SOUTH AFRICA ITINERARY
JANUARY 2013
Wednesday 23 Coach trip to London Heathrow for the Virgin Atlantic
flight to Cape Town.
Depart Heathrow Flight VS603 2105 hrs.
Thursday 24 Arrive Cape Town
International 1055 hrs.
Private transfer to the Winchester Mansions Hotel. For three nights
on a BB basis.
Friday
25 Ferry to Robben Island. Explore Downtown Cape Town.
Saturday 26 Europcar deliver a hire
car to the hotel. Explore Table Mountain National Park, including
Cape Point.
Sunday 27 Leave Cape Town via Muizenburg, Strand, Gordons Bay
overnight at Hermanus on a BB basis.
Monday 28 Drive to Swellendam via Pearly Bay, Cape Agulhas, overnight
stay at Swellendam on a BB basis.
Tuesday 29 Drive to Oudtshoon for 2 night stay on a BB basis. Visit
Ostrich Farm.
Wednesday 30 Drive scenic circulat tour. Visit Cango Caves, drive
through the Swartberg Pass to Prince Albert. Visit Vineyard for wine
tasting, and return to Oudtshoon.
Thursday 31 Short drive to Mossell Bay for a relaxing day staying at
The Point Village on a BB basis.
FEBRUARY
Friday 01 Drive via George to Knysna for 2 nights at the Ar Deco
Lodge.
Saturday 02 Explore Knysna including taking the ferry trip to The
Heads.
Sunday 03 Drive to Port Elizabeth stay overnight at the City Lodge
Hotel.
Monday 04 Port Elizabeth Airport, return the hire car before boarding
the Comair flight to Johannesburg.
Depart Port Elizabeth Airport Flight
BA6242 1330 hrs Arrive O.R.Tambo Airport 1505 hrs
Collect hire car. Drive to the suburb of Rosebank to spend the next
two nights at The Courtyard Rosebank Hotel on a BB basis.
Tuesday 05 Take train into centre of Johannesburg. Explore
Johannesburg on hop on off bus. Visit The Apartheid Museum and the
Old Fort Prison at Constitution Hill.
Wednesday 06 Drive from Johannesburg down the Escarpment and on to
Hazyview (roughly 5 – 5½ hrs)
Spend two nights at Rissington Inn. Accommodation in a superior
room on a BB basis.
Rissington Inn is an award-winning, stylish but relaxed and informal
country lodge. It features a fully licensed bar and an a la Carte
restaurant, serving superb food seven days a week. All rooms have
their own bathrooms, ceiling fans, private entrances, verandahs and
breath-taking views, withcolourful gardens, a swimming pool and walks
down the valley. Rissington is in an area where spectacular bird and
game sightings are possible.
Friday 08 Drive to Kruger National Park (about 1½ hrs), to spend two
nights at Rhino Post Lodge. Accommodation inclusive of all meals and
game viewing activities.
Evening meal in the bush.
Rhino Post Safari Lodge is situated on a 12000 hectare private
wilderness concession in the Kruger National Park. The concession
shares a 15km unfenced boundary with the famous Mala Mala and Sabi
Sand reserve with an abundance of wildlife moving freely between the
two reserves. The concession is noted as an excellent game viewing
area with encounters with the Big Five and good sightings can be
expected. Set on the banks of the Mutlumuvi riverbed, Rhino Post
Safari Lodge is an elegant 16 bed lodge built using natural materials
of stone, wood, thatch and canvas to create an authentic bush
ambience. Each luxury suite is exquisitely decorated and includes a
spacious bedroom with impressive views of the riverbed from the
bathroom, outdoor shower and decked patio. Following a game drive,
guests can relax in the revitalising swimming pool, take in the views
from their shaded patio and watch the abundant wildlife amble down to
the waterhole. Sumptuous meals are served in the camp’s dining
area, which is set under magnificent Tamboti trees. The lounge, with
its extensive wine cellar, cosy fireplace and bar, is the perfect
spot for a sundowner.
Monday 09 Two game viewing trips with guide.
Sunday 10 Return to Rissington Inn for a further overnight stay in a
superior room on a BB basis.
Monday 11 Drive to Johannesburg, to spend a further night at the
Courtyard Rosebank on a BB basis.
Tuesday 12 Drive to Sun City (approx 2½ hrs) to spend four nights at
the Cabanas Hotel in a lake-facing room on a BB basis.
The most relaxed and casual of the Sun City Hotels, Cabanas offer
informal yet comfortable accommodation with direct access into the
tropical gardens and lakeside. The full facilities of Sun City
Resort are available, including the spectacular Valley of the Waves.
Wednesday
13 Enjoy facilities of Sun City
Thursday
14 Explore Pilanese National Park.
Friday
15 Enjoy the facilities of Sun City.
Saturday 16 Drive to Johannesburg, return hire car to the airport
before boarding the Virgin
Atlantic flight to London Heathrow.Depart
O.R.Tambo International Flight VS602 2125 hrs
Sunday 17 Arrive London Heathrow. Coach
trip to Poole
