Bush, Beach and Mountain Tour
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Week 2 Itinerary
Day 8 Early departure and game drive along the rich Timbavati river section, where large groups of antelope congregate, usually watched by a pride of lion. We will stop at the impressive Olifants river view site, before arriving at the scenic Olifants camp for lunch. An afternoon game drive is optional, unless you choose rather to sip gin and tonic at the camp’s spectacular view point over the African plains.
Restaurant dinner. (B+S)
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Day 9 Morning drive to the beautiful Letaba camp, near to which leopard, ostrich and cheetah may be seen. We will have a late breakfast on the lovely patio overlooking the Letaba river, which is usually populated with giraffe. We can relax with a drink under the camp’s huge Tamboti trees during the heat of the day before a final afternoon game drive which should give views of any of the Big Five beasts not already seen. We end the day with a barbecue under African skies. (B+S)
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Day 10 After an early breakfast we leave Letaba camp, and the Kruger Park, for the Blyde River Canyon and its spectacular view of the three ‘Rondawels’, and then onto the equally beautiful Bourke’s Luck potholes with its strange formations of eroded rock. Lunch and the rest of afternoon at the artists’ town of Graskop. We may take a drive to God’s Window view site of the lowland and to the Berlin Falls. Otherwise expect a festive evening at Graskop’s famous Coach Inn restaurant and pub. (B+S)
Potholes, Mpumalanga
Day 11 A four hour drive through colorful Mpumalanga takes us to the border of Swaziland. After checking in at a hotel near Pigg’s Peak and a light lunch, we’ll spend the afternoon browsing Swaziland’s arts and crafts markets, famous especially for their candle production. (B+L)
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Day 12 A day’s outing to the beautiful Malolotja Nature Reserve, Swaziland’s last unspoilt mountain wilderness, is planned. A spectacular walk takes us past a brilliant variety of flowers and game such as zebra, warthog and blue wildebeest, to the top of the Malolotja falls with magnificent views down the valley. We’ll take pack-lunches and have a picnic in the reserve. Return late afternoon to Pigg’s Peak, where we spend a second night. (B+L)
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Zebras Kruger National Park
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Day 13 We spend the day at Swaziland’s Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary where we can take horse rides through the hills, watch hippos in their pools, and enter traditional African ’bee-hive’ huts. We’ll lunch at the scenic rest camp and overnight in the Sanctuary. (B+L+S)
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Day 14 Depart Swaziland for Zululand, still rich in its traditions. We’ll stop over at a Zulu community centre, where hand made art in traditional style is for sale, along with a range of the region’s fruits. Arrive at Duzamanzi, your beautiful beach-view home at Ramsgate on the Zululand south coast, by late afternoon, where you will spend the next four nights. We can throw Frisbee on the beach at sunset before enjoying a lovely meal at the Crayfish Inn. (B+L)
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