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The Wonders of South Africa - Safari & Cultural Holiday with Page & Moy

months available

March, April, May, September, November

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Description

The Wonders of South Africa - Safari & Cultural Holiday with Page & Moy - 17 days from £2122.  Excellent range of excursions.  Experience the thrill of a safari in Kruger National Park, stroll through a Victorian Gold Rush village and a Zulu homestead, follow the famous Garden Route and take in the breathtaking view from Cape Town’s Table Mountain.

Further Info: Tel: 0845 358 2639 | Visit the Page & Moy Website

Highlights
 - See the incredible ‘Big Five’ on safari in Kruger National Park
 - Travel along the spectacular Garden Route

Included excursions
 - Botshabelo Ndebele Village
 - Waterval Boven & Cycad Botanical Gardens
 - Safari in Kruger National Park 
 - Panorama Route & Pilgrim’s Rest
 - Boat trip on the St Lucia River
 - Game Reserve walk
 - Game Drive in Hluhluwe
 - The Cape Peninsula
 - Cruise on Knysna Lagoon
 - Ostrich farm & Cango Caves
 - Swellendam

Optional excursions
 - Soweto
 - The Winelands
 - Shangana Cultural Village

Meal arrangements
14 nights bed and breakfast plus 3 dinners and 3 lunches

Also included
 - The services of an experienced Page & Moy Tour Manager and a local guide
 - Hotel porterage
 - Evening entertainment as described

Your Accommodation

JOHANNESBURG/PRETORIA
Protea Hotel Waterfront Centurion (4-star), 1 night bed and breakfast.
Located on the Centurion Waterfront, halfway between Johannesburg and Pretoria, this hotel is right next to a shopping complex with a selection of restaurants, bars and shops. The hotel itself has a bar, restaurant and swimming pool.

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK
Protea Hotel Hazyview (3-star), 3 nights bed and breakfast.
Just 15 minutes drive from the Kruger National Park, this lodge is situated within a 10-acre garden estate and boasts spectacular views. Amenities include a restaurant, bar, and leisure facilities.

HLUHLUWE
Protea Hotel Hluhluwe (3-star), 2 nights bed and breakfast.
Enjoy luxurious accommodation, first class service and wonderful cuisine at this safari lodge. There is a bar and restaurant in the hotel and the guest rooms all have private facilities, TV, telephone and air-conditioning.

SHAKALAND
Protea Hotel Shakaland (3-star), 1 night bed and breakfast.
Our high class accommodation consists of beehive huts with en suite bathrooms. Hotel facilities include a restaurant, bar and swimming pool.

PORT ELIZABETH
Protea Hotel Marine (4-star), 1 night bed and breakfast.
Enjoying a prime position on Port Elizabeth’s beachfront, this hotel boasts two restaurants, a bar and swimming pool, plus luxurious accommodation.

KNYSNA
Protea Hotel Knysna Quays (4-star), 3 nights bed and breakfast.
Situated next to the waterfront with views over the Knysna lagoon, the hotel features a swimming pool, restaurant and bar.

CAPE TOWN
Protea Hotel President (4-star), 3 nights bed and breakfast.
The hotel is conveniently located in Bantry Bay. All guest rooms have air-conditioning, satellite TV, hairdrier, telephone and safe.

Your Itinerary
DAYS 1 & 2 UK/Johannesburg
We fly overnight to Johannesburg and transfer to our hotel for an overnight stay. This afternoon take an optional tour to see the sights of Johannesburg or the township of Soweto.

DAY 3 Hazyview
We leave Johannesburg and travel towards Kruger National Park, making a stop at Botshabelo Ndebele Village, where the Ndebele culture is preserved in fantastically painted houses and colourful clothing. We then continue via Waterfall Boven and the wonderful Cycad Botanical Gardens at Nelspruit. We stay for three nights on the edge of the Kruger National Park.

DAY 4 Kruger National Park
Take a thrilling early morning game drive through the vast Kruger National Park, home to the ‘Big Five’ – elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion and leopard. As we travel in open-top vehicles, the experienced rangers will point out the park’s more elusive inhabitants. After a relaxing afternoon there’s an optional evening visit to the torch-lit Shangana Cultural Village for dinner and an insight into Shangana culture.

DAY 5 Panorama Route & Pilgrim’s Rest
Take the Panorama Route through the stunning scenery of the northern Drakensberg. See the beautiful Lisbon or Mac Mac Falls and the most breathtaking stretch of the Blyde River Canyon. We make a stop at romantic Pilgrim’s Rest, a quaint Gold Rush village and now a living museum, preserved as it was in Victorian days.

DAY 6 Swaziland, Zululand & Hluhluwe
Travel south through the tiny Kingdom of Swaziland into Zululand, home to the mighty Zulu tribe. We stay for two nights at the Protea Hluhluwe and this evening a dinner of traditional bush braai (barbecue) is included.

DAY 7 Hluhluwe Game Reserve
Free to relax, or for a different view of the wildlife join an optional walking safari accompanied by park rangers in the private Eastern Shores Reserve, then in the late afternoon take a thrilling game drive into Hluhluwe Game Reserve.

DAY 8 Shakaland
This morning we take an included boat ride on the St Lucia River to its Indian Ocean lagoon to see the birdlife, hippos and crocodiles. Later we drive south to Shakaland, an authentic recreation of a traditional Zulu homestead set in the stunning scenery of the Nkwalini Valley, where we enjoy lunch. Experience an afternoon of Zulu history, dance and culture. We stay overnight in Shakaland. This evening there will be the chance to see an authentic cultural show including dinner.

DAY 9 Port Elizabeth
Drive to Durban for your flight to Port Elizabeth and an overnight stay.

DAY 10 Tsitsikamma Forest & Plettenberg Bay
Drive westwards today into the Tsitsikamma Forest National Park, where rivers have cut awesome gorges deep into the coastal plateau and giant yellowwood trees soar skywards. Continue past Plettenberg Bay, where whales can often be spotted offshore. We stay in Knysna for three nights.

DAY 11 Knysna
Knysna is poised between the Outeniqua Mountains and the Indian Ocean. Take a cruise out to the lagoon, where we can see the fantastic birdlife in the protected nature reserve. The remainder of the day is at leisure to explore Kynsna.

DAY 12 Oudtshoorn
Today we travel inland to Oudtshoorn, the heart of South Africa’s ostrich farming industry. Once here we descend into the Cango Caves, a subterranean wonderland with incredible limestone formations, including some of the biggest stalagmites in the world. We also visit an ostrich farm.

DAY 13 Cape Town
The final stretch of the Garden Route takes us to the beautiful city of Cape Town, stopping at historic Swellendam. Arriving in Cape Town, we’ll have the opportunity to discover the city’s vibrant waterfront district or perhaps ride the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway to the summit of Cape Town’s signature landmark. We stay for three nights.

DAY 14 The Cape Peninsula
The majestic scenery of the Cape Peninsula is revealed on a full-day tour, taking us out past Sea Point and Camps Bay towards Hout Bay for a cruise to Seal Island. Continue to the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve with its wonderful views of False Bay. After lunch in Simon’s Town, walk or ride the funicular to the Cape Point viewpoint to admire the panoramic vista of the Atlantic and Indian oceans. Visit Boulders Beach with its famous colony of Jackass penguins and the naval port of Simon’s Town, before taking a stroll through the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens.

DAY 15 The Winelands
Enjoy an optional excursion to the heart of South Africa’s wine country to Stellenbosch, home to some of the most appealing Cape Dutch architecture, and Paarl, standing at the foot of the second largest granite outcrop in the world, where we’ll see the imposing Afrikaans Language Monument. Then toast the end of this wonderful tour with a wine tasting in one of the highly respected vineyards of Franschoek.

DAYS 16 & 17 Cape Town/UK
Take a city tour of Cape Town before our overnight flight to the UK.

Dates, Prices & Departure
holiday ref:ELZA
10/03/2010  £2322  
01/09/2010  £2122  
03/11/2010  £2402  

Surcharges
The price of fuel has risen dramatically over the past months in line with oil prices. As a result many airlines and cruise lines have imposed additional fuel charges. In common with other businesses our prices now include an additional charge for all new bookings which has been introduced to cover these costs.

Supplements
Single rooms from £370
Zambian airport departure tax (£20) paid locally
Holiday Insurance

Travel Information
South African Airways between Heathrow & Johannesburg;
departs 1800h / return arrival from Cape Town at 0655h
All timings are approximate and may be subject to variation

Connecting Flights to London
If it’s not possible to fly direct to your destination, usually you will have the option of taking a connecting flight to Heathrow or Gatwick from as little as £35 per person return on worldwide holidays or £69 per person return on European holidays. Fly from Aberdeen, Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Jersey, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle or Newquay. On many occasions you will be able to check your luggage through to your final destination.

About Page & Moy
It is difficult to go back to 1961 and imagine the early days of Page & Moy some 45 years ago when 23 people travelled to the Le Mans 24 hour motor race! Since then the Company has gone from strength to strength but our objectives remain unchanged – to provide quality, innovative holidays and a service that is second to none. Over the years we have developed an enviable reputation for the diverse and unusual nature of our product range which spans everything from traditional touring holidays, city breaks and opera weekends, to food and wine tours, river and ocean cruises, safari’s, F1 racing, walking holidays, and memorable classic journeys by train.

Further Info: Tel: 0845 358 2639 | Visit the Page & Moy Website

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