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Day 1
On arrival at Johannesburg International Airport (ORTIA) you will be met by a Mmilo Tours representative and escorted with your luggage to the departure point at ORTIA for your flight to Sabi Sabi’s private airstrip. You can relax and refresh yourself in the terminal lounge while waiting for your flight of about 1 hour and 15 mins.duration. You will be welcomed at the airstrip upon landing by a Sabi Sabi representative & transferred from the airstrip to Bush Lodge in the Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, which shares an unfenced border with the Kruger National. Enjoy lunch, and just relax until your first, exciting sunset and evening close encounter with the Big 5, in with your expert game ranger and tracker at 4.00pm. Prior to your departure, tea and coffee will be served at 3.30pm.
Dinner is served in the boma, under the stars, or in the restaurant between 7.30pm and 8.00pm.
Accommodation Bush Lodge full board basis.
Day 2
You will be awakened by a knock at your door at 5.30am, as will happen every morning, unless you decide differently and tea, coffee, fruit juice, muffins and biscuits will be served prior to your sunrise departure for your next safari in hot pursuit of the Big 5 and other fascinating wildlife. Your game ranger and wildlife tracker are experts in their field and will go out of their way on every single game drive to give you the best game viewing experience and the most awesome photographic opportunities. After your safari game drive, enjoy a leisurely breakfast served (in your suite or in the dining room with the other guests) to the sounds of the busy mid morning bushveld.
After lunch and a short siesta you can sally forth again to enjoy the magic of this wild and wonderful region on another informative game drive safari. Tea and coffee will be served at 3.30pm before your departure on your game drive which leaves at 4.00pm.
Accommodation Bush Lodge full board.
Day 3
By this time you should be in tune with nature around you. You will leave before dawn and experience the bush as it awakens to a new day; a memory to recall when back in the rushed world.
Back then for breakfast, perhaps a swim and then lunch to be followed by a night game drive. Your game ranger will always have something new to show you, which is not difficult in this place of wild and abundant diversity.You could of course just lounge on the decks around the camp in the cool shade and watch wildlife come and go at the water hole, as you sip your iced drink. The rhythm of the day for breakfast, lunch and dinner proceeds at the same times as per previous days
Your game ranger plots your game viewing experiences skillfully, so that every day brings you fresh insights on the Big 5 and the great diversity of other wildlife you will see. Every game drive is a different experience and if you allow these magical moments to unfold at nature’s pace, you are bound to have the ultimate safari experience
Accommodation Bush Lodge on full board basis
Day 4
Today, you will bid farewell to Sabi Sands and will be transferred in the early morning to the Nelspruit-Kruger National Park airport for your international flight to Livingstone, Zambia. Upon arrival there, you will be met, greeted at the airport and transferred to the majestic 5 Star Royal Livingstone Hotel, right on the eastern cataract of the Victoria Falls.
View the spectacular falls from the Knife-Edge Bridge, whose hissing spray and loud bellow aptly capture its local name, "The smoke that thunders." Who can fail to be moved by this great theatrical display of nature?
Overnight 5 Star Royal Livingstone Hotel, Falls Resort right on the Victoria Falls, Breakfast Included.
Day 5
After a leisurely breakfast, delight you senses with another visit to the might Victoria Falls. From here you will have unlimited, safe access to the Victoria Falls, Mosi-Oa-Tunya, which is just a short walk away. Stand on the Knife Edge Bridge and gaze at the wondrous Eastern Cateract, Main Falls and Boiling Pot, as you listen to the crashing sound of water into the gorge over 100 metres below, and watch clouds of spray flung skywards.
After lunch, and perhaps an optional, indulgent, therapeutic massage, in a safari tent, on the banks of the Zambezi River, as you watch hippos wallowing in the mud. If you are more inclined to action, perhaps you might like to take a canoe trip up the Zambezi River or an elephant back safari. As the shadows of the day begin to lengthen, a romantic, luxurious, sunset cruise, in the exclusivity of the Captain’s Cabin, awaits you. You will be transferred from your hotel to the cruise vessel and back.
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Overnight 5 Star Royal Livingstone Hotel, Falls Resort right on the Victoria Falls, Breakfast Included.
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Day 6
Today you may wish to have one last view of the Victoria Falls after breakfast. Later, you will be transferred from your hotel to embark on a water-borne safari. Cruise on the Zambezi River, spotting wildlife, whilst enjoying lunch. Spend the rest of the day at leisure, take an optional trip to a local village to see how the average Zambian lives or enjoy an optional helicopter flight over the Victoria Falls.
Overnight 5 Star Royal Livingstone Hotel, Falls Resort, right on the Victoria Falls, Breakfast Included.
Day 7
After breakfast, and checking out, you will be transferred from your hotel to Livingstone Airport mid-morning, for your international flight back to Johannesburg. From there, you will connect for your flight to Cape Town.
When you arrive at Cape Town International Airport, you will be met and transferred privately in a luxury, air conditioned vehicle to the Radisson Hotel at the fashionable Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, arriving there in the late afternoon.
Spend the rest of the day at leisure, exploring in and around the V & A Waterfront, and perhaps take in dinner at one of the numerous superb restaurants there.
Overnight at the Radisson Hotel, Bed & Breakfast.
Day 8
Today you will experience a private, guided tour around the Cape Peninsula, in a luxury air conditoned vehicle. Your tour guide will collect you from your hotel in the morning for this tour which exposes you to the stunning views of sea and mountains, for which the Cape of Good Hope is world renowned. The centre of it is Cape Point itself, the mythical meeting place of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, and the point from which you can look into the distance from the lighthouse to the South Pole.
On your way there, you will drive over part of Chapmans Peak, one of the world’s most beautiful stretches of coastline, and visit the picturesque fishing harbour of Hout Bay at its foot. On your way back you will visit Boulders Beach with its famous African Penguins and Groot Constantia, the very first place vines were grown at the Cape more than three hundred years ago, which is set on the wooded slope of these mountains. It is a beautiful, historic and peaceful place to finish the day. Take a stroll in the grounds, visit the museum, restaurant, or just put your feet up for a moment before returning to Cape Town for the evening at your leisure.
Overnight as per previous night.
Day 9
It would be unthinkable to visit Cape Town without ascending the iconic Table Mountain. So, after breakfast this morning, your tour guide will collect you once again to transfer you privately in a luxury air conditioned vehicle to the Cable Station, from where he will catch the ride in the rotating cable car with you to the table-topped mountain summit. The views from above, overlooking the city, its harbour and the sweep of sandy beaches to the west, are breathtakingly beautiful. The mountain itself is also a nature reserve and World Heritage Site, part of the unique Cape floral kingdom, one of only five in the world. Its indigenous vegetation ranges from the famous, colourful proteas to small flowering plants, afromontane forests and wetlands, and some of it dates back 60 million years. You will also see the “dassies” (rock hyraxes) sunning themselves and scampering amongst the boulders.
After an early lunch snack or perhaps some refreshments on the mountain, you will descend with your guide, who will transfer you back to your hotel. Spend the rest of the day at leisure, possibly exploring the V&A Waterfront some more.
Overnight as per previous night.
Day 10
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Tomorrow you will fly off back home, so you will want to make the most of this day. As optional activities, visit some of the many museums in the city centre, the Castle and the Company Gardens. You could also book a day tour of the winelands with us.
Overnight as per previous night.
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Day 11
Your definitive tour of the most iconic destinations in South and Southern Africa ends today. We are sure that it will have generated many happy moments for you; experiences to look back on with beautiful memories in the years ahead.
You will be transferred from your hotel to the Cape Town International Airport to catch your flight to Johannesburg and from there connect for your flight back home.
Breakfast Included
Tour Notes
Tour Notes
Included in Price:
8 Nights 5 Star accommodation in premier locations
All meals mentioned in itinerary and underlined
Local Flight Johannesburg –Sabi Sabi private airstrip
International Flights Nelspruit-Livingstone, Johannesburg
Local Flight Johannesburg-Cape Town-Johannesburg
Daily Sunset and dawn safari game drives in open land rovers whilst at Sabi Sabi
Selected beverages and South African House wines, whilst at Sabi Sabi
Transport in Air Conditioned vehicles
Private transfer in air conditioned vehicle from hotel in Cape Town to Table Mountain cable station & back
Private Transfer in air conditioned vehicle from Sabi Sabi lodge to Nelspruit airport for Livingstone flight
Private guided tour of Table Mountain
Transfers from airports to hotels mentioned in itinerary in air conditioned vehicles
Entrance Fees to all parks /places of interest mentioned in itinerary
Private Guided Peninsula Day Tour, including all entrance fees
14% Value added tax where applicable.
Lunch Cruise on the Zambezi River, including transfer there & back
Sunset Cruise, in the exclsuive Captain's Cabin, with snacks
Flights other than those mentioned.
All passport and Visa fees excluded
All Beverages excluded, except for tea and coffee with meals, and as specified under inclusions whilst at Sabi Sabi
Travel and Medical Insurance excluded
All cost of a personal nature, eg. laundry, telephones excluded
Visa Fees and Airport Departure Tax at Livingstone Airport excluded
All Optional Activities excluded
Accommodation Note: All the hotels and lodges are as reflected in this itinerary, but if for reasons beyond the control of Mmilo Tours this is not possible, they will be replaced with establishments of the same star grading, also subject to availability.
Important: Please read the itinerary carefully, noting optional activities, if any, you may want to take part in. You do not have to take part in any of the optional activities if you do not wish to. It helps us in our planning to know if you are interested and number of participants. These additional optional activities are not costed into this tour, and if you choose them, you pay the extra amount involved either directly to Mmilo Tours in advance, or on arrival at the venue. You will be informed accordingly by Mmilo Tours, and they are extra to the basic amount for the tour.
All our tours and packages are subject to availability at the time of booking and payment and accommodation is in luxury double/twin rooms at hotels and luxury suites at Sabi Sabi.
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