Grand African Safari

Grand African Safari Itinerary

• Day 1: UK > Cape Town

  Fly overnight from the UK to Cape Town.

• Day 2: Cape Town

  Welcome to Cape Town. Your journey into wonder begins with a three night Special Stay.. Dinner Included

• Day 3: Cape Town

  Ascend Table Mountain by rotating gondola for stunning 360 degree views.

• Freechoice:

  Sample South Africa’s finest vintages with a winelands tour. Alternatively, visit Robben Island, take a township tour, or a Harley DavidsonTM ride. Breakfast IncludedJoin your Maasai guide for a walk. Alternatively, join an African cooking class. Breakfast Included. Lunch Included. Dinner Included

• Day 4: Cape Town

  Journey along the Atlantic coastline to Cape Point, stop at the Cape of Good Hope and visit Boulders Beach, home to an African penguin colony. Breakfast Included. Lunch Included

• Day 5: Cape Town > Thornybush Game Reserve (Kruger National Park)

  Fly to Hoedspruit and transfer to Thornybush Private Game Lodge, adjacent to Kruger National Park and home to Africa’s ‘Big Five’, where you’ll enjoy a three night Special Stay. Set off on your first game drive this afternoon.

• Sundowners

  At the end of your afternoon game drive, partake in one of the most enjoyable of safari traditions – Sundowner drinks. Breakfast Included. Dinner IncludedBe treated to a special Sundowners cruise down the Zambezi River and watch the teeming wildlife on the banks, drink in hand, just upstream from Victoria Falls. Breakfast Included. Dinner Included

• Day 6: Thornybush Game Reserve (Kruger National Park)

  Specially adapted Land Rovers are able to game drive without restriction, to track the ‘Big Five’ – lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and buffalo.

• Enrich

  Dine under a starlit sky with the sounds of African wildlife. Breakfast Included. Lunch Included. Dinner IncludedVisit a typical Zimbabwean village to gain unique insights into traditional tribal life. Get up close and personal during your visit to an elephant sanctuary.Witness the power of Victoria Falls from the Zimbabwean side. Enjoy dinner in the beautiful Livingstone Restaurant. Breakfast Included. Lunch Included. Dinner IncludedVisit the Lake Nakuru Orphanage centre, established by an Australian family and draw a little closer to Africa and its wonderful people. Breakfast Included. Lunch Included. Dinner IncludedVisit a traditional Maasai village and learn about this complex and proudly independent culture and their close association with the wild animals.Enjoy an exclusive farewell bush breakfast out on the open plains of the Masai Mara amongst the wildlife.Board your light aircraft for a scenic flight over the reserve to Nairobi airport where it’s time to say farewell to newfound friends. Fly overnight from Nairobi to the UK. Breakfast Included

• Day 7: Thornybush Game Reserve (Kruger National Park)

  Encounter Africa’s wildlife on your morning and evening game drives today. There is also an opportunity for a walking safari with your ranger. Breakfast Included. Lunch Included. Dinner Included

• Day 8: Panorama Route > Johannesburg

  Travel the magnificent Panorama Route to Johannesburg and see the Blyde River Canyon – the third deepest in the world. Enjoy an overnight stay at your stylish hotel in Johannesburg. Breakfast Included

• Day 9: Johannesburg > Victoria Falls

  Board your flight to Victoria Falls and marvel at the world’s largest sheet of falling water. Check into your hotel for a three night Special Stay.

• Day 10: Chobe National Park

  Enjoy a cruise on the Chobe River, home to vast herds of elephants and buffalo as well as a game drive along the shoreline. Breakfast Included. Lunch Included

• Day 11: Victoria Falls

• Day 12: Victoria Falls > Nairobi

  Optional Helicopter Flight - Enjoy an optional helicopter flight over Victoria Falls. Enquire for details (additional cost, please book on tour).Fly to Nairobi for a two night stay at your elegant hotel. Breakfast Included

• Day 13: Nairobi

  Experience a unique encounter with a  giraffe and learn about how these animals are endangered. Relive the romance of the movie Out of Africa during a visit to Karen Blixen’s home before travelling to Kiambethu Tea Farm. Wander through the tea fields and hear the stories of the first commercially grown tea in Kenya.

• Freechoice Dining:

  Choose between the local Carnivores Restaurant famous for its wide variety of meats roasted roasted over a fire pit on a traditional Maasai sword, or relax with dinner at the hotel. Breakfast Included. Lunch Included. Dinner Included

• Day 14: Nairobi > Ngorongoro Crater

  Journey into magical Tanzania and travel onto the Ngorongoro Crater, known as ‘Africa’s Eden’. Enjoy a two night Special Stay at your lodge, on the crater’s rim. Breakfast Included. Lunch Included. Dinner Included

• Day 15: Ngorongoro Crater

  Witness sunrise over the crater before an extended game drive along the crater floor. The area is reputed to contain the largest number of predators in all of Africa. Breakfast Included. Lunch Included. Dinner Included

• Day 16: Ngorongoro Crater > Serengeti National Park

  Step back in time with a visit to Olduvai Gorge, site of archaeological findings, including traces of pre-historic man dating back 3.5 million years. Later, enter Serengeti National Park with its vast central plains, made fertile by the ashes of the nearby highlands. Your two night stay is at the Serengeti Sopa Lodge. Breakfast Included. Lunch Included. Dinner Included

• Day 17: Serengeti National Park

  The Seronera Valley is renowned for its game viewing. Breakfast Included. Lunch Included. Dinner Included

• Day 18: Serengeti National Park > Amboseli National Reserve

  Fly to Arusha and enjoy the marvellous view of Mount Kilimanjaro. Return to Kenya and to Amboseli National Reserve where massive herds of elephants migrate across the dry plains. Your lodge, your home for two nights, sits beside a major elephant trail with views of the mountain. Breakfast Included. Lunch Included. Dinner Included

• Day 19: Amboseli National Reserve

  On your game drives today cheetahs and lions can often be seen stalking the plains.  Breakfast Included. Lunch Included. Dinner Included

• Day 20: Amboseli National Reserve > Lake Nakuru National Park

  Journey north into the heart of Kenya to Lake Nakuru. Enjoy a two night stay at Lion Hill Lodge, overlooking the lake. Breakfast Included. Lunch Included. Dinner Included

• Day 21: Lake Nakuru

• Day 22: Lake Nakuru > Masai Mara Reserve

  The Masai Mara is home to 95 species of animals. Enjoy a two night stay inside the reserve at the Sarova Mara Camp. Breakfast Included. Lunch Included. Dinner Included

• Day 23: Masai Mara Reserve

  Optional Hot Air Balloon Flight -  Experiencing the savannah at dawn from a hot air balloon is a once-in-a-lifetime moment (additional cost, please book on tour).

• Day 24: Masai Mara > Nairobi

• Day 25: Arrive UK

  Welcome home.