00 for your tour of the ‘Cape of Good Hope’. Visit the Cape of Good Hope Reserve, Boulders, where the penguins are and visit some of the small fishing towns. Return to the hotel in the late afternoon.

Overnight - Table Bay Hotel or similar – Breakfast included

Day 8:

Breakfast is at leisure. Meet in the reception area at 09h00 for your Winelands Tour. Visit a wine estate in the Stellenbosch area and have a light lunch at the estate. Return to the hotel in the mid afternoon to explore the Waterfront.

Overnight - Table Bay Hotel or similar – Breakfast included

Day 9:

Breakfast is at leisure. You have the day to explore Robben Island and Table Mountain.

Overnight - Table Bay Hotel or similar – Breakfast included

Day 10:

Breakfast is at leisure. Day is at leisure until your transfer to the Airport. Please advise us on your flight details so we can arrange your transfer to the Airport.

You have the option of adding on a 5 day Garden Route Tour from today.

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